dramatispersonae | SAPPHIRE

SAPPHIRE

[The room is circular and surrounded by a series of ionic columns, the floor and ceiling stretching overhead fashioned out of cracked, white stone. The area beyond the columns is pitch black, and the room itself is lit only by dimly flickering candles. The candles rest on top of a stone table, which sits in the middle of the room.

And next to the candles rest four numbered boxes]

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[--laughing hang on a second]

[hands over Jabberwock and the knife]

Just one strike though. We need to be able to revive him when we're finished.

I can make it quick, don't worry.

[taking the plushie and the knife and stabbing it right through the stuffed Jabberwock :|b]

[NOTHING HAPPENS. . . but then the candles flicker]

The dagger must draw blood.

[...cuts her finger a little]

There.

[they flicker again, and the room dims a little :|]

It must draw blood from the task I have laid out before you.

... stab it again but nick yourself as you're doing it.

Oh, that might do.

[STABBING JABBERWOCK PLUSHIE AGAIN, nicking her palm with the knife as she does so]

[can you feel her linefacing at you? she is lienfacing at you. though at least she doesn't sound angry]

The task must be completed at face value.

But that's totally face value! Someone got stabbed to the hilt with the knife, and blood was drawn in the process.

Exactly! We're following the rules.

Mmm. If a rule clarification is needed, then I will provide one.

One of you must stab either yourself or your teammate with this dagger, to the hilt. Or you may pass this task on to another team.