✩ Sapphire

[dramatispersonae]

Each team finds themselves in . . . what appears to be a space trying desperately to imitate, perhaps, someone's grandmother's overly-cluttered attic. At the very least, there are things everywhere, perched precariously on shelves and ledges, on tables, under tables, tables on tables, cupboards, closets . . .

There is an elaborate gramophone on one of the tables that begins to play with slow, winding crackle of static:

"There's a lot to making things, you know? A lot of components, a lot of pieces, a lot of parts . . . I'm sure you know that! It would be impossible not to. After all, humans themselves are made of a lot of parts! I'll bet if we took you apart you'd be stunned at how many parts there really are, you know, parts that are soft and squishy and parts that are hard and parts that were hurt as a child and parts that yearn for the future . . . well. We're not going to! If we took you apart there'd be nobody left to play the game. But! I wonder what parts you'd show if we were to take you apart just a little . . . ah. Or, just—what parts you'd show if we asked. What will you show? And I suppose, after all, you're each a part of a part of something else, and you'll have to work with what you have . . . but! Maybe that's part of the game. Hmmm . . . parts that are safe to show and parts that aren't—opening up your ribcage to show your heart, now, that would be something! I really think that would be something. But—it's up to you."

Instructions!

In the room, you'll find . . .

✩ tables, chairs, and various furniture
✩ a wardrobe full of costumes & clothing (dresses! monocles! fluffy bunny hats!)
✩ numerous art supplies and paper
✩ a basin of water
✩ several coils of rope
✩ an entire bag of feathers
✩ a set of cutlery
✩ several volumes of assorted poetry
✩ a box labelled "secrets"
✩ boxes of uncooked pasta
✩ buckets of paint
✩ a full-length mirror
✩ molding clay
✩ a box of small handheld percussion instruments
✩ a bass drum
✩ a set of glass spheres that, when held, can store memories for sharing
✩ a large stuffed koala
✩ a bucket full of keys
✩ hundreds of eyeball-shaped stickers
✩ a giant ball of red yarn
✩ a poloroid camera
✩ a hammer
✩ an empty wine bottle
✩ a full bottle of wine
✩ a makeup kit

Comments

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

[...pulling over the stuffed koala and the box of percussion instruments.]

[funny looking animal is now a musician]

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

[checking out the costumes]

I wonder if we'd get to keep these...

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

It may be worth asking about it after the game. We should focus on what we want to do first, though.

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

Yes, right, we can do that. Do you have something in mind?

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

The first part is to do something for ourselves and the second is to present something to the other teams.

...I think it may be easier to start with the second for now, then use the rest of the time doing what we'd like for ourselves.

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

Something to present...and it should be impressive.

[looking at...everything]

We could make something.

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

A large show piece then, with all the pieces we have here?

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

We'll make it look--like Sapphire. With the wine bottles and the pasta together, like a meal, and we could use the art supplies and paint to make a whole setting...? And take pictures of all of it.

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

[chuckles]

A large setting of our home then? That's one idea. We'd need more stuffed animals for that, if we're to more accurately display our living space.

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

We could ask for more, or use something...symbolic of pets and people? It might take too long to try and make them with the supplies we have.

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

We can try asking...

Hatter? Can we request a few more stuffed animals?

Re: Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

[a dozen or so of them rain down on your head]

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

Oh, thank you!

[grabbing a bunch and going to set them up]

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

...We should have enough for all our pets and our teammates as well.

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

[LJSFLLSJFL]

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

Part One

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Part One

[appleofhiseye]

[LOTS OF SILLY PHOTOS WERE TAKEN WITH OUR DOMESTIC STUFFED ANIMAL DINNER SCENE (see Part Two). And a little bit of dressing up in costumes. There is not a lot of dignity to be had here.]

Re: Part One

[glorious]

[I look amazing in dresses by the way.]

Part Two

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Part Two

[glorious]

[Before you is a cute domestic scene of various stuffed animals sitting down on pillow cushions around their drum table for some uncooked spaghetti and red paint dinner. A fox, an otter, a cat, a rabbit, a dog, a squirrel with red yarn hair and a large teddy bear with...feather eyebrows and goatee.]

[Little keys painted Sapphire blue and the little memory spheres hang around the 'table' like a string of lights. Touching the spheres will show you a typical Sapphire dinner with everyone at the table, enjoying themselves.]

[It is a very endearing display of familial bonding through generously portioned meals.]

Reason

[dramatispersonae]

Tell me why you chose to do what you did!

Re: Reason

[glorious]

We started with the second part and decided to present Sapphire itself to the other teams. Mealtime is important for us as it's one of the few times in the day that we're all together, so we cherish those moments. Those cherished moments are what makes Sapphire feel like a family, and so we chose to share it.

As for the first part, we simply decided to have a bit of fun and create pictures of while we can.

Re: Reason

[appleofhiseye]

The first part was because it's good to do something fun and silly, and I can do that best with everyone from Sapphire. And the second part was because it's the best way to show who we are. Even when we go out and do our own things during the day, with meals we're all together.