[GROUP ONE]

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You're in a small dome-shaped chamber, the walls and floor made of white frosted glass. It's cool here.

In the middle of the floor is a small flame, with no apparent source of fuel. Arranged around it are five gleaming copper objects, each labelled:

• a tiny watering can (GROWTH)
  
• a winding watch the size of your thumbnail, which you can set to run backwards or forwards (TIME)
  
• a heart (CARE)
  
• a mesh bag full of copper flakes (STRENGTH)
  
• a lump of what seems to be metallic clay, which you can mold into whatever shape you want (CHOICE)

“Feed the flame,” Firebird says. “Today is for creation. Consider what you may make, and why.”

Comments

INSTRUCTIONS

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Assume your characters know these upon coming in.

• The game lasts three rounds; each group may go at its own pace. Please wait for the results of a round before moving on to the next round.
  
  
• You are modifying the room and making a custom environment! GROWTH will make objects larger or expand spaces; TIME will age objects backwards or forwards depending how you set it; CARE will make the environment friendlier/more responsive; STRENGTH will make it sturdier; CHOICE introduces new elements that your group will decide on.
  
  
• You may play as many or as few of the five items per round as you wish, but at minimum you need to mold CHOICE into something and play it each round. Items are played when you burn them in the fire, and replenish themselves afterwards.
  
  
• CHOICE must also be the very first item played in the first round. You may only make a single object with it per round, so choose wisely.
  
  
• When you've decided what you want to play for the round, please give the items played, the order in which they are played, and the group's reasoning and intentions. Your answers will influence the effects, though you might not always get what you expected. Imagination, reasoning, and contribution to the discussion are big scoring factors, so please don't skimp on this!
  
  
• You can poke around the environment you're making as you make it! Just ping me on IRC with a link. But the emphasis here is on creation rather than exploration.
  
  
• You may put the flame out at any point, but you won't be able to light it again and that won't end the game -- it'll simply change the effects.
  
  
• This game is the first in a series, which means that whatever you make today will be coming up again in the future.

ROUND ONE

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DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[brotagonist]

Hey, we could make trees!

Re: DISCUSSION

[forthreehestrays]

[examining the objects!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[appleofhiseye]

[Taking a look at everything]

DECISION

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Re: DECISION

[brotagonist]

[OUR CLAY CREATION IS... A MAPLE TREE WITH SUNGLASSES GROWING FROM IT...? IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT DON'T WORRY, WE'VE GOT THIS EXPLANATION DOWN]

This is a tall, strong, healthy maple tree with a sturdy trunk and plenty of leaves! It grows symbolism by representing what everyone wants, and helps people to find what they want, like sandwiches! It absorbs sunlight, meets the definition of a healthy tree and has those whirly seeds that spin around if you drop them, except that they're bigger than normal and more wing-shaped, and they're see-through so you can use them as sunglasses. They can get carried away by people or they can fly away themselves and grow even more trees all the time. If you wear them, you can fly. We don't know if it has other fruits yet, but any tree that grows from those seeds is a really good tall climbing tree that birds can nest in, which is useful with all the flying. If you climb up on top of one wearing your seed sunglasses, you can always see a place to find a sandwich. This is why the shade maple is the coolest tree and grows into a Shady Forest.

We add CARE first, because baby trees need care to grow! Then STRENGTH, 'cause it got strength from our care! After that, GROWTH once it's strong enough to grow really tall, and TIME for the growth to happen in, at the same time! Hopefully it'll grow strongly and become a Shady Forest with enough sandwich stores nearby for everyone, along with anything else peoples' hearts desire!!

RESULT

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Re: RESULT

[alltheworldsachoice]

The walls and floor –- excepting the places where you stand, and a small circle around the fire -- twist and ripple, strange bright lights moving behind them. The room transforms and expands.

You're now standing in the middle of a grassy grove of maples, at the top of a hill. The dome around the hill is now clear, and you can see it's a bright sunny day all around. The maples are imposingly tall, easy to climb, and give plenty of shade. There are pairs of dark sunglasses with wooden wings flying everywhere; they don't seem too smart, but they're affectionate, and prone to landing on your shoulder or head and nesting there. They're also chirping for some reason.

You can see deep dark holes here and there among the maples' roots, large enough to stick a hand into.

There's a sense of expectation.

ROUND TWO

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DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[twilight_boy]

[checking out one of the holes. Is it possible to see anything if you crouch down and look?]

Re: DISCUSSION

[brotagonist]

[climbing a tree, first off!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[mythlology]

[ prods one of those holes with a pen ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[blackjacked]

[omg yes]

[BRB TREE CLIMBING, reaching for one of the sunglasses with wooden wings :o]

Re: DISCUSSION

[forthreehestrays]

[sitting down, covered by shade bird...things.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[screwthatnoise]

[watching]

...

[existing sounds easier than exploring]

Re: DISCUSSION

[ironicusername]

This is the actual best thing ever.

[trading head bonks with a pair of sunglasses]

DECISION

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RESULT

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ROUND THREE

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DISCUSSION

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DECISION

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RESULT

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