Emerald

[dramatispersonae]

[you step into the cardboard box and find yourself in a cozy white room with a dilapidated but comfortable couch, several squashy armchairs, and the sudden knowledge that you need to come up with a list of words.]

Comments

round one

[dramatispersonae]

[You will need:

8 nouns
5 present tense verbs
2 verbs ending in -ing
3 adjectives
1 adverb ]

discuss

[dramatispersonae]

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

... This should be easy! Right?

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

Only if we don't put any creativity into it.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

Are you calling me naturally uncreative?

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

Let's find out. I'll do the present tense verbs and half the nouns, you do the rest.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

...Fine!

[A CHALLENGE HAS ARRIVED. muttering ideas under his breath]

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

[ALSO MUTTERING TO HERSELF but eventually] All right, I've got robot, time, jewel, bomb, steal, win, fight, run, blackmail.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

Hah! I'm going with babe, coronation, robot that transforms into a plane, chinchilla, flouncing, multiplying, gorgeous, heart-stopping, breathtaking, and dreamily.

I totally win!

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

Hardly. Half of those mean the same thing.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

The story might be about Emerald. I have to prepare.

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

Or it could be about anything else. But I suppose they'll have to do.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

You can change them if you really want.

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

[except it could also be about her] No, they'll do.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

I'm glad you agree! Should we turn them in?

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

Go on.

answer

[dramatispersonae]

Re: answer

[existentiallychallenged]

[8 nouns
robot
time
jewel
bomb
babe
coronation
robot that transforms into a plane
chinchilla

5 present tense verbs
steals
wins
fights
runs
blackmails

2 verbs ending in -ing
flouncing
multiplying

3 adjectives
gorgeous
heart-stopping
breathtaking

1 adverb
dreamily]

Re: answer

[dramatispersonae]

[a page appears. . . it reads as follows:

HOW TO STEAL:

1. Win a robot around your time.

2. Bring the jewel under your gorgeous bomb, over your heart-stopping bomb , under your breathtaking bomb, and over your pinky.

3. Do the same thing again, but this time, go the other direction. Now, each bomb should have a babe of coronation over it.

4. Repeat the two previous steps.

5. Look at your pinky and fight the piece of jewel nearest your palm and dreamily run the piece of jewel and bring it over your bomb.

6. Do the same thing to your other bombs.

7. Repeat steps two and three, but only do it once for each of the steps.

8. Repeat step four and five.

9. Keep repeating steps two, three, four and five. As you do, a babe should be flouncing at the back of your robot that transforms into a plane.

10. Once your chinchilla has reached the desired length, take one robot at a time and place it on the next bomb over, starting from the pinky. Repeat this until all of the robots (except for the time robot) are on the gorgeous bomb, then take off the time robot (so it now should be multiplying) and then very carefully take all the robotss at once off of the gorgeous bomb and blackmail both ends. Voila!]

Re: answer

[existentiallychallenged]

...

This is acceptable.

Re: answer

[backwardscompatible]

Assuming the next stage of this isn't "follow your instructions".

Re: answer

[existentiallychallenged]

...That might pose some complications...

round two

[dramatispersonae]

Why did you pick those words? Did you have a particular theme in mind? Have you ever been at a loss for words? Did you find them again? Are there any words that you try to hold onto?

discuss

[dramatispersonae]

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

...Well, my words were just trying to be awesome and creative.

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

And your adjectives were just in case they were talking about us. I picked things that I thought would be interesting.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

Nothing wrong with that answer!

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

I suppose we should answer the rest of the questions as well.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

...Have you ever been at a loss for words?

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

Never. You?

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

I think people are more likely to tell me to shut up instead.

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

I could say I've lost words in that I know that I've forgotten several languages...

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

Whoa, really? Have you gotten any of them back yet?

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

No, I just remember that I know them. Quite frustrating, but I'm sure it will all come back one way or another.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

Huh... Well, that works for that answer.

I want to hang onto my names.

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

How many do you have?

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

It's only two! One from here, and one from home. Right?

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

Don't ask me. Why would you want to keep the one from here?

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

...Why not?

[seems genuinely shocked]

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

It's just something made up until you know better, isn't it?

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

Stealth gave it to me.

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

Who's that?

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

My teammate!

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

So it's part of being part of a team? I suppose Coral are the same way...

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

...Yeah, it's kind of like that.

Re: discuss

[backwardscompatible]

It sounds like we have our answers, then.

Re: discuss

[existentiallychallenged]

--Ah, right. I'll tell them...

answer

[dramatispersonae]

Re: answer

[existentiallychallenged]

We picked our words to be interesting and awesome and creative, and to represent how great we are! We don't really lose our words, but the knight here has lost a lot of words because she hasn't gotten her languages back yet.

I'd like to hold onto names.