EMERALD

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in an unassuming room. It's spacious, though it's fairly empty except for the furniture in the center. There, a collection of chairs are gathered around a large table. ...Or, at least, they're chair- and table-like things. The chairs are made all of one piece, of an unidentifiable plasticky substance, and they're fairly uncomfortable. The table is made of the same substance, and is just a round platform on a pedestal.

On the table, however, are pens and paper, and in the center of the table there's an opaque cloud, spinning slowly in swirls of mist.

Instructions come both as a voice and as words in the mist, and you instinctively know you can answer either by speaking back or by writing down your answer and throwing it into the cloud.

Comments

PART 1

[dramatispersonae]

Please choose a number between 1 and 100.

No answer is more correct than any other answer.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternalorders]

Do you have a preference?

Re: DISCUSSION

[soundandfury]

Not really.

...Seven?

ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ANSWER

[fraternalorders]

Seven.

RESULT

[dramatispersonae]

Re: RESULT

[dramatispersonae]

Your number appears in the clouds for a second, then vanishes as another number appears, counting quickly up to 248.6.

PART 2

[dramatispersonae]

Please specify one small action that at least one person on your team would like to do. It should be simple, generic, possible, and take no more than 3-5 words to describe. For example: "eat a cookie", "pick a flower", "jump off a cliff"

No answer is more correct than any other answer.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternalorders]

This seems simple, as well.

Re: DISCUSSION

[soundandfury]

This personae's really set on "everything's the right answer", huh?

ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ANSWER

[fraternalorders]

Share a skewer of dango.

PART 3

[dramatispersonae]

Please describe an event—something you experienced together, something one of you experienced alone, or even something entirely fictional.

No answer is more correct than any other answer, but details may be to your advantage later.

((All teams need to be finished with this part before anyone can move on to part 4 - which is the final and most important part—so please try to be as expeditious as possible! Aim for a story around 100-300 words.))

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternalorders]

[considering this]

There are a number of options.

ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ANSWER

[fraternalorders]

Several weeks ago now, when we were still in Wonderland, there was a game run by the Green Knight that caused the ring to be filled with snow. I knew from experience that Lloyd Irving disliked snow, and after seeing him in the ring making faces over the change in weather, Lightning and I decided to ambush him.

We proceeded to sneak up on him and throw snowballs when he was least expecting it. When he realized it was us, he fought back and the three of us proceeded to battle. He cheated with time once, but Lightning and I work well together and eventually triumphed.

A few days later he gave us mittens as "revenge," and when I asked for a quest he asked Lightning and I to design a snow fort together. We did so, and it turned out quite well. I expect we'll be prepared to defeat him again if necessary.

PART 4

[dramatispersonae]

Please describe how the event you detailed in the previous section would have occurred if someone had unexpectedly eaten a steak.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternalorders]

[but steak is gross...]

ANSWER

[dramatispersonae]

Re: ANSWER

[fraternalorders]

If Lloyd had decided to do something illogical like eat a steak instead of fighting back he and his steak would have ended up covered in snow.

RESULT

[dramatispersonae]

You submit your answer, and then see a different scene play out in the mist... like this except.

When it's done, you exit to endgame.