✿ SAPPHIRE

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a musty rectangular room floored with tatami. The room is not large, but luckily fits your team without seeming too claustrophobic. It seems to have been set up as a sort of study. There is a low desk against one wall, covered in stacks of paper cards and writing utensils. Near the desk are, of course, cushions for everyone to sit on. A circular latticed window is set into the wall perpendicular to the desk. Bright moonlight filters through, enough to provide illumination for your task. If you look through the window, you can just barely make out the shapes of a shadowy garden beyond and below… you must be at least on the second floor.

The other end of the room is dominated by a large apothecary's chest. There are many, many drawers, but none of them open save for the fourteen in the middle that have been painted with team colors. A hand-lettered sign has been placed on top of the chest: "Please turn in your stories here."

Comments

Round One

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(Game instructions are here!)

Please discuss these answers with your team and submit using the textarea. You can choose the same team more than once in the team selection. Answers are due at 5PST

Where does your character live?
What is your character's backstory?
What do they do every day?
How does this make them feel?
What are three things that would make their life worse?
What are three things that would make their life better?

Choose 1-3 teams whose lives you would like to improve.
Choose 1 team that you think has a good idea of how to make someone miserable.
Choose 1 team to take some of their sadness on yourselves.

[your team]'s character lives [____] When they were a child, they [____]. Now that they are older, every day, they [____]. This makes them feel [____]. Three things that would make their life worse: <li> <li> <li> Three things that would make their life better: <li> <li> <li> <b>Team Selections:</b> Improve their lives (1-3): Good at making someone miserable (1): Take their sadness (1):

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

So it is a story.

Re: Discussion

[telepathetically]

[hahaHA]

REALLY.

Re: Discussion

[turnthetides]

...Wow, what a wonderful game we get to play today.

Re: Discussion

[outstandingbalance]

Really?

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Submission

[appleofhiseye]

Sapphire's character lives on an island where there is lots of fishing. When they were a child they constantly had to travel, because rain followed them everywhere they went and threatened to flood every village. This was because they were very unlucky and lots of little things constantly happened every day to make things worse. They also had a very unfortunate pet, which was just fish heads. Now that they are older, every day, they can only eat fish even though they are allergic. This makes them feel rather sad, and also a little itchy.

Three things that would make their life worse:

The island flooding and having to leave.

Seagulls come and eat the fish head pets.

If everyone else got sick of the rain and moved off the island.

Three things that would make their life better:

Sunshine.

A lucky charm.

A diet that contains no fish.

Team Selections:
Improve their lives (1-3): Emerald, Coral, Carnelian
Good at making someone miserable (1): Turquoise because Yuki said they're good at misery.
Take their sadness (1): Iolite

Round Two

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Please discuss these answers with your team and submit using the textarea. You can choose the same team more than once in the team selection. [Answers are due at 6PM PST]

What is the worst feeling in the world?
What is the best feeling to have?
What is the worst thing to lose?
What is the best thing to find?

Choose 1-2 teams whose life you would like to improve.
Choose 1 team that you think has a good idea of how to make someone miserable.
Choose 1 team to take some of their sadness on yourselves.
Choose 1 team and come up with a creative way to terrorize them with kindness.

<b>Worst feeling:</b> <b>Best feeling:</b> <b>Worst thing to lose:</b> <b>Best thing to find:</b> <b>Team Selections:</b> Improve their life (2): Good at making someone miserable (1): Take their sadness (1): Creative happiness (1): . . . what do you want to do to them?:

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

...I don't like this game...

Re: Discussion

[telepathetically]

More depressing stuff.

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

[...well then.]

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Submission

[appleofhiseye]

Worst feeling: Loss
Best feeling: Belonging
Worst thing to lose: People important to you
Best thing to find: People important to you

Team Selections:
Improve their life (2): Turquoise and Iolite
Good at making someone miserable (1): Coral
Take their sadness (1): Amethyst
Creative happiness (1): Peridot
. . . what do you want to do to them?: Give them a puppy.

Round Three

[dramatispersonae]

Sapphire's character lives on an island where there is lots of fishing. When they were a child they constantly had to travel, because rain followed them everywhere they went and threatened to flood every village. This was because they were very unlucky and lots of little things constantly happened every day to make things worse. They also had a very unfortunate pet, which was just fish heads. Now that they are older, every day, they can only eat fish even though they are allergic. This makes them feel rather sad, and also a little itchy.

One day, things change quite suddenly . . .! Write a paragraph (or more) of their story to include all of the following elements:

Them finally being able to style their hair.

A better relationship with their evil brother

Someone to talk to that talks back.

Mistakenly upsetting that person

Getting crippled

Going outside

The island flooding and having to leave.

Seagulls come and eat the fish head pets.

If everyone else got sick of the rain and moved off the island.

You MUST use all of these suggestions, and you cannot ADD any additional events (though you can be creative with how you use them).

The teams that played against you in Round 1 were Coral, Citrine, Tiger's Eye, Turquoise.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[glorious]

[...A better relationship with their evil brother.]

[WHO GAVE US THAT.]

Re: Discussion

[appleofhiseye]

...?

Re: Discussion

[telepathetically]

That's a shitty life.

Re: Discussion

[outstandingbalance]

Right.

Submission!

[dramatispersonae]

Final Round

[dramatispersonae]

Sapphire's character lives on an island where there is lots of fishing. When they were a child they constantly had to travel, because rain followed them everywhere they went and threatened to flood every village. This was because they were very unlucky and lots of little things constantly happened every day to make things worse. They also had a very unfortunate pet, which was just fish heads. Now that they are older, every day, they can only eat fish even though they are allergic. This makes them feel rather sad, and also a little itchy.

However, one day they realized the constant rain allowed for unique, interesting hair styles. They were then sent to live with their evil brother, something that caused a great deal of trepidation. However, they were able to speak with one another and their own personal relationship was greatly improved by that simple act.

Unfortunately, while they were speaking with their brother, their fish heads were attacked and eaten by seagulls, their eyes taken from them. It was...a tragedy. Of sorts. However, there wasn't much time before the island began to flood. The other islanders have already begun to sail out. The time for their brother to leave was soon approaching, and they too planned to leave.

Together, they sailed outside their island world to a land unknown...

But the story doesn't end here. A friendly team, Jasper, wishes to help cheer your character up with the following story element:

Give them an army of moon penguins.

Tiger's Eye has also sent you a gift:

Give them a ton of food so they never go hungry again!

Turquoise has also contributed:

Cover them in flowers

Continue the story by writing a paragraph (or more) including the gift of kindness, as well as the following elements:

Finding yourself

Losing a friend

Losing the people you love

Finding security

You MUST use all of these suggestions, and you cannot ADD any additional events (though you can be creative with how you use them).

THEN:
Write a happy ending.
Write a bad end.
Which do you prefer, and why?

After you're done, you may proceed to endgame.

<b>Story:</b> <b>Happy Ending:</b> <b>Bad end:</b> <b>Which do you prefer, and why?</b>

Discussion

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Submission

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