dramatispersonae | Game 225: Citrine

Game 225: Citrine

Your team table is still there, along with a small patch of ground and your benches, there's just--nothing else. It's very dark, and bitterly cold, except for a few torches that have appeared around your table and a waning moon amongst a sea of stars.

On the table, along with your mead, is a single bone disk, an awl, and a leather bag.

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Joe's voice comes out of nowhere. "Name three attributes of your team, and carve a symbol. Speak your answers out loud and put the bone in the bag when you're done."

You'll find that the awl carves the bone like butter, almost like drawing with a pen.

OOC: The symbol should be fairly simple, to as to be crudely carved on a small disk, and contain no letters, numbers, or colors. Verbal description or a quick graphic both welcome.

[I don't even know this team.]

A dog, right?

[they just got one of those ...]

That works. We're pretty loyal, and....excitable, for the most part. Though that may not be a good thing for those present. Maybe invested might be a better term, that can fit almost everyone.

What do you think?

[ SHE IS TRYING HARD TO BE NICE BRO ]

Loyal ... is fine. Trusting. There's a balance of excitable, though.

[the power of a memory regained, Annabeth. he's willing to civilize]

Maybe we could go with....personable?

[ '-'! surprising, but not really...! ]

... Fine with me.

[Not sure I agree, though.]

Maybe something else, though.

....stubborn....?

That one's better.

So we've got a dog for our symbol, with the adjectives Loyal, Trusting, and Stubborn. Sound good?

Yeah, that's fine.

Attribute 1: Loyal
Attribute 2: Trusting
Attribute 3: Stubborn
Symbol: A dog

With a little shudder, the bag spits your disk back out; whatever you carved is now burned in neatly and painted in red. "If this were a charm or spell, what three powers would it grant? They need not be related to your attributes, but you could start with those if you wish. Again, speak your answers out loud and put the bone in the bag when you're done."

[Powers?]

Nothing is good for those.

A charm to prevent people from persuading you to do bad things might fall under the realm of stubbornness. And maybe a charm that allows you to find someone, no matter how far away they are.

Impervious to control.

A seeking charm.

And something else.

[ considers. . . ]

It'd probably be terrible of me to say that we get the power to scare people away by making growling noises, wouldn't it?

[ totally a joke, you can tell ]

Maybe....a charm for fierceness, though.

[shakes his head]

No. ... Where I come from, you can get a power that helps you sync with someone else and be stronger.

How about that?

That's perfect for Citrine.

I'll turn in.

Sure.

[ she is considering you as you do so '-'! thoughtfully ]

[Why's she looking at me like that?]

What is it?

Nothing, really. I was just thinking.

[ maybe you are a citrine!!!! nods ]

Old Joe is one of my favorite Personae. I wish he'd run more games, really.

Are all his games ... easy?

Not necessarily. Most of them involve being clever, or thinking through something that happens to you.

Power 1: A seeking charm
Power 2: Impervious to control
Power 3: Syncing/partnering with others to be stronger

A long scroll unrolls from the bag, along with a quill and inkwell. This is on the scroll.

"Of the sets of attributes listed, tell me which you believe was spoken by which team. For the sake of this game, the knights of Sterling have been divided into free swords and those who are sworn to Personae. If you have no insight, you may leave any or all blank."

"Of the powers listed, tell me which three you would most like to have at your disposal. Do not list what you originally put in."

OOC: For attributes, just put down the number from the list. I've consolidated similar powers into one--for example if two teams put down flying, there would only be one flying power listed. (But if one put down flying and one put down sprouting wings, those would be two different entries.) So if you see a power that's identical in function but differently worded to something you submitted, don't vote for it.

I'm no good for this.

A lot of these are too similar. I think it'll be easier to guess based on symbol than on words presented.

Who knew we all thought we were so individual...

Oh, well the rose garden belongs to Maleficent...I don't know if they'd go for the obvious option, though. And there's a dragon on Iolite...

[ :/ ]

We went for the obvious option.

That's true. So I can try to figure it out, but I'm not sure on some of these.

[ going down the line.... ]

I don't know the first one. The second....Hulk is kind of a puppy. We gave him one of our knight tokens, so that would almost make sense. I think he went into team....two? One? There are too many Sterling teams.

Protective....and loyal. I don't really know. It's sort of hard to guess. Four has to be Iolite -- fourteen doesn't sound enough like them. I think seven is Jasper, and nine is Amethyst, maybe. Emerald has always been the alcohol team, so I'd say they're six.

We can just guess on the rest.

... Okay. So powers.

I'd say increased problem solving and logic. But gusts of wind would be cool, too.

Those two are fine.

Healing, too?

Sounds good to me. We could use a healer on this team sometimes...

ATTRIBUTES
Ruby: 16
Jasper: 7
Carnelian: 10
Tiger's Eye: 8
Heliodor: 14
Peridot: 5
Emerald: 6
Turquoise: 1
Sapphire: 13
Iolite: 4
Amethyst: 9
Kunzite: 15
Sterling: Free Swords: 3
Sterling: Oathsworn: 2
Onyx: 12

POWERS
Power 1: Increasing problem solving, logic, and rationality.
Power 2: Summoning gusts of wind.
Power 3: Healing.

To endgame.

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Game 225: Citrine

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