Ruby

[dramatispersonae]

[ You’re in a corporate boardroom… of sorts. There’s no door and the walls are all glass, open to a clear blue sky, but if you look out the glass and down, there’s nothing but a layer of fluffy white clouds. If you look up, nothing but sky and sun. The room is dominated by an odd table that hasn’t decided what shape it wants to be – there’s a square corner on one end, but the rest of it is wavy and ellipsoid. The chairs are swiveling leather office chairs, quite comfortable and quite ordinary. The tea service and digestives have come along as well.

In the middle of the table are three typewriters with paper primed and ready to go, the mailbox, and a typewritten.

Dear Crane:

We’ve gotten some very good submissions so far, but not enough to go to print! Talk amongst yourselves and write a letter asking for help solving a problem that you face, as a team or as individuals. And don’t be afraid to send in more than one. We’re such a popular feature!

- M

]

Comments

ROUND ONE

[dramatispersonae]

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[badnewsboy]

[omg


omg


OMG

runs into the room, feet skidding against the floor, jumps into one of the chairs and goes sailing alongside the table, spinning in the chair]

Awesome!

Re: DISCUSSION

[hallucinogenetic]

[fuck]

[I hate this room, I hate this room]

Re: DISCUSSION

[badnewsboy]

[from halfway across the room, looking dizzy]

Kanda?

Re: DISCUSSION

[hallucinogenetic]

[covers his face with one hand]

Let's just get this over with.

Re: DISCUSSION

[badnewsboy]

[slides in the chair to the type writer]

It'll be okay, we won't let anything happen to you. I can be rather terrifying.

Re: DISCUSSION

[hallucinogenetic]

. . .

Re: DISCUSSION

[pchaaair]

... Kanda...

Re: DISCUSSION

[hallucinogenetic]

It's fine.

Re: DISCUSSION

[pchaaair]

Are you sure?

Re: DISCUSSION

[hallucinogenetic]

. . . I don't like it. I don't know why.

SUBMISSIONS

[dramatispersonae]

[ submissions go here with your team name in the subject of the comment ]

ROUND TWO

[dramatispersonae]

[ One of the typewriters begins typing on its own, eventually printing out:

Excellent, excellent, this is enough material to keep us going for quite some time. Now, get to work answering the letters!

The mailbox makes a coughing noise, and up comes a… large newspaper. Each column starts with one of these letters. The space below each letter is blank… for now.

The typewriter keeps going:

Just stick your letter in the mailbox – “Dear So-and-So” – and it will find its way into print. Oh, but we don’t want to give bad advice. If you see someone giving advice you disagree with, feel free to correct them. Remember, you get paid by the word… no, paid by the letter… no, brevity can be the soul of wit… no, rewarded based on productivity… aha! Giving a good answer or many good answers will help you win! But the newspaper business can be about entertainment, so there’ll be a reward for pleasing your peers as well. Yes, those are good criteria.

Now, get to work.

- M

Yes. It’s a magical newspaper that will update in Aather-realtime with the contents of the linked DP post, so your characters can snipe at other letter writers and call their advice terrible.

Use this thread for discussion and this post for submissions. ]

Re: ROUND TWO

[hallucinogenetic]

[ugh . . .]

Re: ROUND TWO

[pchaaair]

[SQUINTS AT THEM]

One of these situations is really familiar, to me.

Re: ROUND TWO

[badnewsboy]

You're seeing things.

To work! Helping and saving others from their problems!

Re: ROUND TWO

[pchaaair]

[SQUINTS AT YOU :U!!!]

I ... guess.

Re: ROUND TWO

[badnewsboy]

What should our name of pen be?

Re: ROUND TWO

[hallucinogenetic]

You can be Idiot Crane and Moron Crane.

Re: ROUND TWO

[pchaaair]

Crane of Sick Fires.

Re: ROUND TWO

[badnewsboy]

Come on, let's solve some problems!

Re: ROUND TWO

[hallucinogenetic]

Are we doing some as a group?

Re: ROUND TWO

[badnewsboy]

Do you have any you feel strongly about?

Re: ROUND TWO

[hallucinogenetic]

[still reading]