PERIDOT

[dramatispersonae]

[You'll find yourself inside the living room of a quaint and cozy gingerbread house. The room itself isn't very big, but you'll find nice décor scattering the room: Squishy marshmallow seats around a chocolate table holding bowls of treats, cabinets covering the walls, and a large cauldron in one of the corners.

You'll also find a flight of stairs that goes up.]

Ah, hello. [You can hear the Baker's voice speaking.] It looks like today, you will be children.

Comments

[crueltobekind]

What a boring role . . .

What do you think's upstairs?

[crueltobekind]

[well I guess I'll go explore upstairs on my own]

[theliesof]

Hold on; I'll come too.

[crueltobekind]

Oh, there you are.

[theliesof]

I've been wandering around listening in to what I can. We won't win this sitting in here.

If we care about winning.

[crueltobekind]

We do! This will be one of the rare fun games, so I want to play it well.

[theliesof]

I'll do what I can, then.

[dramatispersonae]

[The stairs are made up of graham crackers, hoorah! As you climb up, the temperature around you seems to get a lot warmer. In fact, by the time you reach to the top, you can't help but feel like you're stuck in an attic with no air circulation.

Upstairs, you'll find yourself a bedroom that is relatively normal. In fact, nothing up there seems to be made of food. On the wall on the left, you'll find blank picture frames hanging on the wall. On the right, there's a simple dresser with jars on top of it. In the center there are two twin sized beds right next to each other and a bedside table in between. ]

[crueltobekind]

[ugh this feels awful]

[. . . huh. Going to check out the jars on the dresser]

[dramatispersonae]

[there are three jars, two filled with uncooked cookie dough, and another with something that looks like blech oatmeal]

[there are things inside of each one]

[crueltobekind]

Ew . . .





[opens the oatmeal one so he can pour it out to see what's inside]

[theliesof]

[looking behind the picture frames and under the bed]

[dramatispersonae]

[Indeed, it has something written on it:

Recipe for [--------].

1 teardrop
2 hints of the past
3 mementos of childhood

Mix them together in the [--------]. Sprinkle in [--------] and give to [--------].]

[under a bed is a key]

[theliesof]

[writing down the recipe, taking the key]

Briar, see any locks?

[crueltobekind]

[LATER ON going back downstairs to check the cabinets on the first floor]

[dramatispersonae]

[you'll find dishes to eat on and also STUFFED TOYS GALORE]

[crueltobekind]

[CHECKING THE STUFFED TOYS specifically to see if there's stuff in them!]

[dramatispersonae]

[if you squeeze them, you might feel something inside three of 'em]

[crueltobekind]

[good thing I have some scissors to cut them open with]

Day 3

[crueltobekind]

So. We really need to make sure we're on the same page this time.

I haven't talked thoroughly with any of the teams in the clue this time yet, but my first impression is that Carnelian's kid saying she suspected Emerald more since they got put up to ousting in the first round is weird. We all know by now they were voted on randomly. And other people made good points that the mice could've easily messed with the voting in the first round to keep a mouse team from going up—which should make Emerald look less suspicious. She's just a kid though, so maybe she's just slipping up . . .

What do you think so far?

Re: Day 3

[theliesof]

There was a Jasper acting suspicious, but I think that's either just him or just Jasper. I saw the girl on Carnelian, and I agree.

... I might be able to find something on Emerald.

Re: Day 3

[crueltobekind]

Oh? Do you know them?

Re: Day 3

[theliesof]

You could say that.

Re: Day 3

[crueltobekind]

Then I'll leave them to you.

Which Jasper was it that was acting strange, by the way?

[dramatispersonae]

You have been whooshed away!