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[dramatispersonae]

INSTRUCTIONS

Each round you will be given a scenario and a task to accomplish. Assume any items you need to accomplish the task are present in the room. Your goal is to fail to accomplish this task, as elaborately and creatively as possible while still ostensibly trying to accomplish it. Do not ICly discuss and plan what you're going to do in each round. Just jump right in. Ping Raven when you need a new round.

This is a loser game, so the losers win, but there will be prizes for the teams that fail most creatively!

Comments

ENTERING THE ROOM

[dramatispersonae]

You understand the premise above, but at this point your room is empty. You can do any meet-and-greet or general discussion here before the scenarios begin.

ROUND 1

[dramatispersonae]

You are a suburban family attempting to prepare, serve and consume a simple spaghetti dinner.

The following unrelated objects are present as well:
a drinking horn
a pair of aviator sunglasses
a pair of nail clippers
a glue stick
three AAA batteries
a sponge
a pillow
a dish towel
one of those spray-nozzles you stick on a garden hose
a bottle of wine

Re: ROUND 1

[shipwithwings]

[climbs up on the dinner table and SITS THERE like a gloriously huge scaly cat, knocking anything and everything to the floor]

Re: ROUND 1

[alltherightmoves]

Er . . .

What is spaghetti?

Re: ROUND 1

[shipwithwings]

It is a pasta dish, I think. Like a soup with noodles, but with tomatoes instead of the soup.

Re: ROUND 1

[alltherightmoves]

Well . . . with the stuff we have, wouldn't we . . . fail anyway?

Re: ROUND 1

[shipwithwings]

That is the goal.

Re: ROUND 1

[alltherightmoves]

We could just not try, but that's not creative.

Re: ROUND 1

[shipwithwings]

We should try our very best to fail.

ROUND 2

[dramatispersonae]

You are on an exciting outdoor adventure with your friends and/or family! The sun will set soon, and you need to pitch a tent and otherwise set up your campsite before it is too dark to see.

The following unrelated objects are present as well:
a hat -- IT'S A TRILBY, A TRILBY DAMMIT NOT A FEDORA
a bottle of wine
a sponge
a half-eaten bar of dark chocolate
a glue stick
a sofa, fit for three family members or one very greedy one
a pad of sticky notes
half-moon spectacles
$7.63 entirely in pennies
a steak knife

Re: ROUND 2

[alltherightmoves]

Hmm. What if we put the sofa upside down?

Re: ROUND 2

[shipwithwings]

[DOES SO]

Will you fit under there?

Re: ROUND 2

[alltherightmoves]

I would, but you wouldn't. Maybe we can rip the pillows apart?

Re: ROUND 2

[shipwithwings]

We can keep the frame and make a nest of the bedding.

Re: ROUND 2

[alltherightmoves]

A nest would be a failure.

Re: ROUND 2

[shipwithwings]

Nests are better than tents; we are improving it.

Re: ROUND 2

[alltherightmoves]

Er, if you say so.

ROUND 3

[dramatispersonae]

You are office workers receiving a shipment of documents in the mail! You need to sign for the packages, open them, and put the contents away in your filing cabinets.

The following unrelated objects are present as well:
a paper plate
a mason jar
an ornamental letter opener
a 1" ball of beeswax
a plastic spork
a single tomato
$7.63 entirely in pennies
a canvas tote bag
encyclopaedia volumes L, P and Y
a half-eaten bar of dark chocolate

Re: ROUND 3

[alltherightmoves]

I'm confused. What's all this for?

Re: ROUND 3

[shipwithwings]

I do not know. They are letters?

Re: ROUND 3

[alltherightmoves]

People keep their letters? Where would they have space for it?

Re: ROUND 3

[shipwithwings]

If we take the pages out of the encyclopedias, there will be room for the letters.

Re: ROUND 3

[alltherightmoves]

Or we can just put everything in the drawers.

Re: ROUND 3

[shipwithwings]

Everything?

Re: ROUND 3

[alltherightmoves]

Why not? Stuff the drawers!