JASPER

[dramatispersonae]

You're in a small grove of trees off the side of the road. Somehow, their thick leaves muffle all sound from beyond, leaving only faint whispers and echoes at the fringe of your hearing.

Comments

ROUND 1.5

[dramatispersonae]

The scroll the bird just dropped is covered in letters--seemingly random at first, but with some patterns. Even if you cannot read, you understand that there are words to be found here...



Beneath the jumble of letters is a question: "Why would someone betray his beloved?"

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: DISCUSSION

[mirroredvalue]

[...I'm sorry, you don't know Jasper very well.]

Spite doesn't make people betray, it's what brought Jasper together.

[Otherwise known as "everyone hates us, so we can bus ourselves better than you ever could!"]

Re: DISCUSSION

[starebear]

[looking at the scroll???? CONFUSED THAT HE CAN UNDERSTAND THE PRESENCE OF WORDS...]

Re: DISCUSSION

[mirroredvalue]

Mmm... Corruption. Star's okay with putting on Corruption.

Re: DISCUSSION

[starebear]

[...traces his finger along "falsehood," tentative...]

Re: DISCUSSION

[mirroredvalue]

Yeah, people shouldn't lie, after all.

Re: DISCUSSION

[starebear]

[nods.]

WORDS FOUND

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: WORDS FOUND

[mirroredvalue]

Falsehood, Corruption

[The following are crossed out because they definitely don't cause betrayal: Ambition, Spite, Malice, Politics]