SAPPHIRE and AMETHYST

[dramatispersonae]

You're on a sandbar in a shallow bay with a Sapphire and Amethyst canopy shielding you from the hot sun. Some distance away in the bay, you can make out another sandbar with a Ruby and Jasper canopy on it, but it's too far away to see any more details.

Comments

ROUND ONE

[dramatispersonae]

Lorelei stands on the edge of the sandbar, holding something in her hands. She says nothing, but she holds it up to you with a plaintive expression of earnest curiosity: what is this? Then she sets it down on the sand, gives you one last longing glance, and walks into the water. There's a splash, and she's gone.

ITEM

[dramatispersonae]

Your item is a pair of rainboots.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: DISCUSSION

[telepathetically]

They're rainboots.

...do mermaids need rainboots?

Re: DISCUSSION

[idkmybffnirvash]

She doesn't have feet, and she lives in the water.

Re: DISCUSSION

[telepathetically]

She has feet sometimes, but if she's from water I don't think she'll care about getting her feet wet.

Re: DISCUSSION

[idkmybffnirvash]

She might.

They're plastic shoes that come up to your knee and protect your feet from water. Is that enough?

SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

Give a description of your item's intended purpose and proper use that is as clear, accurate, and complete as possible within forty-five minutes.

Re: SUBMIT

[idkmybffnirvash]

It is a pair of shoes that protect your feet from water. You wear them on your feet.

Re: SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

A wave washes over the sand, and the object you described is gone.

ROUND TWO

[dramatispersonae]

From somewhere out in the bay, Lorelei's voice suddenly rings out. "How boring! Your answers aren't interesting at all; surely there's more magic to human lands than that? Please tell me more interesting stories of these things!"

ITEM

[dramatispersonae]

Your item is a frying pan. Its purpose and use has been described by Ruby and Jasper as follows: "A shallow-based cooking tool, generally used with copious amounts of oil, seasoned, and generally used as a producer of bacon, pancakes, and other deliciously crispy meal-like delicacies. Ah, of course, unconventionally it could also be used to hit unsavory fellows in the face—not as effective as an axe, but from its hard, iron exterior, will definitely give whomever a nasty bump! Ooch!"

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

 

Re: DISCUSSION

[idkmybffnirvash]

[chuckling]

Their's isn't boring.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ihulk]

[stumbling in and looking around]

What'd I miss?

Re: DISCUSSION

[idkmybffnirvash]

We have to come up with a story about a frying pan.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ihulk]

What is it, a Disney Princess?

Re: DISCUSSION

[telepathetically]

Bubbles would have liked that answer.

Re: DISCUSSION

[idkmybffnirvash]

She likes cooking?

Re: DISCUSSION

[telepathetically]

Frying pans were her weapon of choice.

Re: DISCUSSION

[ihulk]

I'm gonna assume you mean a person and not a bunch of talking bubbles.

Re: DISCUSSION

[telepathetically]

Old Sapphire teammate. Not anybody you would know.

SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

Make up a new description of your item's intended purpose and proper use that is as ridiculous and inventive as possible within an hour and fifteen minutes. It can be a genuine alternative use or an extravagant lie, but either way, points will be awarded for creativity, convincingness, and effectiveness at refuting the original description.

Re: SUBMIT

[ihulk]

It's an all-purpose tool that can not only cook, but it can clean, cheat at cards, paint, sing, and talk to animals. For the user to obtain maximum power it should be wearing a crown. If the user is in danger it can go into attack mode and destroy ruffians and thugs, or summon woodland creatures to give them rabies. It comes in several different kinds of metals, and each one has a unique property. Iron can banish faeries, gold can withstand dragon fire, silver will let the user breathe underwater, and copper helps you get a better internet connection.

Re: SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

There's a splash, and a sandy pathway back to the Ring appears before you...