Coral

[dramatispersonae]

[When you step through the door, you find yourself in a dark room. The only thing that seems to light the room is a candle that one of you are suddenly holding.

You can hear a voice echoing around you though you don't know who it belongs to.]

Comments

Round 1

[dramatispersonae]

Please list up to three ways that you can help change someone. You may interpret this as you'd like.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

Talking to them, obviously.

Re: Discussion

[chronophobia]

Interesting... change can be forced upon someone regardless of their intent, so the methods you choose depend on whether or not you want someone to change for their own good, or yours.

Re: Discussion

[revengeofthemordsith]

Hard work and beatings.

Answer

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Answer

[chronophobia]

The methods we offer are:

1. Talking to someone.
2. Doing something for someone.
3. Offering that someone constructive criticism.

Round Two - The Gingerbread House

[dramatispersonae]

And when your words have been said, the light turns on and you find yourself inside of a building.

You find yourself in a dark and dusty basement that smells pretty terrible. Inside, you can find an oven roaring a fire. There is a mannequin of a young girl sweeping a floor while a mannequin of a boy is trapped inside of a metal cage. Though the scenery is moving, it's sort of looping over and over kind of like an animated gif.

Oh, we must escape.

Judging by the table with dishes set up, you can sort of guess what's about to happen.

Or we will be eaten.

A figure whose face you cannot see had entered the room, broom in her hand.

right?

Cards

[dramatispersonae]

Inside one of your hands are three cards with a word written on each. If you cannot read, it will play out in your head instead:

♦ Talking to someone.
♦ Doing something for someone.
♦ Constructive Criticism

You know that if you touch something in the room with them, it will change the scene in some shape or form, but you're not certain as to how. You may use all of them or not play any at all.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[chronophobia]

W-w-wait, are you serious--?!

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

...Yaaay...

Answer

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Answer

[chronophobia]

[Coral has decided to use "talking to someone" on the girl to inform her of the plan to shove the witch into the oven; and use "do something for someone" on the boy to get him out of the metal cage.]

Round Three - The Story Can Change

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a dark and dusty basement that smells pretty terrible. Inside, you can find an oven roaring a fire. There is a mannequin of a young girl sweeping a floor while a mannequin of a boy is trapped inside of a metal cage. Though the scenery is moving, it's sort of looping over and over kind of like an animated gif.

Oh, we must escape.

Judging by the table with dishes set up, you can sort of guess what's about to happen.

Or we will be eaten.

A figure whose face you cannot see had entered the room, broom in her hand.

right?

"Now, then," she cried to the girl, "stir yourself, and bring some water. Let ▒▓▒▓▒▓▒ be fat or lean, to-morrow I will kill him, and cook him."

"Help us," she cried. "If the wild beasts in the forest had but devoured us, we should at any rate have died together."

"..."

The little boy speaks from the cage, "▒▓▒▓▒▓▒, let me out! I'll help you with the oven."

The girl looks slightly horrified. "Do not listen to him! That's not how this is suppose to go!"

The older figure just sort of ignores her as she reaches to the cage to let him out. But once the door opens, he leaps out and bowls her over . . . and the scene ends.

Question

[dramatispersonae]

How do you feel about your results? Can you truly help someone change?

I would like to c▒▓nge as well.

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

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Re: Discussion

[chronophobia]

Oh, boy...

Re: Discussion

[revengeofthemordsith]

. . . Better than I thought.

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

She wants a change too.

Answer

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Answer

[revengeofthemordsith]

Maybe.

Since it seems like the children were the only ones to escape and not the . . . witch? It seems one-sided and a lot of it is determined by the actions and not by change itself, at least not change of self.

We'd like to think we've helped someone change for the better, but that doesn't always work out the way we'd like. We can only offer to help in the ways we think are best. For someone to change, they have to decide for themselves if and how they'll change--but we'll offer our support regardless.

Bonus

[dramatispersonae]

I'll let you change something one more time with the cards you have, but only one. You can choose to pass if you'd like.

(ooc: does not count towards scoring ftr)

Re: Bonus

[dicktionary]

What do you guys think?

Re: Bonus

[dicktionary]

We're gonna use the "talking" and the "constructive criticism" cards on the witch this time.