Coral

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a dark space. The pale not-a-Persona is sitting cross-legged on a . . . ledge? a little above head-height, lit with what appears to be their own light, because you sure can't make out anything that it's actually sitting on.

Pinned on the ground in front of you is a stuffed manikin, white and squishy and doll-jointed, with a blank face and obvious stitching.. There are metal pins stuck through it, jamming it against the ground, in five places—three in the head, one in the chest, and one in the hand. A little loop of string is tied to each, with room for a label.

"The heart, the mind, the mouth, the eyes, and the limbs. I'll give you the labels, and you tell me what goes where, and how to put a person together the right way."

[instructions]

Comments

Round 1

[dramatispersonae]

You have 1 blank card and 6 other cards:

a bird in a cage with an open door
a writing desk with a blank piece of paper
a note stuck in a doorframe
the urge to tap your toes
thinking somebody said something but not being sure if they did
a childhood friend whose name you can't remember

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

Huh. Cute.

Re: Discussion

[simple_not_boring]

*nods*

Any ideas?

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

A few.

Re: Discussion

[awwwkward]

Is this like another story game?

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

Looks like it. Or something similar anyway.

Re: Discussion

[simple_not_boring]

...huh.

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

Okay, I have a few ideas, speak up now if you have anything else...

The song stuck in your head that you can't identify, an empty stage with a spotlight, a pen that runs out of ink halfway through a word...

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

A statue whose face has been worn smooth by wind and rain, a story in a language no one knows anymore, the sound of a tree falling in the forest when no one's around to hear it...

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

Fill In The Blank

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Fill In The Blank

[dicktionary]

The sound of a tree falling in the forest when no one's around to it

Other Actions

[dramatispersonae]

Round 2

[dramatispersonae]

You now have the following cards:

the sound of a tree falling in the forest when no one's around to it
digging into wet sea sand until it begins to smell of sulphur and stick to your fingers
choosing a live fish to eat
a bird in a cage with an open door
a writing desk with a blank piece of paper
a note stuck in a doorframe
the urge to tap your toes
thinking somebody said something but not being sure if they did
a childhood friend whose name you can't remember
a soiled pillow (from Iolite)

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[simple_not_boring]

I like the desk and paper for mind. That's kind of how we start out, isn't it?

Re: Discussion

[dicktionary]

Can we trade out the live fish one?

YOU ALSO HAVE ONE BLANK CARD

[dramatispersonae]

Re: YOU ALSO HAVE ONE BLANK CARD

[dicktionary]

A book you remember without having read

Trade

[dramatispersonae]

[the gamerunner rests their hands on the edge of the invisible ledge, leaning down with a glint in their eye]

I'll tell you what. Give me something, and I'll give you a card in return. I'll even give you blank ones, if you trade me something important. And I'll also give you something to replace the thing you gave me. Got it?

If you don't want to play, go ahead and put things together.

Re: Trade

[dicktionary]

We'll trade you the live fish card for something!

[motifated]

I don't want one of my own cards.

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

The heart is:
The mind is:
The mouth is:
The eyes are:
The limbs are:
Because:

The heart is: The mind is: The mouth is: The eyes are: The limbs are:

Re: Submission

[simple_not_boring]

The heart is: a bird in a cage with an open door
The mind is: a writing desk with a blank piece of paper
The mouth is: a childhood friend whose name you can't remember
The eyes are: A book you remember without having read
The limbs are: the urge to tap your toes
Because: Hearts are about the bonds we decide to accept. The bird stays in its cage because it wants to. We all start out without memories and ready to learn, so minds are like a writing desk with a blank sheet of paper. The mouth is a childhood friend whose name you can't remember because the name's on the tip of your tongue. The limbs are the urge to tap your toes because you can move to your own beat. And the eyes are a book you remember without having read because there's more to things than meets the eye, and because seeing things is part of memory.