Citrine

[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:

pushing your feet closer to the fire
seeing a picture of someone you loved but haven't thought about in years
a letter from someone that you know is dead
pinfeathers
singing in a foreign language
raindrops travelling down glass

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[heartrending]

[glances uneasily at the gamerunner, then down at the doll-thing]

Pathetic...

[abruptly he crouches and starts trying to pull the pins out]

Re: Discussion

[firstflower]

[watching him do that...]

Re: Discussion

[heartrending]

It's no use. They're stuck in place.

Re: Discussion

[saviorsoul]

[ Smacks ]

Will you stop touchin' everything?

Re: Discussion

[heartrending]

[flinches back from the blow]

Re: Discussion

[motifated]

[they are very firmly stuck 'v']

Try pulling harder.

Re: Discussion

[heartrending]

[pulls back, leaving the pins in place for now]

Hmph.

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

Fill In The Blank

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Fill In The Blank

[firstflower]

"the mastery of their own fate."

Other Actions

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Other Actions

[firstflower]

- STEAL one Regular Card from Ruby
- GIVE "pinfeathers" to Iolite

Round 2

[dramatispersonae]

You now have the following cards:

the mastery of their own fate
the echoing cacophony of water on sheet metal
the sensation of forgetting something you knew
pushing your feet closer to the fire
seeing a picture of someone you loved but haven't thought about in years
a letter from someone that you know is dead
pinfeathers (given to Iolite)
singing in a foreign language
raindrops travelling down glass
a pail of water with a hole in it (stolen from Ruby)

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[firstflower]

[picks up 'the mastery of their own fate']

Does this go with 'mind' or 'heart'?

Re: Discussion

[heartrending]

Hmm...

Perhaps it should go with limbs.

The mind can entrap itself and the heart can be heavy, but hands and feet take action.

YOU ALSO HAVE ONE BLANK CARD

[dramatispersonae]

Re: YOU ALSO HAVE ONE BLANK CARD

[heartrending]

"The strength of a team"

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

[heartrending]

[quietly, trying not to be overheard by Plum and Light]

Will you take the feeling I get in the pit of my stomach when I think about my memories yet to come?

Re: Trade

[motifated]

A significant weight would be replaced by another.

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

[heartrending]

The heart is: "the strength of a team," because that's what makes the heart grow
The mind is: "the sensation of forgetting something you knew," because that's when you realize how important your mind really is
The mouth is: "singing in a foreign language," because that's how you train your mouth for new experiences
The eyes are: "raindrops traveling down glass," because you can see an entire world in a raindrop
The limbs are: "the mastery of their own fate," because the mind can entrap itself and the heart can be heavy, but hands and feet take action