CORAL and JASPER

[dramatispersonae]

Paper walls rise up around your team's table now, and a quill pen appears upon it, along with a well full of ink in a vivid swirl of Coral and Jasper colors. Finely-lettered words shift and scroll in silvery-black ink across their surface, and even if you cannot read or write normally, the ability comes to you for the duration of this game.

Comments

ROUND ONE

[dramatispersonae]

[The words on the walls shift and sparkle, demanding your attention as they start to spell out instructions.]

At the heart of stories are words. In this game, you will shape and connect words, and we will see what stories emerge...

CROSSWORD

[dramatispersonae]

[One paper wall reveals a shape made of blanks to be filled in...]

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

[New instructions appear for you...]

Fill in the crossword puzzle on the wall.

ROUND TWO

[dramatispersonae]

[Words shift and change on the walls again.]

Well done; you've put something together. Now give it a meaning. Tell me a short story or make a brief adage based on these words--without using any of the exact words themselves.

ROUND THREE

[dramatispersonae]

[The words on the walls change one more time before settling back down.]

Now comes the time to unravel the puzzle set before you by another team. The clues are in their story. You must do your best to come even a little bit close to their original crossword.

CROSSWORD

[dramatispersonae]

[The crossword is blank once more, and beneath it, a short story or saying appears on the wall...]



"Briar is wholesome. Really. We mean it."

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[grand_finale]

So, it's fill in the blanks?

Re: DISCUSSION

[chronophobia]

It looks like it. The single-0 lines, are those to connect whatever letters are in place of the first, third, and sixth line?

Re: DISCUSSION

[grand_finale]

And we just fill in whatever we like.

Okay, let's start with some random words.

Re: DISCUSSION

[chronophobia]

The last one can be 'science', since it's 7 letters long.

Re: DISCUSSION

[grand_finale]

Hm. All right.

For the second horizontal one... howabout 'March'? That could give us some options.

Re: DISCUSSION

[chronophobia]

Especially if we have to give clues later on--we could be really vague with that one.

Re: DISCUSSION

[grand_finale]

That will give us a 'down' word of _ _ a _ e

What about the top horizontal word?

Re: DISCUSSION

[chronophobia]

A, space, E...

[thinks]

Oh, 'chase'. Or 'blame'. There's lots of words that end in A-consonant-E.

Re: DISCUSSION

[grand_finale]

The top word, the top.

Howabout "Personae"? Then we can use "place" for the vertical word.

We can say:

Horizontal:
1. Aather is the home of the _____.
2. Everyone enjoys a good _____.
3. If you have a problem, try using _______.

Vertical:
1. Aather is a _____.

Re: DISCUSSION

[chronophobia]

Brilliant. That'll get people scratching their heads.

Re: DISCUSSION

[grand_finale]

[grins] Great minds think alike.

I'll just submit that, then.

Re: SUBMISSION

[grand_finale]

Horizontal:
1. Aather is the home of the _____. (Personae)
2. Everyone enjoys a good _____. (March)
3. If you have a problem, try using _______. (Science)

Vertical:
1. Aather is a _____. (Place)

Re: DISCUSSION

[chronophobia]

Good job.

Re: DISCUSSION

[grand_finale]

Thanks. Couldn't have done it without ya.