CITRINE

[dramatispersonae]

Paper walls rise up around your team's table now, and a quill pen appears upon it, along with a well full of vivid Citrine-colored ink. 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]

Re: DISCUSSION

[shockingability]

... We just fill in whatever we want?

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstflower]

...I guess so.

Re: DISCUSSION

[saviorsoul]

Don't we usually get a word bank?

Re: DISCUSSION

[trope_attack]

It doesn't say we can't

Re: DISCUSSION

[trope_attack]

It's a puzzle!

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

[New instructions appear for you...]

Fill in the crossword puzzle on the wall.

Re: SUBMISSION

[firstflower]

[CITRINE MADE A CROSSWORD PUZZLE]

Re: SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

[The words glow brightly there for a moment, and then, on another wall, a new set of instructions begins to appear...]

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.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[firstflower]

A story about cakes on skates with their friends who are always changing.

...But without any of those words.

Re: DISCUSSION

[trope_attack]

Or friends on skates with cakes. Changing cakes.

They could be shape-shifters!

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: SUBMISSION

[firstflower]

Someone on a team of wheeled travelers decided to play a prank on his teammates by making a shape-shifting pastry. But then the rest of his teammates found out and played a prank on him by stealing it.

And then they all laughed a lot and ate a pie that used to be a different pastry.

The end.

Re: SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

[The words glow brightly once again, and then they--along with the completed crossword--fade for now...]

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...]



The natives were having a stroll through Aather, enjoying the martial sounds of music. Suddenly, they encountered a problem and couldn't find their way back where they started. They combined their mental power until their reasoning saved the day. They learned through their struggle what Aather really is.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[shockingability]

Oh, come on.

Well, whatever "native" was is probably one of the words. Music is probably important, too...

Re: DISCUSSION

[trope_attack]

March! That's martial music!

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: SUBMISSION

[shockingability]

[see the second puzzle in the spreadhseet!]