CARNELIAN and HELIODOR

[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 swirl of vivid Carnelian and Heliodor 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]

Re: DISCUSSION

[shananigans]

So we just come up with our own words for this or something?

Re: DISCUSSION

[auralfixation]

I think so? I don't know how we're supposed to make them connect...

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

[New instructions appear for you...]

Fill in the crossword puzzle on the wall.

Re: SUBMISSION

[auralfixation]

______sandwich
______t
_____peach
______a
_haddock

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

[auralfixation]

... good thing we chose a theme.

Re: DISCUSSION

[shananigans]

... It's going to make it a lot easier. A food adventure!

[wiTH NO BUTTS]

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: SUBMISSION

[shananigans]

Once upon a time, there was a chef. He had a big dinner to make for the night - something special, because otherwise he'd lose his restaurant or something, so everyting was riding on that. He slaved over papers, writing out recipes, crossing them out, shaking his head, writing down more... and none actually seemed to REALLY work for him.

Until he wrote down this: meatbuns, mousse, and fish soup.

It seemed good enough for him, and he spent the remaining time before the dinner slaving over the stove and oven, making sure everything was perfect...

And then he managed to do it.

He got to keep his restaurant in the end, and he managed to start turning things around after that.

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...]



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.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[shananigans]

What.

Re: DISCUSSION

[trident]

( laughs.... really. )

It's like they didn't try at all.

Re: DISCUSSION

[auralfixation]

A... shape-shifting... pastry...

Re: DISCUSSION

[auralfixation]

Wait, do they mean 'dough'?

Re: DISCUSSION

[trident]

This is a travesty. . .

SUBMISSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: SUBMISSION

[auralfixation]

______buttocks
______o
_____dough
______b
_skaters