who am i? am i nobody?

You find yourself in a musty rectangular room floored with tatami. The room is not large, but luckily fits your team without seeming too claustrophobic. It seems to have been set up as a sort of study. There is a low desk against one wall, covered in stacks of paper cards and writing utensils. Near the desk are, of course, cushions for everyone to sit on. A circular latticed window is set into the wall perpendicular to the desk. Bright moonlight filters through, enough to provide illumination for your task. If you look through the window, you can just barely make out the shapes of a shadowy garden beyond and below… you must be at least on the second floor.

The other end of the room is dominated by a large apothecary's chest. There are many, many drawers, but none of them open save for the fourteen in the middle that have been painted with team colors. A hand-lettered sign has been placed on top of the chest: "Please turn in your stories here."

[You find yourself in a large, tatami-floored room. Three of the walls are made of paper, the fourth side of the room has bamboo screens tied up to the ceiling to reveal a wide wooden corridor that serves as a porch. Beyond it is a lovely garden, though it's difficult to see clearly -- it's night, after all, and there are only so many lanterns. The room itself is well-illuminated by candles on tall stands. Its main feature is an elaborate sleeping area in the very center: what is presumably a futon and "bedroom" concealed from view by a canopied tent that hangs from the ceiling. It is tied closed. A row of lacquered screens and kimono stands draped in rich fabric stretch from either side of the canopy to the walls. You can't quite see past them, but you have the impression that there are people on the other side. The faint smell of incense wafts from a nearby burner.

Despite the opulent furnishings, the entire room gives the impression of faint decay, as though it has not been used in quite some time.]

[When you go behind the silk screen in your team's color, you find a small, neat stack of opened letters along with a chest that has thin slots— 108 of them, to be precise. When touched, each slot murmurs the name of a hero or knight, and they're also labeled. There are also pens and sheets of paper… and a few letters lying unfolded next to them.

There are also snacks, here— just veggie tempura, shrimp-flavored chips, nori crackers, and, bizarrely, cheese curls, along with the tea and sake.]

If you would please sort the letters and send them to the person you believe they're for, I would appreciate it. They're very short, and I cannot understand.

[ You find yourself in an empty banquet hall. At one end of the room is a long table, on the surface of which you'll find a blank sheet of paper, a pen, and a pot of ink. ]

[ You're in the middle of an empty field, save for your team and a table large enough to seat everyone. On the table are pen and paper, as well as a small black box. The box itself has an area covered with wire mesh and a large red button on it labeled "Record". As you settle in, a voice seems to come out of nowhere: ]

Today, we're here to test your wilderness survival skills. Are you ready?

(OOC: Each situation is both read aloud and can be found written on a piece of paper on the table. Answers can be written or spoken into the recorder.)

[As the game starts, the ring seems to expand and the borders seem to dissolve; the blankets are further apart, now, and there are cherry blossom trees in full bloom swaying above you. Next to the baskets, four jug have appeared, labeled with a 0, a 1, a 2, and a 3. Looking at them, you somehow know what those labels mean.
0 = completely nonalcoholic fruit juice.
1 = fairly mild sake. It will take most people a while to get drunk.
2 = medium-strength sake. It won't take most people too long to get drunk.
3 = incredibly strong sake. Most people will be out before they know it.
For dragons and other nonhumans, there are appropriately sized shallow cups/bowls of the player's choice.
Though there are only those four jugs, they cannot be broken, and, if spilled or emptied, they will fill themselves again. Kiriko's voice filters through the area.]

Please, know yourselves and judge your limits. It's only a game, after all. You may start drinking at any point.

[Please note that you may judge your character's tolerance and limits however you'd prefer! Just keep in mind that you should know how much it would take to make your character falling-down-drunk or passed out, etc, and play accordingly if they end up drinking that much. If your character has any superhuman alcohol tolerance, it has been blocked for this game, but any innate or non-superhuman alcohol tolerance skills can be treated however you'd prefer to play it. If you want your character to get drunker faster than they usually would, that's fine; if you want them to keep their tolerance and be less affected, that is also fine.]

[You find yourself on a circular island of grass. Though night has fallen, the island is surprisingly well-illuminated by a stone lantern at its center. The lantern's light reaches far enough to reveal that the island is surrounded by water -- a pond? The water's glassy, greenish surface is only broken by the stems of huge white lotuses. Each lotus flower seems to glow ever so slightly, providing just a bit more light to the scene. The air is full of the scent of flowers and greenery, and the sound of crickets is almost deafening at first. It doesn't seem a stretch to assume that you're in some sort of garden.

Four ornamental wooden bridges, painted red, stretch over the pond in opposite directions. You can't tell where they lead. For the moment, the entrance to each bridge is blocked by a thickly-woven rope with zigzags of white paper hanging from them.

There is no moon in the sky, and the stars are only dim points of light.]

[ YOU ARE IN A ROOM. There is a divider that cuts the room in half leaving only a series of small holes (each hole is six inches in diameter) that connects the two sides. In the middle of each side of the room is a closed box. ]

[You find yourself in a medium sized room, large enough for a round table and seven chairs. There are a few things of note on the table:

-12 glass bowls in the colors of the teams. They cannot be moved from the table or broken.
-12 large black marbles
-A platter of cheese squares on tooth picks, Cheddar, Pepperjack, Swiss]


Each marble represents five attack points. Each marble must be placed in a bowl, but you may distribute them however you wish.

Know that no team can hope to survive more than thirty arrows.

[ As you pass through the door you feel a slight chill -- but that might have been your imagination. On the other side of the door is a short white hallway with two more doors. The first door has a stylized clock sketched on it. The second door has a stylized heart sketched on it. ]

As before, make a careful choice.