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pumpkinhollow ([personal profile] pumpkinhollow) wrote in [community profile] ph_logs2026-03-15 12:14 pm
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Event Annex - The Senate Room

CRY HAVOC, AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR.
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elcome, esteemed guests, to the Senate Room.

The rules of the game are simple. You have a word over your head that you cannot see, and the same word written on a piece of paper in an envelope that also contains a key. There is a door out of this room. Each key opens the door for only one person. You can see the words above others' heads, but you cannot say them, nor can you say any direct synonyms that might give it away too easily, nor can you spell the word or its synonyms. You must find other ways to describe it to allow the other person to guess. More abstract. Get creative with it.

If you believe you know the word, speak it aloud and open your envelope to retrieve your key. If you are correct, you can leave without incident. If you are wrong, your organs will immediately fail and you will die.

Here are the words each participant has been assigned. Players can use them to refer to other players' characters to help them guess, and you can use them to check your answers when you guess, but you can also OOCly know your answer provided you don't use it to ICly cheat. Good luck.

Agent Connecticut Fickle
Agni Azimar Traitor (there is an additional document contained in this envelope)
Aloy Obstinate
Ancient Fuelweaver Ruined
Anzu Menelikov Deceitful
Artemy Burakh Tainted
Capochin Bastone Inadequate
Cassandra de Rolo Cynical
Dahlia Leeds Insatiable
Daisy Tonner Merciless
Elias Coldwood Discarded
Ethan Winters Insufficient
Felix Gaeta Imprudent
Hector Monaque Covetous
Jonathan Sims Hubristic
Lev/Lyubov Morgenshtern Weak
Luo Binghe Alone
Marik Ishtar Megalomaniacal
Mr. Ant Tenna Histrionic
Papyrus Ineffectual
Sasavachi Chunome Misanthropic
Shen Qingqiu Pretentious
Simon Selfish
Violet Vespertine Cowardly

thethirteenthchild: (anger: excuse me?)

[personal profile] thethirteenthchild 2026-03-15 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that can't be good. Not only does this mean the fellow tiefling is exactly Eligos's type to mess with, but also that there's something new to be worried about.

"...Something wrong?"
for_i_have_none: (shock)

[personal profile] for_i_have_none 2026-03-15 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh," he says in a kind of half-whisper, "I think there may be."

This said to the middle of the air, before turning round slit-pupiled golden eyes on her.

"This can't be right."
thethirteenthchild: (neutral: oh??)

[personal profile] thethirteenthchild 2026-03-15 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Dahlia rises from her seat delicately, coming around the table to where Azimar is sitting. "May I see?"
for_i_have_none: (pensive)

[personal profile] for_i_have_none 2026-03-16 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"I ..."

With a look of helpless bewilderment, he offers her the letter.
thethirteenthchild: (neutral: suspicious)

[personal profile] thethirteenthchild 2026-03-16 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Dahlia takes it, and reads it over carefully. Furrows her brow. Reads it again. Then a third time.

Finally: "Well, that's interesting."
for_i_have_none: (pensive)

[personal profile] for_i_have_none 2026-03-17 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Interesting," he repeats, and gives a tiny cracked laugh. "Yes, I suppose 'interesting' might cover it, if spread thin."

With sudden vehemence: "This is a jape, isn't it? A mockery? He can't -- this can't be serious."
thethirteenthchild: (tiefling: sheepish)

[personal profile] thethirteenthchild 2026-03-18 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm... afraid he's completely serious." Dahlia chews her lip. "Once we're out of here, I'll be happy to, ah, offer guidance at length. I'm... quite familiar with how all this works."

To demonstrate, she puts one hand over the right side of her face, and parts her middle and ring fingers. Where they part, her pale skin tone is replaced with rich sapphire blue from the V-shape of her fingers to her hairline, and brown eye turns an electric royal blue with black sclera with cat-like pupils of her own. Then her fingers close and her hand moves away, and her appearance is restored to "normal." A tiefling in disguise.