Event Annex - The Senate Room

[pumpkinhollow]

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

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Comments

[amourtician]

"Thanks," Anzu murmurs to Dr Coldwood, as he gently coaxes Lev to sit up. He's relieved beyond words. Lev mutely reaches out to take Dr Coldwood's hand, and, with Anzu's hand between his shoulderblades, allows himself to be pulled up into a sitting position.

Lev avoids looking at Dr Coldwood's face. Everyone's words are so horrible. He really cannot bear it.

He begins to sob. Anzu throws his arms around him, and shoots Dr Coldwood a helpless, beseeching glance. But at the same time, there's something defiant there, as though daring him to say something about Lev's brand. His jaw is set.

[arcanegrasp]

"I'm very sorry," Elias murmurs, opting to sit on the floor with them. His glance meets Anzu's; it's a rock and a hard place, even for him as a bystander, so he can only imagine the pain it must be for a married couple to go through such an ordeal.

After a hesitant moment, and glancing to Anzu, careful to seek permission, he sets his hand on Lev's shin, a gentle, comforting gesture from his short distance away.

"If you'd like, I will leave you be, and take no offense to it," he offers softly. "But... if you need someone to help you make sense of our latest indignity, I can help the both of you carry this burden. I'll say nothing of it unless you'd like me to. And... I don't find myself believing the things I've seen. It's personalized poison. Nothing more. Please... if you can— try to think of it that way."