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

[ihadthewilds]

"If you'd be so kind," Aloy agrees, turning to face her fully. "I'm hoping to get out quickly. There's someone I need to find."

[not_the_last]

"Very well." She considers the word. "Have you ever been criticized for being ... mm, persistent, or very firm in your position, by someone who found it annoying?"

[ihadthewilds]

"Constantly," Aloy grumbles. "So some word for that, then? Stubborn, bull-headed?"

[not_the_last]

"Along those lines," she agrees. "Although slightly ... hm, how to put this. Less plain-spoken, more ... the kind of word someone might use to sound more intelligent, and smug about it."

(And she hasn't ever even met Sylens.)

[ihadthewilds]

Sylens is exactly who comes to mind--- she thinks of words he's used to describe her before.

"Obstinate?"

[not_the_last]

Cassandra beams, and starts to respond, and stops.

"Hm. It seems I can't actually say -- anything specific about your guess."

And she nods, as carefully and deliberately as she can. "But I can do that, apparently."

[ihadthewilds]

Aloy's brows raise in surprise. "Oh. Interesting!" She stands. "Do you need any more help with yours? I'd--- like to see if I can help a few more people, but I should move on before too long. I need to find someone."

[not_the_last]

"I'd appreciate it, if you'd be willing. And perhaps if we both leave together, I could help you search?"

[ihadthewilds]

"That--- sounds good." Then Aloy can look after Cassandra as well. Not that she thinks Cassandra's incapable of looking after herself, but Aloy would certainly feel better if she was in eyeshot. There is a difference between trusting someone not to die and being able to see that they are not dead, and Aloy would be lying if she said she hadn't developed a soft spot for Cassandra over Merrymeet.

"Your word is... someone who is tired of believing things will always go correctly or seeing the best in others, because they've been burned."

[not_the_last]

Cassandra frowns in thought. It takes her a moment of effort to pull her mind back from straying after examining the description for truth, returning it to the task of solving a riddle.

"Hm. A pessimist, would be my first guess."

[ihadthewilds]

"You're in the vicinity," Aloy says, "but think more like--- someone who's annoyed with others. The kind of pessimist who finds optimism grating."

[not_the_last]

"Ah. Someone who ... expects that any positive appearance must be hiding some sort of catch, perhaps? And finds others naive if they don't suspect the same?"

There is a word for that; she's almost got it.

[ihadthewilds]

"I would say that covers it, yes," Aloy agrees. She's trying to hide it, but she's a bit eager---- she would very much like for Cassandra to get it right.

[not_the_last]

Something about that eagerness is oddly heartening. There's a feeling there that Aloy is on her side in this, and that feels better than she'd like to admit.

"Is it," she hazards, "something like cynic?"