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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

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[personal profile] for_i_have_none 2026-04-14 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
"No, naturally not," he agrees peaceably, unaware of Shen Qingqiu's irritation or its source.

[The narration, on the other hand, is cackling madly.]

"But I'm pleased to hear it nonetheless. The last case of immortality I encountered was nothing like so, mm, benign."
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[personal profile] xiaoxiuya 2026-04-14 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm guessing it was a vampire or a lich or something equally malevolent?" Shen Qingqiu raises an eyebrow, smiling wryly over the edge of his fan. "I won't pretend selfish and wicked cultivators don't exist, but in the main any technique that requires taking something from someone else to strengthen yourself is likely to do you more harm than good in the long run. Some techniques are simply and plainly villainous by anyone's standards."
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[personal profile] for_i_have_none 2026-04-15 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
"There, that's twice you've been right on the first guess." Azimar beams at him, incongruously pleased. "Yes, a whole wretched castle full of vampires. And a lady who might be a lich, come to think of it, if she isn't a vampire as well herself."

With a glance around the room, he adds, "Perhaps I'll tell you about them sometime, in better circumstances. If we can ever get to any of those."