The Sixth Trial: Group B

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[Upon entering your assigned door, you find yourself in what appears to be a dressing room. Right now it's bare of supplies -- instead there's a pair of laminated posters laying on the makeup counter. Across the top of the first is a theme in big, cheerful font:

An Action-Packed Crime Drama
Starring: Not You!

Below that is a set of blanks, to be filled out by you with the marker provided:

Characters: ________, ________, ________
Nouns: ________, ________, ________
Verbs: ________, ________, ________

The second poster is similar, but most of it's totally blank.

████████████████
Starring: ________, ________, ________

Characters: ████████, ████████, ████████
Nouns: ████████, ████████, ████████
Verbs: ████████, ████████, ████████

Now what do we do here...?]

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ROUND ONE

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The voice chimes in again:

Here's your first assignment: instructions for another group! Your targeted rival (chosen by me, of course), must act out a play according to the theme provided to you. Their only clues will be what you give them on this sheet. You could choose to communicate their theme to them effectively... Oooor you could decide to promote yourself by leading them astray. But keep in mind, you're also at the mercy of whoever has your theme. Choose wisely!

INSTRUCTIONS

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Fill out the blanks on Sheet #1, to be given to your target group. You must choose:

- 3 character roles
- 3 nouns
- 3 verbs

You may not tell the other team their theme. Whether the information you send is accurate to the theme or not is up to you. You have 45 minutes to submit your answers.

DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[bad_crowmance]

[ Somehow, he'd thought these trials were going to be more intimidating-- ]

We're putting on a play, huh? Sounds like fun~ ♪

[voreaciously]

I suppose we are lucky, this time.

[hey sup she's decked out]

1/2

[nihilmancy]

[This is! Actually really cool! But she's trying to act non-plussed.]

Many possibilities here. We could go for a high profile burglar, or perhaps a murderer being interrogated.

Or, no, wait...!

2/2

[nihilmancy]

Action packed, hmm? Perhaps a drama revolving around a crime family.

Suppose an assassin is sent after one gang's boss. The boss's oldest child tries to stop them, only to discover that the hitman is their own secret lover, whose affair they are hiding from their parents.

[She's practically vibrating with excitment now, having difficulty keeping a straight face.]

Of course, it ends in violence and tragedy. Ehehehe...

Re: DISCUSSION

[newmodelblade]

[He seems to be considering the prompt they've been given.]

This is quite a curious trial...

[acts_her_age]

How direct do we want to be with the hints we give to the other team?

DECISION

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Re: DECISION

[bad_crowmance]

Characters: Assassin, Crime Boss, Crime Boss's Heir
Nouns: Affair, Gun, Riverboat
Verbs: Murder, Kiss, Avenge

ROUND TWO

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[After you've written your answers down, the first sheet disappears, and you're left only with the second.]

"Second assignment: choose your actors! Nominate three members of your team to play out your assigned roles. Choose fast."

DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[bad_crowmance]

Obviously, I'll be one of them.

Re: DISCUSSION

[acts_her_age]

I call sitting things out.

DECISION

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[Please submit by 8:45]

Re: DECISION

[bad_crowmance]

Crow, Hlasoh, 80H

ROUND THREE

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[After you nominate your actors, the room goes dark for a moment.

When the lights come back on, the dressing room is full of props, costumes, makeup, and set pieces -- anything your characters might want is probably there, but all of it is cheesy and not very high quality. A door has appeared -- you now have access to the stage on which you must act!

Also, your second sheet is now filled out:]

████████████████
Starring: Group B!

Characters: 80H as the Brave Princess , Crow as the Gallant Knight , & Hlasoh as the Witch
Nouns: Magic, Kiss, Curse
Verbs: Propose, Rescue, Quest

And finally: your time to shine! Use the clues your rivals have given you to put on your best show. May the best man win!

DISCUSSION

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Re: DISCUSSION

[newmodelblade]

Oh! It wasn't for our play at all. Curious!

[voreaciously]

. . .

Re: DISCUSSION

[bad_crowmance]

Heh heh.... Gallant Knight, is it? I've got this. Now let's work out our scenario before we go on stage!

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

[Hmm. How fitting. She truly is a witch, for several given meanings of what that may mean.]

Heh. How suitable.

SCENARIO

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[Once you’ve decided what to do, play out your improvised scene! You have until 11pm.]

[newmodelblade]

[So, despite not being one of the chosen actors, he has been nominated to provide some opening narration. He's even grabbed a mask to denote he is not a proper character in this:]

We find ourselves in a foreign land, at a time long past. Our scene opens upon a witch's hut. Within, a princess, cursed, stolen and brought to this perilous place. A damsel in distress, awaiting rescue. Surely, someone must be coming for her, as they always are in such a tale. But we must always wonder, in a story such as this: will the hero arrive in time? And are things truly as simple as the first impression would suggest?

That is for you, dear audience, to see for yourselves.

[And like a proper choragos, he has finished his opening and stepped back from the stage proper to let the events play out.]