The Twenty-Third Trial

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Who: trialgoers etc!
When: Day 50, morning
Where: the ~trial zone~

[Another morning, another Trial! Ugh.

At least this one seems normal, starting out with a shake and the Hermit’s booming voice:]

"Good morning, Heroes. You can guess why you're being called, but before we begin I have an official statement. The Prince of Stars and associates were not responsible for yesterday's Trial. It appears the system was copied by a Malicious entity -- we apologize for any confusion and are doing our best to locate this entity and find a way to prevent any such incidents in the future.

In the meantime, we've scheduled a low-stress Trial for today to lift your spirits. With teamwork and a little silliness, let's search for unity and peace within ourselves."

[The Hermit's tent is in the clearing, awaiting your arrival.]

rules | sign-in | mingle | rooms | winners & endgame

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RULES

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The following rules are automatically ICly imparted when characters enter the trial zone.

☆ In this game, teams are grouped into pairs. Each team is given a list of three prompts, and a stack of cards with simple images on them. In the first round, they must communicate their concepts to their partner team only by sending cards. In the second, they must then use their partner team’s cards to guess what the intended messages were.

☆ Each card may only be sent once, and exactly 3 cards must be sent per prompt.

☆ Each team will have one blank card, on which they can draw whatever they like. Blank cards must have pictures drawn on them (you can’t just write a word), and cannot directly portray the prompt (if your prompt was “instant noodles”, you could draw a microwave, but not an actual cup ramen). Sending an illegal card will result in an automatic fail for that prompt.

☆ Scoring is also done in pairs, and is a simple total correct guesses out of 6. The pair of teams with the lowest score will lose.

☆ Round One begins at 6:00pm PST and must be turned in by 7:30pm PST. Round Two begins at 8:00pm PST (or whenever all groups have submitted for round one) and must be turned in by 10:00pm PST.

SIGN IN

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please comment in your team's toplevel to let me know you'll be here! if we don't have at least one player per team, we'll shuffle the groups a bit to be fair.

GINGER

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Re: GINGER

[awakenerd]

Semi here

THYME

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Re: THYME

[malignstar]

Eliza

[bowtiedbones]

SENNA

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JASMINE

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LICORICE

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CLOVER

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ROOMS

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Re: ROOMS

[hot_mess_express]

Ginger
Thyme
Senna + Jasmine
Licorice + Clover

PREGAME MINGLE

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Re: PREGAME MINGLE

[marezydoats]

[ Rin lifts an eyebrow. ]

...A little silliness?

Re: PREGAME MINGLE

[bowtiedbones]

Oh... That's bad news and good news.

WINNERS & ENDGAME

[hot_mess_express]

As the game ends and you exit the tent, you'll find yourselves showered in ginger, senna, & jasmine coloured confetti. These are your winners!

The Hermit's voice chimes in:

Well, it looks like we might've set the difficulty a little high. But that's okay -- as long as everyone had fun! Thank you for playing with us, and have a blessed day.

Re: WINNERS & ENDGAME

[malignstar]

How disappointing.

[voreaciously]

[80H stands and does not appear to care one whit at the news.]

Re: WINNERS & ENDGAME

[bad_crowmance]

Damn. Oh well, it was still fun!

Re: WINNERS & ENDGAME

[bowtiedbones]

[a giant black dog like if a borzoi was the size of a deer is waiting for eliza outside the tent. its eyes are also on fire.

ruffling the hellhound's ears and calling back]

It was very fun, thank you!

Re: WINNERS & ENDGAME

[daydreamshimmer]

[Ugh.]

[Well, at least their symbols must have been obvious?]

Guess we're good at communicating....

Re: WINNERS & ENDGAME

[marezydoats]

...How was that a lion?

[ Did she win? Yes. That doesn't mean she isn't confused on that one. ]

Re: WINNERS & ENDGAME

[schrodingerscockroach]

[Sighs.]

Always the symbolism.

Re: WINNERS & ENDGAME

[awakenerd]

Sailboat. I didn't even think of that.