GAME 5 - ROSE

[crittersheep]

This VIP room would probably be welcoming under any other circumstance. As is, it's poorly lit and doesn't appear to have a door. There is a fully stocked cabinet of alcohol in the back as well as a circular couch. There's snacks as well, but nothing really substantial . . . except for maybe the goat cheese balls.

Before you on a table sits a marble plate with dips for placing things. Nearby is a small notecard with instructions written in flourish:

Place a secret in the corresponding spot while speaking the name of the person you want it to apply to on that flock. Point values can be found on the back of each secret stone. The walls will not come down until at least three secrets have been played. Failure to earn at least three points will result in an automatic loss.

Secrets that have been guessed correctly will be on display for all at the after party. ♥

Nearby, in a small dish, your secret stones can be found. A list of names can also be found on a sheet of paper on the table, with a little note on the side: Choose wisely.

Comments

[pleasantmisery]

[she takes a few experimental steps but figures out how to balance on the high heels pretty quickly]

Well, if you say so! Are shorts like this common where you're from?

[themanofyourdreams]

You haven't invented short-shorts? What is magic even for then?

[pleasantmisery]

I'm pretty sure wizards don't invent clothes. You're thinking of tailors.

[finalbows]

No, he's onto something. Magic can let you do things with clothing mundane methods might not allow.



That's why you hire someone who's a tailor AND a wizard.

[themanofyourdreams]

Now you're talking.

[finalbows]

How else you are getting something that rests correctly, AND is resilient to harsh treatment? Both, necessities.

[themanofyourdreams]

Do you have a magic tailor? Are you a magic tailor?

[finalbows]

The former, thank you. ...Do these hands look workworn? I worked very hard to be the tail-ee rather than the tailor, in fact.

[themanofyourdreams]

How am I supposed to know if you use your hands if you're using magic?

[finalbows]

Do you.... know how difficult it would be to use a needle with telekinetic force rather than your hands? It'd be--



_{A fantastic training exercise for if you've otherwise plateaued in your efforts, is what it would be. Hn.}

[themanofyourdreams]

Not too high and mighty for it now, huh?

[finalbows]

We'll see. ...I do know enough to get started at it, and it's not like there aren't books...


But if I get a callus, I'm making you find me a pumice stone.

[pleasantmisery]

For something fancy, sure. But I'm pretty sure these shorts are just normal shorts. Only...very short shorts.

[finalbows]

Those? Hmhmhm. Remind me to show you some time what was considered standard for the rank-and-file back in the Alexandrian army...

[themanofyourdreams]

I'm just saying, maybe magic isn't so great if the world you end up with still has old-fashioned clothes.

[pleasantmisery]

We don't have old-fashioned clothes though? We just have...clothes?? I guess normal people would be old-fashioned compared to nobility and such...

[themanofyourdreams]

A few more follow-up questions. Do you have thongs? Do you have plunging necklines? Crop tops? Miniskirts?

[pleasantmisery]

[gives him the most quizzical of looks]

[themanofyourdreams]

See! Your future is bleak!

[finalbows]

We need to work on manifesting more clothes for our team, I feel a tear coming on at all this.

_{[ not really, but. like. figuratively, ]}

[themanofyourdreams]

Wait, hold on, I didn't say we should all be in those things.

[finalbows]

Coward.

[themanofyourdreams]

I'll do it if it's a ritual or something, but it's really not my style.

[pleasantmisery]

I bet you'd look great in short shorts, Face-Making Devil!

[themanofyourdreams]

No one's arguing that part.

[looking a little pleased anyway]