amalthea.

[soulping]

You find yourself transported across to the far end of the pond - although how you got there (and why you're suddenly separated from the other teams), you can't be sure.

In front of you, you see a long wooden table with scrolls on it - one blank one with a quill and ink ensemble next to it, and a few others with words written on them in dainty script.

Comments

rules.

[soulping]

As characters arrive into their "rooms", they implicitly understand the following rules:

▶ This is a poetry-making game! But since some teams have found it difficult to write their own poems, the swan maiden has provided you with some words she found in library books for inspiration.

▶ Round 1 is the writing period - teams will be asked to compose one 4-8 line poem, as well as give it a title.

▶ Teams are not required to use the suggested words, but they will get points for using them. So if you feel like you got a bunch of crappy words and that you can write your own poem that'll knock everyone's socks off, you're welcome to. Additionally, poems must be sensical - "dog cat bark forest / happy green pink" (aka simply listing out all of your words) will not be eligible for a points win.

▶ Teams are also not required to use rhyme/meter/follow a particular style, but these factors may be used for tiebreakers or may factor into the echo's favorite win.

▶ Round 2 is where teams read the compositions of other teams (anonymously) and vote for their three favorite in rank order (ex. favorite is #1, second favorite is #2, etc.). Teams may not vote for their own poem.

▶ If a team can only be present for Round 1, then they are ineligible to win as a popular poem.

▶ The three win categories possible are most points, most popular, and echo's favorite. The number of wins given to each category is up to my discretion.

▶ Round 1 will run from 8-9:30pm PST, and Round 2 will run from 9:30-11pm PST.

questions?

[swansonged]

please direct any ic or ooc questions (mark it in subject) here!

round 1.

[swansonged]

word lists.

[swansonged]

[ Upon further investigation, you may notice that the scrolls with writing on them contain the following words... ]

verbs.

[swansonged]

embarrass
correct
continue
stir
drip
possess
spot
flower
fool
surround

nouns.

[swansonged]

birthday
debt
addition
grip
island
lace
oranges
toe
home
plantation

adjectives.

[swansonged]

aware
befitting
fearless
merciful
barbarous
rightful
nonstop
romantic
threatening
zonked

adverbs.

[swansonged]

similarly
angrily
fully
early
initially
only
thankfully
therefore
yearningly
woefully

prepositions.

[swansonged]

across
anti
without
among
toward

discussion.

[swansonged]

turn-in.

[swansonged]

please give your poem's title in the subject line, and the content of your poem in the message part of your reply.

also, for ease of scoring, please bold all used suggested words.

turn-in is due by 9:30pm PST.

round 2.

[swansonged]

[ Suddenly, the scrolls in front of you vanish - only to be replaced with more scrolls, each covered in writing... ]

discussion.

[swansonged]

turn-in.

[swansonged]

please list your top three favorite poems (by listing their titles), in order, with 1 being your favorite and 3 being your least favorite of the three. you may not rank your own poem.

turn-in is due by 11pm PST. should you fail/be unable to turn-in, your team will be ineligible to win via popularity.

Re: discussion.

[unguilded]

[ EYES LIGHT UP AT THE WORD BIRTHDAY. ]

Re: discussion.

[whoslaughingmeow]

[Oh god no this just became a trauma game]

Re: discussion.

[unguilded]

[ ExFUCKINGcuse you. ]

This is going to be fun! We should write about something nice, or something funny, so it catches everybody's attention.

Re: discussion.

[worldsaving]

Is "barbarous" a nice word?

Re: discussion.

[whoslaughingmeow]

Yeah..

I haven't written a poem that I can remember, though.

Re: discussion.

[goodbyenurse]

How interesting. Wordsmithery, then?

Re: discussion.

[unguilded]

Nope! It means really cruel.

So we could introduce an antagonist into the poem, too.

Re: discussion.

[unguilded]

It shouldn't be too hard. If we settle on a theme or a story to tell for it, we can include a bunch of these words into it easily! While still making it flow and rhyme.

Re: discussion.

[unguilded]

That'll be the easier part. We just need to come up with some sort of story we want to tell in the poem and come up with clever ways to use as many words as we can.

Re: discussion.

[worldsaving]

A barbarous man? [ glances back at the sheet ] A barbarous... fool...?

Re: discussion.

[worldsaving]

That makes two of us.