GULGALLANA and DAWON

[soulping]

The walls of the hedge maze close in around you. Before you is a single stone table covered in quill pens and several sheets of parchment. Even if you normally cannot read or write, for the time being, you find that you can.

Comments

ROUND ONE

[soulping]

[One sheet of parchment before you bears a symbol much like a blank crossword puzzle.]

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[Below it are instructions:]

Fill in the blank spaces with words that fit.

ROUND TWO

[soulping]

[Another sheet of parchment now offers new instructions.]

Create a saying or short story based on the puzzle you made, without using any of the words themselves. This will be the clue for your puzzle.

ROUND THREE

[soulping]

[Another blank crossword puzzle has appeared on a sheet of parchment.]

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[This one, however, is accompanied by a clue...]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

SUBMISSION

[soulping]

[Submit: down (6 letters), top across (9 letters), middle across (4 letters), and bottom across (6 letters).]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

SUBMISSION

[soulping]

CLUE

[soulping]

"This is a poem for you:
This first word is just some idiot's _____
a girl with one small boob and one big ____
was a dumb ____ who always live-tweets
as she eats all the candy cos she likes ____"

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

SUBMISSION

[soulping]

[Submit: down (6 letters), top across (9 letters), middle across (4 letters), and bottom across (6 letters).]

Re: DISCUSSION

[bloodbiter]

I wonder if we should go with a common theme.

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathach]

It would make it easier, I think.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bloodbiter]

Do you have a suggestion?

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathach]

Hmm . . . maybe something weather-related?

[he points to the nine letters across] For example, blizzards would fit here.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bloodbiter]

It would, but I can't think of a six letter word that begins with L and has to do with weather. Perhaps you know more about it, though.

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathach]

Oh - that's true, hm.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bloodbiter]

What about combining it with nature? We could use avalanche for the nine letter word, then valley for the six letter word...

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathach]

Ah. That's not a bad idea at all. And - lake would fit for the four letter word, too.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bloodbiter]

Can you think of a word in which the fourth letter is Y, though?

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathach]

Canyon. It fits with your nature theme, too.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bloodbiter]

Ah, that's a good idea. I think that's all of them, then.

Re: SUBMISSION

[bloodbiter]

Down: Valley
Top across: Avalanche
Middle across: Lake
Bottom across: Canyon

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathach]

Mm, looks like.

Ah - I'm Hank, by the way. I don't think we've met.

Re: DISCUSSION

[bloodbiter]

It's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Lace. By your clothing's color, I take it you're on Gulgallana?

Re: DISCUSSION

[beathach]

The pleasure's mine, Lace. [he nods] I am, yes. And you're from Dawon, right?