OMETOTCHTLI and TIAMAT

[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]

"I sleep inside stone, shielded from the hunger that others feel.

Others are the puzzle. I am a word."

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

SUBMISSION

[soulping]

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

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

. . . the hell kind of game is this?

[baby's first crossword]

Re: DISCUSSION

[science_genius_girl]

A word game?

[baby's first... anything]

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

Well, yes, but . . . not one I am familiar with.

Re: DISCUSSION

[science_genius_girl]

Well, then we better just learn it very quickly.

...all we need to do is match up words in a certain order.

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

Mm . . . how annoying.

I believe the longer word would be what we should start with.

Re: DISCUSSION

[science_genius_girl]

Fine, but we have to give clues, so it must make some sort of sense.

Nine letter word...

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

Arrogance is a nine letter word, yes? And the bloody head is full of himself.

Re: DISCUSSION

[science_genius_girl]

It is. But can we write a clue where the answer is "arrogance?"

At least thinking of a six letter word starting with 'R' seems doable.

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

It should not be that hard.

Rotten.

Re: DISCUSSION

[science_genius_girl]

Then we need a four letter word starting with T, and a six letter word with N as its fourth letter.

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

For the four letter word, maybe true? I cannot think of an insult that would fit.

Re: DISCUSSION

[science_genius_girl]

Do they all need to be insults? If we repeat the same clue that's a bit repetitive, don't you think?

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

[but her annoyance and hatred for this Echo]

I suppose . . . tree fits, then. Or - toss, or tire.

Re: DISCUSSION

[science_genius_girl]

Let's use 'tire' for now.

Six letter word with N as its fourth letter.

Turned? Mounts? Plants? Burned? Warned?

Re: DISCUSSION

[hyanaimne]

Burned.