RATATOSKR

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PART 1

[soulping]

[All the teams are ushered to their own tables, secluded somewhere in the depths of the garden. There's a pot of tea (because of course there is), a bowl of fresh-picked fruit, and a messy stack of blank papers and pencils. In the very center of the table is another piece of paper, this one with a very simple set of instructions written across the top.]

• As a team, create a list of story elements. This list must include:

-A setting
-A hero
-A villain
-An object
-A one-sentence quote

• General elements are usually better than overly-specific ones. No gaming the system! (Yeah, I'm looking at you, smartass.)

• That's it.

• So get goin' already!!

[OOC: You have 1 hour (7 PST/10 EST) to submit your list.]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dontcallmedarling]

[...Huh. This is... actually kinda nice.

He takes a piece of fruit and tosses it in his maw.]

...This seems pretty tame. It's like when we all created our own characters, I guess...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

[the fruit does look good]

Looks like fun to me. And nice and easy, too.

Re: DISCUSSION

[3g]

Oh, holy crap. This looks gre... nerdy.

[not here]

[dontcallmedarling]

[He heard that.

You like nerdy things, don't you Squidward Epsilon.]

Re: [not here]

[3g]

[ he does, he's really embarrassing. ]

Re: [not here]

[dontcallmedarling]

[It's okay this is Ratatoskr, we're all embarrassing]

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

That's not a bad thing.

Re: DISCUSSION

[3g]

[ Ahem. ]

So, I might have a few ideas. [ lowering his tone to sound fucking nerdy awesome and shit ] Diabolical ideas.

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

Like what?

Re: DISCUSSION

[dontcallmedarling]

[From the sounds Knight's making, he's enjoying it.]

I guess we... craft a tale? And compete with others? At least that's what this seems to appear to be.

I think we've got a good shot.

Re: DISCUSSION

[secretofthefox]

[...yeah he'll grab a piece why not]

Yeah, we've definitely got a good shot.

Got a particular theme you want to start with?

Re: DISCUSSION

[dontcallmedarling]

...I think I've got an idea for our hero, but I want to hear what everyone else has got first.

I think you'd like it, though.

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[dontcallmedarling]

[Knight hastily scribbles down their brainstorm session.]

• Setting: The Desolate Kingdom - its people subdued and haunted by a never-ending winter.
• Hero: The Spirit Caroline - A ghostly woman, who inhabits a suit of armor.
• Villain: King Kold - The tyrannical, purple-horned ruler of the Kingdom, who wishes naught but winter and oblivion on his people.
• Object: The Chalice of Fire - The entrapped heat and light of all of the Kingdom, kept locked away by King Kold.
• Quote: "The flames of justice shall prevail against frigid tyranny."

PART 2

[soulping]

[The paper with your list suddenly rolls up and disappears in a tiny puff of smoke. After a moment, another paper appears and drops on the table in its place, unrolling itself helpfully to reveal a new set of instructions.]

• Write a short story using the following elements:

-The place: A grand, fabulous palace in a wealthy kingdom ♥
-The hero: A god
-The villain: Their creator
-An important item: Sword
-The line: "How dare you steal my rice bowl?!"

• Stories will be judged by the other teams on the basis of both creativity and quality.

• So if you can't be good, ya' can at least try to be weird!!

[OOC: You have until 10 PST/1 EST to submit your stories! Have fun!]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[dontcallmedarling]

....A god and their... creator...?

[Okay this is a weird prompty.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[3g]

Creator.

[ Ugh. Something about it bugs him. ] At least the sword is easy.

Re: DISCUSSION

[cosmetician]

We're not naming it Rice Bowl.

Re: DISCUSSION

[3g]

[ DAMN IT. ]

COME ON!!

Re: DISCUSSION

[cosmetician]

That's not a proper name for a sword! It sounds like a take-out lunch!

TURN IN

[soulping]

Re: TURN IN

[cosmetician]

Once upon a time, there was an almighty Creator.

It could bring into existence anything it desired and was without equal in terms of raw power. It was more than a god.....but also less than a mortal, for the Creator was a deeply flawed being despite being omnipotent. It was greedy for material wealth! Specifically, for wealth that was freely given to It by weaker creatures. To simply create money brought no satisfaction. The Creator wanted others to sacrifice their own assets.

To this end, the Creator created a God for ordinary people to worship and pay tribute to....tribute that the Creator would, of course, collect for Itself. It also created a sword to serve as a symbol of the God, naming it Rice Bowl, wherein the abundance of rice referenced in the name represented the abundance of wealth that the God was to be honored with.

However, the God was a thinking being just like his Creator, and rejected such a purpose. He stole Rice Bowl and unmade the sword in a burst of pure destructive energy to spite the Creator.

"How dare you steal my Rice Bowl?!" the Creator howled.

"I do what I want, asshole," replied the God, and forged a new life for himself.