CUDDLY SNAKES

[soulping]

[ In this isolated chamber, there are enough chairs around the rickety, rotten wooden desk to seat everybody. Some sunlight streams through the boarded windows to give enough light. You have pencils, pens, some scrap paper to brainstorm with, and a formal test sheet to put your final answers on. ]

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RULES

[leadstodeath]

►You have two hours to answer all questions.
►Teams who do not answer all questions may leave with the flu.
►Answers will be judged based on “correctness” (from Sepsis’ point of view), though don’t worry if the answer isn’t right – she loves to laugh.
►Brainstorming/team interaction will also be judged; the more everyone is involved, the better! Have fun together!

QUESTIONS?

[leadstodeath]

Sepsis is still playing with her makeup and leeches back in the main room if you need her.

Re: QUESTIONS?

[swordedpast]

Hey, Echo.

[Staring at her hard.]

What happens after we answer these things in the game? What will you do?

[leadstodeath]

My name is Sepsis.

[ Her white eye begins to ooze. ]

I'll mark them. What were you expecting?

[swordedpast]

Yeah, that's what Sparrow said, but until I'm sure you're not planning to hurt us, I might not grace you with politeness.

You won't use them to do anything cruel to us?

[leadstodeath]

No, I'm just giving you guys a harmless test. I couldn't clean up enough to do anything really... intense.

[swordedpast]

[He stares at her for another long moment, then nods.]

Fine. We'll do our best.

[And he turns and walks back into the room.]

DISCUSSION

[soulping]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

I know the answer to the last one! It's Sepsis herself!

Re: DISCUSSION

[swordedpast]

Jeez, how ominous. All right, let's write that down so we don't forget it.

[Grabbing some scrap paper and jotting down a note.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

She told me her domain is sickness, so its not surprising.

Do you know anything about the other questions?

Re: DISCUSSION

[swordedpast]

[Drumming his fingers for a moment.]

The four humors were something ancient doctors came up with to explain how the body functions--they were different fluids. But I can't remember what they were called.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

Then we should go with... bodily fluids? They might fit the theme.

Re: DISCUSSION

[pchaaair]

[.............]

Wow, that's. Something.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

It sounds really bad, but Sepsis is actually really nice! So long as you don't get sick.

Re: DISCUSSION

[pchaaair]

Um.

That still sounds kind of bad, Sparrow.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

...It is.

[ winces ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[swordedpast]

What the...

[Staring at the paper with the questions on it.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[saburai]

Hmm...It doesn't seem as though many of these can be simply reasoned out, so we'll have to answer based on whatever knowledge we have.

Re: DISCUSSION

[swordedpast]

She probably wants the creepiest and most disgusting answers.

Re: DISCUSSION

[saburai]

That would certainly fit the...feel of this place.

Re: DISCUSSION

[swordedpast]

Number three: make a hole in their skull to let the pain out. Number four: scoop out their brain; she probably wants to hear things like that.

I'd like to say, "Don't give her what she wants," but we haven't won in some time.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

[ looking absolutely horrified by his last suggestion ]

We are absolutely not saying "scoop out their brain".

QUESTIONS & TURN IN

[leadstodeath]

1. What is the Hippocratic Oath?
2. What are The Four Humors?
3. If a headache is persistent and severe, what is a method of curing it?
4. If a patient has depression and schizophrenia, what is a method of curing it?
5. What is the fever that leads to death?

Re: QUESTIONS & TURN IN

[swordedpast]

1. The Hippocratic Oath is a promise doctors make to help people in need and not hurt anyone.
2. The Four Humors are what ancient doctors called bodily fluids.
3. You could drill a hole in the skull to let the pain out. If that doesn't work, an extreme option is chopping off the head to end the pain once and for all, although that would violate the Hippocratic Oath.
4. You could scoop out the faulty parts of the patient's brain. If you needed to follow the Hippocratic Oath even so, you would have to make new brains first to replace them with.
5. It's sepsis.