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. ]

Comments

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

[swordedpast]

Yeah. Bodily fluids, which aren't really humorous to swap, you know.

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

So, blood... maybe saliva?

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

[pchaaair]

... Sparrow, how do you know this...

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

I've talked with her before!

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".

Re: DISCUSSION

[swordedpast]

Why not?

Well, I suppose there's a possibility that this is just "round one," and she'll actually put our answers into practice. You know--

I had better check.

[Walking out of the room.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[barrette]

[ w-waiting for him to come back ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[saburai]

Seeing as how answering in an awful manner does not seem to pose any harm to others, I think aiming for victory is worth it.

For three, you could even remove the head altogether, as you wouldn't have a headache after that.

Re: DISCUSSION

[swordedpast]

[Returning from going to question Sepsis on whether that is in fact the case!]

Yeah, it seems this is the whole game, and she's not planning to hurt us afterwards. So let's not hold ourselves back.

[Settling down to make some more notes on scrap paper.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[saburai]

Then, three and four we can come up with extreme answers for...and since Sparrow already answered five and you've got an idea for two, all that leaves is one.