Wizarding Games: Macgyverin'

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Title: Macgyverin'

Deadline: Sunday 22nd May 4pm UTC. converter.

Details: YOU ARE STUCK, FIGURE YOUR WAY OUT. Also, whilst there, TRAP OTHER PEOPLE.

Ahem. You're going to be replying to this post with scenario's, other members have to reply with how they would escape. I'm not entirely talking literally here and I'll give some examples in a second. You can ask/answer as many as you like, and if someone else has already answered, you can as well so long as you don't answer with the same or too similar a response! There are more rules by the submission form below.

Also! You can ask the person who posted the scenario if there's a certain thing you can do, or if you need clarification about the items you've got!

Bonus: A piece of junk (sock, broken teacup, etc, if you're not sure, ask me to confirm), or a map (note: the marauder's map doesn't count), or an April card. 10pts for one of these if you earn over 10pts in this activity.

Points: 3pts for a posting a scenario (capped at 15pts), 1pt for answering a scenario (capped at 15pts). Overall you'll be capped at 30pts and you must earn at least half of your points from each aspect.

Scenarios can't be:

- Too easy
- Too similar to previously posted scenarios
- Too short on a description
- Too vague. Devil's in the details.

Solutions can't be:

- Too vague (I used magic and escaped, give me specific spells, and not made up ones either)
- Too reliant on magic
- Too short. No less than two full sentences.
- Randomly finding things that aren't listed in the description you're given
- Too similar to other solutions posted for the same or different scenarios.
- Less than two sentances.

I'm the final judge on this bit, I'm not an ogre though, I just like you thinking :)

Submit
<b>Name:</b> <b>Username:</b> <b>House:</b> <b>Where is the person? Give a good solid description here.</b> <b>Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills?</b> <b>What items are surrounding them? Describe them?</b> <b>Are there any constraints?</b> E.g. time, distance, an asteroid about to land, a wall slowly caving in? <b>Do they need to do anything besides escape?</b>



Examples:

Where is the person? You are in a cave, with a set of solid metal bars over the entrance effectively sealing you in. There are all kinds of seaweed and rock pools. Uhoh. The walls are thick and made of stone, and there's only a tiny bit of sunlight streaming in from a break in the rocks too high up for you to reach and the bars are unclimbable. There is an iron gate holding you in a cell, the gate is old, but looks very sturdy, the bars are too wide for you to slip through. They're locked with a massive padlock that you can barely reach.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You're in the cell by yourself, you can't see anyone about.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You have the clothes on your back, which is a jumper and trousers and some shoes with laces, and socks. You have a compass. Your shoes appear to have metal toe caps.
Are there any constraints? You think you can see some water lapping in the distance and you can definitely hear the sea. You're pretty sure this bit of the castle is now just like a smugglers cave. It looks like the tide is coming in.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Nopers.

Example solution:

Take your compass and break it so you can get the needle out. Then use the shoe laces to hold the lock nearer to you whilst you pick it with your compass needle.

OR

Wait until the water comes in and lifts you high enough to get to the hole the sunlight is coming in through. Use your steal toe capped boots to kick the hole at the top big enough for you to escape through.


Example 2

Where is the person? You are in their typical 1950s American household. You have 2.4 children and a dog. You might also have a cat, you're not too sure. You're in the kitchen making dinner for the whole family but you have just burnt the roast chicken. You don't have time to go out and buy something, and you can't order out because you are in the 1950s and it is supposed to be a typical family meal. There is your mother-in-law who drives you mad.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? There are your children, your loving husband and his mother. She is old and mean.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You have lots of fabulous kitchen utensils, an oven, a fridge, flour, spam, two eggs, three parsnips, a pumpkin, some strawberries, some stale bread and your charred chicken.
Are there any constraints? Your mother in law was expecting the chicken to be ready within the hour.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Not kill your mother in law, or cook a child. And not serve the burnt chicken.


Example solution:
Cut off the burnt bits from the chicken, boil them down to get a broth. Go outside and capture a stray cat, kill and cook it, and serve with chicken gravy made from the stock to cover up the cat-taste.

Note: no cats were harmed during the making of it, I was just trying to think of the most lolsy and out there solution ever. Never would I suggest you hurt and kill and stray cat. But then, neither would I suggest that any of you lived in 1950s America.


HAVE FUN!



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Comments

[flyingharmony.livejournal.com]

Name: Avi
Username: flyingharmony
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You're at the theatre, enjoying Wagner's Rheingold, a 2 1/2 hours opera without a break. You're sitting in the middle of the front row, everyone on stage will see you if they have a look at the audience. The opera has started 20 minutes ago, and, suddenly you feel that you need to go pee urgently.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? Well, obviously, there's the other audience, conductor and the orchestra, focused on playing. The singers are on stage.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? There are five chairs next to you on both sides, the orchestra pit and the stage are right in front of you. You have your handbag with you, filled with lots of theatre programs, your cellphone, chewing gum and some other stuff. But even thinking of opening it would make a noise; and noise is not good.
Are there any constraints? Like alredy mentioned, 2h30min opera, no break, 20 minutes have passed, already. You obviously can't play with your cellphone or something else to distract you, because everyone would see it. Orchestra, singers, audience next to you. And they'd not be amused.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Either be invisible in escaping and miss a few minutes of the opera, or stay and... well.

[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

So I try to very quietly sink low into my chair. Then over time I get lower and lower until I'm on the floor. The people next to me are too involved in the show to even notice if I do it right, which I do. Then I carefully crawl under the chairs next to me until I reach the end. Then I crawl up the aisle to reach the lobby. Then I get to the bathroom and relieve myself. And then it's back to my seat the way I left.

Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff // 11

[lotrangel17.livejournal.com]

I would slowly pull out my wand and hold it to the side. Then when the orchestra sounds were very quiet I would point my wand toward the furthest corner of the theater and use the Bombarda spell. This would in turn make everyone look the other way and I could make my escape. Upon re-entering I would then go to the opposite side and use the Bombarda spell and make everyone look the other way and get back to my seat. I would then have to miss some of the opera but I wouldn't be embarrassed by not having made it to the loo.

Stephanie//Hufflepuff

[darkgondolier.livejournal.com]

Name: Jennifer
Username: darkgondolier
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are locked out of your apartment on the fifth floor of the building. Yesterday you lent your keys to a friend so she could retrieve a book she left, but said friend forgot to return the keys and is currently on a bus to a job interview in a neighboring city. She will be gone all day and you left your backup keys in your laptop bag, which is inside the locked apartment. You are running late for a dentist appointment and were planning to quickly brush and floss your teeth beforehand. You have also been cornered by the talkative man who lives next door and follows you every time you try to leave.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? The hall is empty except for your annoying neighbor who is leaning against the wall, a loud action movie blaring out of his open door, filling up the hallway with his cigarette smoke and flirting with you in a vaguely threatening manner. At the end of the hall lives a senile old woman with ten cats who barely ever leaves her apartment and thinks that you are her deceased friend Esther. You know that she usually takes a nap about this time of day.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? In your pockets you have a pack of gum, a pen, your wallet with a handful of change and several credit cards in it, and two old movie ticket stubs. There are several empty fast food wrappers on the floor and a clock affixed to the wall. Your neighbor has a pack of cigarettes sticking out of his front pocket, a pair of sunglasses on his head, and a pocketknife on his belt.
Are there any constraints? You can't take too long because you are already starting to run late for your appointment. Also, your neighbor has many connections in the local police department, so you might want to be careful about anything that could get you a criminal record.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? You need to either find a way to get into your apartment or to escape the pushy neighbor.

[mmailliw.livejournal.com]

Dropping the change on the floor, I distract my Muggle neighbor before I perform a wandless Summoning Charm on my keys (Accio keys!) Armed with the Summoned keys, I can then open my door and brush my teeth in peace before the appointment!

William//Slytherin//6

[blaze2242.livejournal.com]

Name:Ruthie
Username:Blaze2242
House:Slytherin
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here.You are in a spaceship, orbiting an uninhabitable moon. Your communications system has broken down, and is only sending messages to the local system, in which you don't have any other ships. You have sprung a leak in your oxygen supply, which is slowly venting the breathable air, although you estimate you have several hours. The leak is tiny and you have not yet located it's percise location.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills?Your pilot and captain are there too.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them?There are the normal space ship flying devices, to control the direction, affect engine thrust etc. There are basic tools for fixing spaceships, but nothing that is an obvious sealant for the leak. You have hand weapons, several weeks supply of rations, and general personal effects. There are no space suits.
Are there any constraints? You have a matter of several hours until the air runs out, though you aren't exactly sure, you estimate about 6 hours.
Do they need to do anything besides escape?If they escape to space, they die.

[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

Have the pilot continue sending messages into the empty space in the hopes that someone enters the area. Me and the captain would then carefully search all the air lines, looking for the leak. Once found, I'd use the packaging from some rations to cover the hole and a strip of cloth from the clothing I'm wearing (cause I'm assuming I'm not naked) to secure my patch.

Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff // 4

[mandyloo.livejournal.com]

Name: Mandy
Username: mandyloo
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are in a grocery store/market/supermarket. You are surrounded by aisles of packaged and frozen foods. The electricity has gone out though, so the automatic doors to exit the store do not work.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? There is no one there but you.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? Lots of packages of different types of food. Some frozen, some fresh (like produce), some packaged (like cookies). This store seems to only carry food, so no household items like shaving razors, cleaning products, etc.
Are there any constraints? Since there's no electricity, a lot of the food will expire soon.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Not getting food poisoning would be a plus.

[flyingharmony.livejournal.com]

I'm taking out my wand; using the Glacius spell on the foods so they do have their proper cooling (we wouldn't want other people to have a food poisoning, would we?) and then, go to the door. Alohomora won't work (oh, these modern technique!), so I'll just try and stay traditionally non-magical: A foreful kick, the glass of the electric doors bursts and I'm free. I'll pay for the glass pane, of course.

Avi//Hufflepuff

[mandyloo.livejournal.com]

Name: Mandy
Username: mandyloo
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are trapped inside a metal coffin that has been buried ~15 feet/5 meters below the ground. The ground is dense soil. You are buried in the middle of a field, many miles from the nearest town.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? It's just you.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? In the coffin are the clothes you are wearing (jeans, a belt, a t-shirt, flip flop sandals), a cell phone with a dead battery, and a small handheld mirror. The interior of the coffin is the same hard, cold metal as the exterior. There are no holes or windows to look out.
Are there any constraints? You have at most a day before your oxygen runs out.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Nope.

[flyingharmony.livejournal.com]

The coffin is not entirely closed. It's a little open, and I can see light from somewhere. I don't know where it comes form (maybe Father Mole left the light burning when leaving for work?), but it's there. I take out my pocket mirror, point on the sun light and wait for it to reflect and melt the coffin's locks. When his is done, I start digigng. The moles help me and I'm back up in the fresh air just before I run out of oxygen.

Avi//Hufflepuff

[darkgondolier.livejournal.com]

Name: Jennifer
Username: darkgondolier
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are in an abandoned house in the middle of the countryside by some woods. You thought you were going to a costume party, but there is no one else there. When you walked inside, a mysterious gust of air blew the door shut behind you and you cannot pull it open again. The only rooms that are unlocked are the living room, a library on the second floor, and some musty stairs leading to what you presume is the attic. There are bars on the window of the living room. There is no electricity to speak of, but there is enough moonlight that you can make out the shapes of some things. Everything is covered in dust and the floor creaks with every step you take. You think you can hear thumping from an upper floor and mysterious howling somewhere outside.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? As far as you know, you are alone. Although there are those strange noises...
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? There are two moth-eaten armchairs in the living room, lots and lots of books in the library, and piles of junk and broken wood furniture in the attic. You have a flashlight, which is rapidly dimming as it loses battery power. You have no replacement batteries. You have the mysterious invitation inviting you to the party and some directions to the location. You are dressed as the Grim Reaper in a long black cloak with a plastic scythe. You also have your keys, a random paperclip, and a granola bar.
Are there any constraints? Obviously you don't want to be stuck there all night. The howling sounds from outside seem to be getting closer...
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Nope, just get out of that place! And don't get eaten by whatever's outside.

[renrenren3]

Am I a wizard or a muggle?

[darkgondolier.livejournal.com]

Name: Jennifer
Username: darkgondolier
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are on a road trip in the United States with your family and your VW van has just broken down in the middle of the desert in Nevada or Arizona or somewhere. You don't know what's wrong, but there is smoke coming out of the front of the car. It's about 90 degrees Fahrenheit outside and there are no clouds to block the blazing sun.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You're with your dad, who can barely change a tire let alone figure out why the car is smoking, and his latest twenty-something girlfriend, who you suspect is drunk. Your older sister is sick with food poisoning and sleeping in the back of the van. Your nine-year-old brother is already bored, hungry, and has to go to the bathroom.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? In the van there is an ice chest half-full of melted ice with drinks (bottled water, soda, and beer) and sandwiches, three sleeping bags, some pillows, a cd-case full of movies, your laptop, a box of crackers, some protein bars, and everyone's suitcases full of clothes, toothbrushes etc. There's a trashy romance book that belongs to your dad's plaything and a thick novel you're in the middle of. You have your wallet, about twenty dollars, and your cell phone.
Are there any constraints? You haven't seen another car for at least an hour, and you also have no cell reception. There's about half a tank of gas left, which is just about enough to get you to the next gas station once you figure out what's wrong with the car.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? You must figure out how to get the van going again, or at least keep everyone mollified for the time being. You should also try to avoid getting heat stroke.

[flyingharmony.livejournal.com]

Since I'm the one who's always solving the problems, I'm taking the dare and step outside the car to have a look at what's wrong. I took a mechanics crash course for cases like this some time ago, so I find the problem pretty fast; fixing it takes only a few minutes. I ignore the yells from my twenty-something "stepmother" and get my pocket screw-wrench for emergencies. Ten minutes and lots of liters of sweat later, we can go on and look for the next gas station.

Avi//Hufflepuff

[renrenren3]

Name: Ren
Username: renrenren3
House: Ravenclaw
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are on a first date. You're wearing a nice pair of jeans and a white dress shirt. You're carrying your wallet, ID, phone, and nothing else because you had to leave in a hurry or you would have been late. You're sitting at a table for two in a nice restaurant, in front of your date, Ashley.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? Ashley is your best friend's cousin. She's the one who set you up, you never met Ashley before. Ashley arrived almost 40 minutes later and immediately made you wish that you had been stood up. Yes, Ashley is that bad: rude, obnoxious, no table manners at all, talks incessantly about gerbils without even bothering to listen when you pretend to feign interest. You just want to leave.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? On the table there are two plates of seafood that Ashley ordered without asking you. You haven't touched yours because you don't like seafood. There are two forks, two knives, two napkins, two glasses, a bottle of red wine, a half-eaten breadstick and a single red rose in a vase. The rose looks wilted, much like your romantic life. Around you there are other tables and people dining. They're all having a better time than you. Waiters are milling in and out of the kitchen carrying plates.
Are there any constraints? You can't just walk away. Ashley is obnoxious, but your best friend loves her older cousin (for some unfathomable reason) and she'll be upset if you leave your date halfway through the dinner for no reason. But you also don't want to wait until you've finished eating, because Ashley has started talking about the sexual habits of gerbils and it's making you very, very uncomfortable.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Pay the bill. Ashley already made it clear that you're the one who's paying.

[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

Having looked at the menu before Ashley ordered, I'd do some quick mental math to figure out how much the dinner was costing me. Then I'm subtly take the correct amount of money out of my wallet, Ashley's too bust giving me a lecture (props included) to notice my movement. I slip the money under my plate (with just enough sticking out so that the waiter will see it) and then wait a moment, feigning interest in the sexual habits of gerbils. I then "absentmindedly" take a bite of my nasty seafood and pretend to choke. I stand up and when the waiter performs the Heimlich I spit the piece of food at Ashley (where it lands on her head). I'll need to go home right away after that trauma.

Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff //5

[hiddengrace.livejournal.com]

Name: Kat
Username: Hiddengrace
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You, a valiant muggle knight, have just sliced the handle off the door of a circular room in a tower. In the room, a beautiful woman is standing on a giant block of ice with a noose around her neck. You close the door behind you with all your strength (which, let's be honest, is not that much. you're fast but not strong) and you manage to jam it shut for the moment. The room is stone and circlular, and there is nothing but a sink and a toilet, which are bolted to the wall and floor. There is a window on the wall near the ceiling with bars. The woman is being set up to be hanged, waiting until the ice melts.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? There are at least ten guards on their way up to the circular room. The woman in the room is a sorceress, and she has the power of telekenis, but she is bound up and needs her hands to use her powers. She is short and tiny, but has great strength. There is no ladder or obvious way to get up to her, as the giant block of ice is well over your head, and the rope she is being hanged with is hung from rafters at least 5 feet above your head.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You are wearing a relatively hard chest plate, as most knights do, and a helmet with a cool feather. There's a sink and a toilet that is bolted down. On further inspection of the room, you notice a hidden cupboard on one side of the room, and in it are 3 pencils, a large paper map, a glass pitcher, a blanket, a quill, parchment and ink. There is also a brass ring (with about a 8 inch radius) with a glass circle attatched to it. You also have a sword.
Are there any constraints? There are no less than ten guards on their way up the tower, but they are at least 5 floors down as they are much fatter and slower than you.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Save the woman, and she will help you escape.

Kat//Puff

[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

I take off my chest plate and ram it into the side of the ice. Then I climb onto it and use that to climb up onto the top of the ice block. Then I use my sword to cut the rope around the woman's neck and hands. Then I ask her, "What's next?" She tells me her plan and before I know it we're both safely out of the tower.

Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff // 7

[peyton07.livejournal.com]

Name: Peyton
Username: peyton07
House: Ravenclaw
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are in your kitchen baking a cake. Suddenly, two ninjas jump through your third story window! One has a sword and one has throwing stars. You must knock them out somehow before they capture you and ruin your cake.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You are in the house alone (other than the ninjas).
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? On the table is a mixing bowl, a mixer, a spatula and two leftover eggs. All other ingredients are in the fridge which you cannot get to. Your cake is in the oven, but the ninjas are between you and your oven mitts.
Are there any constraints? Your cake only has 1 minute before it starts burning. So be quick! Your wand is in your bedroom upstairs so no magic :(
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Knock the ninjas out and save your cake from burning.

[caitieness.livejournal.com]

After the promise of yummy cake does nothing to sway them, you quickly pick up the mixing bowl and hurl it at the closest ninja. Luckily, it hits him in the head and he drops his throwing stars and falls down unconscious. While the other ninja is distracted by concern for his comrade, you rush him - hard and low - knocking him down and grabbing his sword at the same time. Leveling the sword at him, you are able to extricate your cake from the oven without being threatened. Stupid ninjas.

caitie//hufflepuff

[renrenren3]

Name: Ren
Username: renrenren3
House: Ravenclaw
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are in your dorm room, on the second floor of a very old building. It's the last day before spring break and everyone is out celebrating. You, incredibly, have managed to get a date with the girl you've been crushing on since your freshman year. Except... when she knocked to ask if you were ready, you lost your calm for a moment and rushed to get the door and tripped and fell face-first against one of your half-finished assignments. You're an art student, your assignment was an oil painting and the colours were still fresh. Your dress is hopelessly ruined.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? Your roommate isn't here. Your date is standing outside the door, but you can't face with your dress covered in pink and green paint. You need a change of clothes before you open the door.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? It's a standard, barren dorm room. Two twin beds with ugly grey bedcovers, two desks. On your desk there are several things you've been using in your courses. Several magazines with pages torn out to make a collage, paint, a black canvas, several sketchbooks, coloured ribbons and glass beads for a crafts project you never finished in time, more paint, why so much paint, you're starting to hate paint. Your wardrobe is full of clothes, but sadly you've been... shall we say... neglecting laundry, lately. What with finals and everything. The dress you're wearing was the only clean thing left. Your roommate does have a clean pair of jeans and a couple of shirts you could borrow, but sadly she's several sizes larger than you. You also have any items that one might reasonably expect to find in a dorm room like, idk, toothbrush, your cellphone, etc.
Are there any constraints? Your date is standing outside your door right now, so you have to act quickly.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Find something to wear tonight. Preferably not your pajamas.

[caitieness.livejournal.com]

You are an art student, after all, and art students are nothing if not creative. You grab your gray sheets and quickly tear it to form a skirt. You tie it together with some ribbon and use some paint to make it less gray. The overall product is a cute pinkish thing with a tie in front. Then, after searching through your laundry and coming up with nothing, you grab your roommate's shirt. Since it's too large, you rip off the bottom so it bares a bit of your midriff. It hangs off your shoulder a little. It looks kind of like you are going for any 80s vibe. It will do for now. You mentally note to buy your roommate a new shirt.

Caitie//Hufflepuff

[moonquail.livejournal.com]

Name: Anjelica
Username: moonquail
House: Ravenclaw
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. It's midday. You're hiking and have just reached the top of the highest mountain - about 70 feet off the ground. Lovely, time to make your way home! Except suddenly you soon find yourself surrounded by a gang of ~angry goats who are here to defend their territory! They'll stop at nothing to butt you off their peak with horns and hooves. This is baaaaah-d.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You decided to go hiking by yourself, so no companions here. There are the goats, of course, but they're not exactly on your side.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? Your handy-dandy backpack! It contains a few feet of rope; a pickaxe; a hunk of cheddar cheese; a half full water canteen; a wool hat and mittens; ONE firework and ONE match; and your beloved stuffed animal, a possum named Henry Noble. There's also the mountain (but obviously it's a bit hard to move), a few feet of snow, and a small pine tree nearby.
Are there any constraints? The goats will strike at any minute now and you'd like to be down the mountain before nightfall considering your low food supply! You also quite like animals and can't find it in you to kill a living thing. :C
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Get past the goats unscathed and make your way down the mountain!

[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

First I'd try to distract the goats by taking my wool hat and gloves and tying them together to resemble a small sheep, which I'd then toss into the crowd of goats. When that doesn't work, I'd head over to the tree and set the firework near it. When the goats get sufficiently close so that they'll be disturbed by the firework without getting hurt I light it off. I dash quickly away from the tree and when the fire work explodes I run around the crowd of confused goats and quickly down the path I took to get up there, tossing the hunk of cheese behind me to distract any stragglers that decide to follow me right away.

Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff // 8

[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

Name: Hanson Phreek
Username: hanson_phreek
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You're mowing your large (2 acre) yard when a sudden thunder storm rolls in. It's the middle of July and you checked the forecast before you started, but it didn't mention any storms. You're nearly at the farthest point from your house.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You're by yourself.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? There are a couple trees, one is a weeping willow that about 20 feet tall and the other two are magnolia trees that are only about 10 feet tall. You have a push lawn mower that doesn't have a bag attached (something like this (http://www.lawn-mowers-review.com/images/craftsman-briggs-and-stratton-158cc-push-lawn-mower-21248152.jpg)). You're wearing a tank top, shorts, socks and sneakers. In your pocket is a key and a receipt for gas. You have your wand, but your land has various enchantments that prevent you from Apparating within the boundaries.
Are there any constraints? The storm is just starting but it looks like a really big one. You estimate that it will last for at least 30 minutes with heavy rain and lots of lightning.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? You need to either survive the storm without getting struck by lightning (or drowning in the rain) or get to your house at the other end of the 2 acres of land.

[lotrangel17.livejournal.com]

I would pull out my wand and use the Shield Charm to keep the rain and lightening from getting to me. I would then either push the lawnmower with one hand while holding my wand with the other (or leave the lawn mover if I don't care about it) and I would slowly walk back to my house to safety.

Stephanie//Hufflepuff

[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

Name: Hanson Phreek
Username: hanson_phreek
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You're in France. You've just entered the Louvre. You plan on seeing three specific displays throughout the museum but you've just found out that the building is closing in exactly 1 hour. The displays you want to see are spread throughout the museum.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You are with two friends, they are also wizards. One is a really fast runner, the other has a bad ankle. There are many other tourists and several security guards.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You have a purse with various things you would have while traveling (a passport, some money, credit cards, a phone that doesn't work out of England, some chapstick, and your camera). You have a wand. Your friends are carrying the same basic items. One of your friends also has a bottle of water. The other friend has a map of the museum.
Are there any constraints? You have one hour. The three displays are spread out with at least a floor and at least a dozen yards between them. You're surrounded by Muggles so all magic must be subtle.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? You need to see all three of your chosen displays before any of the security guards asks you to leave. You'd rather not leave your friends behind.

[lotrangel17.livejournal.com]

First I would take a few moments to look at the map and find all the right stairs and hallways leading to the three paintings and find the quickest way to all the places. I would have the friend with the hurt ankle start waking to the furthest painting so she can be waiting for you, you and the fast running then go the closed painting and then the next and by the time you run to the furthest your friend is there. You and the fast runner then help her back the way you came so she can see the other two paintings. Your friend my have been by herself for a few minutes but she shouldn't have been in a museum with a hurt ankle anyway (not very Puff-like I know).

Stephanie//Hufflepuff

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Name: Jess
Username: rhye
House: Gryffindor
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. In the back yard for a Muggle house in London. You have a broken leg and do not know the exact location of this house or how you got here, and you need to return home.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? There are several dead bodies as well as one infant baby who has no skill other than pooping and crying.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? There are bushes, flowers, and dead people.
Are there any constraints? There is strangely an Apparition barrier, so you cannot disApparate.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? You need to also rescue the baby.

[renrenren3]

I use branches from the bush and clothes from the dead bodies to bind my leg and fashion a baby-carrying harness, then I limp away.

Ren//Ravenclaw//15

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Name: Jess
Username: rhye
House: Gryffindor
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. In a dungeon somewhere in the depths of the Ministry of Magic. The bars are solid and close together.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? Alone.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You have the clothes you were wearing when you were captured as well as the Invisibility Cloak. No wand.
Are there any constraints? Nope, but you don't want to get caught on the way out.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Nope.

[rhye.livejournal.com]

Name: Jess
Username: rhye
House: Gryffindor
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are trapped in Snape's basement. He lets you out three times a day to go to the bathroom and to give you food. The door is solid, but he also has alarms on the door. There are no windows in the basement. There are anti-Apparition wards.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You are alone.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You have your wand, a metal pipe, and the leftovers from your dinner, as well as your clothing.
Are there any constraints? Nope.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Nope

[rhye.livejournal.com]

Name: Jess
Username: rhye
House: Gryffindor
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are surrounded by unicorns who are not happy you are there. They (and you) are out on a flat moor. It's drizzling lightly. The circle of unicorns is slowly closing in no you, horns lowered.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You are with your mother.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You have only yourself and your clothes, no wand. You also have some fruits you were going to use as a snack.
Are there any constraints? You have to get out of here before they gore you on their shiny horns!
Do they need to do anything besides escape? It'd probably be best if your saved your mum as well.

[rhye.livejournal.com]

Name: Jess
Username: rhye
House: Gryffindor
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are in the common room. The boy you are in love with is on a date and is kissing a girl you hate across the room from you.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You are with your two best friends. One is good at charms, and the other at potions, but they have no potions ingredients with them. This friend can also sing beautifully, though.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You have a wizarding chess set and a textbook on Care of Magical Creatures, as well as some parchment and a quill and ink.
Are there any constraints? You want to distract or break up their date before they continue this in the Astronomy Tower.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Your primary objective is simply to break up their date. If you can, you can also make them angry with each other. If you're amazing, maybe you can make him like you as well.

[anbyrobanby.livejournal.com]

Get your friend who is good at charms to use Engorgio to make one of the pieces bigger (eg, the bishop). The friend then puts a confundus charm on it and tell it to capture the girl over the other side of the room. (if there's people in the way, you might be better off using a knight so it jumps them). She'll be nursing injuries, so you can get your potion friend to usher her away, either to the hospital wing or to go off and treat her herself. Well away. In the meantime, you can ask the dude about Hippogryffs or something. Bitches love hippogryffs.

From that point on, though, it's up to you to work your charms to get him. You could probably even destroy the chess piece and act like the hero of the piece. Bitches love heroes.

Rob/Gryff

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Name: Christa
Username: c_hrista
House: Gryffindor
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. It's laundry day and you're in the 24-hour laundromat doing laundry and checking out that other cute launderer. Three of the walls are floor-to-ceiling windows and the fourth wall is lined with over a dozen washers and dryers. There is a door to a windowless bathroom.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You are alone with Sirius Black. He has the ability to transform in a black dog. He is also skilled at having a temper, acting rashly, and flirting.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? You have a box of powdered detergent, a purple sock, three pairs of jeans, a queen-sized quilt, and four rolls of quarters (at 40 quarters/roll).
Are there any constraints? The only door to exit the laundromat is a single swinging door that is currently jammed. Five of the washers have simultaneously and spontaneously malfunctioned and are spewing soapy water and slowly flooding the room.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? You need to escape AND convince Sirius to go on a date with you.

[rhye.livejournal.com]

I would transfigure the queen-sized quilt into a queen-sized life raft. I'd use the rolls of quarters to break the windows (or Sirius can if he's angry XD) and then Sirius and I would drift on the soapy current out of the windows. This is so much fun that it's like surfing and Sirius and I decide to make it a weekly thing, thus securing me a date!

Jess//Gryffindor

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Name: Ashe
Username: vanmeeuwe
House: Gryffindor
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You were invited to the Malfoy's Mansion for tea. Lucius fell asleep on the couch while watching a Quidditch game moments before you arrived, but he was chewing gum and now it's in his hair. He is going on a Bridezilla-esque tirade and demanding to find a way to get it out. Unfortunately, it won't come out via magic because Draco switched his dad's regular gum with enchanted deathlock gum he bought at Zonko's, in a moment of pissy teenage vengeance over Lucius not letting him take the Firebolt out for a joyride. Lucius is scared that cutting it will cramp his evil rich guy mojo and magically seals all the doors to hold everybody hostage (and keep out strangers who might see his hair disaster) until things are fixed.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? Narcissa, who is the Martha Stewart of the wizarding world (complete with the money and a stable of fancy donkeys). Draco (who is pretty much useless in everything except getting his dad really really pissed). And a bunch of fancy stable donkeys.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? A snake cane, four wands (including yours), a table full of tea and crumpets with saucers and silverware and a bunch of fancy rich-people stuff like multiple Salazar Slytherin busts and kitschy Swarovski hippogryffs.
Are there any constraints? Lucius has an important rich wizards meeting in the morning. It is 4pm.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Narcissa insists that you don't kill Lucius because she still likes to tap that.

[eggsnail.livejournal.com]

It just so happens that Narcissa has shadier dealings with her donkey trade that the rest of the Malfoys suspected. And it just so happens that she has been trading in the rare and exotic Mexican Deathlock Chewing Gum Donkeys. Their saliva is the only thing that can release the deathlock chewing gum with the exception of magic. Conveniently enough, that same saliva is also something of an anticoagulate and can dissolve the gum without damaging Lucius' hair. Of course, Mexican Deathlock Chewing Gum Donkeys must always be bribed with crumpets and tea, which I just so happen to have here, and soothed with incantations which I just so happen to know. After soothing the donkeys, I convince them to remove the gum from Lucius' hair and he lets us all leave!

Blaine // Gryffindor

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Name: Blaine
Username: eggsnail
House: Gryffindor
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are in seedy opium den filled with euphoric, drooling idiots. You came here with Lady Gaga, who is dressed entirely in tin foil and rubber duckies. There are three entrances to the room. The first is impassable and is blocked by a hulking process server here to hand Gaga some papers. Apparently, a rather famous circus performer called Madame Gaga is suing for rights to Gaga's name. Who knew circus performing was lucrative enough to afford a lawyer? The second entrance is being blocked by a group of acrobats with swords who are swinging back and forth in front of that door like some kind of death pendulums. Tread carefully, or they'll tear you to ribbons! The third door is blocked by a fire breathing dragon, because why the hell not?

Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? It's just you and Gaga. Fortunately, Gaga is able to shoot flammable sparks out of her bra, burn people with her cigarette glasses and the Pepsi cans in her hair are actually ninja throwing stars. Unfortunately, everyone in the room is immune to bra sparks, cigarette burns and secret ninja throwing stars. Sry.

What items are surrounding them? Describe them? Aside from Gaga's decoration, you're holding a plastic magic wand with a golden star on top, a pink potted cactus, a pack of toothpicks, two tickets to the Russian Circus and a pack of Fruit Stripe gum.

Are there any constraints? TIME IS A FACTOR. Gaga has to get away from this process server or it is all over, man. Also, you can't go through him to get through his door. Avoid him at all costs. ALL COSTS. Also, you've forgotten all the words to Chattanooga Choo-Choo, but I'm not sure how much that will affect you in this scenario.

Do they need to do anything besides escape? Keep Gaga away from the process server and get both of you out of there!

[vanmeeuwe.livejournal.com]

I flap my arms like dragon wings while we dance in synchronization and Gaga shoots flame-sparks from her bra. By doing this, we trick the dragon into thinking we are some deformed peach-colered blob of female dragon, performing a mating ritual. Since dragons are all sluts and not very picky about their sexual partners, it decides to go for us anyway. We tell the dragon (all dragons understand English. It's a dragon rule.) to sit tight and while we go powder our nose and grab some appletinis. Since Gaga and I make kind of fugly dragon to begin with, the dragon agrees and gives us all the time necessary. We leave through the third door easily, and never return.

But we feel really bad about it so we text the dragon later saying "it's not you, it's me".


Ashe // GryffinROAR