hh_clubs | Wizarding Games: Macgyverin'

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

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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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Name: Caitie
Username: caitieness
House: Hufflepuff
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. It appears to be some kind of hospital. You are in a bed with wheels. There is some kind of machine next to you that is incessantly beeping. The floor is all white tile and there is a door that leads to a small bathroom and a door that leads to the main hallway. You look at the signs and find out you are on the sixth floor, so to leave you need to make it down to the lobby.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? Your room is currently empty but you can call a nurse who will give you pain medication. She is kind of annoying and mean, so you try to avoid her if at all possible.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? A a bio-hazard waste bin is to your left. A remote control that changes the channel on the TV and adjusts your bed is on your right. The bed has a thin sheet and a heavier blanket over it. There is a pillow. There is a clipboard and pencil at the end of your bed. You are only wearing a hospital gown and have no shoes.
Are there any constraints? You read the chart at the end of your bed that says your surgery is scheduled for three hours from now.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? You need to find some clothes to wear so that no one knows you escaped from a hospital.

I call the nurse. Sure, she's mean but it will give me satisfaction to Imperio her. Yeah, I'm kind of a baadass, plus I hate hospitals. She disconnects all the various monitors by unsnapping the white foam thingies off my chest and takes out my IV without hurting me. Then, I send her to stealthily steal clothes from another hospital patient, which are usually kept in lockers or in cabinets in each room. They're big and baggy, but they will do for now.
Once I have clothes I head to the bathroom and transfigure the biohazard bin into a cauldron and carefully accio all the needles and stuff in there into ingredients for a polyjuice potion using my own hair. I brew it, force the nurse to drink it, and then make her get dressed in my gown. She lays in the bed, and I escape while everyone thinks I'm still in the hospital.
That's what she gets for pissing me off.

Kat/Puff

Edited 2011-05-04 04:12 (UTC)

I take the sheets from the bed and tear off a small strip, tying it to the legs of the bed and the machine. Then I push the buttons of the machine at random until it stops beeping or does something strange. The nurse should come to investigate the disturbance, and when she does she'll trip on the sheet. Taking advantage of that, I get the jump on her and tie her up with the rest of the sheet. I also gag her so she can't call for help, and I steal her clothes. I go down to the lobby in her clothes, and if someone stops me I just wave the clipboard around and say that Doctor Smith gave me very urgent orders. If possible, I'll try to break into someone's office and steal their clothes so I don't have to walk around dressed as a nurse.

Ren//Ravenclaw//7

I look around for a bag somewhere that contains the clothing I came in with. I find it stuffed under the bed, they're dirty and appear to have some dried blood on them but they're clothes. I check the machine to try to figure out what it's for. It's an IV, which I thankfully have had enough times that I can remove it without hurting myself. I switch the machine off to stop the beeping. Next I get dressed and using some water from the bathroom attempt to clean up the clothes and make myself presentable. I peek out the door and wait for a break in foot traffic, then make a run for it. Once I'm out of that wing I casually head down to the lobby.

Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff // 2

You get up and check under the bed, the pillow, the mattress, to see if there are any scraps of clothes but alas, you find none. Hesitantly you call the nurse. She comes in huffing as usual and demands to know what you want now, tapping her feet impatiently. You're good at making a puppy face though and look up at her with sweet, watery eyes, claiming to only want her company. Her stern demeanor softens a bit and you two talk for a while, when all of the sudden you appear taken with her shoes! "I had a pair like that when I was a child," you say, and the nurse seems to take pity on you. She goes out and fetches you an extra pair, saying that you can take them home when you're good and ready, and bids you good night.

You slip on the shoes and turn on the light in the bathroom so that anyone passing by will think you're inside. You wrap the bed sheets around you as a sort of toga dress and rip the clip from the clipboard to fasten them together in the back. Voila! It may not be the most comfortable run down the stairs but you manage to get back to the lobby and casually stride out the hospital doors.

Anjelica//Ravenclaw//1

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