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

[mmailliw.livejournal.com]

Name: William
Username: mmailliw
House: Slytherin
Where is the person? Give a good solid description here. You are in your college dormitory, studying abroad on an island located somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean. It is 11 AM and you hold a plane ticket to get off the island at 12 PM. Unfortunately, it's a good 50-minute walk to get from your dormitory to the train station... and from the train station to the airport it's three trains and another two hours even if all goes perfectly.
Who are they there with? Any people? If so, what can they do/what are their skills? You are alone in your dormitory as you were lucky enough to land a single room for your year studying on the island.
What items are surrounding them? Describe them? Your dormitory bed (standard issue), your backpack (full of books for your course of study along with your plane ticket out of the island), two packed suitcases, a few books you DON'T want to take with you, a full wallet (complete with currency appropriate for the island nation), your passport, and some packets of Horlicks mix.
Are there any constraints? Yes. Your first graduate school visit is in two days, and it's in a land called "British Columbia" which is two further plane rides from your home - so essentially you absolutely must escape from the island and arrive at your home within the next 24 to 36 hours.
Do they need to do anything besides escape? Escape and make it to "British Columbia" in time for the visit; that's pretty much it.

William//Slytherin//1//this happened to me

[clzair.livejournal.com]

do you have a phone?

[clzair.livejournal.com]

well nvm, I'm assuming I could find a phone in the very close vicinity

[mmailliw.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it only works while you're on the island.

[clzair.livejournal.com]

I call the airport and say that I've been tipped that there is a bomb on my scheduled flight. Then, I steal a dorm bike (I'm assuming there are lots of bikes around?) or hitchhike to the train station and take the trains to the airport. By the time I get there, they should not have left yet in having to empty the plane, search everything, and reload everything and everyone back on!

Claire/?puff

[renrenren3]

Since it seems physically impossible to get to the airport in less than one hour and Claire already claimed the bomb threat: is there anything preventing me from changing my ticket into a ticket for the next plane, or buying a new one altogether?

[mmailliw.livejournal.com]

The time limits are exactly as I stated: if you change to another plane you need to make sure to get to "British Columbia" in time!

[renrenren3]

It depends on where this island in the Atlantic Ocean is, though. There might be more than one flight out per day, or there might be only one flight per week if it's a small island. Assuming the island is England, it seems that there are daily flights and the trip to Vancouver is about 9 hours long. Therefore I would at first try to get to the airport, since it's possible that the plane would be delayed anyway by a stroke of luck, and I'd call the airline company with the phone. Even if I have to wait until the next day to get on the plane, assuming I don't live in some far-off location that's more than 3 hours from the airport, I'd be home within the 36 hours limit.

Ren//Ravenclaw//8