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

[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

[mmailliw.livejournal.com]

Remembering how hard some frozen food is, I revert to Muggle methods. Taking the hardest, coldest containers of frozen vegetables (who would want to eat them>?) I throw them at the door knowing that with enough force, the doors will budge (and if not, I will eventually smash a hole into the door). Regardless of whether the door moves or acquires a hole, I am now able to escape.

William//Slytherin//5

[hanson-phreek.livejournal.com]

I remember that all stores have a broom or a mop somewhere cause the store owners have to keep it clean. I go to the back of the store and rummage around until I find it. Then I use the handle of the broom/mop to pry the door open.

Hanson Phreek // Hufflepuff // 6

[lotrangel17.livejournal.com]

I pull out my wand and point it at the sprinkler head on the ceiling and use the Incendio spell. This is turn makes the sprinkler head explode with water thinking the store is on fire and thereby setting off the fire alarm. The fire department will be there in a minutes to kindly open the door for you. Its not our fault the store was empty - leave the blame of the messed up food on the employee who left you locked in.

Stephanie//Hufflepuff

[rhye.livejournal.com]

While the food is still frozen, I'd use missle-like frozen burritos to break the glass of the store's doors. If I got hungry during this process I could eat something that doesn't go bad when warmed for a bit, like frozen edamame! Then once I had the doors broken I would be happily outside.

Jess//Gryffindor