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

[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

[theaeblackthorn.livejournal.com]

Whoops, same thing here bb, you can't have your pocket screw-wrench out unless the scenario says you have it :)

[flyingharmony.livejournal.com]

Oh! Sorry, will change it in a sec :D

[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". Unfortunately I forgot my pocket screw-wrench for emergencies, so I'll have to fix it by hand... It's a dirty affair, but not impossible. Twenty minutes and lots of liters of sweat later, we can go on and look for the next gas station.

Avi//Hufflepuff

[caitieness.livejournal.com]

You pop the hood of the car and realize you know absolutely nothing about cars. You leave it open, hoping that maybe it will cool down or whatever, while you wait for a car to magically pass by. Until then, you hand everyone a couple ice cubes to chill them out, keep them hydrated, and a cracker. Then you pull out your laptop and a movie and set it up inside the van so everyone can watch. With the windows down and their ice cubes, everyone's pretty chill about it. You'll worry about what to do when the battery dies when you come to it. Hopefully a car comes by before then.

caitie//hufflepuff

[rhye.livejournal.com]

Luckily I do know something about cars, and I would guess from this that it's probably a blown head-gasket, unless it's just overheated and maybe the fan isn't working. I'd check the car's temperature first to see if it is overheated, which I assume it would be if there is smoke coming out of it. I distribute drinks from the cooler to everyone in the van, especially the sick and drunk people. I give my brother the romance novel, which should keep him entertained and educate~ him at the same time. If that doesn't work, I can give him my laptop and DVDs.

If the head gasket is blown, I would try to make a new one with some hard protein bars and some dental floss, which I'm sure someone packed. If that didn't work I could break my Pluto Nash DVD (sucky movie anyway) and use it has a head gasket. By then the car should be able to go again and should have cooled off. If not, I'll dump the ice on it just in case. Then we'd head to the gas station!

Jess//gryffindor