paradisa | ☁ 001

[April woke up three hours ago, and she has no idea what's going on.

Okay, so that's not 100% true. She's explored her room and scanned the journal, so she has an extremely basic idea (sitting in what looks like a really fancy hotel room, in possession of a weird communal journal that doesn't seem to obey the laws of physics, something big involving a lion happened a few days ago), but beyond that? Absolutely no clue.

Right now, the journal is the most interesting thing. It's definitely the most unusual, and so she figures that if she wants her other questions answered, it's her best bet.

Especially because it seems like people are using it to communicate. Somehow.

First she has to test it out, though. She could introduce herself to everyone, or write an impassioned plea for information, or start screaming her head off about having been kidnapped. But... nah. Instead, she'll do this:]

[OOC: If you want your character to play tic-tac-toe with her, just save the image to your computer and draw in their O! Or, if you can't/don't want to do that, you can tell me which spot their put their O in and I'll fill it in myself.]

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I see.

[ Well, she has to give it a go now, doesn't she? ]

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Like so?

Yup.

It appears to me that stalemate is inevitable in this game.

[ Unless you're playing with someone who really isn't paying attention. ]

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Yeah. That's why it's a stupid game.

It would be more challenging if there were more spaces to fill.

Why play it if it is stupid?

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Why not?

[April likes that idea about more spaces to fill, though. She abandons her original game and draws this:]

Your move.

[ Tauriel has to grin at that. ]

Well, if the purpose is to pass time, it stands to reason that it would do so better if it required some actual thought.

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I guess. You can't even do diagonal on this one, and diagonal is the best way to win.

Actually, if the goal is still to get three in a row, whoever starts will win no matter what. See? Four in a row would be a better goal, and why should diagonal not be possible?

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I thought the goal would be to get a whole row or column. But whatever; we can do it your way, I guess.

Ah, I see your thinking. That would be rather limiting, yes, but possibly the better challenge.

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I live for better challenges.

[Except actually, the opposite is true.]

I am rather fond of those myself.

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-- Shit.

Are we doing whole rows or four in a row?

I suspect at this point in time you would prefer if I answered whole rows?

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My name is Tauriel, by the by.

Is this like the internet? Am I supposed to give a fake name?

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I do not know what the internet is, but the name I gave you is not fake.

How do you not know what the internet is? I didn't even know that was possible, unless you're from some lost tribe in the Amazon that has never had contact with the outside world.