Challenge Realm Prompts for February 2008
*~ROLEPLAY PROMPTS FOR FEBRUARY~*
1. Someone is gone. Leaving. For whatever reason.
I think I've already lost you
I think you're already gone.
I think I'm finally scared now
You think I'm weak - But I think you're wrong
I think you're already leaving
Feels like your hand is on the door
I thought this place was an empire
But now I'm relaxed - I can't be sure
Confront someone who's leaving, or roleplay a conversation, confrontation or discussion regarding someone important in your life who is gone.
2. You're having a dinner party. Whether you have invited two or two hundred people, it's up to you. But there's a problem with the wine.
Unfortunately, or fortunately (depending on how you look at it), the Gods have enchanted the bottles of wine. Anyone drinking the white wine will be completely unable to tell a lie during the entire party. Anyone drinking the red will be sexually attracted to people and show it, only not with their own mate/lover/spouse/date. How far you take this is completely up to you. Remember, you must choose red, white or no wine at all.
3. For whatever in game reasons, you need to steal something. Roleplay the situation from one of these standpoints (or all three in succession if you like):
A. You have an accomplice, and you are roleplaying the act.
B. You are acting alone, and someone comes around while you are committing the theft.
C. You have been caught, or confronted after the fact, and you have to deal with the consequences or deny.
4. In some kind of transaction, you need to apply pressure to get your way. This pressure can be physical, emotional or financial.
5. Battle. Competition. Joust. Gladiator. There’s all kinds of ways to do this, but essentially, you must set up and roleplay a competition that is physical in nature. It can be a game of touch football, a race, a game of tag, a dance contest, a joust, the Roman coliseum, a snowball fight, anything physical and competitive.
6. Call it whatever you want. Bluffing. Bullshitting. Lying. Conning. Roleplay a conversation where someone is trying to pull the wool over someone’s eyes.
7. They say actors hate to work with kids or animals. Well, you have to roleplay a scene involving one or the other. Your muse must roleplay an interaction with an animal or a small child.
8. Sometimes the most ordinary things can develop characters. Roleplay your muse doing something completely ordinary with someone. It can be housework, bill paying, picking up the dry cleaning, something that is just a normal, daily activity.
9. ADULT ROLEPLAYERS ONLY: Roleplay a sexual situation that take place in a public location. You can roleplay actual sex, or simply indecent exposure, sexual teasing, whatever suits the characters and the location. Incorporate the location, elements, noise, smells, people…bring it all into play.
10. ADULT ROLEPLAYERS ONLY: You have to hunt, and kill, someone or something. Use as much information, tension and buildup as possible.
*~FIC PROMPTS FOR FEBRUARY~*
1. (From Writer’s Digest) You're sitting at work one day and receive a text message from an unrecognized number. The text says, "I have the money and hid the body." You think this is a practical joke from a friend, so you play along at first. But the more texts you receive, the more you realize that it isn't a joke. Write the text conversation you have with this unknown texter.
2. (From Writer’s Digest) After years of unhappiness, you've finally had enough and have decided to quit, but we're not talking about your job. Write a letter of resignation to someone other than your employer. It can be your school, your family, your favorite sports team, whatever.
3. Suppose all world leaders agree to defer to your judgment for 24 hours. What orders would you give?
4. Roast someone who is important in your life and that you know personally. “Roast” as in write an insulting, snarky, humorous or teasing speech about them, not cook…or, if it suits your character, do that.
5. Your character is stuck in an elevator, or some other enclosed space, with a fire and brimstone Baptist preacher, an atheist, a hooker and a satanic demon. How do you think this would go?
6. Talk about your family tree.
7. Walk in someone else’s shoes…in other words, have your muse write a fic where they talk about an incident, argument or something, BUT, they have to tell another person’s view on it.
8. You’re muse has been without sleep for several days, for some reason. Write a fic about the last hours before they finally do sleep.
9. Your character is tied to a chair. Why?
10. It’s 3 in the morning. Outside your window, you hear a bang and the sound of glass breaking. What happened?
11. Lyrics - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly (Fond of Each Other) by Willie Nelson
There's many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas;
There's many a young boy who feels things he can't comprehend.
Well small town don't like it when somebody falls between sexes,
No, small town don't like it when a cowboy has feelings for men.
Well I believe to my soul that inside every man there's a feminine,
And inside every lady there's a deep manly voice loud and clear.
Well, a cowboy may brag about things that he does with his women,
But the ones who brag loudest are the ones that are most likely queer.
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other -
Say what did you think those saddles and boots was about?
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his brother,
And inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out.
Well there's always somebody who says what the others just whisper,
And mostly that someone's the first one to get shot down dead:
When you talk to a cowboy don't treat him like he was a sister
You can't fuck with the lady that's sleepin' in each cowboy's head.
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other -
Say what did you think those saddles and boots was about?
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his brother,
And inside every lady there's a cowboy who'd love to come out.
And inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out.
12. Lyrics - You’ve Never Been This Far Before by Conway Twitty
(This song was banned from radio in the 1950’s for it’s interpretation of sexuality between an older man and a young, virginal girl.)
I can almost hear the stillness
As it yields to the sound of your heart beating
And I can almost hear the echo
Of the thoughts that I know you must be thinking
And I can feel your body tremble
As you wonder what this moment holds in store
And as I put my arms around you
I can tell you've never been this far before.
I don't know what I'm saying
As my trembling fingers touch forbidden places.
I only know I've waited
For so long for the chance that we are taking.
I don't know and I don't care
What made you tell him you don't love him anymore.
And as I taste your tender kisses
I can tell you've never been this far before.
And as I take the love you're giving
I can feel the tension building in your mind.
And you're wondering if tomorrow
I'll still love you like I'm loving you tonight.
You have no way of knowing but tonight
will only make me love you more
And I hope that you'll believe me
Cause I know you've never been this far
before.
13. I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
14. Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer. Charles Caleb Colton
15. A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands. Lord Byron
16. If the last person who was in your bed had more money than you…by a longshot…would you marry them?
17. Compromise.
18. Have your muse give an order. Is that order obeyed correctly?
19. Write a fic about your muse driving someplace, with someone.
20. When was the last time that someone truly surprised you? How did they do that?
Don’t forget your feedback and to tag on this post with each completed prompt.
1. Someone is gone. Leaving. For whatever reason.
I think I've already lost you
I think you're already gone.
I think I'm finally scared now
You think I'm weak - But I think you're wrong
I think you're already leaving
Feels like your hand is on the door
I thought this place was an empire
But now I'm relaxed - I can't be sure
Confront someone who's leaving, or roleplay a conversation, confrontation or discussion regarding someone important in your life who is gone.
2. You're having a dinner party. Whether you have invited two or two hundred people, it's up to you. But there's a problem with the wine.
Unfortunately, or fortunately (depending on how you look at it), the Gods have enchanted the bottles of wine. Anyone drinking the white wine will be completely unable to tell a lie during the entire party. Anyone drinking the red will be sexually attracted to people and show it, only not with their own mate/lover/spouse/date. How far you take this is completely up to you. Remember, you must choose red, white or no wine at all.
3. For whatever in game reasons, you need to steal something. Roleplay the situation from one of these standpoints (or all three in succession if you like):
A. You have an accomplice, and you are roleplaying the act.
B. You are acting alone, and someone comes around while you are committing the theft.
C. You have been caught, or confronted after the fact, and you have to deal with the consequences or deny.
4. In some kind of transaction, you need to apply pressure to get your way. This pressure can be physical, emotional or financial.
5. Battle. Competition. Joust. Gladiator. There’s all kinds of ways to do this, but essentially, you must set up and roleplay a competition that is physical in nature. It can be a game of touch football, a race, a game of tag, a dance contest, a joust, the Roman coliseum, a snowball fight, anything physical and competitive.
6. Call it whatever you want. Bluffing. Bullshitting. Lying. Conning. Roleplay a conversation where someone is trying to pull the wool over someone’s eyes.
7. They say actors hate to work with kids or animals. Well, you have to roleplay a scene involving one or the other. Your muse must roleplay an interaction with an animal or a small child.
8. Sometimes the most ordinary things can develop characters. Roleplay your muse doing something completely ordinary with someone. It can be housework, bill paying, picking up the dry cleaning, something that is just a normal, daily activity.
9. ADULT ROLEPLAYERS ONLY: Roleplay a sexual situation that take place in a public location. You can roleplay actual sex, or simply indecent exposure, sexual teasing, whatever suits the characters and the location. Incorporate the location, elements, noise, smells, people…bring it all into play.
10. ADULT ROLEPLAYERS ONLY: You have to hunt, and kill, someone or something. Use as much information, tension and buildup as possible.
*~FIC PROMPTS FOR FEBRUARY~*
1. (From Writer’s Digest) You're sitting at work one day and receive a text message from an unrecognized number. The text says, "I have the money and hid the body." You think this is a practical joke from a friend, so you play along at first. But the more texts you receive, the more you realize that it isn't a joke. Write the text conversation you have with this unknown texter.
2. (From Writer’s Digest) After years of unhappiness, you've finally had enough and have decided to quit, but we're not talking about your job. Write a letter of resignation to someone other than your employer. It can be your school, your family, your favorite sports team, whatever.
3. Suppose all world leaders agree to defer to your judgment for 24 hours. What orders would you give?
4. Roast someone who is important in your life and that you know personally. “Roast” as in write an insulting, snarky, humorous or teasing speech about them, not cook…or, if it suits your character, do that.
5. Your character is stuck in an elevator, or some other enclosed space, with a fire and brimstone Baptist preacher, an atheist, a hooker and a satanic demon. How do you think this would go?
6. Talk about your family tree.
7. Walk in someone else’s shoes…in other words, have your muse write a fic where they talk about an incident, argument or something, BUT, they have to tell another person’s view on it.
8. You’re muse has been without sleep for several days, for some reason. Write a fic about the last hours before they finally do sleep.
9. Your character is tied to a chair. Why?
10. It’s 3 in the morning. Outside your window, you hear a bang and the sound of glass breaking. What happened?
11. Lyrics - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly (Fond of Each Other) by Willie Nelson
There's many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas;
There's many a young boy who feels things he can't comprehend.
Well small town don't like it when somebody falls between sexes,
No, small town don't like it when a cowboy has feelings for men.
Well I believe to my soul that inside every man there's a feminine,
And inside every lady there's a deep manly voice loud and clear.
Well, a cowboy may brag about things that he does with his women,
But the ones who brag loudest are the ones that are most likely queer.
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other -
Say what did you think those saddles and boots was about?
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his brother,
And inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out.
Well there's always somebody who says what the others just whisper,
And mostly that someone's the first one to get shot down dead:
When you talk to a cowboy don't treat him like he was a sister
You can't fuck with the lady that's sleepin' in each cowboy's head.
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other -
Say what did you think those saddles and boots was about?
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels towards his brother,
And inside every lady there's a cowboy who'd love to come out.
And inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out.
12. Lyrics - You’ve Never Been This Far Before by Conway Twitty
(This song was banned from radio in the 1950’s for it’s interpretation of sexuality between an older man and a young, virginal girl.)
I can almost hear the stillness
As it yields to the sound of your heart beating
And I can almost hear the echo
Of the thoughts that I know you must be thinking
And I can feel your body tremble
As you wonder what this moment holds in store
And as I put my arms around you
I can tell you've never been this far before.
I don't know what I'm saying
As my trembling fingers touch forbidden places.
I only know I've waited
For so long for the chance that we are taking.
I don't know and I don't care
What made you tell him you don't love him anymore.
And as I taste your tender kisses
I can tell you've never been this far before.
And as I take the love you're giving
I can feel the tension building in your mind.
And you're wondering if tomorrow
I'll still love you like I'm loving you tonight.
You have no way of knowing but tonight
will only make me love you more
And I hope that you'll believe me
Cause I know you've never been this far
before.
13. I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott
14. Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer. Charles Caleb Colton
15. A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands. Lord Byron
16. If the last person who was in your bed had more money than you…by a longshot…would you marry them?
17. Compromise.
18. Have your muse give an order. Is that order obeyed correctly?
19. Write a fic about your muse driving someplace, with someone.
20. When was the last time that someone truly surprised you? How did they do that?
Don’t forget your feedback and to tag on this post with each completed prompt.