2/4 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)10:20 No. 488016 ID: c4e5c2
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After a minute or so of their talking, they start telling us their decisions one at a time.

>"Door one, Punchinbag. Not broken."
>"Bullcrap! Whoeever made this made this with splinterwood!"
>"That is legal. It is a terrible door, but it is still a door. Door 2, Punylocks. Sufficiently broken. Door 3, Kissy Face 2. Very much intact."

3/4 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)10:21 No. 488017 ID: c4e5c2
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>"Table, Bedhugger. Broken. Kissy Face 1, Chair, also broken. Grandfather Clock, Princess."

4/4 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)10:21 No. 488018 ID: c4e5c2
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>"Annihilated."

>>488018
daaw...
Is that princess hugging the builder? or some other random 'bold?^^ I can't really tell them all apart when they come in single images^^
Keep in Mind the idea of getting an alarm-clock! I'm kind of impressed for them to make a working clock anyway... although as it's a carpenter, he/she probably just build the frame, getting the clockwork somewhere else...

>>488019
I think that is princess hugging the builder.

Well, alright. That exercise in pain and mental trauma is over. 1-0 dojo-ers to carpenters. On to the next event?

Hmmm I see another baby that needs to be polymorphed into a man. Crying because his clock got punched and broken? Then he should go and make a clock that punches and breaks back!

Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)11:04 No. 488035 ID: c4e5c2
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>They are hard to tell apart
... they really are. But that is Princess hugging the one who made the grandfather clock. I'll ask chop to get him to make us alarm clocks, because it really was a nice looking clock.

>As it's a carpenter, he/she probably just build the frame, getting the clockwork somewhere else...
That's most likely, especially since this was supposedly built in just an hour or two, I'm impressed the frame itself looked as good as it did.

We move on to the next event.

>"Event two." the judge says. "The carpenter versus chop. Nothing fancy, first one to forfeit loses. 1, 2, 3, start."

Chop just stands there when the carpenter throws a punch. He just stands there after the punch, too. I still do not understand, but I have no surprise left.

>"Forfeit." the carpenter then says.
>"Uh..." a judge starts to ask.
>"I just wanted to punch him in the face. We'll win the spelling bee, and I'm pretty damn sure my guys are better at cleaning up mage goo than those brutes."
>"Ok...ay then. Spelling bee time. In the interest of, uh, to quote, "UNDENIABLE FAIR PERCENTAGES", teams will actually be given the same words in private so they can't hear the other team say the right spelling. But words will still be given to one person on a team one after the other, and words will become increasingly harder quickly because, let me be honest, none of us want to be here all day listening to people spell out three letter words. So the last person on each team is going to get harder words than the first. If there are any questions, ask, if not, please discuss amongst yourselves to set up an order."

So your off-camera training montage did include the alphabet I hope? All of it?

Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)11:28 No. 488043 ID: c4e5c2
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>So your off-camera training montage did include the alphabet I hope? All of it?
Oh, yes, we all at least know the alphabet now, and know at least a small amount of words. I think I'm decent, the fact I know how to read at write in at least one other language already helped. Kissy Face 1 is also pretty good, I think.

Punchingbag is saying that he is one of the better spellers, so he should go... first? He is being especially non cooperative lately.

Dang. The stat sheets don't include smarts, or intelligence or anything. Strength Agility and Toughness don't tell us who's gonna be a good speller.

Yeah, let punching bag go first. If you and Kissy face one are the best spellers, you guys should go last. No idea what order the others should go in.

Wait, do we still have punishments for getting answers wrong?
Are there any punishments for the team losing or rewards for the team winning at all?

Punching bag is thinking ahead! They will probably ask more than 6 words and since they get harder he will start the new round of words instead of our worst speller, pretty clever.

But still he should have shared his plan with you, ask him if he is alright.

He did seem to jump at the opportunity to take what he thought was the easy door quickly. He probably doesn't trust that other people have his best interests in mind. Because of Chop. Enough falling on his face should fix that, as long as there is someone there to pick him up after.

>>488043
The first speller gets the easiest word to spell. If that's his logic, then he should go last.

>>488059
Well yes. But if he's got the basic logic completely backwards, I don't think we should trust his spelling skills. Let him go first.

Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)12:19 No. 488062 ID: c4e5c2
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>Are there any punishments for the team losing or rewards for the team winning at all?
I don't think so, at least not for the judges. I don't know what Chop or the carpenter would do to punish or reward for a loss or win. Speaking of which, Chop starts leaving.
>"CHOP SHALL RETURN SHORTLY WITH EXPECTATIONS THAT HIS PUPILS SHALL NOT BE ELIMINATED."

>They will probably ask more than 6 words and since they get harder he will start the new round of words instead of our worst speller, pretty clever.
... Yes, it is very nice of him.

"Okay, punching bag, go ahead. I'll go later, same with Dasrin, he's pretty good."
>"I don't think I'm bad, so maybe I'll go 4th?" Princess asks."
"Sure."

Bedhugger will go second and Kissy Face 2 - er, Klabis and Teegis - will go 2nd and 3rd, then Princess 4th, Dasrin 5th, and me last.

We get set up in anti sound bubbles so we can't hear the other team, and so we start.

>"Hat. You put a hat on your head. Hat." the judges say to the other team and to Punchingbag.

.... he already looks stumped.

Oh shit. I hope this is done by number of words each team gets right, and not losing as soon as we get one word wrong.

The correct spell is, of course, H A T. But we can't exactly tell him without cheating. ...and even if we were willing to cheat, I have no idea how to do it without being caught.

Say, what are the rules on interaction? None at all or no vocal interaction?
...Would we be disqualified for showing him the correct spelling with letter pyramids?

Pretend to sneeze slowly! HHHHH....AAAAA....TTTT..tsuuh

>>488062
No cheating!

if the rule is only "no talking" you can do those letter stretches chop had you do.

1/2 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)13:31 No. 488081 ID: c4e5c2
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"Excuse me, what are the rules on interacting? Are we allowed to make letter pyramids?"
>"As amusing as that sounds, no. No interaction at all."

Well... no cheating, then, I don't think I can do it and get away with it.

"How is elimination formed, by the way? Is this just to see who gets the most words right?"
>"I guess you could think of it like that, but in actuality it's just until one team gets entirely eliminated. If neither team gets a word right, though, no one will be eliminated. I guess we should've explained that part already."

2/2 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)13:31 No. 488082 ID: c4e5c2
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>"CHOP HAS RETURNED."

>"HAT. H-A-T. HAT." Punchingbag yells out.

>>488082
Truly that will separate the babies from the men

>>488082
He wanted to do well in front of Chop, I think.

(also that's correct)

Mother of God.

>>488082
So part of his latest free-time-hobby was running around, catching bees in a barrel? or did he do that just now?

He was losing on purpose! Jerk. At least Chop came through with proper motivation... uh, gulp. Better hope we don't lose. Or at least, that you get your word right.

Hey... that proves punchingbag can read, too. Since, you know, he reacted properly to what the barrel says.

>>488062
Remind him to sound it out, thats not cheating and will help since hat in phonetic.

1/2 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)15:25 No. 488140 ID: c4e5c2
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>So part of his latest free-time-hobby was running around, catching bees in a barrel? or did he do that just now?
I... don't know.

"Remember to sound it out, punchingbag, and... everyone."

The next word is cat. Then horse. Then dragon. Sheemus doesn't really know how that one goes, it doesn't look like.

The other guy, since... apparently we weren't separated by rooms, sees her struggling and Chop shaking the barrel of bees, and the enemy yells something out before princess tries.

"Uh... Dragon... D-R-A-G.... I? N? Dragon?"
>"Wrong." The judge says. "But the other guy spelled out 'Durgin' and we can't stop laughing at him. You get to stay."

2/2 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)15:26 No. 488141 ID: c4e5c2
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The next word is 'Classical'. Dasrin somehow gets it right.

>"Okay, next word, for Punylocks and Tinyhammer..." the judge says. "Uh... I guess it's pronounced 'sill-tier'. Maybe 'sill-tee-air'."

CHOP IS GREATEST INSTRUCTOR

Ask for it to be used in a sentence.

>>488143
This.

Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)15:34 No. 488146 ID: c4e5c2
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"Could you use it in a sentence."
>"Hey, wake up."
>"Wha..."
>"This is your word? Use it in a sentence."
>"Oh, er... the sand around here is silty, but the nearest allied lands have even sill-tee-er sand."

S-I-L-T-I-E-R

S-i-l-t-i-e-r

s-i-l-t-i-e-r

>>488141
Oh gods, his hand is quivering to release those bees. Good thing you know this one.

1/2 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)16:08 No. 488162 ID: c4e5c2
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"S-I-L-T-I-E-R"

>"Tinyhammer got it too. Okay, back to Punchingbag and Frailhands. Wait a second... hold on, judge huddle time."

They take a moment, and none of us like it.

>"Change of rules. The whole 'no one is eliminated if both people get it wrong' will only apply if there is one person left on each team. Otherwise, both will be eliminated if they get it wrong. Next word is Glyph."
>"... Glif?"
>"No. Both sides please step out of the bubble."
>"I don't... want to." Punchingbag says.
>"Do it or your whole team is eliminated."
>"Damnit all."

>"... Glyph again, next person gets another guess."
>"Gliff."
Klabis and the other person gets eliminated.

>"Yeah this is going better. Glyph."
>"... Gliph."
There goes Teegis and the other.

>"Same stuff. Glyph."
>".... G-l-y-p-h...?" Princess says, clearly not confident.
>"Wow there we go. That's it.
>"Seriously?!" the enemy side got it right this time as well, so we're evenly matched.

2/2 Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)16:09 No. 488163 ID: c4e5c2
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>"Next word... Passion."
>"Uh... p-a-s-s-i-o-n." Dasrin says.
>"Good job, both teams. Next word... 'liver worst'"
"Can you use it in a sentence?"
>"We eat it."

>>488163
l-i-v-e-r-w-u-r-s-t

Using foreign words seems unfair to both teams though.

this is a tricky one...
l-i-v-e-r-w-u-r-s-t

l-i-v-e-r-w-u-r-s-t

L-I-V-E-R-W-U-R-S-T

Lumei 2013/01/27(Sun)16:36 No. 488170 ID: c4e5c2
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"L-i-v-e-r-w-u-r-s-t."
>"Alright, both teams got that too. Round 3... 'Acknowledgement'"
>"Wh.... a-k...n-o-h-l...i...j...m-i.... er... m-i-n-t?"
>"No, Aknohlijmimint is incorrect, though if it were who did better, then I'd call that a win over 'Ahkgnawllegermehnte. Next word, physique."
>"Um...." Dasrin starts. "F...p..."
>"No. Okay, one person left on each team. The winner is the first one to get it right while the other gets it wrong. The word is: floor recint."

f-l-u-o-r-e-s-c-e-n-t

>>488170
They probably mean f-l-u-o-r-e-s-c-e-n-t, but try to get it in a sentence.

f-l-u-o-r-e-s-c-e-n-t

Where would one even get fluorescent lightbulbs in this day, age and setting?
Damn, if it wasn't first to be correct gets the win then I'd ask you to use it in a sentence, because that word shouldn't probably be even invented yet.
If you tie exactly down to the right second, I'm half expecting the next word to be a pair, and it's Tesla Coil.

>>488176
Fluorescent minerals and even plants have been acknowledged for quite some time. The term derives from fluorite which is renown for that light-absorbing quality.

-The more you know.-

>>488203
mmm... that was around 1852 in this dimension...
grandfather clocks were invented in 1650 or so (galileo)... don't know about that...
But what else? some floor-acid? not really useful... so, another note for
f-l-u-o-r-e-s-c-e-n-t

clearly it's about the recent floor. f-l-o-o-r r-e-c-e-n-t

>>488225
No! You fool, you've doomed us all!

I don't think fluorescent was even a thing back in this time period... Ask for it to be used in a sentence. This seems like a trick.
>>488176
Its not "the first to get it right wins". Its the first to get it right while the other is wrong. We have plenty of time.

Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)12:00 No. 488370 ID: c4e5c2
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"A sentence?"
>"The wizard casts fluorescent lighting."
"F-l-u-o-r-e-s-c-e-n-t."
>".... we're kind of impressed. Okay. 'Tope.' The cave is 'tope.'"

Oh, is that to us again? Oh right, you're the only one left.

If he means the color, "tope" is spelled T-A-U-P-E.

Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)12:22 No. 488375 ID: c4e5c2
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"T-a-u-p-e."
>"3 weeks, really?"
"Well, I do know draconic."
>"Other guy might just know how to read. Next word. 'Cawn-traw-dans'.

Huh.. Could we get that in a sentence at all?

The french folk dance? c-o-n-t-r-e-d-a-n-s-e

This one is tricky because technically it can be spelled c-o-n-t-r-a-d-a-n-c-e or c-o-n-t-r-e-d-a-n-c-e and it is still correct.

How do kobolds know about Napoleonic-era ballroom dancing?

>>488375
you mean the folk dance? C-O-N-T-R-A-D-A-N-C-E
and it is not Napoleonic per se, unless you insist on the floofy french spellings.

Sentence?

Uh... without context I think that's contredanse? It can also be spelled contradance, but my dictionary says that's the variant spelling. (Tricky! Giving us a word with two spellings so no matter what we chose we can be deemed wrong! >:| )

Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)12:43 No. 488385 ID: c4e5c2
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"A sentence, please?"
>"Dunno."
"What?"
>"We didn't come up with the word. Didn't really think anyone would get this far."
"... is there multiple spellings?"
>"No."
"I'm pretty sure there might be-"
>"I'm looking at the correct answer right here. Not answers. Answer."
"C-o-n-t-r-a-d-a-n-c-e."
>"............... next word. 'Bare-dee-ell-ah. No sentence."

B-a-i-r-d-i-e-l-l-a

It's the scientific name of a family of fish from the long-forgotten land of America.

>>488385
Hang on, if the judges didn't come up with the word, who did?

Also I am completely mystified.

>>488389
Probably the mages.

B-a-i-r-d-i-e-l-l-a is probably it. That was actually my first guess at the spelling, and I didn't even know it was a word.

B-a-i-r because B-a-r-e is too obvious.
d-i-e-l-l-a because that's the best way to get an "ee ella" sound, and because e-l-l-a is a common ending for words.

Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)13:00 No. 488395 ID: c4e5c2
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"B-a-i-r-d-i-e-l-l-a. It's a kind of fish."
>"... gonna be here all day. Next word... er.... shoot."

They start muttering to themselves and writing stuff down."

>"Next word is "Pence-ah-wom-roll."
"..... a sentence, please."
>"Alright. 'Pence-ah-wom-roll. We ran out of words, so we pulled a pence-a-wom-roll out of our asses. Pence-ah-wom-roll.'"

>>488395
I think they just made up something. Ask that it be declared a tie instead of having to spell up a fake word.

Did you even just write it down? Or is it best answer is the winner, fuck it what's right?

Pensawahmroehl
A draconic pastry.

b-u-l-l-s-h-i-t. Pensawomról.

Maybe ask if you can just question each other until one of you loses, if they're running out of words.

...I can't decide if that's supposed to be some compound french world (a kind of thought?) or some kind of drug name.

1/2 Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)13:51 No. 488412 ID: c4e5c2
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"P-e-n-s-a-w-a-h-m-r-o-e-h-l. It's a draconic pastry."
>"What."
"It's a kind of pastry."
>"Can you prove it?"
"No, but can you disprove it?"
>"Uh..."

>"Wait a minute!" Tinyhammer says. "P-i-n-s-a-w-o-m-r-o-h-l. That's a type of goblin boat!"
>"Uh..." the judge thinks.

2/2 Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)13:51 No. 488413 ID: c4e5c2
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>"Screw it, both are right, spelling bee is a tie. Which means Chop wins."

Huzzah! Suggest losers clean the mage quarters

Okay, we know how we came up with the answers, but how the hell did Tinyhammer manage? Ask him.

Yay! No bees!

Next time you get free time, you need to bake yourself some Pensawahmroehls. If they weren't a draconic pastry before, they'll become one. By virtue of a (partially) draconic lass baking them.

I suggest you shake hands with your worthy opponent there. That draconic carpenter 'bold gave you a run for your money there.

1/2 Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)14:07 No. 488424 ID: c4e5c2
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"If I may suggest it, I think the losers should clean the mage quarters!"
>"THE GRAND MAGE APPROVES OF THIS SUGGESTION!" the mage, who apparently just showed up, yells.
>"No way!" tinyhammer yells.
"How did you spell out so much anyway, Tinyhammer? I thought you didn't know how to read."

2/2 Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)14:07 No. 488425 ID: c4e5c2
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>"It was one of those mages that started telling me all the answers in my head, saying we could at least tie this whole thing and have a chance! You mages just wanted to steer this thing because you don't want to get your hands dirty!"
>"POPPYROCK."

Well, if the mages were cheating, then they certainly don't deserve to have their quarters cleaned.

If fact, what they deserve is to COWER before the WRATH OF CHOP for DARING TO SULLY THE LEGITIMACY OF THIS COMPETITION.

>>488425
Then let us retract our suggestion for the losers to clean the mage quarters.

In fact, how about the losers clean our quarters. Fuck the mages.

Yeeeeup. Saw that coming. In fact, I was writing up a post about it, but then update came.

Walk over to the head mage, lean over and smile. Show teeth. Sharp, shiny teeth. Reach him friendly-like around the shoulder, as if for a hug, then grab a stealth chokehold around his neck while you 'hug' him, cheerfully saying something like this:

"You know, I think I have a better idea. I suggest the mages have their own contest to clean their own quarters, judged by the Carpenter and Chop! Fair's fair, after all, you judged their contest and I can think of no-one more qualified to return the favor; as it seems necessary to BUILD a little CHARACTER among the mages, whose weak noodly arms will ensure that the contest take long enough for some very tired pupils to have a decent day's rest without being manipulated into convenient labour for mages with weak noodly arms and stick-like necks. Yes?"

Perhaps both teams of apprentices can get a day off from under CHOP and THE CARPENTER this way. On the other hand, perhaps threatening a great mage for some free time is a poor idea. Myeh. At least we can dream, right?

1/3 Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)14:42 No. 488431 ID: c4e5c2
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"If that's true, then you guys don't deserve to have your quarters cleaned at all!"
>"CHOP SHALL PROVIDE CLEANING-ASSISTANCE TO TINY, STERILE-HANDED MAGES."
"What? You can't be serious!"
>"CHOP IS ALWAYS SERIOUS. EVEN TINY, DISHONORABLE MAGES REQUIRE GREAT AMOUNTS OF CLEAN SPACE. PUNYLOCKS SHALL APPLY PUNY LOCKS UPON ITS MOUTH AND ALL CHOP AND CARPENTER PUPILS SHALL FOLLOW CHOP TO MAGE QUARTERS."

I.... guess we really don't have a choice.

2/3 Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)14:42 No. 488432 ID: c4e5c2
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Chop leads all of us there, to the headmaster's office.

>"BEHOLD, THE TABLE OF DIRT."
>"Actually..." the wizard speaks up, "this table is-"

3/3 Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)14:42 No. 488433 ID: c4e5c2
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SLAP

>"CLEAN. BEHOLD CHOP'S MIGHTY FORCE OF HYGIENE. THE REST OF PUPILS SHALL CLEAN THE REMAINDER OF HEADMASTER'S OFFICE IN SIMILAR MANNERS. THEN CARPENTER PUPILS SHALL CLEAN DOJO USING TRADITIONAL, PUNY KOBOLD METHODS."

Oh god Chop is absolutely amazing.

Well. The mages just learned isn't not a good idea to try and cheat Chop.

Get "cleaning".

Well get to it. Try not to giggle to much.

Swoop! Swoop with your fists! That's the way he wants you to clean!
I think Chop just implied some passive aggressive revenge and told you to demolish the entire mage quarters and make it entirely empty!
Look at all those nasty books, papers, and pencils on every surface! Look at all of the nasty furniture on top of those clean floors! CLEAN!

Chop's Dojo - Thread 2 END Lumei 2013/01/28(Mon)14:59 No. 488438 ID: c4e5c2
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We make the wizard's place the cleanest.

Yaaaaaaaaaaay~

CHOP should INVITE CARPENTER to CANDLELIT DINNER!

i nominate this for CUTEST QUEST

>>488438
YES. Octodad style cleaning!

The cleanest!

So... is Punylocks entitled to a less puny name now? I mean, technically she tied rather than winning the spelling bee of honor. But then again, the judges were rigging the contest against her. Without cheating telepathy, she would have won.

Tinyhammer is a very unfortunate name.

>>488459

But... aren't we headvoices technically "cheating telepathy"?

>>488478
Shhh! The other headvoices will hear you.