GAME START!

[achievementhunter]

[For a kid who's pretty much constantly sauntering about shooting people creepy grins and running off their mouth, Chara seems fairly relaxed, this feed. Could be the fact that they're in the library. Or perhaps it's just a nice day outside.]

Would you like to play a game, fellow foot soldiers?

[Or maybe it's the fact that they're making a mildly off-kilter Saw joke, whatever.]

The past few weeks, I've noticed when talking to others that even the most unassuming words can have significantly different meaning; mark me curious. So here's the rules;

Each of us will have our turn in choosing a word. Perhaps this word has no real meaning to us, or perhaps it does.

The receiver of said word goes on to define it; either in a social...or personal context. Then they also pick a word to be defined. And thus the cycle continues until one of us gets bored.

[A bright smile, and the camera swings wildly askew as it's holder reaches over the side of the lounge for another book.]

I'll even start it off. Your word, is 'monster'.

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[openupclub]

[... Hm.]

Well... a lot of people would call a 'monster' something horrifying... something that they're afraid of. But... I suppose it depends. It could just be something non-human.

Ah... now I pick a word...

[Well, since they picked 'monster'... his expression tenses slightly as if expecting the worst from this word.]

'Undead'.

[achievementhunter]

A common answer.

[Though they have to wonder; what would he call it, then, when a human is considered to be doing something inhuman?

And what a word to receive in turn. Chara barely manages not to burst into laughter, holdin up their book and politely coughing behind it.]

How morbid.

But I suppose, from my own understanding of the word...undead means tortured.

Another one for you, then. Love.

[openupclub]

[There's a sudden feeling from his deck of cards - not so much in words but the feeling of 'be careful'. He's... stumbled on something dangerous again, hasn't he?]

[But maybe if he pushes through... maybe this person understands, in some way. Based on their words so far...]

The feeling of caring deeply for another.

'Possession'.

[soundmind]

Non-human entities with unique souls that reside in a place called "Underground."

[Well it's definitely the first thing she thinks of nowadays.]

Um, let's see..."magic."

[achievementhunter]

Ah, but that's what you've learned here! What did it mean in your world?

[You're not getting off so easily, Maka.]

Magic? Bullet patterned birthday cards.

Answer my first word, or you're not getting a second one.

[soundmind]

Human that eats souls, I guess. I never used monster commonly before coming here.

[She usually had less nice things to say about people who crossed that boundary.]

[Oh, Chara's world is still strange, okay.]

[ishotyouuu]

[Not cool, Chara. Not cool. Wade's still foolishly giving you the benefit of the doubt that you're young and you're being accidentally, innocently cruel.]

Something that's misunderstood. Maybe something that's considered ugly or hideous by people who don't understand-- or maybe they're too scared to understand.

[Definition over. That one hit a little too close to home.]

Food.

[A more innocuous word-- and let's face it, something that's still on his mind even now.]

[achievementhunter]

[And all at once the child looks completed bemused, book forgotten in their lap as they stare at the camera.

What is it with this man, honestly.]

I- yes. That, precisely.

[...]

Chocolate. Or maybe pie. Both, when possible.

Reset.

[ishotyouuu]

[Another loaded question. Wade isn't so sure he likes this game anymore. He's not even so sure he liked it to begin with.]

A fresh start. A new beginning. Having to start again from square one no matter what you do or what happens to you.

[A Freudian slip there-- he'd meant to say "being able to start over", not "having to start over"... or had he?

(Don't think he'd missed the bit about chocolate pie, by the way. Wade will remember that.)]

Fun.

[text]

[mymostvulnerable]

[Incoming technology-challenged mother.]

I will certainly play with you, my child, but I must ask. How do you make your phone show your face?

[text]

[achievementhunter]

Of course, mother. Just-

[Insert a rundown of how to make a phone Do The Thing here!]

[mymostvulnerable]

[After a little finagling, Toriel eventually turns on a camera!

But it's pointing at a cup of tea.

She unwillingly lets Chara know her frustration.]

Oh, not again. This keeps happening.

[Text]

[daughterofursa]

I've noticed that too.

In my world, monster meant something scary or unfamiliar. Or a horrible person. [Like a significant portion of her family.] We didn't have monsters like I've met here.

Your word is Spirit.

[Text]

[achievementhunter]

The definition for most of my world was very similar.

[And they can relate to other things unsaid.]

Spirit. A being that is beyond life and death.

Your word is karma.

[Text]

[daughterofursa]

Karma has to do with the consequences to your actions, I think. I don't know a lot about it.

Honor.

[oldschoolghostbuster]

Hm. Well, that has three very different definitions, doesn't it?

Sometimes it's used to describe the sort of person who is irredeemably awful and feels no remorse. Other times, it's used to describe non-humans. Sometimes it's someone or something that appears frightening and/or unknowable. There's some overlap.

[He looks thoughtful for a moment.]

I suppose I'd technically fall into the second category. Probably sometimes the third too, although they never say it where I can hear.

Anyway, your word is 'consciousness'.

[achievementhunter]

[They didn't precisely ask him to tell where he felt he 'fell', within those categories, but it's always good to take note. Even if his categories could use some work.]

Consciousness; the make up of one's being, culminated into thought. The ability or inability to make difficult decisions.

'Game'.

[oldschoolghostbuster]

[Nikkari manages to simultaneously be somewhat secretive and yet hide so little.

How interesting that they should include decision making as part of their definition. Very interesting...]

A form of play with a set of rules. Whether those rules are defined or followed... Well, that's up to the players, isn't it?

'Memory'.

[Voice]

[mostcolorfulepithets]

[Well, this is interesting. Littlepip contemplate for a secnd before answering.]

Monster? ...Raiders. People who don't even try to take the time to care about others. They only think of themselves.

[There's an underlying layer of scorn in that explanation. It's gone when Littlepip chooses her "word".]

Let's try... Stable.

[Voice]

[achievementhunter]

[Oh, well would you look at that? It's me.

Chara doesn't even have to hide the way they smile.]

Maintaining ignorance to believe that everything's alright.

Your word is, hope.

[Voice]

[mostcolorfulepithets]

[...Littlepip has a much different definition for the word stable. She won't say it yet, though. That's not the word yet.

Hope? Oh boy... Littlepip lets out a small sigh.]

...Being burdened by the responsibility of more than what could possibly be thousands looking up to me and wanting me to change things for the better.

[Wait, did she say-]

N- not me, though. Someone else I know.

[...Uh. MOVING ON.]

...Magic.

[heroless]

[Hello, child. Your noble friend is here.]

Monster... a creature, sometimes violent, often going against what is considered "normal".

My word will be...

Kingdom.

[achievementhunter]

[Hello, noble friend. Resident unsettling, angry child with a blood problem, here. And 'sometimes violent' is better than 'always', they suppose.]

Kingdom? A community within set borders, united by a singular family or person. Royalty, for better or worse.

My next word? 'Save'.

[wildcardpotential]

[Ah yes that unsettling angry child with the blood problem again. Interesting. Minako will play.

Her face is thoughtful when the video clicks on. Her definition is far more personal than just the common usage from home. She has her reasons.]

'Monster' is a word someone uses to dismiss their own, or someone else's, personhood.

My word for you is 'shadow'.

[achievementhunter]

[Nobody spat their tea out reading this tag what are you talking about.

Still. What an interesting definition. Chara raises a brow, but otherwise chooses to make no mention of it. For now.]

A length of shade or darkness cast by a blockade between light and a surface. For example, a shadow cast onto the ground when standing in the sunlight.

My word for you, is 'time'.