A bit of fun: No really... It is.

[engelbert]

Alright, just to get this started, this is not a serious roleplay but it shall remain in character at all times. The aim of the game is simple. It’s essentially a chat-play (Oh God’s no!) but with a bit more bulk (thank Goodness!).

It’s set in Shrenk’s land, in a park. The only people present are a group of noblewomen. These characters do not have to be auditioned. They are not true characters, merely vessels for the actual game. Because of this, as many people can join as they like.

Now for the actual game: All you have to do is keep a conversation running… but each post must contain either a famous line from a film, music lyrics or a booktitle, etc.

If you require a person to react to something in order to give your quote, use Alisson. She’s the chattiest. She is also acting to prevent the group from growing 100 members strong due to everyone having their own character to react and bounce off.

Be warned… This is still set in medieval times so no references to guns, etc. And polite ladies do not swear like pirates.

[engelbert]

It was midday and the group had descended upon the public gardens in the center of Red Vine village. There was a reason for this choice of place and that was the delicious wines available.
The group itself was made up of various lesser noblewomen. Scarely more than commoners, they delight in gossiping about their own infidelities and those of others. They were a motley bunch made up of women of various ages and backgrounds but each was fiercely loyal to the group. Afterall, if you backstab one of the group… the group backstabs you.
Once a month they gathered for a women’s day out and today was one of those days. This time they had decided to have a rather large picnic and so have spread themselves out around an array of delicious foods laid on checkered cloth.

As the last of the group arrived and sat down, Nerissa looked about. Dressed in a puffy green dress, she appeared to resemble a great green toad when sat kneeling on the grass. Her face was currently showing an expression of extreme distaste.

“Of all the nerve,” she puffed haughtily.
“Oh, what now Nerissa?” Alisson replied.
“She hasn’t turned up again! Kassandra’s out playing with that fancy man of hers again. She seems to think he’s Aeiseth’s gift to the world. I keep telling her, he’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy.” Nerissa huffed again with a disappointed frown.
“Oh calm down Nerissa,” Alisson replied in an attempt to sooth her nerves.

[engelbert]

Nerissa was not one to be soothed. Her face remained visibly unhappy.
“I know I’m being petty but he irritates me. You know how she’s been so happy about their intimacies lately and yet he’s still approaching other women. He approached me even! You know what he said, without any remorse, ‘I did not have sexual relations with that woman’. I mean, how uncouth!” she spouted indignantly.

[zianorak]

Sariah caught the last of Nerissa's comment, and placed a fragile hand to her mouth. She wore a long blue dress, that fit her well and caused the men, if there would have been any around, to stare. She had bright blue eyes, and blond hair, a seemingly perfect face. But now that face was scrunched in shock and disgust.

"Shame, shame, know your name!," Sariah said quietly, so that only the ladies that Nerissa, and Nerissa herself, was speaking to would hear her.

[engelbert]

Nerissa sighed. Once again her flippant behaviour had offended one of the group. They could be so uptight sometimes.

"You have my sympathies Dear, I know this kind of discussion is aweful but i speak the truth," she apologised to the clearly disgusted Sariah.

[

]

[Zachariah]

Jesseira laughed a little. "Oh, I just remember seeing that beggar today. You know, the mad one. You wouldn't believe what he shouted at me. He said, 'You want the truth? You want the truth?! You can't handle the truth!' And he kept raving in that manner." She said. "Ridiculous, that man, they should put him away somewhere, or at least toss him out into the forest."

[engelbert]

Nerissa chuckled heartily, much cheered by Jesseira's intervention.

"Or over the hills and far away," she added with a broad grin.

[From the introduction to The Teletubbies. I don't know if America got that kid's show.]

[Zachariah]

Jesseira nodded in agreement. "I was speaking with the priest, too, earlier, and he struck me as... well, far more odd than he appears during services. I was asking him a few questions, and, after a few, seemed to tire of them, turned to me, and said 'I find your lack of faith... disturbing.' Very frightening. I got out as quick as I could!." She told Nerissa.

[engelbert]

"Ah, his congregation is a lively one. Always makes me feel good inside. Brings back fond memories of a fling i had during my early teens," Nerissa replied with a dreamy look in her eyes.

"The only boy who could ever teach me, Was the son of a preacher man," she continued.

Alisson gasped. "No!," she exclaimed.

"Yes he was, he was," Nerissa continued
Alisson still was shaking her head in disbelief.

"oh yes he was," Nerissa finished.

[Zachariah]

"I believe the last question I asked the priest was...." Jessiera tapped her chin and thought. "Oh, yes! What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?" She said "I don't know that!" Alisson interjected "I think that may have made him snap, though I don't know what it has to do with faith." Jesseira finished.

[Someone had to do a Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference eventually]

[engelbert]

Nerissa broke out in open laughter and tears began to form in her eyes.

"Oh Deary me Jessiera. If you carry on at him he'll go all to pot. Then he'll be about as useful as a barber’s shop on the steps of a guillotine," she joked, wiping the tears of laughter from her eyes.

[And someone had to quote blackadder <3 ]

[Zachariah]

Jesseira began to laugh as well at Nerissa's joke, trying to remember what else she had done in the past few days. "Oh, I was at the market earlier. There was a very strange man there in a black robe talking to one of the other merchants. He was very pale, and had these odd black lines all over his face. The only thing I could hear was, 'I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.' Very frightening indeed. I hear this man is a thief of some sort." She explained.

[engelbert]

Nerissa raised a feminine hand to her mouth and stifled a little gasp.
"He sounds an ominous sort of fellow. I don't understand how people can be so ignorant of the laws. I mean, thievery is despicable," she muttered.
"but then again... that's men for you. They're all 'show me the money' without a care for anyone else."

[Zachariah]

"Oh, yes, but I hear he makes quite a bit of money from his business. I popped by after and he was talking with a different merchant, though it looked a bit less formal." Jesseira remembered. "'Greed - for lack of a better word - is good. Greed is right. Greed works.' Frightening thoughts indeed." She shuddered at the thought of meeting that odd pale man at night, peddling his stolen wares.

[Wall Street, spoken by Michael Douglas.]

[engelbert]

Nerissa sighed.
"Yes, as terrible as it is thieves do seem to live long and prosper. With the way the world is, we women can do nothing to change that fact. Resistance is futile," she said.
"What a depressing thought indeed," she added with another feminine, slightly dramatised, sigh.

[Double whammy. The trekkies would be proud]