James woke up that day feeling extremely cheerful. He had a huge smile all across his face.
—We did it guys, we have won!
Everyone jumped out of their bed. By now they all knew better than to get mad at the waiting for him to continue.
—The last snatcher… it’s you, Kayo. That was very well played.
James gave her a heartfelt Korean style bow—hat off, arms tight, 90 degrees—and headed off to Miss Sapphire’s office.
“Gooooood, goooooode!” said the sleazy voice in his head. “Now, my child, go collect your prize.”
—Miss Sapphire, you’ll be pleased to hear that we cracked the case. It’s unfortunate that three of our fellow adventurers had to sacrifice themselves but…
Miss Sapphire raised her hand in an exasperated gesture.
—Oh, for Gemstone’s sake, will you ever not!? Stop fooling around! Wait, no, no… not the speech!… not the s… argh!!!
Mara’bin-jera the Diamond Trickster, having fully taken possession of James’s body, began skipping around the room like a little court jester and taunting the hunters with her prodding.
—Gotcha, Maze @kingkaio ! No true love for you… Gotcha, Kayo @KAOSkonfused ! Let me sign you those college papers… Gotcha, Master Bellzie @yebellz , “P-h-D”!— she made sure to heavily emphasize those air quotes. The trio had a rather appalled expression.
—Oh, come on, guys! This is funny! You actually believed that Reason & Logic were going to save you!? Ha ha ha! We predate friggin’ logic! You dunces were still painting on cave walls when we went a-snatching around.
She put her hands around her cheeks and started making silly faces.
—“You are not making any sense, Roy”… “We can remove the curse with an exorcist”… oh, oh, and how about this one?— she pulled the poster out of James’s pocket and pointed — “No experience required.”
—Enough!— yelled Miss Sapphire —I told you to collect the souls, not to make a soap-opera!
Mara’bin-jera stuck out her tongue and gave her the finger; she hated boredom more than anything. In resignation, she restored what remained of James’s conscience to his own body. As he returned to his usual oblivious self, he didn’t seem to notice the sadness and fear on any of his colleagues; he just took out his earbuds and played the song that had been stuck in his head since he got here. A bright blue light poured out of a little gem, stuffed inside his shirt pocket along with everything else.
—Let’s go home, guys.
I was so sure you couldn’t be innocent!
), so there are definitely limits to what can be roleplayed, I think. Especially because here are also kids, as well as people who might have experienced things like harassment and discrimination before.
Well, from my point of view not so much.