Question Alphabet Game: Things you'll find on campus

What better way to break the ice in a brand new forum than a forum game?

This is an Alphabet Game (i.e. I'll start by posting something starting with A, the next person B, the next C and so on until either it fizzles out or we reach Z, at which point if anyone's still playing we start another round) - with the topic "Things you'll find on campus" (so no staff, students, familiars, families, visitors or wildlife [that includes your squirrels, Anna!]). It can be mundane (e.g. a broom [probably not of the besom variety!]) or something you definitely wouldn't find elsewhere (e.g. a broken PFG left littering the ground rather than disposed of safely).

A - Area 77

B-Belphegor's hoverchair

C - Crystal Hall (perhaps the most obvious entry for this letter!)

D - Devisor Labs

E - Emersons Cottage

F - Flagpole (and today's flag has a crimson border )

G the garage what else would I list?

G - Green Flag!

Edit: Dang it EE!

Okay then...

H - heliotropic scanner arrays (gotta be at least a few of those lying around the labs and workshops, right?

Edit: Again? Really?

I - Ionic phase emitters

H - Hogwarts. Opps sorry. Holbrook arena

I - Ionic Phase Emitters (see above)

J-Jericho's wardrobe [the horror, the horror]

K - Kayda

Okay Kirby Hall

L - Lots and Lots of Laundry

M - Melville Hall

N - Nanites. What do you mean you don't see them? It doesn't mean they aren't there.

O - Office rooms. Okay I cheated, but their there.

P - Pine trees. I'm not sure what type of trees are native in the area, but I'll assume there's a mix of both deciduous and confierous trees on campus.

Q- the Quad, of course.

Q -Quidditch. Well it should be. But the Quads.

R- Range 4

Statue of Noah Whateley.

T - training dummies

T- Twain Cottage

U - Underground tunnels

V - Very Verbose Valentines (at least on one day out of the year!)

W - Whateley Academy

Ib12us wrote: W - Whateley Academy

Okay, I'm afraid that I have to call foul on this one. We're supposed to stating objects (and apparently places...) ON campus, not naming the campus itself.

Fine

W - Whitman cottage

NeoMagus wrote: V - Very Verbose Valentines (at least on one day out of the year!)

I am not verbose, I speak and write concisely, using a minimum of words, so that others may read what I write in a quick and meaningful manner. I mean, seriously, that I would never just keep typing adding nothing of content just for the joy of seeing what I write. That would be rude and annoying to people that wish to quickly go through what is posted in these forums.

TL:DR: I am not very verbose.

X-Rays (at least some students can see them)

Yellow Queen

annachie wrote: Yellow Queen

Only fair that I call foul on this one too, since the original post specified that the game didn't include people.

...

DANGNABBIT!!!

Okay, to clarify, because of how I just worded this comment, I have one more thing I have to say.

"The Game"

That is all, carry on.

Yellow Queen's panties.

Valentine wrote: Yellow Queen's panties.

*SNERK*

Fair enough, I'll allow it.

Z - Zippers (With all of the spandex and similar suits lying around, you know there HAVE to be more than a few of these.)

But everybody saw her panties...

Well that was fun, but now it's over.

Doesn't mean we can't start another round.

I cry foul.

*crys FOUL, FOUL, FOUL.

It shant be over, no, no, no.

I know lets name all the active characters?

Yes yes yes. Lets do boys first.

OK, next round, starting off with AA

So, I'm going to say in Crystal Hall, probably on the third level is going to be some Astonishing Alliteration.

BB - the workshops and labs would be good places to find some Baffling Batteries!

CC - Combustible Comestibles

Kettlekorn wrote: CC - Combustible Comestibles

Comestibles?

Detonating food? Really? I thought we did that 'after' we ate said food.

Ib12us wrote: Detonating food? Really? I thought we did that 'after' we ate said food.

Ibi, I'm pretty sure the idea with this second round is that you have to use alliteration to double the letter. So "Detonating Food" doesn't fit, though something more specific like "Detonating Doughnuts" fits the bill quite nicely.

Let's see - DD .... Got it! In Dickinson cottage, many bra labels

NeoMagus wrote:

Ib12us wrote: Detonating food? Really? I thought we did that 'after' we ate said food.

Ibi, I'm pretty sure the idea with this second round is that you have to use alliteration to double the letter. So "Detonating Food" doesn't fit, though something more specific like "Detonating Doughnuts" fits the bill quite nicely.

So that would be something like Expanding Elastics?

Flashing frogs - what happens when pranksters get lose in the biodevisor labs and combine frogs and fireflies.

In Hawthorn, in a palatial room in the basement, one Freaky Feline.

Damn, pipped at the post.

Oh well, Poe, second floor, a Golden Goddess, smiling in a room of rabbits and eggs.

NeoMagus wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: CC - Combustible Comestibles

Comestibles?

Comestibles

HH - Hellacious Horns

Kettlekorn wrote:

NeoMagus wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: CC - Combustible Comestibles

Comestibles?

Comestibles

Well okay then, learned something new today. Thanks!

II - Invisible Irons

You know, the kind you use with clothes, only they're invisible!

(Because what teenager really wants to use one anyways?)

J - Jericho's closet. Because honestly, how could you miss it?

NeoMagus wrote:

Ib12us wrote: Detonating food? Really? I thought we did that 'after' we ate said food.

Ibi, I'm pretty sure the idea with this second round is that you have to use alliteration to double the letter. So "Detonating Food" doesn't fit, though something more specific like "Detonating Doughnuts" fits the bill quite nicely.

Thus J is not valid as all others are using AA, BB, CC... etc.

Nagrij wrote: J - Jericho's closet. Because honestly, how could you miss it?

FOUL!!!

This is round two, which requires double letters (ie: AA, CC, EE, etc.)

So let's see some alliteration here!

Ib12us wrote:

NeoMagus wrote:

Ib12us wrote: Detonating food? Really? I thought we did that 'after' we ate said food.

Ibi, I'm pretty sure the idea with this second round is that you have to use alliteration to double the letter. So "Detonating Food" doesn't fit, though something more specific like "Detonating Doughnuts" fits the bill quite nicely.

Thus J is not valid as all others are using AA, BB, CC... etc.

LOL, decided to beat me to it this time, huh Ibi?

Just keeping to the facts ma'am just the facts.

Umm How about Justified Jubilation?

Some student is always in a happy mood.

Leading to the obvious 'Kimba Korner' photographs and stories around campus.

cprime wrote: Leading to the obvious 'Kimba Korner' photographs and stories around campus.

Oh, good one! Way better than what I was thinking of.

So now LL...hmm...

Perhaps there is a Leprous Llama down in Jobe's workshop?

Mystical Mayham in the mystic arts department.

I could also suggest Neanderthal Nuckleheads for the dorms. But lets not.

Okay, I was trying to avoid people related phrases, but Nefarious Novices is just too good to pass up.

Fits the 3 witches perfectly.

Oblong Optics, for the kid with strangely shaped eyes.

Public potties. Lots of bathrooms on campus

Quarantine Quarters? Jailsells for everyone.

Robotic Rabbits

Silly Symphonies. Wait, no. Thats copy writed

Valentine wrote: Robotic Rabbits

At least they're not rabid...

Cripes - I disappear off to work and the thread goes ballistic!

TT - Terrific Trades - the general opinion of both buyers and sellers at the annual Whateley Arms Fair.

Unlimited Utility Rooms

Vicious Vixens. Those gals want revenge.

Don't kill me for this one...

VV - Virtuous Virgins

...the type of female student Peeper hates, as they keep their skin covered - even when in the Combat Finals.

Wascally Wabbits!

Alternatively,

Jadis' Wonderful Wardrobe.

X-ray Xylophones

Just one hit.

Yowling Yams

Yelling Yodellers - as experienced during Sirens Lab.

[EDIT] Ninja'd!

ZZZzzzzz ZZZzzzz - what should happen at night time!

So, anyone up for Round 3?

Triple alliteration would probably be going too far, so as we haven't yet exhausted the number of things that can be spotted on campus, how about going back to single letters, but with the catch of avoiding anything contributed to date (including duplicate entries)? Don't forget that as well as architectural features, there's also soft and hard landscaping, not all cottages are sitting on eponymous hills and there are probably lots of fixtures and fittings that haven't been mentioned (e.g. the various ways Security keep tabs on the students' locations) - yup, I'm trying desperately not to name anything specific to avoid falling foul of my own rule!

Would it be best to apply a new thread as this is getting long or are we going to test the system onto how long one can go?

Anthrax - in Jobe's Lab.

Add in where the item is found.

Baguettes - in the Crystal Hall kitchens and servery

Cadmium-Down in the Workshop

Cognac - With Mss Horton

Dogs in the cafeteria for Sara's lunch.

Valentine wrote: Dogs in the cafeteria for Sara's lunch.

Ummm Hot dogs.

Erasers, hopefully in every student's possession.

Flowers - live ones planted in the school grounds, dying ones planted in vases in various offices in Schuster Hall (and the staff accommodation).

Gold. Stored where students can admire it.

Dang can't remember which stories it was that students were made to view the bullion.

Humongous Robots (well, one at least)

Ib12us wrote: Gold. Stored where students can admire it.

Dang can't remember which stories it was that students were made to view the bullion.

Pretty much everyone's first day on campus.

Ice hopefully not in Frostbite's room.

Jewellery - not just any bling, but mithril bling courtesy of Silver and Eldritch.

Knots. In lots of places, like in climbing ropes and shoelaces.

Lamp - stuck up, er on on the wall in Kimba Korner.

Memo pads -- on the staff desks and in the bookies' pockets.

Note books. All students should have a notebook.

Osmium found in the workshop.

Packets of data on the network

Quizzes! Lots and lots of quizzes!

Rehearsals in the sims rooms.

Sim rooms to hold rehearsals in.

Valentine wrote: Sim rooms to hold rehearsals in.

HEY!

Tutors in those sim rooms for those rehearsals.

Uranium, which is both in the workshop in limited supply and other places around campus not visited by students.

Valium. Meds in the pharmacy.

Feel like I could use one now.

Whateley Statue of the school's original founder.

Foul was already used in previous ones.

But a water fountain perhaps?

Xenobiotic compounds - of numerous types scattered throughout the labs and workshops.

Zultrunion acrobats from outerspace. Rejects from Plan 9.

Next round will require a letter and a number.

1 Armored Vehicle-odds of seeing at least 1 on campus or in the workshop a day.

2 Body Guards a dancing as they escort Kayda on campus.

3 chicken casseroles cooking in Crystall Hall, cooks caressing and pampering them, considering which one is the champion, destined for Ayla's considering palette.

4 ducks on the lake, one of which looks suspiciously like a certain diminutive girl attempting to evade attention by being above ground on a red flag day...

[Nobody said anything about fanfic characters being prohibited...]

Five ebony rings, four bison herds, three henchmen, two turbo doves, and Sebastiano in an Oak tree!

Erm, woops. Wrong game. Carry on.

Damn, Kettlekorn got the joke in before me

6 French cooks arguing over which tasty morsel to prepare for the young Ayla as 2 young girls fight off somewhere about wine and cognac

7 gold bars, sitting forlornly in the vault, pointlessly accumulating time.

8 heroes costumes dustily reliving past glories.

9 Invisible scamps working their way to the showers

10 jars of juniper jelly Jericho's juggling in the gym.

11 Killer robots in the Devisor Labs.

12 Lab rats developing their own maze of traps after being enhanced by gazzetters .

13 Marsh Mellows, happily melting in hot chocolate cuddled to breast staring hypnotically at an open fire.

14 Neurotic Neutralizers employed by braze and daring guards to calm down a horde of ravenous teens waiting for supper.

15 Outstanding Oysters, sizzling in wine garlic and butter, carefully tended by a singing French girl.

16 pink pins on panties to annoy Peeper.

17 quantum quarks confusing Loophole as she quarantines them in her quantum quasar pulse ray computer

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: 15 Outstanding Oysters, sizzling in wine garlic and butter, carefully tended by a singing French girl.

Ah, this is too good to pass up.
... as she feeds them to Ayla, grinning at the naughty thoughts racing through her head as she anticipates the night ...

elrodw wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: 15 Outstanding Oysters, sizzling in wine garlic and butter, carefully tended by a singing French girl.

Ah, this is too good to pass up.
... as she feeds them to Ayla, grinning at the naughty thoughts racing through her head as she anticipates the night ...

Figures

18 rotating tumblers, turning a twisting and changing and morphing, desperately attempting to lock away forever the contents of The Vault.

19 sizzling t-bone steaks having been marinated overnight waiting for Kotiac to devour them in one sitting as a southern bell dressed elegantly as a wanton saloon barmaid waits on him hand and foot.

20 tarnished souls, forever condemned, crying and distressed, ostracised to the outskirts of Reverend England's congregation.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: 20 tarnished souls, forever condemned, crying and distressed, ostracised to the outskirts of Reverend England's congregation.

Such cruelty.

I pray daily that Reverend England will one day see the light, turn away from the cruel harshness of "Black & White". Discover redemption. Discover Reconciliation. Discover ... ambiguity. A new colour. Grey. A continuity of life. The gentle Gospel of moving closer to the light every day. the joy in the small victories, the small changes. Something black that now sees a whiter shade of grey. Something dark that now sees, wishes, strives to be closer to the light. a world where peoples choices are not millstones, but rather learnings, experiences, but small markers on a journey from grey to colours, happiness and light.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: I pray daily that Reverend England will one day see the light, turn away from the cruel harshness of "Black & White". Discover redemption. Discover Reconciliation. Discover ... ambiguity. A new colour. Grey. A continuity of life. The gentle Gospel of moving closer to the light every day. the joy in the small victories, the small changes. Something black that now sees a whiter shade of grey. Something dark that now sees, wishes, strives to be closer to the light. a world where peoples choices are not millstones, but rather learnings, experiences, but small markers on a journey from grey to colours, happiness and light.

Nah. Ain't gonna happen. Not without a brain transplant anywho.

21 uppity urchins undulating under Upgrade's umber umbrella.

22 Vixens, voluptuously arrayed. Priming and posing for the School Calendar.

23 technicians all working on Tiny Tim, trying to get the colossal mech to move even a little like Billie's younger brother did.

Erm, letter 23 is W... T was 20!

23 Windows smashed in the latest campus brawl... but TK were confirmed to be in lessons at the time, so who could it have been?!

23 Windows XP crashes as MS Bill Gates refuses to support mutants.

But I said a letter and a number for the entry, didn't say the letter and number had to align. Otherwise we have to think of 26 things which could be connected to a z word on campus.

That is doable. But since we're not quite there yet...

24 xenomorph eggs in a crate from Karedonia, patiently waiting in the Lovecraft Room.

25 yarn balls, found in Paige's room. "What, I like to play with yarn. Stop staring at me like I'm crazy, I'm part cat now."

26 Zodiac killers lined in a row, one falls down and who's to blame.

Dreamer wrote: 25 yarn balls, found in Paige's room. "What, I like to play with yarn. Stop staring at me like I'm crazy, I'm part cat now."

only 25? I have far more than that, but then, I do knit.

Now what should the next Alphabet Game be? We have done double letters, number and letter, what next? A color and letter! And there are shades of colors for every letter of the alphabet, even z. Just have to look them up.

Dawnfyre wrote:

Dreamer wrote: 25 yarn balls, found in Paige's room. "What, I like to play with yarn. Stop staring at me like I'm crazy, I'm part cat now."

only 25? I have far more than that, but then, I do knit.

Yes but are each of yours the size of a volleyball? Big cat needs big balls of yarn, would say basketball sized but she would have little room for anything else then.

Dreamer wrote:

Dawnfyre wrote:

Dreamer wrote: 25 yarn balls, found in Paige's room. "What, I like to play with yarn. Stop staring at me like I'm crazy, I'm part cat now."

only 25? I have far more than that, but then, I do knit.

Yes but are each of yours the size of a volleyball? Big cat needs big balls of yarn, would say basketball sized but she would have little room for anything else then.

2 are, but then 1 mile long skeins of worsted weight ( medium ) yarn does make for a large ball.

How about this for the next round? Single letter, but name something you won't find on the Whateley campus. I further propose a special rule for this variant that if the thread goes idle for 24 hours, you are allow to specify things that normally aren't found on the campus, but may be found on certain occasions.

Well, if we want to go for double hard, impossibly difficult, ultra finally round, we could do this.

Twenty six words in the sentence, at least once in each word is the letters of the alphabet in order, a in the first word, b in the second, etc. I'll go first.

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A bee canoodles delightedly, effortlessly flying gloriously high in joy. Keen, long moments needed often. Preening Queen resting, slumbering, tangled undeterred. Viewed welcomingly, xenophobic yahoos zapped.

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OK, so I copped out and made the first letter the one, but you get the idea.