Let's try something new! This time it's a more roleplaying type of writing competition, because you will use one of your characters and use that to react to the situation I will provide. First time doing a contest like this, so let's see how it goes.

Setting:
How odd, you don’t remember going to a forest. Yet here you are, on a muddy path surrounded by bushes and trees. It must have rained recently, judging by the puddles.
Standing still isn’t going to solve this, so you continue in the direction you are facing.
A short walk later and you reach a little village, with cobblestone roads, and houses with white-plastered walls and straw rooftops. Among those you can see, you notice an elderly man who is tending to the roses in his garden, two middle-aged women who are standing next to a well on what looks to be the center of the village, and a young man pushes a handcart filled with bags towards what looks to be a bakery. All are dressed in simple clothes in various colours from what looks to be natural materials: wool and linen.
While you can see houses and shops, there doesn’t seem to be an inn. Nor do you see any children or domesticated animals.

Objective:
Try to find out where you are.

Extra information:
Here are elements to incorporate in your writing, if there is a choice you can only choose one option:

• The villagers are not surprised by your appearance, even if you look nothing like them or carry items that don’t exist in the village. They speak your language.
• The villagers look at you with either distrust or pity. Either way, they don’t know how you got here either.
• The village has a mayor who lives in a mansion just outside the village; he is either hated or feared. The gate that leads to the mansion is locked.
• Don't forget to weave in details about your character.

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Core rules:

• At all times follow the Fundamental Rules of the Guild and the Moderation Policy for Forum Contests.
• After reading the above this should be obvious: No plagiarism and respect copyright laws.
• Your submission must be written by you and specifically for this contest.
• Don't exceed PEGI 16 with your writing - no 18+ themes and fade to black if applicable.
• Don’t forget to subscribe to this thread. You will receive updates on the contest and on the number of entries, and reminders about the deadline here. I will not PM them.

Contest rules:

• You will receive a setting to which a character of your choosing can react. Write out what your character will see/do/think/experience based on the information I provided.
• You can use any RP character for this, as long as they can talk and live on land.
• Minimum is two paragraphs with at least 3 sentences each, maximum is 1000 words.
• Please PM @Calle the entry and give it as title RPC#1 - (Your Title).
• Your entry can be anonymous or carry your name. Let me know what you want in the PM. If you don't specify, your entry will be posted anonymously, but you may always claim your story during or at the end of the voting round.
• The deadline is April 24th, 9:00 CET, which is 7:00 server time (both times are in a.m.)

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Number of entries so far: 3

A few questions.

We're basically writing a single post for an RP?

In an RP, NPCs and the like are usually GM controlled. Are there any characters in the scene that are off limits or can we "take control" of the scene as we see fit?

Is successfully completing the objective required for the contest?

Yes, you're basically writing a single post as if it were a RP. You can use the NPC's as you see fit as long as you incorporate the points I listed. They are all commoners you can generally find in low-tech village and you approach/create a villager I didn't mention as long as it fits the setting.

Completing the objective is not necessary, it serves more as a motivation or direction for your character. You are in a new area and now you can show how your character would try to figure out where they are. Concluding you have no idea where you are is a valid outcome of your investigation.

Seems interesting. I'll give it a shot.

The first entry has been submitted!

3 days and approximately 18 hours left before the deadline.

Heh, now I know It was "chortle" instead of "astounding laughter". I could of captured my entry without any snares..

Very happy to see I won't be the only one joining. My entry is almost done. I'm just waiting for the weekend when I have some time to look over it ONE LAST TIME before submitting it. Hard to find time to work on contest entries when you've got so many RP obligations to write for. But I should be done well before the deadline.

My magnanimy now sees Thou words in the background of your Signature, just as I finalitily figured my own of course. I'm in it for the Ribbon, I've done great with my profile's profile - something that made me message wet-stones at people... albums, enjoy the gallant visitor messages I gained, and so having a glorious Ribbon has always been the sole reason for any of my entries to a Contest.

Thank you for your entries. We are now at 3.
The deadline is in 1 day and a little over 12 hours.

Now the deadline is happening a little under 12 hours!

HAZOP. Na...

In total, I received 3 entries. I will set up a thread either tonight or tomorrow morning. Thank you for participating.

The thread with the entries is here