Special Guest Burn Unit came to SF and met up with Loki, anna one, Lank, and Surprise Special Guest - Spidere! We gathered downtown on a lovely Sunday evening, and decided to do some off-the-cuff tasking that night.

While a number of suggestions were presented (apparently Burn Unit and Spidere would have met up at Sutro Tower for an Arbitrary Rendezvous, while Bex and Loki would have been at Doorhenge; Spidere had a variety of Maps which could be Misused over San Francisco, including Disneyland, Central Park, Middle Earth, and Marvel's New York; and there was repeated talk of Flat Stanley and his rumspringa), it was Loki's suggestion which eventually caught the whim of the gathered players: change the social dynamic in an elevator. It sounded open-ended, it sounded fun. It sounded promising. The only catch? Wig required.

Anna one and Lank had wigs? Too far away. A mop? Hardware store closed. Walgreens?

Walgreens.




What we ended up with was not actually wigs, but highest quality braid hair, which was turned into pseudo-wigs with a little creativity:

Then we went to the nearby mall, and experimented:

Scenario 1 : Four strange men wearing wigs (FSMWW) are standing in the four corners of the elevator, facing outward.
Outcome 1: A security guard starts to board, changes his mind, mutters, "Whoa," and leaves the elevator. We realize the mall is entirely closed except for the movie theater, and that we're in the wrong elevator to catch theater passengers.


Scenario 2: We talk normally amongst ourselves, then spontaneously stop and ask another passenger if they "like to party."
Outcome 2: All our passengers were petite women alone or in pairs, and we were afraid of scaring them. . . so we didn't say anything.

Scenario 2a:While separated from the rest, Spidere attempts to recruit non-players to walk into the others' elevator, look around, and after a moment, ask them: "Do you like to party?"
Outcome 2a: Two non-players recruited...but the other group had left the elevator. Fail.

Scenario 3: We count off from one to four, then turn and stare at the other passengers intently.
Outcome 3: A couple boards. The man seems seriously frightened, the woman tries to diffuse the situation by complimenting us on our wigs.

Scenario 4: (genuinely) spontaneous drum circle
Outcome 4: Our victims struggle to ignore us, while an invisible wall restricts them to the forward 1/5 of the elevator.

Scenario 5: One member wears no wig, and the other bewigged passengers try to intimidate him into putting on the wig.
Outcome 5: We convince a woman to tell BurnUnit that it's okay to wear wigs, but she doesn't jump into it with too much enthusiasm.

Scenario 6: Intense Rock Paper Scissors Competition, with Passenger Participation (the winner)

Outcome 6a: A group of passengers REFUSE TO BOARD the elevator!
Outcome 6b: A group of passengers pretend they've never heard of rock paper scissors before to avoid playing.
Outcome 6c: Our first taker! We convince a guy with a bike to join us, and he insists on continuing to 2 out of 3.
Outcome 6d: An intoxicated couple boards, one plays rock paper scissors while the other braids Loki's mustache.
Outcome 6e: A group with their hands full of objects all refuse to play winner.
Outcome 6f: A single woman refuses to play.
Outcome 6g: A man joins us while other passengers carry on their own conversation and refuse to play.
Outcome 6e: A woman agrees to play us, after asking what she gets if she wins. A man asks, "Are you in the performing arts?"

Untried scenarios:
Everyone falls down mid-ride
One man falls, the others change positions to take his space
The doors open to reveal us all on the floor playing dead
Offer a wig to a real passenger
Uniformed elevator operator
Barbershop in an elevator

VIDEO!