The game
The game is named Five Things: Writers' Prompts. This manner of prompt was invented by a group of people in Shurtugal Fan Fiction website, which then became popular when the group opened a club for people interested with the game. Sadly, because the website – consisting of forums and a place to publish writings – is strictly for fans of the Inheritance Cycle series, I cannot channel my fondness of the unique method there if the theme of the prompts is not related to the Inheritance Cycle; therefore, I cannot express prompts for Tolkien's works like this there.
The game, originally, is like this: Person A offers up a prompt – always in the number of five – (say, "Five ways to irritate Murtagh (in IC) or Námo Mandos (in LotR)", then Person B explains the five ways (but the explanation must be more than one sentence) before offering his or her own prompt which the next person (Person C or back to Person A if there are only two people playing) must 'answer' before continuing the line by his or her own idea of the five-things prompt. In the original game, there could also be one other alternative prompt offered in case the next person in line does not like the prompt or has difficulty in figuring it out. The prompt itself could be – five – ways, situations, count of times, places, and so on about one certain character – and sometimes one certain timeline or area.
Now I tweak the game a bit – with profuse apologies to the inventors – to suit this… unique circumstance. The number and requirements in each prompt stay the same, but the length of each piece in every prompt is longer and I play alone – sadly – and so there is no one in line or alternative choice of prompt. If you give me ideas, though, I shall happily oblige the challenge – as long as those ideas do not tamper with my believes and personal views; so just go on and tell me in whatever means of communication you like – E-mail, PM, review, or messenger (mine is at unknown(underscore)aware(at)hotmail(dot)com. The same goes if you wish to ask me questions or if you wish to play with me – I would be very delighted indeed!
The current prompt: Behind the Mask, Behind the Scene
Summary
The Lord of Mandos also has pastimes, you know. But no! They are not harmful! At least not for himself… sometimes… Well, here are the five of them. Remember: these are only the constant ones! His contemporary pastimes are not recorded here. ;)
Of the Prompt
In this prompt, five pastimes of Námo are shown; there are perhaps more, but since the game only consists of five pieces, I shall abide by it. However, if there was anyone asking for more… ;)
My original character(s) from one of my stories might appear here. You will notice him or her – or them – right away. I hope you would forgive me for using the person/people; I cannot resist the temptation! LOL But do not worry, none of the characters are Mary Sues (or Gary Stues)… or so I hope.
The timeline, if there is any, is given before each part of the five pieces; all pieces, however, are not closely connected in this regard. The rating is due to some strange (perhaps a little disturbing) scenes or events throughout the pieces (or some of them). You cannot help the appearance of such things when you are writing about the interests of the Lord of the Dead! Just thank Eru that he is not the Lord of the Underworld too. :D
And, considering the hard time I will be put into writing those… uncharacteristic… things, I apologise that the updates are not going to be as quick as what happened in the previous prompt. Besides, I have truly neglected my other stories – although I still have some time before having to worry about my undergraduate essay again.
(Note: The first piece of the prompt is three-quarter ready by the time this introductory explanation is available online. Be patient, please…)
Guide for Dialogues
"…(Valarin speech, spoken aloud…"
`…(mind speech)…`
+…(Quenya, if used)…+
^…(Sindarin, if used)…^
Previous Prompt
1. My Heart Lies Where My Eyes Alight (five best features of Ilmarin, the mansion of Manwë and Varda, according to the two Valar; available in the Silmarillion section in the (fan fiction) book category in this site)