KatieNote1 I visited Lobo today. He is acting so strange. He said it might be dangerous to keep visiting him, but he won't explain why. I'll talk to his brother Eric about it.

(In character) Individual
Has someone been living here?
Was it you? A friend of yours? A character you never met?
Is the door unlocked? What does does the inside tell you?
What usually happens here?
Have you ever been here before?
Do you have a good or bad feeling about this place?
Why is this place where it is? (Save your notes.)

Group (in voice and in character)
Each character gives his or her answers to the questions above.
When characters have answers that fit together, they move to stand next to each other.
When characters have answers that don't fit together, they move farther apart.
Subgroup: confer privately with others whose answers fit with yours.
(Make notes on the subgroup conference.)

Ideation
You are a group of investigators studying this world (think of Myst).
Part 1 (individual) answer these questions in your notes
How did this place come to be?
What characters played a major role in creating this place?
What characters were here?
What was the regular pattern of life here?
What might have happened to disrupt it?
What new character might have appeared and disrupted the regular pattern?

Part 2.Gather and share notes (in voice)
Each player presents answers
The group responds, asking questions or offering suggestions
Facilitator keeps and posts a record of final results.

Katie Note2
Katie: "I remember playing here as a chilldhood with you and Lobo. We would play around the fountain, the mansion and the grounds."
Eric: "I remember. It was one of the best times of my life.."
Katie: "Remember Claire, the gypsy that lived in the swamp?"
Eric: "Yes! She would warn us to stay away from alligators."
Katie: "I liked it when she would teach us about good luck charms and herbs."
Eric: "She was a kind soul."
Katie: "Then one day Claire said an animal more dangerous than the alligators had moved into the swamp. That we couldn't play outside at night, especially on the nights of the full moon."
Eric: "Then my father took me out one night, and taught me how to hunt strange beasts. My life was never the same again."

KatieNote3
Katie: "Eric, we must save him!"
Eric: "Only the Wolfsbane flower can save him."
Katie: "Tell me where the flower blooms and I will find it."
Eric: "It only blooms in a fantasy place that is far away from here. You have to be baptized under the beasts."
Katie: "I don't care how far away it is. I can save him if I find the flower!"
Eric: "It's too dangerous for you to go."
Katie: "If it's dangerous for me, then it's dangerous for you. I am going. You can't stop me."