#15 - Spiral Secrets

Skill Room: Creatures

The moderate-sized room was warm and cosy. Velvet curtains obscured the walls, and the floor was smothered by a soft rug. There were stacks of tiny, ever-varied cages everywhere -- containing lit candles that flickered light around the room. A fireplace burned low, its crackling wood the only sound.

A silvery goose slept beside a comfortable armchair. It hiccupped, causing a snort of fiery embers from its beak. Opposite the armchair was a table with a stack of square cards. Three shuffled themselves out of the deck, then neatly aligned on the tablecloth.


A plaque reads:

"Three of us before you, yet not all is what it seems.
Some of us climb in jungles, yet others swim in streams.
We have many things in common, but can you spot the odd?
Perhaps we fly, burrow, meow, or trod.
Perhaps we come in blues, whites, yellows, or greens.
So take a closer look upon our every feature, and don't be shy.
One of us doesn't belong -- so simply tell us why."

• Look at the pictures and spot the odd one out based solely on what you can see -- colours, backgrounds, etc can all be taken into consideration. You only get one guess, and your character must say why it's the odd one.

• If you're right, you win. When the pictures are chosen, there's an answer in mind. However, it's possible there may be more than one. If you pick an answer we didn't consider, but it's accurate, it still wins.

The tiger yawned, stretching gracefully before it got up and strolled out of the card -- vanishing before it reached the edge of the table. The Zebra reared up, then galloped out of the card and circled MJ until it also vanished. 

The sheep card remained, motionless. The cards shuffled themselves back into the deck. The goose slept content, undisturbed.