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[Clarence has mounted his phone camera in such a way that the feed is focused on a desk where a piece of plain lined paper rests. Clarence’s hand enters the frame and he poises it over the paper. Slowly, he marks out several small, horizontal lines and divides them with a slashes. Then he speaks:]

Anyone want to play Hangman? The hint is “official title.”

[[L O R D | O F | C H A O S]]

[Status of man: alive! He has been saved! However there is now a long horizontal line as the base of the scaffolding with a vertical line shooting up from the middle and another horizontal line hanging off the top; the scaffold is complete. There is also a small line hanging down from the top, and a round circle is attached. Things were getting grim for the condemned man, but he is now FREE!.]

[Five wrong guesses were put forth. Incorrect guesses: X, Q, T, E, J]

[Clarence adds a few notes at the bottom:]

[Congrats to Wu Wuxian for guessing the correct phrase! Honorable mentions go to Emberto for doing his best and to Anakin for keeping with the spirit of the answer.]

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I have to say it's been awhile since I played this game. We just guess letters right? How about an 'F'?

That’s right. On both actually! [Clarence meticulously fills in one letter.]

How about a 'T' for the next letter? I'd hate to see this poor guy get hung.

Your positivity is nice, but alas! “T” is not part of the answer. [He adds a third line, completing the scaffolding.]

Hmm..I'm not helping this guy out much. How about an 'S'?

You’re at least attempting to save him; I think that counts for something.

Also, you are correct! [He adds in one more letter.]

Hmm..Is 'Lord of Chaos' a thing? Because that's kind of what it looks like.

Ding ding ding! You’ve struck it right on! [He completes the puzzle and adds a few notes at the bottom of the page.]

Thanks for playing.

Excellent! The man's life is saved. So who is the Lord of Chaos? Sounds like a fun title.

[Clarence sets down his pencil and folds his hands in front of the camera, the lighting shining off his black nail polish. He still doesn't put his own face in the frame, just keeps it centered on the now completed puzzle.]

That's... kinda what I'm trying to figure out. But I'm more interested in finding what it means rather than the who.

What is means? Hmm..is a title you have seen in your memories somewhere?

I said it in my memories at one point, but I don't know what being a Lord of Chaos could mean. Sounds like some edgelord middleschool bullspit, if you ask me.

[He laughs and gives a shrug

I could see it as the name of a criminal mastermind from a comic book or something.

Seems... reasonable to assume that. [He taps a self-manicured nail on the tabletop.]

I do come from a world where I have pretty handy magic, after all.

Well, if your magic can create chaos then the name would seem pretty fitting wouldn't it?

I... never said this was about me.

Maybe not, but figure its your memories then there might be a chance that it is. Or are you the hero that stops the lord of chaos? that could be fun too.

Heh, I'm not... actually sure if that's how things work where I'm from. But it's a nice thought.

Well either way I like it. Lord of Chaos has a nice ring to it, whatever it is! Could make for a fun stage name.

Stage name? Like... for Broadway or something?

Yeah for anything that you might use an alternate name for. When I am on stage, my name is Xian. So could be good for like a magician or a comedian or something like that.

Huh. I hadn't thought of that. Interesting idea...

I'll take that into consideration. There's still a lot I don't know about my past life or memories, or even how the world worked there. I need to keep an open mind... probably.

Yeah I can understand that. But eventually the mystery will get unraveled right? So it will just take a little time and then eventually you'll know what it means. For now it is kind of fun to take guesses at it and see which ends up being the right answer.

I would hope so. As long as it doesn't end up with me, like... Well.

Anyway, that's an interesting way to think of it. Guess I'll keep throwing darts until something sticks.

Well Good luck! And if you decide to have another game, count me in.

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