“If you make it to the day of the Centennial?” I repeated as Sidney walked away.
Her words hung in the air. The Stranger had said the same thing the day before. Back then it had just soun...
2023-12-31 05:29:36 +0000 UTC
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Carousel as a town was strangely accommodating. Every set came with lodgings of some kind. Some were better than others, but it was quite funny to watch as Sidney’s father grabbed four cots from ...
2023-12-30 00:19:08 +0000 UTC
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Warning: you are about to get a pretty decent lore drop as a direct result of having chosen Constance as a companion. Voting has consequences.
Priority number one: get away from the haunted...
2023-12-28 05:48:48 +0000 UTC
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This ran long. It is not your full chapter. It's just the rewards section and some other tidbits. I will release the rest tomorrow. I haven't edited this yet.
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I examined the License ...
2023-12-26 06:07:13 +0000 UTC
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Strander Blake, as the script apparently called him, stood directly behind the spirit of a drowned woman. I couldn’t see him, but I could almost feel the rage coming off of him.
It wasn’t...
2023-12-23 06:24:41 +0000 UTC
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Next chapter drops tomorrow.
Also
If you have any thoughts on a trope you think the players should be awarded, just leave your ideas in the comments and I might make it happen. Re...
2023-12-22 05:03:16 +0000 UTC
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Things are pretty hectic on my end right now with the holiday season. My relatives insist on spending time with me and I have not been feeling well. I will continue to post three chapters a week an...
2023-12-19 07:08:12 +0000 UTC
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"The Stanger said this isn't how this storyline is supposed to go," I said to Sidney as we walked into the living room. "You seemed surprised with the change."
“I’ve only played it once w...
2023-12-19 06:58:53 +0000 UTC
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The ghosts on the far side of the river were difficult to make out. Like the armless ghost that I had seen while playing the Ten Second Game, they almost looked like they were placed in the scene s...
2023-12-16 05:59:50 +0000 UTC
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“You killed them?” Antoine screamed. He feigned an attempt to stand but was unable.
Bobby, having gotten Isaac straightened out, started working on Antoine’s leg. He gathered a broken b...
2023-12-14 05:57:18 +0000 UTC
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My Oblivious Bystander strategy was running thin. Even with the darkness that could conceal the enemy from my gaze and all of my efforts to provide cover, we were in danger. Our st...
2023-12-10 06:39:48 +0000 UTC
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It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out a solution to our problem. We had to leave the hotel suite and venture out into the land of ghosts, but I also had to be available for a call fr...
2023-12-08 07:08:52 +0000 UTC
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If I wasn’t standing four feet away from him, I would have been really jazzed to see the ghost of J.T. Guzman. This was my favorite type of ghost to see in horror movies. He didn’t look faded o...
2023-12-06 06:31:28 +0000 UTC
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We didn't have that long Off-Screen, but it still felt like an eternity. I would have loved to take the opportunity to ask the Stranger questions but surviving the story was more pressing.
I ...
2023-12-04 05:17:41 +0000 UTC
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“I’m sorry I didn’t do more to scare you away,” the Stranger said, his shame evident by the light of the moon. “I feared you would end up here. I was going to ramp up the crazy to prevent...
2023-12-02 05:07:15 +0000 UTC
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I passed around the rules for The Ten Second Game so that everyone could read them. As they did, they looked around and realized how this place was perfect for the ritual. There were many windows a...
2023-11-29 05:27:32 +0000 UTC
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Player Stats:

Player Tropes:
(I would like to remind readers that this is a reference. I...
2023-11-27 19:21:22 +0000 UTC
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She was the Researcher Paragon, a Scholar who focused on studying and learning. She had been a researcher of some kind in real life once too, apparently, and paid the price.
We continued with...
2023-11-26 08:03:02 +0000 UTC
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Things rapidly started shutting down. It wasn’t as quick as what usually happened between scenes, but as the NPCs cleared out, it was evident that new players were not supposed to stick around.
2023-11-26 07:31:52 +0000 UTC
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Someone needs to lead the players to their hotel. It's nighttime and tourists could easily lose their way. The path to their lodgings is winding and dark, but not as dark as what they will find whe...
2023-11-24 07:14:43 +0000 UTC
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The time capsule that was buried thirty years too early caused quite a stir. Most who learned of its existence found it amusing. Of course they did. My friends and I knew that it was an omen of wha...
2023-11-24 06:55:14 +0000 UTC
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“I am asking you literally. Where did you enter Carousel from?” the man said.
I was hesitant to answer.
Antoine wasn’t.
“Olde Hill Road,” he said. “By the run-down bed...
2023-11-19 05:40:16 +0000 UTC
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“Why did they not put the booths all in one place?” Dina asked as we made our way up yet another row of carnival rides.
We had seen booths for every company, social club, public utility, ...
2023-11-15 12:00:18 +0000 UTC
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The only thing we knew for sure we needed to do was to check out the informational display about the founding of Carousel that was supposed to be somewhere in the town square. We had been given a n...
2023-11-12 08:22:31 +0000 UTC
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The tape had stopped playing by the time we got to the end of Olde Hill Road. The inside of the carriage was quiet as we all waited to find out where this ride would take us. Antoine held Kimberly ...
2023-11-10 03:27:32 +0000 UTC
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This part of the story risks being overly complicated so I'm working to simplify it. I think that when you see what's going on you'll understand why I'm taking a little extra time to find the best ...
2023-11-06 06:00:46 +0000 UTC
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“How much time do we have?” Kimberly asked.
“Let me think,” Antoine said, “When we were intercepted by Arthur and the others after we arrived, it took us maybe an hour to get into <...
2023-11-03 06:42:21 +0000 UTC
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Convincing people they were trapped in Carousel was hard.
My first thought was to show them my hoodie pockets that had been upgraded with my Luggage Tag. So many items went in, a tape player,...
2023-11-01 03:35:42 +0000 UTC
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This is the last post that incorporates old text. Thank you for your patience.
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The Atlas was written like a riddle.
That’s what I concluded. That’s not to say that it r...
2023-10-28 02:07:13 +0000 UTC
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The next three chapters will come out around Thursday and Friday. Nothing Saturday (I have to go to a wedding so no time to edit). As previously stated, I will not start up RR until we are full up ...
2023-10-26 03:08:55 +0000 UTC
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