I am giving my Patrons an exclusive first look at Anna's options for her aspect. Please make any constructive comments you wish below. I am especially looking for insight into balancing and cool-fa...
2023-08-24 00:00:30 +0000 UTC
View Post
It looked like all of the storylines that had been running at the time the Black Snow Apocalypse was triggered were affected.
The next trailer started to play.
~~~~
Traile...
2023-08-23 20:54:51 +0000 UTC
View Post
As I awoke, I expected to hear Silas greeting me, but he didn't show up quite yet.
I reached up and felt that my mask was still on. The tuxedo I had been wearing looked like new.
I got ...
2023-08-23 20:24:29 +0000 UTC
View Post
I was really hoping not to die again. At least I got to watch how it all played out.
Try as I might, I could not force my eyes over to see the audience members in the theater. I eventually ga...
2023-08-21 04:30:14 +0000 UTC
View Post
I stood in the alcove right at the edge of the magical seal that kept people from entering the area of the cask room where the bodies were kept. I couldn't move. I couldn't speak. I fought the urge...
2023-08-20 05:20:24 +0000 UTC
View Post
I searched for Grace for so long that I started to suspect that there was a trope interceding in my ability to find her. While Grace did have an ability that buffed my grit in order to assist me in...
2023-08-18 06:11:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
As I waited for the interviews to end, I started to survey the bodies in the casks. My Trope Master ability worked on them. As I looked around the room, I found that all of them were enemies. That ...
2023-08-16 07:27:46 +0000 UTC
View Post
As we stood outside the cellar door, the crowds of masked guests continued to rage and demand to be allowed in to see their bodies.
Many in the periphery of the crowd seemed to be less ...
2023-08-16 02:58:34 +0000 UTC
View Post
The crowd grew into an uproar as party guests began panicking. Many wanted desperately to get downstairs.
“We need to go down there, Cristobal,” one man, Mr. Oakheart, yelled over the cro...
2023-08-13 06:26:31 +0000 UTC
View Post
Mrs. Cloudburst and I ran through the hallways, laughing and stumbling about like drunk idiots. She was a great actress. If I didn’t know better, I would think she was actually enjoying herself. ...
2023-08-11 06:37:21 +0000 UTC
View Post
The party was in full swing, and I don't just mean the party phase of the plot cycle. People were dancing and laughing. They shared wine, champagne, and conversation.
Everyone I could see was...
2023-08-10 04:11:04 +0000 UTC
View Post
Player Stats:
Player Tropes:
Riley
Riley is the Film Buff.
2023-08-03 16:34:06 +0000 UTC
View Post
Dear Patrons,
I hope you're all doing well. I'm reaching out to inform you that, regrettably, I won't be able to release the next chapter of The Game at Carousel as planned today. It will not...
2023-07-29 22:30:57 +0000 UTC
View Post
[This is the first interlude I have written for this story. If it works, there will be many to come. I do not know if this will be posted on RR at the same point in the story as it is for Patreon. ...
2023-07-28 03:54:58 +0000 UTC
View Post
[The next post will come Thursday]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
“You know where the airfield is?” Chris asked Travis.
Travis nodded. “I remember...
2023-07-25 19:04:39 +0000 UTC
View Post
The players are on the run from The Black Snow Apocalypse that has arrived months early. They are going to try to avoid the Black Snow by triggering another storyline first. That may be tricky.
...
2023-07-22 07:15:39 +0000 UTC
View Post
Bowling is one of the many things that I had never been skilled at.
Until I got to Carousel.
I gave myself all those points in Hustle to try to survive using Oblivious Bystander. I had ...
2023-07-22 07:04:36 +0000 UTC
View Post
The day the Bowlers planned to go to the alley was a Tuesday. It was important to them that we go on a Tuesday because different NPCs occupy different lanes on different days.
Tuesday was the...
2023-07-21 03:59:57 +0000 UTC
View Post
It was a week before the Western Excursion left.
We had gotten the go-ahead that we could take a couple of weeks off from storylines if we wanted as long as we were ready to go at a moment’...
2023-07-18 06:53:20 +0000 UTC
View Post
I got tired of Bobby staring in my general direction and decided to take a cup of coffee outside onto the porch. There was a table there that I could use. I needed to examine my tropes and decide w...
2023-07-16 04:58:31 +0000 UTC
View Post
Attention Carousel Connoisseurs!
Mark your calendars because exactly one week from today, a bone-chilling poll will be released where you will get to choose the players' next storyline ...
2023-07-15 02:52:13 +0000 UTC
View Post
As soon as we walked through the front door of Dyer’s Lodge, Todd got a look at us and immediately ducked his head out the back door and yelled, “They're alive!”
Things had changed sinc...
2023-07-13 18:25:41 +0000 UTC
View Post
As I walked out onto the sidewalk where my friends and Silas were, I noticed right away that Kimberly and Anna were having an emotional moment.
“I’m so sorry!” Kimberly said.
“D...
2023-07-11 07:19:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
The elevator doors opened slowly.
“Something is wrong,” Antoine said. “I told you he should have been back by now.”
The hallway was empty.
Antoine squeezed his way out and...
2023-07-08 21:29:17 +0000 UTC
View Post
Kimberly sat on a crossbeam just under the elevator door. She leaned back against the wall. Directly above her, Camden peeked out through a crack between the doors.
“It looks like there is ...
2023-07-06 21:00:31 +0000 UTC
View Post
Of the twenty or so armed men, only one of them stood out. He wore a red helmet whereas all of the others wore black. He was a head taller than the rest and he was clearly in charge.
The arme...
2023-07-04 20:13:09 +0000 UTC
View Post
My friends were on the floor directly below ground level. Just one more set of stairs and they would be home-free. They stood in front of the elevator doors.
“We need to pry open the elevat...
2023-07-01 18:33:28 +0000 UTC
View Post
Suddenly I was standing in the control room alone. All around me was still. All around me was silent.
The poltergeist was gone.
The bodies on the floor were gone.
Was the storylin...
2023-06-29 05:30:26 +0000 UTC
View Post
As soon as Antoine, Kimberly, and Camden got to Room 347, Antoine found another stairwell like the one we had used earlier. At least we had that success.
The Mercers had found a staircase too...
2023-06-27 21:32:54 +0000 UTC
View Post
As the truth of our situation was revealed, a lot of things started to make sense. The ease with which we had gotten employment, the requirement for head scans, the questions about my “psychic”...
2023-06-26 05:24:22 +0000 UTC
View Post
