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====== How to Disappear Completely ====== | ====== How to Disappear Completely ====== | ||
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+ | //(Set sometime after //Night of The Rooster//, but depicting events before the start of the game)// | ||
You watch the creatures scuttling on the beach, pattering tiny impressions into the sand. From time to time, their gaggle of legs sets off silent avalanches. | You watch the creatures scuttling on the beach, pattering tiny impressions into the sand. From time to time, their gaggle of legs sets off silent avalanches. | ||
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You feel that there is almost the flavour of negotiation about the way your family remind you of what their child is really like: ‘Dear heart, but you always used to //love// my cabbage rolls…’ And oftentimes, you wonder if these Cargans don’t take the opportunity to make a few adjustments while they’re are at it: ‘But Theo, you //must// remember how much you love to listen to Aunt Agatha talk about our family history!’ | You feel that there is almost the flavour of negotiation about the way your family remind you of what their child is really like: ‘Dear heart, but you always used to //love// my cabbage rolls…’ And oftentimes, you wonder if these Cargans don’t take the opportunity to make a few adjustments while they’re are at it: ‘But Theo, you //must// remember how much you love to listen to Aunt Agatha talk about our family history!’ | ||
- | Nevermind. You’re smart. You learn quickly what is expected from you. Bumbling and blustering - not taciturn and directed. Forthright - not calculated. Honest, not secretive. Fiercely loyal. Terribly naive. You are terrified when they discover you practicing magic in your room that the facade has finally come to an end. Instead of retribution, they shower you with praise. Another mage in the family! How //exciting//. | + | Nevermind. You’re smart. You learn quickly what is expected from you. Bumbling and blustering - not taciturn and focused. Forthright - not calculated. Honest, not secretive. Fiercely loyal. Terribly naive. You are terrified when they discover you practicing magic in your room that the facade is finally over. Instead of retribution, they shower you with praise. Another mage in the family! How //exciting//. |
It is only when you look in the mirror that a jarring sense of discord overpowers you. The person reflected in the glass is never Theophilius Cargan, but Theodore Krave. Theodore stares back at you, accusingly. | It is only when you look in the mirror that a jarring sense of discord overpowers you. The person reflected in the glass is never Theophilius Cargan, but Theodore Krave. Theodore stares back at you, accusingly. |