hot_mess_express | ANGEL GAME 1: GROUP B

ANGEL GAME 1: GROUP B

[You enter the tent to find yourself in what appears to be a conference room in the sky. The walls and ceiling consist of a glass dome, outside of which a raging thunderstorm can be seen. If you approach the wall, you’ll find the room seems to be floating. Down below is a forest, but it’s raining so hard that it’s impossible to make out any details.

The inside of the room has only a large, circular table. In the center is open space, and around the outer edge are high-backed chairs. In front of each chair is a paper with a copy of the rules -- when everyone sits, the game will begin.

In Group B is: senna, jasmine, clover, & hazel.]

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[The floor in the center of the room lowers into darkness. When it comes back, it contains a cage, inside which a shadowy form writhes. The shadow shifts in shape, never quite settling on a form, but it’s roughly person-sized.

The voice from before chimes in, as if from an intercom.]

A town under your protection has experienced a rash of brutal deaths. You have captured a creature near the site of one such attack. It lashes out when approached, but does not kill any of your men. It could be the culprit, or it could simply have wandered in by accident.

Regardless, it is a monster, not a human. What will you do with it?

[The floor rises again. This time, the cage contains a holographic image of a scruffy, middle-aged man. He’s sitting on the floor, sobbing.]

A young man has been killed in a mugging gone wrong. When apprehended, the suspect breaks down, telling you it was an accident. He only meant to steal, to feed his impoverished family.

You have reason to believe he is telling the truth, but the evidence doesn’t support his claim. The victim’s family is calling for a strict sentence. It’s certain that without an act of pardon, the man will be put to death.

You have the ability to grant this pardon. Will you?

[The floor rises again. This time, there is no cage. There’s only a mirror, reflecting your own faces.]

Due to your execution of a rival force’s leader, your town is under attack. Those laying siege have made an oath: in exchange for the life of your commander, they will leave the town and return to their own lands. This group holds a strong belief in keeping oaths, and you believe they’re likely to follow through.

If you would give your life for your people’s, one of you must enter the mirror.