Gloom: ☆ZRAEL

[idolpro]

[The old-fashioned writing desk in the center of the room carries several blank pieces of paper, a fine wooden pen, and a piece of parchment covered in writing. When you take a look, you find the following epigraph in a vibrant scrawl:]

Congratulations, future wordsmiths, and welcome to your first exercise in the creation of a true masterwork of tale-telling. This evening you'll be penning a terrific tragedy, starring the family of unsympathetic ne'er-do-wells provided to you.

Your goal? Why, to construct the best story your mind can conceive, of course - and make their lives as entertainingly miserable as possible before writing one of them directly into an early grave.

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Re: STORYTELLING

[rollplayinghouse]

In her despair, Sophronia released all her animals from where she was keeping them, and fled her office. However, a pack of poodles quickly formed and pursued her, through all the streets of the city, relentlessly.

Meanwhile, Joe wasted away in his prison cell, unable to find the motivation to do anything, even sores forming as he didn't move from his bed. But suddenly one morning he was struck by a last spark of motivation, and he rose to look out his barred window at the outside—

—Just in time to see Sophronia, pursued by poodles, stumble into the arms of another man, something brightening in her mad eyes as she looks at him.