They step into a room full of bright yellow lights, though the black tiles change to their unit’s color when pressure is applied to them. There’s a single pedestal in the center of the room with a palm-sized button on top, and music blasts over unseen speakers. Somehow, you understand the rules right away - press the button first, or face a horrible punishment.
Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be an opponent - this time. They’re free to press the button at their leisure to proceed. But there’s a feeling it won’t go so smoothly next time.
But at the same time, they get the feeling...
if they wish hard enough, they can just skip over this game entirely. It might come at a price, but isn’t it worth it to avoid whatever fate awaits at the end of this game?
And quite suddenly, they awake in yet another room full of bright yellow lights. There’s a single pedestal in the center of the room with a palm-sized button on top, and an animatronic figure on the other side of the room. New music blasts over unseen speakers. The rules are the same as before - press the button first, or face a horrible punishment.
In the end, it’s possible the entire setup was just a cruel joke. The animatronic figure is jerkily pulled through a gap in the tile flooring, to be replaced with some kind of animatronic contraption that only passingly resembles a crocodile. And, before your character even has a chance to avoid it, it lurches forward to bite off their arm.
[He's disarmed! But maybe it doesn't really matter.
There’s a screech of whirling mechanical parts as it “devours” their arm, before turning to face them again. This time, it lurches forward, its aim slightly different - its jaws closing around their throat, crushing it almost blessedly instantly.
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Fortunately, there doesn’t seem to be an opponent - this time. They’re free to press the button at their leisure to proceed. But there’s a feeling it won’t go so smoothly next time.
But at the same time, they get the feeling...
if they wish hard enough, they can just skip over this game entirely. It might come at a price, but isn’t it worth it to avoid whatever fate awaits at the end of this game?
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Then again he's baritones so of course he presses the button without fear of the consequences?]
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And wait.
And wait.
And quite suddenly, they awake in yet another room full of bright yellow lights. There’s a single pedestal in the center of the room with a palm-sized button on top, and an animatronic figure on the other side of the room. New music blasts over unseen speakers. The rules are the same as before - press the button first, or face a horrible punishment.
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[He'll step forward to try the button a second time though?]
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There’s a screech of whirling mechanical parts as it “devours” their arm, before turning to face them again. This time, it lurches forward, its aim slightly different - its jaws closing around their throat, crushing it almost blessedly instantly.
Your character wakes up whole once more in a room. Their hangman game has been updated.