FORGE

[livestage]

You find yourselves in a surprisingly sterile room. It's entirely white, almost blindingly so. There are a few beanbag chairs to sit on, though perhaps not enough for your entire family. On one of the walls, there's a laminated poster of a wheel. At the center of the room is a table with a glass case on top. If you lift the case, you'll find a single red button. Behind a glass panel on the wall is a monitor that is currently off.

Curiously, it does not seem as though you can actually destroy anything in this room (save for a simple note by the button), regardless of how much you may try. The glass will never shatter. The poster cannot be torn into pieces. Furthermore, your blessings and powers are off and none of your personal belongings are actually on your person.

A simple note lays by the button on the table, a reminder of your directive: Will you push the button?

Comments

DISCUSSION

[livestage]

Re: DISCUSSION

[hailstormed]

[ reading the note, but... not really comprehending.

Makes an uneasy rumbling noise. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[makedown]

[very quietly]

...Do you need me to read it for you?

Re: DISCUSSION

[hailstormed]

[ snorts, peering down at her.

Then shakes his head. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

[dra...gon...]

Yo.

Re: DISCUSSION

[hailstormed]

[ blinking down at him.

Chirps a bit, leaning in to investigate. Sup. ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

[sighs]

All right, let's just take a vote. Raise yer hand if ya wanna press the button.

Re: DISCUSSION

[strateelgic]

[Raises hand!]

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

Well ain't ya eager. Noted.

Re: DISCUSSION

[makedown]

[staring]

Wasn't that a little too fast? This is supposed to be a moral dilemma.

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

[a similar sigh]

What're ya feelin'?

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

It depends on which Family it'll hit, ya know? But if it's Siren's...I don't wanna risk it, myself. Odds ain't great. We're bound to smack someone we don't wanna if we press it. I ain't keen on it hittin' us either, though.

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

[GRUMBLE]

Fuckin' great.

Re: DISCUSSION

[hailstormed]

[ a deep voice slightly above his head: ]

Is it always this way?

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

[he doesn't have to look up to too many people]

With this Producer, yeah. But not all the performances are like this.

Re: DISCUSSION

[makedown]

[DON'T NOTICE THIS CAT. SHE IS SILENT. MAYBE SHE IS A ILLUSION AND ISN'T REALLY HERE]

Re: DISCUSSION

[throughbamboo]

[sorry but he always notices cats]

—ahh? The hell're you doin' here?

Re: DISCUSSION

[takeyoutochurch]

This is a bad time to be gettin' involved in Family politics, little lady.

TALKING TO THE DEMIURGE

[makedown]

Excuse me! I don't think I should be here and no one wants me to be here either!

Also, I want to rig this wheel! Do you take bribes?

Re: DISCUSSION

[carveitout]

[ curiously enough, the monitor flips on and the Demiurge smiles serenely at her. ]

Are you saying I made a mistake?

SUBMISSION

[livestage]

Re: SUBMISSION

[throughbamboo]

Forge is pushing the button!

Re: SUBMISSION

[makedown]

[and close to the button, Catherine's shortlink to her ConnectedIn has been written in banana peels and apple cores. That's where she has her ghost writing work. I'm truly sorry]

RESULTS

[livestage]

Re: RESULTS

[carveitout]

[ a trap door opens and you are all dumped into endgame, your landing softened by pillows. ]