“The Spirit of Vengeance requires a delicate touch,” Madam Celia said after we had gathered inside and settled in the downstairs living room. “You were supposed to use its magic once and then return the flask. My sister tells me that you have sent it after half the town and now the flask is...
2024-05-07 03:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostI didn’t have time to mourn Carlyle. The Die Cast, far removed from its original purpose, was not sated by the death of the eldest Geist. It wanted more.
Kimberly and I scrambled back over the fence toward the exit. The air was thick with smoke.
The Die Cast followed.
Its trop...
2024-05-02 04:56:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe cast and crew went about resetting to get the rest of the scene. I got close to Bobby in case he saw something on the script that might indicate Carlyle could survive the day. He didn’t say anything on the subject.
“The dogs are worried about something,” he said. “I feel worried...
2024-05-01 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostI got dressed for my last day as a director. Because this would surely be my last day. First Blood was upon us. It was so close I could feel it in my skin like static electricity. With this enemy, death could come from anywhere.
All I could think about was the person who I knew was going to...
2024-04-29 05:00:39 +0000 UTC View PostCarousel definitely had a sense of humor. I could appreciate that, but in the end, the joke was always on us.
My feet were wet. I must have left a puddle on the floor from some shower I had hypothetically taken earlier. The water had spread like long, thin fingers as it dribbled across the ...
2024-04-29 02:58:36 +0000 UTC View PostLiving in Carousel was odd in so many ways, but the thing that stuck out the most to me wasn’t the constant feeling of impending doom or the mysterious residents; it was the petty thievery.
Everywhere we went, we found ourselves reaching out and grabbing things we wanted and shoving them ...
2024-04-27 04:50:46 +0000 UTC View PostHad to get my evil, undead ducks in a row for the upcoming chapters. They start dropping tomorrow. They should drop fairly quickly after that. Thank you for your patience. There will still be at least three this week, just scrunched up at the end of the week.
After this book is over, w...
2024-04-26 02:07:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe more Ramona spoke, the more I felt like the entire Tutorial was a row of dominoes or, better yet, a Rube Goldberg machine with a hundred little pieces waiting to do their part, their ultimate purpose unknown.
Ramona definitely had a part, though I couldn’t understand it at first. She ...
2024-04-22 03:57:25 +0000 UTC View PostRamona looked to where the terrible metal-covered man had been only moments earlier. He was no longer there. It felt as if she had been standing in that very spot for hours. Her joints were stiff, and she was parched.
The voices continued.
Where was ...
2024-04-20 03:47:14 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s going on over there, Paul?” the voice on the radio called out. The voice had been asking about the misplaced mayor for several hours, but now it asked only about the loud booming in the distance and the commotion of crowds.
Paul, who stood and watched, did not kn...
2024-04-19 01:39:57 +0000 UTC View PostI want to apologize for the delay in updates—I've been unwell these last few days. Thank you for your understanding and patience. I look forward to resuming the story soon!
2024-04-16 02:19:38 +0000 UTC View PostCarousel, Carousel.
A̴̟̱̹̕p̸̖̣̒̍̄r̶̛̘͇̮̖̩̄͐̾͋ḯ̴̤͔̈́ḽ̸͖̿̿͆̌ ̵̨̝̺̚͝1̷͔͕̆̕2̸͈̗̫̊,̸̛̘͖̉͘ ̴͈̩̊̒̽ 1992
The Original Centennial
(before the “continuity loop”)
~-~
Ramona Mercer looked over the crowd at the B...
2024-04-11 09:29:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter drops tomorrow. It might end up being two, I can' tell yet. Right now, the Patreon stands at 6 advanced chapters. I hope to move that up to 10 within the next few weeks. I have a break from work coming up so I should be able to get it done.
Thanks for reading.
2024-04-10 01:20:05 +0000 UTC View PostI froze in place. Never before had Casting Director thrown me a curveball like that.
Ramona Mercer.
She was one of the victims of the original Centennial disaster. What kind of link must she have to this storyline and the Throughline itself? I knew who the Mercers wer...
2024-04-08 04:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostAntoine, Isaac, and I jumped into my car. We watched the screens that had appeared in our minds. We were Off-Screen.
Future Mayor Gray and the coked-out Ricky Zaragoza got back into the brown car and silently watched the factory.
“What is happening?” Isaac said, clearly not ready ...
2024-04-07 04:07:49 +0000 UTC View Post“Take this,” Carlyle said, handing me the script. He sounded annoyed at having to break away from our work. “Go through it and make sure everything is consistent with what we talked about.”
I tucked the pages into the inside pocket of the jacket I had been dressed in and nodded.
... 2024-04-04 03:27:55 +0000 UTC View PostPlayer Stats:
Player Tropes:
Riley Lawrence is the Film Buff.
Trope Limit: 9
"Trope Master" 2024-04-02 02:34:48 +0000 UTC View Post
“Are you sure there are no Omens here?” Kimberly said for the third time.
“I’m sure,” I said. “I’ll keep an eye out.”
She was nervous, but how could I blame her? The last time we had gone to the library, the vets had acted like we were walking into a lion’s den while...
2024-03-31 05:19:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapters Saturday and Sunday.
Need to get things right. There are about 10 chapters left in the Tutorial (book 4). After that things should speed up and I will nail down a set schedule.
2024-03-30 00:03:45 +0000 UTC View PostI was shaking when we returned to our sad excuse of a hotel room on the other side of the hill. We had gotten our fair share of clues from Jedediah Geist. That was literally his eternal job; he answered players’ questions. That was the deal he had made.
“The Geists really are different ...
2024-03-27 04:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe flashback changed.
I saw a young Jedediah alone in the schoolyard. Another child, whom I could assume was a bully, was skulking around the yard. He had all the telltale signs: a mean look, rolled-up sleeves, and a small posse. Jedediah wa...
2024-03-25 05:14:19 +0000 UTC View PostThese are starter bases and will not last forever, but they each have something to offer a new team just starting out.
1. The Abandoned Jail
Location: Near Historic Carousel in the center of town. The heart of desolation, yet central to...
2024-03-24 23:49:35 +0000 UTC View PostAs many of you might assume, once the Tutorial ends, the real game begins, and the first thing our players need is a place to stay.
As Patrons, the choice of a base is yours. Just know that most Writs are not all rainbows and sunshine like the one that was attached to Dyer's Lodge. Every pe...
2024-03-23 20:24:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe renovated version of Jed Geist’s house, acting as a deluxe suite for a hip, modern resort, had been an incredible vacation.
I didn’t realize that while we were there. I could only focus on the negatives: the dark shadows cast in the windows, the oppressive luxury that seemed to mock...
2024-03-20 18:21:53 +0000 UTC View PostI'm checking in about the Séance Chapter. This one grew bigger than originally intended and will be a two-parter. Sorry for the delay, but as you might imagine, I have to focus on the wording for this one much more than for most chapters because some readers will be very observant, lol. I have g...
2024-03-19 03:44:03 +0000 UTC View PostFinally, the time for answers is here. In the next chapter, the players will talk to Jedediah Geist, and, just maybe, they will get some answers about where the Throughline is headed.
All that remains to determine is what questions they should ask.
As Patrons, I would like to give all...
2024-03-16 21:08:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe blood-curdling scream demanded a conga line of concerned friends running upstairs. It was one of the oldest rules in horror movie history. Everyone goes to the scene of the blood-curdling scream.
Antoine took the lead.
The others cried out, “Brenda” and “Keisha” in their m...
2024-03-16 00:50:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Spooky,” Brenda said as she and the other NPC who wasn’t playing started giggling. “Does one of the ghosts smoke cigarettes? I swear I smell cigarettes.”
She took the sheet with the illustrations of all of the missing posters for ghosts in the game and started looking over the en...
2024-03-14 23:41:09 +0000 UTC View Post