“If you make it to the day of the Centennial?” I repeated as Sidney walked away.
Her words hung in the air. The Stranger had said the same thing the day before. Back then it had just sounded like an odd way of saying “See you tomorrow” but when Sidney said it, it made no sense at al...
2023-12-31 05:29:36 +0000 UTC View PostCarousel as a town was strangely accommodating. Every set came with lodgings of some kind. Some were better than others, but it was quite funny to watch as Sidney’s father grabbed four cots from the basement. Her stepmom gathered nice linens for us to sleep with. They gave us big comfortable pi...
2023-12-30 00:19:08 +0000 UTC View PostPriority number one: get away from the haunted hotel room. We knew that technically our odds of something bad happening were low, but this was the...
2023-12-28 05:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostI examined the License until it was time for me to get my tickets. This laminated slip of paper allowed us to contact ghost...
2023-12-26 06:07:13 +0000 UTC View PostStrander Blake, as the script apparently called him, stood directly behind the spirit of a drowned woman. I couldn’t see him, but I could almost feel the rage coming off of him.
It wasn’t just rage though. There was fear there too.
Dozens of ghostly arms appeared from behind the d...
2023-12-23 06:24:41 +0000 UTC View PostNext chapter drops tomorrow.
Also
If you have any thoughts on a trope you think the players should be awarded, just leave your ideas in the comments and I might make it happen. Remember tropes are based on Archetype, Aspect, and Actions taken in the latest storyline. I already k...
2023-12-22 05:03:16 +0000 UTC View PostThings are pretty hectic on my end right now with the holiday season. My relatives insist on spending time with me and I have not been feeling well. I will continue to post three chapters a week and I will keep Patreon at least five chapters ahead of RR, but I cannot commit to a schedule for whic...
2023-12-19 07:08:12 +0000 UTC View Post"The Stanger said this isn't how this storyline is supposed to go," I said to Sidney as we walked into the living room. "You seemed surprised with the change."
“I’ve only played it once when I was brought in through a ticket,” she said as she grabbed one of the remaining chicken tende...
2023-12-19 06:58:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe ghosts on the far side of the river were difficult to make out. Like the armless ghost that I had seen while playing the Ten Second Game, they almost looked like they were placed in the scene so that they would be hard to see at first glance. It was like the world’s creepiest game of I Spy....
2023-12-16 05:59:50 +0000 UTC View Post“You killed them?” Antoine screamed. He feigned an attempt to stand but was unable.
Bobby, having gotten Isaac straightened out, started working on Antoine’s leg. He gathered a broken branch from nearby and started constructing a splint. I couldn’t tell if he was doing it properly b...
2023-12-14 05:57:18 +0000 UTC View PostMy Oblivious Bystander strategy was running thin. Even with the darkness that could conceal the enemy from my gaze and all of my efforts to provide cover, we were in danger. Our strongest hope was that Carousel had other plans for us.
I had watched my other uses of ...
2023-12-10 06:39:48 +0000 UTC View PostIt took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out a solution to our problem. We had to leave the hotel suite and venture out into the land of ghosts, but I also had to be available for a call from Constance, who was researching the lore of the creature described by our deceased friend.
T...
2023-12-08 07:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostIf I wasn’t standing four feet away from him, I would have been really jazzed to see the ghost of J.T. Guzman. This was my favorite type of ghost to see in horror movies. He didn’t look faded or transparent. In fact, he looked solid, though I wasn’t going to test if he was.
He had die...
2023-12-06 06:31:28 +0000 UTC View PostWe didn't have that long Off-Screen, but it still felt like an eternity. I would have loved to take the opportunity to ask the Stranger questions but surviving the story was more pressing.
I saw Cassie and Isaac sitting deathly still on the couch. I needed to say something to help them. I w...
2023-12-04 05:17:41 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sorry I didn’t do more to scare you away,” the Stranger said, his shame evident by the light of the moon. “I feared you would end up here. I was going to ramp up the crazy to prevent you from staying here. I was. Honest. Then I realized that if I rattled you too much you would tell...
2023-12-02 05:07:15 +0000 UTC View PostI passed around the rules for The Ten Second Game so that everyone could read them. As they did, they looked around and realized how this place was perfect for the ritual. There were many windows and no signs of humanity on this side of the hill.
“That is so creepy,” Kimberly said. “I...
2023-11-29 05:27:32 +0000 UTC View PostPlayer Stats:
(I would like to remind readers that this is a reference. I will describe tropes before they come up. You don’t have to read this unless you want to)
She was the Researcher Paragon, a Scholar who focused on studying and learning. She had been a researcher of some kind in real life once too, apparently, and paid the price.
We continued with out litany of questions, most of which she did not know the answer to or did not have a useful answ...
2023-11-26 08:03:02 +0000 UTC View PostThings rapidly started shutting down. It wasn’t as quick as what usually happened between scenes, but as the NPCs cleared out, it was evident that new players were not supposed to stick around.
“Just another day in Carousel,” Rhonda Moore said to us as she saw us standing there. “It...
2023-11-26 07:31:52 +0000 UTC View PostSomeone needs to lead the players to their hotel. It's nighttime and tourists could easily lose their way. The path to their lodgings is winding and dark, but not as dark as what they will find when they get there.
Clues: An Urban Legend. A Impossible Fight. Know where to run. Know where to...
2023-11-24 07:14:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe time capsule that was buried thirty years too early caused quite a stir. Most who learned of its existence found it amusing. Of course they did. My friends and I knew that it was an omen of what was to come, but everyone else in that part of the square that night were laughing and scratching ...
2023-11-24 06:55:14 +0000 UTC View Post“I am asking you literally. Where did you enter Carousel from?” the man said.
I was hesitant to answer.
Antoine wasn’t.
“Olde Hill Road,” he said. “By the run-down bed and breakfast.”
The man ran his hand over the top of his hair. “That’s a new one. Okay....
2023-11-19 05:40:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Why did they not put the booths all in one place?” Dina asked as we made our way up yet another row of carnival rides.
We had seen booths for every company, social club, public utility, and college organization. There was nothing out of the ordinary at any of them. We wandered without ...
2023-11-15 12:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe only thing we knew for sure we needed to do was to check out the informational display about the founding of Carousel that was supposed to be somewhere in the town square. We had been given a new space on the red wallpaper for Leads and, while I still wasn’t certain of what we were up again...
2023-11-12 08:22:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe tape had stopped playing by the time we got to the end of Olde Hill Road. The inside of the carriage was quiet as we all waited to find out where this ride would take us. Antoine held Kimberly but neither dared to say a word.
The windows of the Carriage were warped in the way that old g...
2023-11-10 03:27:32 +0000 UTC View PostThis part of the story risks being overly complicated so I'm working to simplify it. I think that when you see what's going on you'll understand why I'm taking a little extra time to find the best way to communicate things lol. I'm sorry for the wait. Just know that I'm working hard to get all th...
2023-11-06 06:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post“How much time do we have?” Kimberly asked.
“Let me think,” Antoine said, “When we were intercepted by Arthur and the others after we arrived, it took us maybe an hour to get into The Final Straw II. I assume we didn’t cut it too close or else they wouldn’t have riske...
2023-11-03 06:42:21 +0000 UTC View PostConvincing people they were trapped in Carousel was hard.
My first thought was to show them my hoodie pockets that had been upgraded with my Luggage Tag. So many items went in, a tape player, my sunglasses, three ice-cold Dr. Peppers. Yet, there was no visible bump to show that anything was...
2023-11-01 03:35:42 +0000 UTC View Post~~~~
The Atlas was written like a riddle.
That’s what I concluded. That’s not to say that it rhymed or played tricks, but it was clear that the writers who had contributed to it knew there were ...
2023-10-28 02:07:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe next three chapters will come out around Thursday and Friday. Nothing Saturday (I have to go to a wedding so no time to edit). As previously stated, I will not start up RR until we are full up here which should be soon.
2023-10-26 03:08:55 +0000 UTC View Post