Don't Rest Your Head: The Bad Man

[societalFlame]

They think I'm weird. They don't like playing with me but I try anyway.

[stainedmind]

The other children think of you as a weirdo.

What is your home life like? What happens when you're not at school?

[societalFlame]

Dad's busy all the time and Mom's gone, so I tend to do things myself. Sometimes I help Dad with his work, but there's not a lot a kid can do. Other times I take care of Molly, our cat.

[stainedmind]

Your dad is always working, and you sometimes help your father with his work. You also take care of your cat.

Finally, what do you wish upon a star for? What aspect of your life do you wish could change?

[societalFlame]

((Whups, meant that to be read as her mother is not in the household, not that she works all the time))

I want friends that like who I am and don't think I'm weird for liking to catch frogs or bugs.

[stainedmind]

You want friends who don't think you're weird.

Now then. What are you the bestest at? Can you use a slingshot well? Are you good at making people happy?

(Now, this is your Exhaustion talent. It's caused by your lack of sleep. You have an entite set of dice that you use for your Exhaustion talent. It has to be in the realm of possibility.)

[societalFlame]

I'm really good at running after and catching things. Even fast things like lizards, since I'm pretty fast myself.

[stainedmind]

You're good at running, even better now that you stopped sleeping.

Now, when you went in the closet you brought one thing with you. It gave you special powers. What did you bring, and what does it let you do?

(Madness Talent! This allows you to flagrantly violate the laws of nature. It can be damn near anything. You have another dice pool for Madness.)

[societalFlame]

I brought a charm bracelet with heart, star, and cat charms on it. It lets me heal myself or others if I have to, sometimes very quickly.

[stainedmind]

Now, when you use those powers, you either get angry or get scared. You have three times to respond. How many responses are angriness, and how many are scaredness?

[societalFlame]

Two anger and one scared.

[stainedmind]

Alright then.

Now then. You've just stepped into your closet. The Bad Man told you not to go in there. That obviously means there's a way to make him go away inside!

But you don't find any cool stuff. Now you're in what looks like a suburb. Behind you is your closet door, which quickly dissapears. There are a bunch of pristine houses lined up.

Sitting on the front porch of one is an old lady, knitting. Next to her are a huge plate of... Ohmigosh... She has a bunch of milk and cookies!

[societalFlame]

I go up to her and ask if she knows where I am. I glance at the cookies a couple of times but the suburb in my closet is more pressing.

[stainedmind]

She smiles at you. "Why dearie, you're in Wonderland! Or at least, that's what we call it. But it's nothing like the children's tale. It's much much different. Would you like a cookie dearie?"

She offers you a delicious looking chocolate-chip cookie.

[societalFlame]

"Yes please," I say as I take the cookie and bite into it. "How different?"