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Behind the fun there was a fire
🜁 Witness of shared imagination They laughed. They packed up their dice. Tossed cans and bags into the trash. Said "good game," and left for the Real World™. You smiled...
The whisper that kills heroes
The first voice to doubt you will always be your own. The whisper in your head. What will they think? What if it's like last time? You'll get to it...
The riskiest thing you can do is to play it safe
The gods punish cowards more harshly than they punish the bold Because safety isn’t safe- it’s the slowest form of ruin. Every story begins with risk. A leap. A wager....
The dungeon can set you free.
You wake up in a new world. No map. No quest log. Just a horizon in every direction. Skyrim. Elden Ring. Breath of the Wild. Life after school. No rules....
You are the lore
The room had gone quiet. No dice rolled. No one moved. Even the guy who always cracked a joke was sitting still. Your character spoke. And for a second… it...
It was never "just a game"
ENTRY: CRIT-027-4AFiled: Rex // Session ActiveClassification: Memory-Level Reflection The Grief We Don’t Talk About You didn’t expect it to hit that hard. But it did. A silence- at the table,...
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