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Strangers

Experimenting with an extremely loose non-system for playing messy, visceral supernatural horror, based on thinking about things like COTTONMOUTH LAW, Vernacular Games, playing Impossible Landscapes with Delta Green, memories of playground games, and my increasing frustration with rules, systems, and mechanics.

What if I didn't have to touch any fucking numbers? What if things are all in the world and we can just decide stuff? What's the bare minimum necessary for effective play?

I have played a session so far. So far it works.

I'm playing as the referee, but you might not need one.

Content Warnings: guns, body horror, injury, sexual content.

LITANY

I

Across long unfolding highways in the dead of night and curdled afternoons holed up in dusty motel rooms. Skin crawls with bad omens, bad memories. All is metamorphic, always coming closer, and always out of reach. You were called to take up arms against a sickness beneath the world. You are savior, troublemaker, saint, and martyr, a fragile heap of blood and bone in the driver’s seat. You are a stranger.

You are infinitesimal scavengers scuttling in the cracks of a crumbling empire, scratching in the dust of a thousand awful histories, clinging to glimmering candlelight, through shattering revelations, darkened backcountry rituals, bodies turning in the soil, and the song of sickness playing low and lonely. You are a stranger.

The glistening and the artificial commingle in clogged storm drains. Chemical ecstasy of pollutants hangs in the air. Patterns recur. Rest stops, ticket stubs, fistfuls of human ash, and the cruel certainty of morning sunlight. And they watched you slip away like leaves in the creek, drawn in the translucent current. Behavior, clothes, and body made new. You are a stranger.

II

The Nation is unraveling. Maybe you’ve heard. Maybe you’ve felt the rattle down in subterranean lungs, heaving in the soil. Maybe you’ve seen the signs blooming in the sky above the stadium, while sophomores collide on the astroturf. Maybe the whole world is rotten.

The Otherworld is tightly bound, maybe not even separate from the Ordinary, caught dancing in the spotlight. Brittle strands close the gap, entangled with sites thick with tension, loneliness, and calamity. From way out on the margin of unreality come phenomenon too strange to name, creeping in the dark, slipping through the cracks, forever transforming.

You know all this, somehow. Since birth, revelatory visions, low whispers under the blanket, a disaster that haunts you still, internet conspiracy boards, induction into a sacred and secret order, voices in the dark, the specter of a dead relative, or the empty ache that something fundamental has gone horribly wrong long ago and can never be repaired.

III

Ribbon of Highway, stretched tense through farmland, flanked by guardrail and oleander, tunneling through the Nation like a dying parasite. Endless farmland, goes forever inward, down towards the Seedbed, from which fertility comes. The Sprawl sprouts a profound collection of signage by the roadside, the sun-faded plumage of a decrepit corporate empire dresses up its rising blocks of housing and industry, each cell swollen with abundance, but lonely still. Night sky bruised by electric signals, crying for attention. And the Wildland in the far distance; cruel garden, underexploited resource, temporary refuge, mountains within mountains and the peaceful grasp of desert.

All bound together by the threads of the Otherworld which one day overcame the Ordinary. And far from nothing afterward, the two worlds burst with phantasmagoria, finally reunited. Each feeding from the other, mouthful by mouthful, life by life. It has always been like this, it has never been like this, it will never be like this again. Come on in, we’re open!

Lay at the threshold, the confluence, the precipice, as all the world is swallowed whole. You know, and they don’t, that the moment is already past. That all is caught in the Alpha and Omega, first and last, simultaneous growth and decay, weaving and unweaving. There is no difference between the Other and the Ordinary, only a snake eating itself. You live deep in the body of a living machine. Struggling in the web.

And you, stranger, are damned to wander by fate, misfortune, or simple fucking boredom. Take the back roads. Hook up in dusty motels. Uncover new worlds, blooming in the cadaverous dark. Change and change and change and change and change. Help where you can. Run like hell when you can’t.

Safety’s overrated. Stay strange out there.

LAWS OF THE WORLD

The Nation rotted away, and turned strange. There is no clear border between the Ordinary and the Otherworld anymore. Architecture melts. New forms uncoil. Things leak in through mirrors, creek-beds, sleepovers, abandoned lots, parked cars, and empty rooms.

There is always another layer to peel away. Answers reveal new questions. Situations shift and contradict.

Violence is messy, abrupt, and brutal. Fights are won by the most violent, then the most prepared, then the most desperate. You can always run away but never without cost. Bodies twist and break. Injuries last. Rest helps, slowly.

Disturbing the world awakes strangeness under the soil, which comes out to play. The more you rush, the more you break, the more noise you make, the faster it all comes apart at the seams and the phantasmagoria of the Otherworld comes spilling out around you.

Travel is tough, slow, beautiful. Things go wrong on the road. You make unexpected discoveries. You give up rest and time.

Things happen when you’re not looking. Creatures lurk out of sight. Conspirators destroy evidence, leaving new evidence behind. The world moves on without you.

Everything costs, everyone wants, and nothing escapes unchanged.

FRAGMENTS

Construct a character from these. 10-20 pieces should do. Stay loose. * indicates a spell you know.

Work with the other players to decide what it does, and what it costs. Everyone should have a family, even if they're dead now.

Make your own stuff if you want. This stuff isn't special, just a thousand-plus things I think could be useful, beautiful, or awful.

  1. Newspaper clipping, decades old
  2. Musical instrument, lovingly maintained
  3. Child’s crayon drawing of a family
  4. Scuffed red toolbox
  5. Smooth black stone (humming)
  6. Envelope full of expired coupons
  7. Bottle of strong painkillers
  8. Fishing rod
  9. Outdated road atlas
  10. Scented candle (lonely campfire)
  11. Single black poker chip
  12. Unexploded fragmentation grenade
  13. Lipstick (celebrity brand)
  14. Lacy bra
  15. Designer handbag full of human teeth
  16. Cheap rubber monster mask
  17. Mylar balloon (smiley face)
  18. Lemon-scented general-purpose cleaner
  19. Photograph of a long-lost playground
  20. Vial of parasitic worms
  21. Single-shot improvised firearm
  22. Pouch of powdered oleander leaves
  23. Dog-eared book of obscure folklore
  24. Laptop covered in stickers
  25. Unopened letter without a return address
  26. Boot polish tin
  27. 3D-printed M18 Claymore anti-personnel mine
  28. Promise ring engraved with a name you no longer use
  29. Little plastic dinosaur
  30. Collectible figure (NO EYES)
  31. Crumpled cardboard box (human ashes)
  32. Fistful of unfiltered cigarettes
  33. Dive watch
  34. Mosaic of scar tissue
  35. Well-worn baseball glove
  36. Faded third-place prize ribbon
  37. Chipped machete
  38. VHS copy of children’s TV show
  39. Ticket Stub, Rodeo
  40. Packet of elk jerky
  41. Combat tourniquet
  42. Vintage charm bracelet
  43. Rare comic book (in plastic)
  44. Tarot card (the devil)
  45. Folded cigarette ad
  46. Matchbook (JOE’S DINER)
  47. Zippo lighter (headless bird)
  48. Pub Coaster (THE DIVE)
  49. Fountain Pen, Tarnished
  50. Elaborate bong
  51. Arcade tokens strung on rusty wire
  52. Playing card, seven-armed joker
  53. Pronoun pin, unreadable
  54. Casette tape, raspy bible reading
  55. Enamel mug
  56. Rodent skull on a silver Chain
  57. Hardhat with mesh veil
  58. Bandana (map of national park)
  59. Fragment of headstone
  60. Taxidermy jackalope
  61. Cracked teapot, full of spiders
  62. Photograph of a party on the beach
  63. Black cat in a plastic carrier
  64. Strip of condoms (ribbed)
  65. Obsidian bracelet
  66. Baby doll
  67. Sword cane
  68. Dried foxgloves
  69. Driving gloves, fleece-lined
  70. Souvenir penny (aviation museum)
  71. Welding helmet, painted-on teeth
  72. Plastic bag of black dust
  73. Vintage electric guitar
  74. Scientific study, annotated
  75. Hand-bound manuscript
  76. Road-trip mix CD
  77. Rusty bicycle
  78. Porn magazine
  79. Poncho liner
  80. Conversion camp pamphlet
  81. Jumper cables
  82. Single cowboy boot
  83. Postcard (hometown)
  84. Acrylic anime charms
  85. Lucky cat statue
  86. Cinnamon gum
  87. Missing persons poster
  88. Snowglobe (church)
  89. Bible (heavily annotated)
  90. Plastic vampire teeth
  91. Fossil shark tooth
  92. Ballcap (military unit)
  93. Bigfoot plush
  94. Leather bondage collar
  95. Pamphlet (hospice facility)
  96. Death certificate
  97. Pocket constitution
  98. Die-cast muscle car
  99. Votive candle
  100. Coffee mug (casino)
  101. Star chart
  102. Cheap sports trophy
  103. Tobacco pipe
  104. Jawbone (deer)
  105. Plastic terrarium (cockroaches)
  106. Glow-in-the-dark star stickers
  107. Bolo tie
  108. Hotel blueprints
  109. Conch shell
  110. Night light (moon)
  111. Messy hair
  112. Eyepatch
  113. Grubby
  114. Persistant limp
  115. Spiderweb tattoos
  116. Shaved head
  117. Jawless
  118. Gear covered in morale patches
  119. Flannel shirts
  120. Smells like woodsmoke
  121. Anglerfish tattoo
  122. Ruggedly handsome
  123. Jagged scar
  124. Spiral tattoos
  125. Caked-on makeup
  126. Acne scars
  127. Ghostly
  128. Mushrooms growing from skin
  129. Extra row of teeth
  130. Clown facepaint
  131. Heavy eyeliner
  132. Crusty band tee
  133. Haunted stare
  134. Ivy tattoos
  135. Knuckles bandaged
  136. Gap-toothed smile
  137. Ominous birthmark
  138. Oil-black eyes
  139. Extremely fashionable
  140. Choppy haircut
  141. Cigarette burns
  142. Oversized coat
  143. Waterlogged skin
  144. Bleached hair
  145. Bowl cut
  146. Black lace
  147. Leather jacket
  148. Bloodshot eyes
  149. Tight jeans
  150. Gawky mullet
  151. Baggy cargo shorts
  152. Craggy features
  153. Anti-halo
  154. Gold teeth
  155. Pewter charm earrings
  156. Unruly business casual
  157. Battle jacket
  158. Full-face motocross helmet
  159. Ritual mask
  160. Blindfold
  161. Silver prosthetic
  162. Patched-up fatigue pants
  163. Blaze orange ballcap
  164. Hyperfashionable
  165. Gaunt
  166. Chipped nail polish
  167. Blank eyes
  168. Extra finger joints
  169. Burn scars
  170. Thick glasses
  171. Spiked collar
  172. Concert wristbands
  173. Gold rings
  174. Roots emerge from skin
  175. Empty eye socket
  176. Surgery scars
  177. Insect tattoos
  178. Goggles
  179. Shifting skin
  180. Fishnets
  181. Always sweating
  182. Sharp acrylic nails
  183. Roadkill vibes
  184. Too many eyes
  185. Platinum blonde
  186. Business casual
  187. Torn denim
  188. School uniform
  189. Cult chic
  190. Dark robes
  191. Rhinestones
  192. Broken teeth
  193. Cheap wig
  194. Unblinking
  195. Hunting Rifle
  196. Cigarettes
  197. Animal Trap
  198. Gear Bag
  199. 6-Pack of Beer
  200. Camcorder
  201. Shovel
  202. Night Vision Goggles
  203. Utility Knife
  204. Poly Tarp
  205. Zip Ties
  206. Smartphone
  207. Road Flares
  208. Flip Lighter
  209. Blood-red Ink
  210. Monster Mask, Pig
  211. 12g Shotgun
  212. Dirty White Pickup Truck
  213. Sledgehammer
  214. Apple Pie, Ceramic
  215. Tinfoil hat
  216. Soda Bottle (Produces Black Slime)
  217. Unexploded Landmine
  218. Motel Room Key
  219. Canteen of Rainwater
  220. Road Atlas
  221. Stolen Car Radio
  222. Amplifier
  223. Bullhorn
  224. Switchblade (Bone Handle)
  225. Harpoon
  226. Musket, Muzzle-Loaded
  227. Haligan Bar
  228. Halogen Work Light
  229. Extremely Powerful Flashlight
  230. Condoms
  231. Rice, 24lb. Bag
  232. Roadtrip Mixtape
  233. Garbage Bags
  234. Razor Blades
  235. Homemade Fertilizer Bomb, Unreliable
  236. Black SUV
  237. Hardhat
  238. Leather Chaps
  239. Brass Knuckles
  240. Dried Wedding Bouquet
  241. Plastic Jug of Salt
  242. Industrial Cleaner
  243. Promotional Pen, Greasy
  244. 100 Feet of Paracord
  245. Handfuls of Human Teeth
  246. Fuckload of Rusty Nails
  247. Brick
  248. Moving Blankets
  249. Votive Candles
  250. Steel Cable
  251. Iron Spikes
  252. Bowling Ball
  253. Rusty Broadsword
  254. Baseball Bat
  255. Flamethrower
  256. Pepper Spray
  257. 9mm Pistol
  258. Slingshot
  259. Crossbow
  260. Hatchet
  261. Tactical Rifle
  262. Improvised Body Armor
  263. Cattle Prod
  264. Business Casual Attire
  265. Ragged Field Jacket
  266. Fire Extinguisher
  267. Bungee Cords
  268. Ratchet Straps
  269. Meathook
  270. Plastic Figurines that Love Violence
  271. Doll, Haunted
  272. Putrefactive Oil
  273. Holy Snakeskin
  274. Crystal Pyramid
  275. Unmaking Soap
  276. Nightstick, Humming
  277. Mask of the Rat King
  278. Babylon Matches
  279. Devil Stone
  280. Specimen 032
  281. Preserved Snake (Many Heads)
  282. Fragment of Almighty Flesh
  283. Gym Membership
  284. Station Wagon, Malfunctioning
  285. Skinning Knife
  286. Stormproof Matches
  287. Fire Ax
  288. Shovel
  289. Whistle
  290. Pouch of Psychedelic Drugs
  291. Painkillers
  292. Clown Shoes
  293. Playing Cards
  294. Butterfly Knife
  295. Respirator
  296. Power Tools
  297. Chunk of Obsidian
  298. Cinderblock
  299. Spray Paint
  300. Galvanized Bucket
  301. Musical Instrument (Pick One)
  302. Firecrackers
  303. Human Skull
  304. Photograph (Pale Figure in Forest)
  305. Classified Documents (Operation Black Magic)
  306. Affinity for Feral Hogs
  307. Passion for the Undesirable
  308. All-Consuming Need to Set Things on Fire
  309. Never Fit In
  310. Memory, Betrayed a Friend
  311. Memory, Blood in the Shower
  312. Otherworldly Contract
  313. Laptop Covered in Stickers
  314. Memory, Hiding in a Cave
  315. Memory, Climbing Trees
  316. Memory, Broken Swingset
  317. Memory, Bad Night in a Motel
  318. Memory, Getting Drunk the First Time
  319. Memory, Combat Experience
  320. Hockey Stick
  321. Leather Gloves
  322. Memory, Studying Late
  323. Memory, Police Procedurals on TV
  324. Memory, Getting the Details Right
  325. Memory, Sharing Secrets
  326. Memory, Learning to Shoot
  327. Lever-Action Rifle
  328. Encyclopedic Knowledge of Obscure Subject
  329. Bundle of Magazines (Ghost Hunting)
  330. High-Powered Binoculars
  331. Obsession with the Unknown
  332. Memory, Watching Mom Die
  333. Trade School
  334. Memory, Out Fishing
  335. Memory, Lost a Friend
  336. Former Colleagues
  337. Hard Lessons
  338. Memory, Illegal Experiments
  339. Memory, Near-Death Experience
  340. Memory, Darkness Outside the World Itself
  341. Memory, Horrible Accident
  342. Memory, Candlelit Ritual
  343. Memory, Painful Transformation
  344. Pamphlet (Transformation Center)
  345. Recruitment Poster (Department of Faith)
  346. Contract, Signed in Blood
  347. Map of the Otherworld
  348. Porn Magazine
  349. Arsonist's Handbook
  350. Diary, Locked
  351. Natural History Book
  352. Love Poem (Hotel Stationary)
  353. Illustration (Machine Engulfing Earth)
  354. .mp3 File (Auction, Unsettling Lots)
  355. Wad of Old Reciepts
  356. Anatomical Engravings of Mermaid
  357. Photograph (Iridescent River)
  358. Manuscript, Unfinished
  359. Holy Bible, Warm
  360. Video Tape (Birthday Party)
  361. Carrion Atlas
  362. Postcard (Monolith)
  363. Rejection Letter
  364. Love Letter ("Return to Sender")
  365. Ticket Stub
  366. Photograph (Aurora)
  367. Vinyl Record (Psychedelic Album)
  368. Cassette Tape (Bible Reading)
  369. Photograph (Hole in the Sky)
  370. CD, Spoken Word Album, Describes the Apocalypse
  371. Antlers
  372. Hypodermic Teeth
  373. Steel Ribs
  374. Fleshless
  375. Strange Appetite
  376. Terrifying Howl
  377. Second Row of Teeth
  378. Waxy Skin
  379. Plastic Bones
  380. Many Eyes
  381. Poison Gland
  382. Throat Pouch
  383. Unbearable Loneliness
  384. Sunny Disposition
  385. Fear of Death
  386. Appetite for Violence
  387. Constant Restlessness
  388. Doubt
  389. Longing for a Better World
  390. Determination
  391. Regret
  392. Paralytic Anxiety
  393. Constant Weight in Your Chest
  394. Reckless Compassion
  395. Wariness
  396. Faith in the System
  397. Misguided Optimism
  398. Friends in High Places
  399. Blackmailing a Politician
  400. Membership, Secret Society
  401. Always Knows a Guy
  402. Friend with a Truck
  403. Place to Stay in an Emergency
  404. Death Pact
  405. Suburban Upbringing
  406. Grew up on the Street
  407. Memory, Backseat Hookup
  408. Religious Conversion
  409. Military Service
  410. Ecstatic Visions
  411. Ran Away from Home
  412. Living a Lie
  413. Memory, Hunting Season
  414. Memory, Parents' Funeral
  415. Memory, Baseball Game
  416. College Education (Pick One)
  417. Job Experience (Pick One)
  418. Memory, Divorce Proceedings
  419. Memory, Swarm of Locusts
  420. Memory, Children's Theatre
  421. Tracking Training
  422. First Aid Training
  423. Wad of Cash
  424. Gold Bar
  425. Luxury Watch
  426. Silver Coins
  427. Designer Handbag
  428. Rare Trading Cards
  429. Signed Football
  430. False Gnosis*
  431. The Boardwalk*
  432. Hollow Gift*
  433. Misery Loves Company*
  434. Ten Thousand Teeth*
  435. Miner’s Blessing*
  436. Trainyard Cry*
  437. Signal Fire*
  438. Deadmouth*
  439. Pitcher*
  440. Undertow*
  441. Dragnet*
  442. Operational Tempo*
  443. Infojunkie*
  444. Sunder*
  445. Thunderhead*
  446. Ultimate Liberation*
  447. Artificial Fireflies*
  448. Jacob’s Folly*
  449. Eternal Riverside*
  450. The Bloody Mile*
  451. Clampjaw*
  452. Stitches*
  453. Unmake*
  454. Intoxicating Dream*
  455. Grey Haze*
  456. Martyr's Kiss*
  457. Amphibian*
  458. Homerun*
  459. Lover’s Touch*
  460. Grinder*
  461. Verminsong*
  462. Valley of the Shadow*
  463. The Father*
  464. Final Binding*
  465. Splinter*
  466. no_clip*
  467. Open Skull Revolution*
  468. Feed the Voice*
  469. Maximum Blight*
  470. Psychic Marginalia*
  471. Armory Guts*
  472. Grave Hunger*
  473. Saint's Blight*
  474. Mindeater*
  475. Seraph*
  476. Panopticon*
  477. Lure*
  478. The Black Record*
  479. Cheap Plastic Poncho
  480. Memory, Reading under the Blankets
  481. Memory, Leaving Home
  482. Memory, Stars Going Out
  483. Hunting Rifle with Scope
  484. Parabolic Microphone
  485. Messy Dress-Casual Attire
  486. Obsession with the Unknown
  487. Glass Figurines
  488. Journal, Otherworld Sightings
  489. Memory, Shadows Spill from Under the Bed
  490. Memory, First Time Hunting
  491. Audio Recorder
  492. Daily Tracking Practice
  493. Expert Researcher
  494. Nicotine Gum
  495. CD (Interview with Eyewitness)
  496. Codebook
  497. Network of Informants
  498. BMX Bicycle
  499. Ham Radio Operator
  500. Situational Awareness
  501. Climbing Gear
  502. Digital Camera, Multiple Lenses
  503. UV Flashlight
  504. Powdered Chalk
  505. Fatalism
  506. Fighting Knife
  507. Psalm for Hidden Eyes*
  508. Shrine to the Disappeared*
  509. Ivy-League Degree
  510. Scraps of Animal Hair in a Plastic Bag
  511. Geiger Counter
  512. Perfectionism
  513. Grim Determination
  514. Photograph (Blurry Figure Above Lake)
  515. Webbed Scars
  516. Handheld GPS Unit
  517. Bundle of Steel Spikes
  518. Boar Spear
  519. Flannel Shirt, Dirt-Stained
  520. Memory, Getting the Shit Beat Out of You
  521. Eyepatch and Empty Socket
  522. Six Pack of Beer
  523. Large Hunting Knife
  524. Mattock
  525. Chainsaw
  526. Hemostatic Dressing
  527. Sense of Inadequacy
  528. Chip on the Shoulder
  529. Bandages (Dinosaur Print)
  530. Rubber Ducky Rain Boots
  531. Bottle of Painkillers
  532. Cheap Whiskey
  533. Ballcap (Minor-League Team)
  534. Baseball Bat, Wooden, Wrapped in Rusty Wire
  535. Catcher's Mask
  536. Steel-toe Work Boots
  537. Love Letter, Unsent
  538. Photograph (Burning Wedding Dress)
  539. Sports Trophy, Cross-Country
  540. Hand Tattoos, Blackletter: "HURT MORE"
  541. Banjo, Paint Reads: "THIS MACHINE DEVOURS FEAR AND SPITS UP BLOOD"
  542. Deep-set Despair
  543. Constant Anger
  544. Fragile, Persistent Hope
  545. Mommy Issues
  546. Dishonorable Discharge
  547. Memory, Crowded Punk Show
  548. Memory, Lighthouse on the Cape
  549. Carton of Unfiltered Cigarettes
  550. Memory, Family Dog Unraveling in the Dark
  551. Memory, Halloween Corn Maze
  552. Toolbox
  553. Bones Unbroken*
  554. Snubnose Revolver
  555. Snowglobe (War Memorial)
  556. Coveralls
  557. Compound Crossbow
  558. Memory, Three Weeks of Wildfire Smoke
  559. Skateboard
  560. Lifelong Faith
  561. Camp Stove
  562. Religious Trauma
  563. Double-Barreled Shotgun
  564. CD (Hymns)
  565. Axe
  566. Walking Stick, Hand-Carved
  567. Crumpled Missing Persons Poster (Child)
  568. Cardboard Box Containing Human Ashes
  569. Last Rites*
  570. Pastures Green*
  571. Trucker’s Prayer*
  572. Double Rapture*
  573. Cancer Diagnosis
  574. Memory, Conversion Camp
  575. Belief, Earth is Young
  576. Milk Crate of Assorted Power Tools
  577. Pickup Truck, Chipped Paint
  578. Carrion Atlas
  579. Deerskin Cloak
  580. Small Plastic Terrarium (Maggots)
  581. Switchblade
  582. Claw Hammer
  583. Followed by Awful Rumors
  584. Prybar
  585. Bolt-Cutters
  586. Bottle of Stale Urine
  587. Wooden Train Whistle
  588. Trading Card (Serial Killer)
  589. Rusted Claws
  590. Mouthful of Silver Teeth
  591. 3’ Rebar Segment
  592. Insect Collection (Whispers Rumors)
  593. Skin Excretes Clear Slime
  594. Captive Bolt Pistol
  595. Package of Razor Blades
  596. Wellness Influencer
  597. Handcuffs
  598. Electrical Tape
  599. Ski Mask (Hides Identity)
  600. Nitrile Gloves, Box, 100ct.
  601. Canned Tuna
  602. Memory, Lights in the Sky
  603. Memory, Messages Under the Skin
  604. Book (Wet, Slick Abstract Art Prints)
  605. Bottle of Acetone
  606. Pouch of Tobacco
  607. Full-Face Respirator
  608. Silver Charms
  609. Liar’s Tongue*
  610. Clarinet, Vintage
  611. Break the Teeth of the Oroborous*
  612. Fine Cigars
  613. Adoption Paperwork
  614. Long, Brittle Fingernails
  615. Never Even Held Hands
  616. Parasite in the Gut
  617. Plastic Ear Tag (Subject 0689)
  618. Peel Away Your Face*
  619. Book: Haruspicy Practitioners Manual (1962)
  620. Cowboy Boots
  621. Oracular Tattoos
  622. Dog Collar
  623. Bullwhip
  624. Split the Veil*
  625. Medical Bag, Black Leather, Worn
  626. Velvet Gloves
  627. Composition Book, Full of Visions
  628. Stone Tablet (New Commandment)
  629. Bullhorn
  630. Bathrobe
  631. Fistful of Tree Sap
  632. Vacuum Flask of Hallucinogenic Tea
  633. Grandfather's Fountain Pen
  634. Blackout Goggles
  635. Velvet Blindfold
  636. Knowledge of the Apocalypse
  637. Lump of Sacred Wax
  638. Cleaver
  639. Canvas Apron
  640. Meathook
  641. Nicotine Patches
  642. Sawed-Off Shotgun
  643. Brother on the East Coast
  644. Salt, 10lbs.
  645. Memory, Playing in the Creek
  646. Fluid-filled Blisters
  647. Gutful of Larvae
  648. Slippery Coating
  649. Infested Mouth (Transmit Parasites by Kissing)
  650. Insatiable Hunger (Eat Spoiled Food)
  651. Three Weeks Until Hatching
  652. Coveralls, Bulging
  653. Beige Three-Piece Suit
  654. Silver Business Card Case
  655. Many Enemies
  656. Expensive Law Degree
  657. Memory, Candlelit Hazing Ritual
  658. Second Face Hidden Beneath Your Face
  659. Compact Handgun
  660. Expensive Chronograph Watch
  661. Loveless Marriage
  662. Envelope Full of Compromising Photos
  663. Prybar
  664. Boning Knife
  665. Cross on a Delicate Chain
  666. Silver Tongue*
  667. Whatabout*
  668. Thin Veil*
  669. Skincrawler*
  670. Manifest Omen*
  671. Full-Face Respirator
  672. Pocketknife, Bone Handle
  673. Framed Photograph of Ex-Wife
  674. Bonesaw
  675. Local Anesthetic
  676. Suspended Medical License
  677. Underground Clinic
  678. Memory, Treating Gunshot Wounds
  679. Divorce Papers, Unsigned
  680. Graveyard Shift at the Supermarket
  681. Habit, Serial Cheating
  682. Makeshift Operating Theatre
  683. Memory, Bright Future Ahead of You
  684. Crack the Chest*
  685. Sudden Sagittal Division*
  686. Unknit Flesh*
  687. Gave Up Long Ago
  688. Overextension*
  689. Rapid Phlebotomy*
  690. Luxury Sedan, Beige
  691. Robe, Wool
  692. Outlandish Hat
  693. Homemade Incendiary Ammunition
  694. Revolver, Single-Action
  695. Piss Jokes, Memorized
  696. Half Mask, Molded Leather
  697. Horse, Extremely Unsettling
  698. Rusted Cavalry Saber
  699. Iron Helmet, Birdlike Visor
  700. Rebar Spear
  701. Convinced You're a Knight
  702. 9mm Submachine Gun, Unlicensed
  703. Vintage Motorcycle
  704. Case of Protein Drink
  705. Hair Dye, Petroleum Black
  706. Business Degree, Alleged
  707. Laptop Computer
  708. Always Looking for an Angle
  709. Socket Set
  710. Breaker Bar
  711. Stick Welder
  712. Zip Ties, 100ct.
  713. Shop Rags
  714. Memory, Rollover at 80MPH
  715. 30-30 Lever-Action Rifle
  716. Welding Helmet
  717. Plasma Cutter
  718. Tool Cart
  719. Pickup Truck, 7.3L Diesel Engine
  720. Translucent Body
  721. Obscuring Garments, Canvas
  722. Half-Melted Flesh
  723. Lives on Rainwater
  724. Cartilaginous Skeleton (Extreme Flexibility)
  725. Human Eye in a Jar (Stares at Liars)
  726. Memory, Awful Discovery Beneath the Dam
  727. Gills (Breathe Underwater)
  728. Tackle Box
  729. Spotting Scope
  730. Mundane Clothing
  731. Ear to the Ground
  732. Motion Sensors
  733. Game Cameras, 4-Pack
  734. Traditional Tattoos (Start Conversation)
  735. Audio Recorder
  736. Silenced .45 Pistol
  737. Memorized Her Schedule
  738. Hundreds of Alternate Accounts
  739. Listens to Wi-fi
  740. Chatroom Friends
  741. Certainty That the World Itself is Lying to Us All
  742. Zine, Natural History of Consciousness
  743. Memory, Glimpse of True Knowledge
  744. Vision, Mouth in the Sky
  745. Silhouette That Visits Every Night
  746. Antique Rings
  747. Years Without Sunlight
  748. Ritual Scars, Counting Days
  749. Long Knife
  750. Robe Made from Plastic Tarp
  751. Antlers
  752. Boots, Duct-Taped Together
  753. Utility Knife
  754. Shopping Cart
  755. Supply of Plastic Bags
  756. Stolen Sports Car
  757. Prescription (Running Out)
  758. Bad Cough
  759. Memory, Six-Month Hospital Stay
  760. Very Familiar with Health Insurance
  761. Months to Live
  762. Canvas Roll, Knife Collection
  763. Chainsaw, 18in. Bar
  764. Flask of Seed Oil
  765. No Mouth
  766. Leather Collar
  767. Huge Eyes (See in the Dark, Blind in Sunlight)
  768. Trenchcoat, Greasy Polyurethane
  769. Sticky Finger Pads
  770. Scalpel
  771. Strip of Condoms
  772. Single-Shot Break-Action Pistol
  773. No Internet Presence
  774. Shows Up as Static in Recordings
  775. Electric Guitar
  776. Antifungal Cream
  777. Insatiable Loneliness
  778. Hooked Fingernails
  779. Anesthetic Mouthparts
  780. Eyes Swivel Independently
  781. Belief, All Things Belong to You
  782. Trauma Shears
  783. First Aid Bag
  784. Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certification
  785. Basic Life Support (BLS) Training
  786. Back Problems
  787. So Many Eyes
  788. Likes to Watch
  789. Tripod
  790. 8mm Film Camera
  791. Photographic Memory
  792. Polo Shirt, Frayed
  793. Portable Telescope
  794. Halogen Work Light
  795. Cheap Chemlights
  796. Chest Rig (Fast Reloading)
  797. Ballistic Helmet
  798. Plate Carrier
  799. Modified Tactical Rifle
  800. Thermal Scope
  801. Memory, Almost Drowned in Training
  802. Memory, Parade Ground Oozing Pale Substance
  803. Dishonorable Discharge
  804. Sleep Disorder
  805. Always Sits Facing the Door
  806. Experimental Organs (Hear Radio Transmissions)
  807. Cries Every Night
  808. Implanted Photoreceptors (See in the Dark)
  809. Scares People
  810. Sensitive Hearing
  811. Deer Legs (Run Fast)
  812. Extra-Strength Pepper Spray
  813. Memory, Best Friend's Dying Wish
  814. Memory, Blood Pouring from Lover's Mouth
  815. 12g Pump-action Shotgun
  816. Bolt-Cutters
  817. Self-Defense Training
  818. Paranoid Anxiety
  819. Disposable Camera, Undeveloped Prom Photos
  820. Locked Diary (Key Missing)
  821. Ticket Stub, Pop Concert
  822. Compact Mirror
  823. Windbreaker, Pastel
  824. Annual Visit to a Hidden Grave
  825. Memory, First Time Having Sex
  826. Can of Gasoline
  827. Champagne
  828. Ski Mask
  829. Animal Trap
  830. Boot Knife
  831. Scarred Cheeks
  832. Shaved Head
  833. Never Again*
  834. Memory, Dog Cage, Half-Submerged
  835. 200' Polypropylene Rope
  836. Sedan
  837. Fearless
  838. Memory, Statement to the Police
  839. Sunken Eyes
  840. Photo Album, Best Friend
  841. Memory, Kissing on the Playground
  842. Shard of Broken Containment Vessel
  843. Thirty Feet of Iron Chain
  844. Venom Glands
  845. Coat, Baggy
  846. Mouths within Mouths within Mouths
  847. Born Beneath the Mountain Soil
  848. Rusted Can of Coal Dust
  849. Rope Scourge
  850. Masochistic Tendencies
  851. Memory, Throat in Your Hands
  852. Memory, House on Fire
  853. Unsent Apology Letters in an Ammo Can
  854. Prosthetic Limb (Conceals Blade)
  855. Overwhelming Sense of Guilt
  856. Burlap Hood
  857. Iron Mask
  858. Double-Barrel Shotgun
  859. Crutches
  860. Hi-Vis Vest
  861. Constant Stench of Rotting Meat
  862. Muscle Car, Rust-Spotted Black Paint
  863. Embalming Fluid
  864. Notebook
  865. Obsession with an Unsolved Case
  866. Memory, Telling the Family
  867. Still Receiving Death Threats
  868. Plastic Bottle Full of Gasoline
  869. Extensive Burn Scars
  870. Flip Lighter
  871. Dirty Rags
  872. Beat-up Hatchback
  873. No Fingerprints
  874. Horse, Sturdy
  875. Bedroll
  876. Sack of Coffee
  877. Lungfuls of Water
  878. No Need to Breathe
  879. Formaldehyde Stench
  880. Floral Sundress
  881. Memory, Last Time You Saw Them Alive
  882. Stuffed Animal
  883. Pistol, .45 Caliber, Silenced
  884. Zip Ties
  885. Plastic Animal Mask
  886. Hawkbill Pocket Knife
  887. Casual Clothes, Unwashed
  888. Never Sleep (Eyes Bloodshot)
  889. Taste of Soil from an Unmarked Grave
  890. Legally Dead
  891. Drop Cloth, Clear Plastic 10' x 20'
  892. Merit Badge: Making Fire
  893. Merit Badge: Leadership Under Pressure
  894. Merit Badge: Wilderness Navigation
  895. Merit Badge: Emergency First Aid
  896. Gash in Your Forehead (Skull Visible)
  897. Forearm Snapped Like Twig
  898. Scouting Manual, Dog-Eared
  899. Slingshot, Ceramic Shot
  900. Bugle, Dented
  901. Uniform Shirt (Bloody)
  902. Can't Remember Your Family's Faces
  903. Newspaper Clipping (Obituary)
  904. Memory, Rustling in the Undergrowth
  905. Memory, Bloody Handprints on the Car Window
  906. Impending Organ Failure
  907. Ghost, Won't Leave You Alone
  908. Séance Supplies
  909. Old Book: Spirits Lie Beyond
  910. Bouquet of Wilted Flowers
  911. Ear Plugs, 200ct.
  912. Matchbook (Ron's Restaurant)
  913. Safety Razors
  914. Stained Dress Shirt
  915. Sleeping Pills
  916. Blunderbuss
  917. Head Full of Misinformation
  918. Tinfoil Hat
  919. Tiny Pyramid, Copper Wire
  920. Memory, Surgical Experimentation
  921. Pamphlet, "What They Won't Tell You"
  922. Thousand-Page Special Report, Annotated
  923. Belief, Flat Earth
  924. Belief, Nothing is Real
  925. Memory, Description of the Apocalypse
  926. Memory, Basement Door Closing
  927. Habit, Reckless Hookups
  928. Birth Control Pills
  929. Loose Skin (Shed to Change)
  930. Aphrodisiac Saliva
  931. Strapon Harness, Leather
  932. Aluminum Baseball Bat
  933. Sweatshirt for a College You Didn't Attend
  934. Aching Loneliness
  935. Cropped Turtleneck
  936. Memory, Breakup Voicemail
  937. Strange Relationship with an Ex
  938. Social Butterfly
  939. Twin-size Bed in Cramped Studio Apartment
  940. Self-Defense Spike
  941. B-Student
  942. People Who Love You but Don't Know You
  943. Suburban Upbringing
  944. Memory, Homecoming Dance
  945. Shard of a Broken Mirror
  946. Something You Can't Tell Anyone
  947. Perfect Bedroom
  948. Memory, Counting Calories
  949. Memory, "We're Just Disappointed"
  950. Leftovers, Pan-Seared Human Flesh
  951. Secret Menu, Extremely High-End Restaurant
  952. Set of Chef's Knives
  953. Fur Overcoat
  954. Speak in the Voice of the Television
  955. Advertisements Crawling Under Skin
  956. Tattered Workwear
  957. Leather Gloves
  958. Red Ribbon
  959. Litany of the Deathless*
  960. Black Feathers in Plastic Bag
  961. Moldy Straw Spills from your Mouth
  962. Boneless (Squeeze Through Gaps)
  963. Sickle, Rustedi
  964. Family, Hyper normal
  965. Family, Anarchist collective
  966. Family, Online chatroom
  967. Family, Hunting dynasty
  968. Family, Decrepit old money
  969. Family, Broke roommates
  970. Family, School friends
  971. Family, Isolated farmstead
  972. Family, Apocalypse cult
  973. Family, New age community
  974. Family, Secret society
  975. Family, Social club
  976. Family, Literary group
  977. Family, Conspiracy theorists
  978. Family, Survivalists
  979. Family, Working class
  980. Family, Artist collective
  981. Family, Homebodies
  982. Family, Rowdy sports fans
  983. Family, Cold and distant
  984. Family, Estranged
  985. Family, Strict
  986. Family, Amateur radio network
  987. Family, Tech money
  988. Family, Political lineage
  989. Family, Business empire
  990. Family, Reclusive
  991. Family, Theatre troupe
  992. Family, Punk band
  993. Family, PineFamily,bound hometown
  994. Family, Tough jobs
  995. Family, Broken home
  996. Family, Big and loud
  997. Family, Tragic history
  998. Family, Polycule
  999. Family, Adoptive parents
  1000. Family, Overprotective sibling
  1001. Family, Voices in the dark
  1002. Family, Weird grandparent
  1003. Family, Socialites
  1004. Family, Nobody
  1005. Family, Spooky
  1006. Family, Restaurant owners
  1007. Family, BunkerFamily,dwellers
  1008. Family, True crime club
  1009. Family, Wrestling league
  1010. Family, Wolfish
  1011. Family, Stoners
  1012. Family, Support group
  1013. Family, Dead and buried
  1014. Family, Foster home
  1015. Family, Roommates
  1016. Family, Nomadic
  1017. Family, Monastic order
  1018. Family, Writing group
  1019. Family, Deadbeat parents
  1020. Family, Evangelical
  1021. Family, Controlling
  1022. Family, Shadowy
  1023. Family, Secretive
  1024. Family, Mourning a terrible loss
  1025. Family, Academics
  1026. Family, Uptight
  1027. Family, Suburbanites
  1028. Family, Dysfunctional
  1029. Family, Cursed
  1030. Family, Clinging to the past
  1031. Family, Extremist cell
  1032. Family, Artificial
  1033. Family, Friendly
  1034. Family, Poverty line
  1035. Family, Grifters
  1036. Family, Traveling circus
  1037. Family, Queer commune
  1038. Family, Messy
  1039. Family, Bad divorce
  1040. Family, Rave scene
  1041. Family, Coven

FALLOUT

An incomplete list of awful consequences. Interpret as needed.