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 Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:08 pm
gaia_star [ The grand dining room ]: A beautiful table spans the center of the room, marble tiling mostly in tact. It seems almost surreal to see such a normal human, albeit luxurious, area in the center of this all. There is food on the table, but it is long rotting. It seems someone has set aside some earl grey tea as well.
(Roll 1d4 if you wish to look around - OPTIONAL - and match your dice roll to the results below. You can roll as much as you'd like!)
1: You see the ripped page of a picture book and it reads as the following:
Page 1: There once was a serpent and it was very lonely. "Why was I created?", the serpent asked itself. "For what reason do I exist?" It had no understanding of beginning nor end, and because of it it developed a terrible hunger. It ate the sun and moon and everything in the sky.
2: You see the ripped page of a picture book and it reads as the following:
Page 2: Eventually the gods took notice of this serpent and sliced it into thousands of pieces. It did not die, but simply writhed as every part of it was released. As time passed, all the pieces eventually gathered together again, but where it was severed there would be thick wounds, forever bleeding green.
3. You see the ripped page of a picture book and it reads as the following:
Page 3: Consumed by hunger again, the serpent wandered the world. Whatever it ate would immediately come out of its gashed sides. The oceans and lands ran thick with green, and the humans took pity on the serpent, offering eventually to fill its wounds with leaves and branches.
4. You see the ripped page of a picture book and it reads as the following:
Page 4: The serpent was thankful, and blessed upon those few humans its gift of knowledge and the hunger for the beginning and the end. At last, having returned to it's original glory, it parted upon them one final knowledge, when it is time to accept their own end for another beginning. It was then that the serpent consumed itself, and while it's shape was that of a serpent, it's form was that of a concept. From the concept, there was nothing left but the leaves and branches, which began new life of its own.
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OnionGrump rolled 1 4-sided dice:
1
Total: 1 (1-4)
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:11 pm
Quote: 1: You see the ripped page of a picture book and it reads as the following:
Page 1: There once was a serpent and it was very lonely. "Why was I created?", the serpent asked itself. "For what reason do I exist?" It had no understanding of beginning nor end, and because of it it developed a terrible hunger. It ate the sun and moon and everything in the sky.
Disgusting.
The table was perfectly set, like someone had expecting to sit down for a meal. Even the food was untouched. Ignoring it, he moved further in, taking in the sight of the luxurious room. Some time ago, he imagined that this would have been a much more grand sight. Now it was merely a shadow of what it used to be.
Though just before he could leave, he noted some ripped pages of a book and moved closer to get a look.
It was a story. One that told of a serpent.
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OnionGrump rolled 1 4-sided dice:
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Total: 3 (1-4)
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:12 pm
Quote: 3. You see the ripped page of a picture book and it reads as the following:
Page 3: Consumed by hunger again, the serpent wandered the world. Whatever it ate would immediately come out of its gashed sides. The oceans and lands ran thick with green, and the humans took pity on the serpent, offering eventually to fill its wounds with leaves and branches.
He could have sworn he heard of this serpent before.
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OnionGrump rolled 1 4-sided dice:
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Total: 4 (1-4)
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:13 pm
Quote: 4. You see the ripped page of a picture book and it reads as the following:
Page 4: The serpent was thankful, and blessed upon those few humans its gift of knowledge and the hunger for the beginning and the end. At last, having returned to it's original glory, it parted upon them one final knowledge, when it is time to accept their own end for another beginning. It was then that the serpent consumed itself, and while it's shape was that of a serpent, it's form was that of a concept. From the concept, there was nothing left but the leaves and branches, which began new life of its own.
And where was the missing part of the story? This was the conclusion. There had to be another page somewhere.
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OnionGrump rolled 1 4-sided dice:
2
Total: 2 (1-4)
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Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:14 pm
Quote: 2: You see the ripped page of a picture book and it reads as the following:
Page 2: Eventually the gods took notice of this serpent and sliced it into thousands of pieces. It did not die, but simply writhed as every part of it was released. As time passed, all the pieces eventually gathered together again, but where it was severed there would be thick wounds, forever bleeding green.
Though really... it was a part of the story that maybe was better left unread. What kind of story was this? Other than a slight familiarity with the serpent it spoke of, he wasn't sure of the purpose of it. Was it some kind of fable that had been abandoned here along with the food?
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