Strangers

27 Oct, 2025

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 1000+ things I think could be useful or beautiful.

Newspaper clipping, decades old Musical instrument, lovingly maintained Child’s crayon drawing of a family Scuffed red toolbox Smooth black stone (humming) Envelope full of expired coupons Bottle of strong painkillers Fishing rod Outdated road atlas Scented candle (lonely campfire) Single black poker chip Unexploded fragmentation grenade Lipstick (celebrity brand) Lacy bra Designer handbag full of human teeth Cheap rubber monster mask Mylar balloon (smiley face) Lemon-scented general-purpose cleaner Photograph of a long-lost playground Vial of parasitic worms Single-shot improvised firearm Pouch of powdered oleander leaves Dog-eared book of obscure folklore Laptop covered in stickers Unopened letter without a return address Boot polish tin 3D-printed M18 Claymore anti-personnel mine Promise ring engraved with a name you no longer use Little plastic dinosaur Collectible figure (NO EYES) Crumpled cardboard box (human ashes) Fistful of unfiltered cigarettes Dive watch Mosaic of scar tissue Well-worn baseball glove Faded third-place prize ribbon Chipped machete VHS copy of children’s TV show Ticket Stub, Rodeo Packet of elk jerky Combat tourniquet Vintage charm bracelet Rare comic book (in plastic) Tarot card (the devil) Folded cigarette ad Matchbook (JOE’S DINER) Zippo lighter (headless bird) Pub Coaster (THE DIVE) Fountain Pen, Tarnished Elaborate bong Arcade tokens strung on rusty wire Playing card, seven-armed joker Pronoun pin, unreadable Casette tape, raspy bible reading Enamel mug Rodent skull on a silver Chain Hardhat with mesh veil Bandana (map of national park) Fragment of headstone Taxidermy jackalope Cracked teapot, full of spiders Photograph of a party on the beach Black cat in a plastic carrier Strip of condoms (ribbed) Obsidian bracelet Baby doll Sword cane Dried foxgloves Driving gloves, fleece-lined Souvenir penny (aviation museum) Welding helmet, painted-on teeth Plastic bag of black dust Vintage electric guitar Scientific study, annotated Hand-bound manuscript Road-trip mix CD Rusty bicycle Porn magazine Poncho liner Conversion camp pamphlet Jumper cables Single cowboy boot Postcard (hometown) Acrylic anime charms Lucky cat statue Cinnamon gum Missing persons poster Snowglobe (church) Bible (heavily annotated) Plastic vampire teeth Fossil shark tooth Ballcap (military unit) Bigfoot plush Leather bondage collar Pamphlet (hospice facility) Death certificate Pocket constitution Die-cast muscle car Votive candle Coffee mug (casino) Star chart Cheap sports trophy Tobacco pipe Jawbone (deer) Plastic terrarium (cockroaches) Glow-in-the-dark star stickers Bolo tie Hotel blueprints Conch shell Night light (moon) Messy hair Eyepatch Grubby Persistant limp Spiderweb tattoos Shaved head Jawless Gear covered in morale patches Flannel shirts Smells like woodsmoke Anglerfish tattoo Ruggedly handsome Jagged scar Spiral tattoos Caked-on makeup Acne scars Ghostly Mushrooms growing from skin Extra row of teeth Clown facepaint Heavy eyeliner Crusty band tee Haunted stare Ivy tattoos Knuckles bandaged Gap-toothed smile Ominous birthmark Oil-black eyes Extremely fashionable Choppy haircut Cigarette burns Oversized coat Waterlogged skin Bleached hair Bowl cut Black lace Leather jacket Bloodshot eyes Tight jeans Gawky mullet Baggy cargo shorts Craggy features Anti-halo Gold teeth Pewter charm earrings Unruly business casual Battle jacket Full-face motocross helmet Ritual mask Blindfold Silver prosthetic Patched-up fatigue pants Blaze orange ballcap Hyperfashionable Gaunt Chipped nail polish Blank eyes Extra finger joints Burn scars Thick glasses Spiked collar Concert wristbands Gold rings Roots emerge from skin Empty eye socket Surgery scars Insect tattoos Goggles Shifting skin Fishnets Always sweating Sharp acrylic nails Roadkill vibes Too many eyes Platinum blonde Business casual Torn denim School uniform Cult chic Dark robes Rhinestones Broken teeth Cheap wig Unblinking Hunting Rifle Cigarettes Animal Trap Gear Bag 6-Pack of Beer Camcorder Shovel Night Vision Goggles Utility Knife Poly Tarp Zip Ties Smartphone Road Flares Flip Lighter Blood-red Ink Monster Mask, Pig 12g Shotgun Dirty White Pickup Truck Sledgehammer Apple Pie, Ceramic Tinfoil hat Soda Bottle (Produces Black Slime) Unexploded Landmine Motel Room Key Canteen of Rainwater Road Atlas Stolen Car Radio Amplifier Bullhorn Switchblade (Bone Handle) Harpoon Musket, Muzzle-Loaded Haligan Bar Halogen Work Light Extremely Powerful Flashlight Condoms Rice, 24lb. Bag Roadtrip Mixtape Garbage Bags Razor Blades Homemade Fertilizer Bomb, Unreliable Black SUV Hardhat Leather Chaps Brass Knuckles Dried Wedding Bouquet Plastic Jug of Salt Industrial Cleaner Promotional Pen, Greasy 100 Feet of Paracord Handfuls of Human Teeth Fuckload of Rusty Nails Brick Moving Blankets Votive Candles Steel Cable Iron Spikes Bowling Ball Rusty Broadsword Baseball Bat Flamethrower Pepper Spray 9mm Pistol Slingshot Crossbow Hatchet Tactical Rifle Improvised Body Armor Cattle Prod Business Casual Attire Ragged Field Jacket Fire Extinguisher Bungee Cords Ratchet Straps Meathook Plastic Figurines that Love Violence Doll, Haunted Putrefactive Oil Holy Snakeskin Crystal Pyramid Unmaking Soap Nightstick, Humming Mask of the Rat King Babylon Matches Devil Stone Specimen 032 Preserved Snake (Many Heads) Fragment of Almighty Flesh Gym Membership Station Wagon, Malfunctioning Skinning Knife Stormproof Matches Fire Ax Shovel Whistle Pouch of Psychedelic Drugs Painkillers Clown Shoes Playing Cards Butterfly Knife Respirator Power Tools Chunk of Obsidian Cinderblock Spray Paint Galvanized Bucket Musical Instrument (Pick One) Firecrackers Human Skull Photograph (Pale Figure in Forest) Classified Documents (Operation Black Magic) Affinity for Feral Hogs Passion for the Undesirable All-Consuming Need to Set Things on Fire Never Fit In Memory, Betrayed a Friend Memory, Blood in the Shower Otherworldly Contract Laptop Covered in Stickers Memory, Hiding in a Cave Memory, Climbing Trees Memory, Broken Swingset Memory, Bad Night in a Motel Memory, Getting Drunk the First Time Memory, Combat Experience Hockey Stick Leather Gloves Memory, Studying Late Memory, Police Procedurals on TV Memory, Getting the Details Right Memory, Sharing Secrets Memory, Learning to Shoot Lever-Action Rifle Encyclopedic Knowledge of Obscure Subject Bundle of Magazines (Ghost Hunting) High-Powered Binoculars Obsession with the Unknown Memory, Watching Mom Die Trade School Memory, Out Fishing Memory, Lost a Friend Former Colleagues Hard Lessons Memory, Illegal Experiments Memory, Near-Death Experience Memory, Darkness Outside the World Itself Memory, Horrible Accident Memory, Candlelit Ritual Memory, Painful Transformation Pamphlet (Transformation Center) Recruitment Poster (Department of Faith) Contract, Signed in Blood Map of the Otherworld Porn Magazine Arsonist's Handbook Diary, Locked Natural History Book Love Poem (Hotel Stationary) Illustration (Machine Engulfing Earth) .mp3 File (Auction, Unsettling Lots) Wad of Old Reciepts Anatomical Engravings of Mermaid Photograph (Iridescent River) Manuscript, Unfinished Holy Bible, Warm Video Tape (Birthday Party) Carrion Atlas Postcard (Monolith) Rejection Letter Love Letter ("Return to Sender") Ticket Stub Photograph (Aurora) Vinyl Record (Psychedelic Album) Cassette Tape (Bible Reading) Photograph (Hole in the Sky) CD, Spoken Word Album, Describes the Apocalypse Antlers Hypodermic Teeth Steel Ribs Fleshless Strange Appetite Terrifying Howl Second Row of Teeth Waxy Skin Plastic Bones Many Eyes Poison Gland Throat Pouch Unbearable Loneliness Sunny Disposition Fear of Death Appetite for Violence Constant Restlessness Doubt Longing for a Better World Determination Regret Paralytic Anxiety Constant Weight in Your Chest Reckless Compassion Wariness Faith in the System Misguided Optimism Friends in High Places Blackmailing a Politician Membership, Secret Society Always Knows a Guy Friend with a Truck Place to Stay in an Emergency Death Pact Suburban Upbringing Grew up on the Street Memory, Backseat Hookup Religious Conversion Military Service Ecstatic Visions Ran Away from Home Living a Lie Memory, Hunting Season Memory, Parents' Funeral Memory, Baseball Game College Education (Pick One) Job Experience (Pick One) Memory, Divorce Proceedings Memory, Swarm of Locusts Memory, Children's Theatre Tracking Training First Aid Training Wad of Cash Gold Bar Luxury Watch Silver Coins Designer Handbag Rare Trading Cards Signed Football False Gnosis* The Boardwalk* Hollow Gift* Misery Loves Company* Ten Thousand Teeth* Miner’s Blessing* Trainyard Cry* Signal Fire* Deadmouth* Pitcher* Undertow* Dragnet* Operational Tempo* Infojunkie* Sunder* Thunderhead* Ultimate Liberation* Artificial Fireflies* Jacob’s Folly* Eternal Riverside* The Bloody Mile* Clampjaw* Stitches* Unmake* Intoxicating Dream* Grey Haze* Martyr's Kiss* Amphibian* Homerun* Lover’s Touch* Grinder* Verminsong* Valley of the Shadow* The Father* Final Binding* Splinter* no_clip* Open Skull Revolution* Feed the Voice* Maximum Blight* Psychic Marginalia* Armory Guts* Grave Hunger* Saint's Blight* Mindeater* Seraph* Panopticon* Lure* The Black Record* Cheap Plastic Poncho Memory, Reading under the Blankets Memory, Leaving Home Memory, Stars Going Out Hunting Rifle with Scope Parabolic Microphone Messy Dress-Casual Attire Obsession with the Unknown Glass Figurines Journal, Otherworld Sightings Memory, Shadows Spill from Under the Bed Memory, First Time Hunting Audio Recorder Daily Tracking Practice Expert Researcher Nicotine Gum CD (Interview with Eyewitness) Codebook Network of Informants BMX Bicycle Ham Radio Operator Situational Awareness Climbing Gear Digital Camera, Multiple Lenses UV Flashlight Powdered Chalk Fatalism Fighting Knife Psalm for Hidden Eyes* Shrine to the Disappeared* Ivy-League Degree Scraps of Animal Hair in a Plastic Bag Geiger Counter Perfectionism Grim Determination Photograph (Blurry Figure Above Lake) Webbed Scars Handheld GPS Unit Bundle of Steel Spikes Boar Spear Flannel Shirt, Dirt-Stained Memory, Getting the Shit Beat Out of You Eyepatch and Empty Socket Six Pack of Beer Large Hunting Knife Mattock Chainsaw Hemostatic Dressing Sense of Inadequacy Chip on the Shoulder Bandages (Dinosaur Print) Rubber Ducky Rain Boots Bottle of Painkillers Cheap Whiskey Ballcap (Minor-League Team) Baseball Bat, Wooden, Wrapped in Rusty Wire Catcher's Mask Steel-toe Work Boots Love Letter, Unsent Photograph (Burning Wedding Dress) Sports Trophy, Cross-Country Hand Tattoos, Blackletter: "HURT MORE" Banjo, Paint Reads: "THIS MACHINE DEVOURS FEAR AND SPITS UP BLOOD" Deep-set Despair Constant Anger Fragile, Persistent Hope Mommy Issues Dishonorable Discharge Memory, Crowded Punk Show Memory, Lighthouse on the Cape Carton of Unfiltered Cigarettes Memory, Family Dog Unraveling in the Dark Memory, Halloween Corn Maze Toolbox Bones Unbroken* Snubnose Revolver Snowglobe (War Memorial) Coveralls Compound Crossbow Memory, Three Weeks of Wildfire Smoke Skateboard Lifelong Faith Camp Stove Religious Trauma Double-Barreled Shotgun CD (Hymns) Axe Walking Stick, Hand-Carved Crumpled Missing Persons Poster (Child) Cardboard Box Containing Human Ashes Last Rites* Pastures Green* Trucker’s Prayer* Double Rapture* Cancer Diagnosis Memory, Conversion Camp Belief, Earth is Young Milk Crate of Assorted Power Tools Pickup Truck, Chipped Paint Carrion Atlas Deerskin Cloak Small Plastic Terrarium (Maggots) Switchblade Claw Hammer Followed by Awful Rumors Prybar Bolt-Cutters Bottle of Stale Urine Wooden Train Whistle Trading Card (Serial Killer) Rusted Claws Mouthful of Silver Teeth 3’ Rebar Segment Insect Collection (Whispers Rumors) Skin Excretes Clear Slime Captive Bolt Pistol Package of Razor Blades Wellness Influencer Handcuffs Electrical Tape Ski Mask (Hides Identity) Nitrile Gloves, Box, 100ct. Canned Tuna Memory, Lights in the Sky Memory, Messages Under the Skin Book (Wet, Slick Abstract Art Prints) Bottle of Acetone Pouch of Tobacco Full-Face Respirator Silver Charms Liar’s Tongue* Clarinet, Vintage Break the Teeth of the Oroborous* Fine Cigars Adoption Paperwork Long, Brittle Fingernails Never Even Held Hands Parasite in the Gut Plastic Ear Tag (Subject 0689) Peel Away Your Face* Book: Haruspicy Practitioners Manual (1962) Cowboy Boots Oracular Tattoos Dog Collar Bullwhip Split the Veil* Medical Bag, Black Leather, Worn Velvet Gloves Composition Book, Full of Visions Stone Tablet (New Commandment) Bullhorn Bathrobe Fistful of Tree Sap Vacuum Flask of Hallucinogenic Tea Grandfather's Fountain Pen Blackout Goggles Velvet Blindfold Knowledge of the Apocalypse Lump of Sacred Wax Cleaver Canvas Apron Meathook Nicotine Patches Sawed-Off Shotgun Brother on the East Coast Salt, 10lbs. Memory, Playing in the Creek Fluid-filled Blisters Gutful of Larvae Slippery Coating Infested Mouth (Transmit Parasites by Kissing) Insatiable Hunger (Eat Spoiled Food) Three Weeks Until Hatching Coveralls, Bulging Beige Three-Piece Suit Silver Business Card Case Many Enemies Expensive Law Degree Memory, Candlelit Hazing Ritual Second Face Hidden Beneath Your Face Compact Handgun Expensive Chronograph Watch Loveless Marriage Envelope Full of Compromising Photos Prybar Boning Knife Cross on a Delicate Chain Silver Tongue* Whatabout* Thin Veil* Skincrawler* Manifest Omen* Full-Face Respirator Pocketknife, Bone Handle Framed Photograph of Ex-Wife Bonesaw Local Anesthetic Suspended Medical License Underground Clinic Memory, Treating Gunshot Wounds Divorce Papers, Unsigned Graveyard Shift at the Supermarket Habit, Serial Cheating Makeshift Operating Theatre Memory, Bright Future Ahead of You Crack the Chest* Sudden Sagittal Division* Unknit Flesh* Gave Up Long Ago Overextension* Rapid Phlebotomy* Luxury Sedan, Beige Robe, Wool Outlandish Hat Homemade Incendiary Ammunition Revolver, Single-Action Piss Jokes, Memorized Half Mask, Molded Leather Horse, Extremely Unsettling Rusted Cavalry Saber Iron Helmet, Birdlike Visor Rebar Spear Convinced You're a Knight 9mm Submachine Gun, Unlicensed Vintage Motorcycle Case of Protein Drink Hair Dye, Petroleum Black Business Degree, Alleged Laptop Computer Always Looking for an Angle Socket Set Breaker Bar Stick Welder Zip Ties, 100ct. Shop Rags Memory, Rollover at 80MPH 30-30 Lever-Action Rifle Welding Helmet Plasma Cutter Tool Cart Pickup Truck, 7.3L Diesel Engine Translucent Body Obscuring Garments, Canvas Half-Melted Flesh Lives on Rainwater Cartilaginous Skeleton (Extreme Flexibility) Human Eye in a Jar (Stares at Liars) Memory, Awful Discovery Beneath the Dam Gills (Breathe Underwater) Tackle Box Spotting Scope Mundane Clothing Ear to the Ground Motion Sensors Game Cameras, 4-Pack Traditional Tattoos (Start Conversation) Audio Recorder Silenced .45 Pistol Memorized Her Schedule Hundreds of Alternate Accounts Listens to Wi-fi Chatroom Friends Certainty That the World Itself is Lying to Us All Zine, Natural History of Consciousness Memory, Glimpse of True Knowledge Vision, Mouth in the Sky Silhouette That Visits Every Night Antique Rings Years Without Sunlight Ritual Scars, Counting Days Long Knife Robe Made from Plastic Tarp Antlers Boots, Duct-Taped Together Utility Knife Shopping Cart Supply of Plastic Bags Stolen Sports Car Prescription (Running Out) Bad Cough Memory, Six-Month Hospital Stay Very Familiar with Health Insurance Months to Live Canvas Roll, Knife Collection Chainsaw, 18in. Bar Flask of Seed Oil No Mouth Leather Collar Huge Eyes (See in the Dark, Blind in Sunlight) Trenchcoat, Greasy Polyurethane Sticky Finger Pads Scalpel Strip of Condoms Single-Shot Break-Action Pistol No Internet Presence Shows Up as Static in Recordings Electric Guitar Antifungal Cream Insatiable Loneliness Hooked Fingernails Anesthetic Mouthparts Eyes Swivel Independently Belief, All Things Belong to You Trauma Shears First Aid Bag Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) Certification Basic Life Support (BLS) Training Back Problems So Many Eyes Likes to Watch Tripod 8mm Film Camera Photographic Memory Polo Shirt, Frayed Portable Telescope Halogen Work Light Cheap Chemlights Chest Rig (Fast Reloading) Ballistic Helmet Plate Carrier Modified Tactical Rifle Thermal Scope Memory, Almost Drowned in Training Memory, Parade Ground Oozing Pale Substance Dishonorable Discharge Sleep Disorder Always Sits Facing the Door Experimental Organs (Hear Radio Transmissions) Cries Every Night Implanted Photoreceptors (See in the Dark) Scares People Sensitive Hearing Deer Legs (Run Fast) Extra-Strength Pepper Spray Memory, Best Friend's Dying Wish Memory, Blood Pouring from Lover's Mouth 12g Pump-action Shotgun Bolt-Cutters Self-Defense Training Paranoid Anxiety Disposable Camera, Undeveloped Prom Photos Locked Diary (Key Missing) Ticket Stub, Pop Concert Compact Mirror Windbreaker, Pastel Annual Visit to a Hidden Grave Memory, First Time Having Sex Can of Gasoline Champagne Ski Mask Animal Trap Boot Knife Scarred Cheeks Shaved Head Never Again* Memory, Dog Cage, Half-Submerged 200' Polypropylene Rope Sedan Fearless Memory, Statement to the Police Sunken Eyes Photo Album, Best Friend Memory, Kissing on the Playground Shard of Broken Containment Vessel Thirty Feet of Iron Chain Venom Glands Coat, Baggy Mouths within Mouths within Mouths Born Beneath the Mountain Soil Rusted Can of Coal Dust Rope Scourge Masochistic Tendencies Memory, Throat in Your Hands Memory, House on Fire Unsent Apology Letters in an Ammo Can Prosthetic Limb (Conceals Blade) Overwhelming Sense of Guilt Burlap Hood Iron Mask Double-Barrel Shotgun Crutches Hi-Vis Vest Constant Stench of Rotting Meat Muscle Car, Rust-Spotted Black Paint Embalming Fluid Notebook Obsession with an Unsolved Case Memory, Telling the Family Still Receiving Death Threats Plastic Bottle Full of Gasoline Extensive Burn Scars Flip Lighter Dirty Rags Beat-up Hatchback No Fingerprints Horse, Sturdy Bedroll Sack of Coffee Lungfuls of Water No Need to Breathe Formaldehyde Stench Floral Sundress Memory, Last Time You Saw Them Alive Stuffed Animal Pistol, .45 Caliber, Silenced Zip Ties Plastic Animal Mask Hawkbill Pocket Knife Casual Clothes, Unwashed Never Sleep (Eyes Bloodshot) Taste of Soil from an Unmarked Grave Legally Dead Drop Cloth, Clear Plastic 10' x 20' Merit Badge: Making Fire Merit Badge: Leadership Under Pressure Merit Badge: Wilderness Navigation Merit Badge: Emergency First Aid Gash in Your Forehead (Skull Visible) Forearm Snapped Like Twig Scouting Manual, Dog-Eared Slingshot, Ceramic Shot Bugle, Dented Uniform Shirt (Bloody) Can't Remember Your Family's Faces Newspaper Clipping (Obituary) Memory, Rustling in the Undergrowth Memory, Bloody Handprints on the Car Window Impending Organ Failure Ghost, Won't Leave You Alone Séance Supplies Old Book: Spirits Lie Beyond Bouquet of Wilted Flowers Ear Plugs, 200ct. Matchbook (Ron's Restaurant) Safety Razors Stained Dress Shirt Sleeping Pills Blunderbuss Head Full of Misinformation Tinfoil Hat Tiny Pyramid, Copper Wire Memory, Surgical Experimentation Pamphlet, "What They Won't Tell You" Thousand-Page Special Report, Annotated Belief, Flat Earth Belief, Nothing is Real Memory, Description of the Apocalypse Memory, Basement Door Closing Habit, Reckless Hookups Birth Control Pills Loose Skin (Shed to Change) Aphrodisiac Saliva Strapon Harness, Leather Aluminum Baseball Bat Sweatshirt for a College You Didn't Attend Aching Loneliness Cropped Turtleneck Memory, Breakup Voicemail Strange Relationship with an Ex Social Butterfly Twin-size Bed in Cramped Studio Apartment Self-Defense Spike B-Student People Who Love You but Don't Know You Suburban Upbringing Memory, Homecoming Dance Shard of a Broken Mirror Something You Can't Tell Anyone Perfect Bedroom Memory, Counting Calories Memory, "We're Just Disappointed" Leftovers, Pan-Seared Human Flesh Secret Menu, Extremely High-End Restaurant Set of Chef's Knives Fur Overcoat Speak in the Voice of the Television Advertisements Crawling Under Skin Tattered Workwear Leather Gloves Red Ribbon Litany of the Deathless* Black Feathers in Plastic Bag Moldy Straw Spills from your Mouth Boneless (Squeeze Through Gaps) Sickle, Rustedi Family, Hyper normal Family, Anarchist collective Family, Online chatroom Family, Hunting dynasty Family, Decrepit old money Family, Broke roommates Family, School friends Family, Isolated farmstead Family, Apocalypse cult Family, New age community
Family, Secret society Family, Social club Family, Literary group Family, Conspiracy theorists Family, Survivalists Family, Working class
Family, Artist collective
Family, Homebodies Family, Rowdy sports fans
Family, Cold and distant Family, Estranged
Family, Strict Family, Amateur radio network
Family, Tech money Family, Political lineage
Family, Business empire Family, Reclusive
Family, Theatre troupe Family, Punk band
Family, PineFamily,bound hometown
Family, Tough jobs Family, Broken home Family, Big and loud Family, Tragic history Family, Polycule Family, Adoptive parents Family, Overprotective sibling Family, Voices in the dark Family, Weird grandparent
Family, Socialites Family, Nobody Family, Spooky Family, Restaurant owners
Family, BunkerFamily,dwellers Family, True crime club Family, Wrestling league Family, Wolfish Family, Stoners Family, Support group
Family, Dead and buried Family, Foster home Family, Roommates
Family, Nomadic Family, Monastic order Family, Writing group
Family, Deadbeat parents Family, Evangelical Family, Controlling Family, Shadowy Family, Secretive
Family, Mourning a terrible loss Family, Academics
Family, Uptight Family, Suburbanites Family, Dysfunctional
Family, Cursed Family, Clinging to the past Family, Extremist cell Family, Artificial Family, Friendly Family, Poverty line Family, Grifters Family, Traveling circus Family, Queer commune
Family, Messy
Family, Bad divorce Family, Rave scene Family, Coven

FALLOUT

An incomplete list of awful consequences. Interpret as needed.

Blank Bloody Cough Thirsty Broken Nose Fat Lip Cocoon Blossoming Compulsion Bad Luck Lost Teeth Claustrophobic Absorbed Rapture Sepsis Hunted Reality Leak Malignant Growth Gift Withdrawls Supplicant Recursion Cover Up Seen and Unseen Blinded Shaken Nausea Frostbite Carsick Slipping Away Transluscent Shock Spasms Total Absolution Drained Heart Attack News Story Shapechanger Wanted Abrasion Cover Blown Hopeless Lost Bait Worms Kingmaker Collapsed Lung Metamorphosis Ruined Flesh Burned Out Dying Dehydrated Vampiric Transition Legal Trouble Teratoma Peeled Watchlist Tired Bruised Lawsuit Shadow Betrayed Stalker Hollow Unsettled Archenemy Vomiting Chemical Burns Indoctrinated Encephalitis Fever Pneumothorax Maimed Cerebral Hemorrhage Bloodlust Brain Fog Hives Forgotten True Vampire Torn Up Crushed Parasite Severed Choking Incursion Ascension Faceless Shedding Overdose Broken Jaw Possessed Oblivion Hypnosis Brain Hemorrhage Hypothermia Pelvic Fracture Impaled Assimilation Confused Unseen Friend Lonely Hitchhiker Swelling Poisoned Infection Abducted Haunted Reprimand Final Resting Place Sick Drowned Stunned Bleeding Out Split Skin Duplicate Anaphylaxis Cursed Chilled Coma Maggots Weeping Rash Fired Ripe Acting Out Vitruvian Bodyplan Silenced Omen Puncture Disoriented Worn Out Boils Strange Pregnancy Blistered Cult Interested Starving Incinerated Hearing Loss Melting Limb Organ Rupture Eyes Gouged Cut Off Trance Subcutaneous Devil Senseless Violence Unperson Panic Traumatic Amputation Dangerous Company Laceration Rapid Reclaimation Burned Biten Short of Breath Bad Memories Groggy Heat Exhaustion Stab Wounds Exhausted Fading Locusts Too Many Eyes Trapped Numb Corrupted Suffocated The Great Truth Scrape Fury Hungry Shattered Dislocated Joint The Signal Antlers Rotting from the Inside Sudden Growth Cipher Eviscerated Hallucination Saint’s Rest Knocked Out Ghost Touch Broken Neck Long Fall Paranoia Flaking Skin Cut Mirror Witch Spine Trauma Official Review Chronic Illness Tremors Fear Nerve Damage Spiraling Sleep Deprived Nightmares Investigation Savior Scar Police Attention Ripped Open The Bends Manhunt Respiratory Virus Marked Voices Gunshot Wound Cracked Flesh Charges Wondering Pestilence Avulsion Skull Fracture Shadow-Things New Residence Captured Discorporated Conspiracy Alienated Ripple Flail Chest Stench Bound Lycanthrope Angry Pain Mascot Sleepy Surrender Infested Broken Rib Gross Dismemberment Fractal Sickness Charred Breakdown Nostalgia Attack Fracture Concussion Snapped Collarbone Gear Damage Paralyzed Debt Bloody Nose Despair Immolated Charges Filed Hungover Obliterated Obsessed Threats Arrest Visions Internal Bleeding Graverot Tongues Demon Breath Broken Spine Forgetful Memory Loss Object Infestation Guilty Replaced Organ Failure Decapitated Open Fracture Torn Fingernails Desperate Shivers Bloody Necrosis Embryonic God Head Trauma Total Annhilation Fined Memento Mori