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<blockquote data-quote="Rkhet" data-source="post: 2882009" data-attributes="member: 31318">Well, let's have a bit of fun while we're waiting to get started.The rule: you answer the three questions, then you get to ask three questions.&nbsp; You're not guaranteed answers, though.-&nbsp; -&nbsp; -Against your better judgment, you enter the tent.&nbsp; The first thing to hit you is the smell - an unpleasant mix of rotten food, mildew and excrement.&nbsp; A lantern above you gives off a dim, brackish light, not so much illuminating the place as contrasting the shadows.&nbsp; Even by what little light there is, though, you could see that the place is filthy.&nbsp; Rubbish and rags are carelessly strewn on the floor, smeared with what you hoped is only spoilt food.&quot;Aha.&quot;You spin around, startled.&nbsp; In the corner,&nbsp; sits a shrivelled old crone - you must have mistaken her for a pile of soiled rags - her face resembling that of a giant rat.&nbsp; On the floor in front of her is a crystal ball, cracked and dull, whatever magic it once contained long since fled.&quot;Everyone comes to see old Etna.&nbsp; Everyone has something to ask, something they want to know.&nbsp; But all those questions, and Etna has no answers.&nbsp; It makes Etna sad.&nbsp; So sad.&quot;She breaks off, rocking slightly back and forth, mumbling, seemingly off in her own world.An uncomfortable silence passes, and you are wondering if you should leave when she speaks again:&quot;Questions, questions.&nbsp; Everyone has questions.&nbsp; Even Etna has questions.&nbsp; You there, maybe you have answers, yes?&nbsp; And, maybe if you have answers, then Etna has answers too, for you, yes?&quot;&quot;What do you see when you sleep, child?&nbsp; What troubles your dreams?&quot;&quot;Who pulls your strings?&nbsp; Who's the puppetmaster makin' ye dance all pretty?&nbsp; Or,&quot; she cackles, &quot;do you think yourself a freeman?&quot;&quot;And, you didn't forget a gift for poor old Etna, did you?&nbsp; Yes, I can see it, it's in that backpack, yes... what did you bring poor old Etna?&nbsp; Show me.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rkhet, post: 2882009, member: 31318"] Well, let's have a bit of fun while we're waiting to get started. The rule: you answer the three questions, then you get to ask three questions. You're not guaranteed answers, though. - - - Against your better judgment, you enter the tent. The first thing to hit you is the smell - an unpleasant mix of rotten food, mildew and excrement. A lantern above you gives off a dim, brackish light, not so much illuminating the place as contrasting the shadows. Even by what little light there is, though, you could see that the place is filthy. Rubbish and rags are carelessly strewn on the floor, smeared with what you hoped is only spoilt food. "Aha." You spin around, startled. In the corner, sits a shrivelled old crone - you must have mistaken her for a pile of soiled rags - her face resembling that of a giant rat. On the floor in front of her is a crystal ball, cracked and dull, whatever magic it once contained long since fled. "Everyone comes to see old Etna. Everyone has something to ask, something they want to know. But all those questions, and Etna has no answers. It makes Etna sad. So sad." She breaks off, rocking slightly back and forth, mumbling, seemingly off in her own world. An uncomfortable silence passes, and you are wondering if you should leave when she speaks again: "Questions, questions. Everyone has questions. Even Etna has questions. You there, maybe you have answers, yes? And, maybe if you have answers, then Etna has answers too, for you, yes?" "What do you see when you sleep, child? What troubles your dreams?" "Who pulls your strings? Who's the puppetmaster makin' ye dance all pretty? Or," she cackles, "do you think yourself a freeman?" "And, you didn't forget a gift for poor old Etna, did you? Yes, I can see it, it's in that backpack, yes... what did you bring poor old Etna? Show me." [/QUOTE]

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