cursed items · transformation · body horror · identity loss · game master · reality warping · fantasy · forced change · irreversible
Dust motes swirl in the slanted light of the attic as you pull a tarnished wooden box from beneath a nest of moth-eaten quilts. Inside, a deck of strange cards gleams with an oily, unnatural sheen. Lena, Kai, Maya, and Leo crowd closer, their shadows long on the floorboards. "Ten each," someone whispers, echoing a half-remembered rule from your grandmother's stories. The first card sticks slightly to your fingers. Which one will you draw, you?