[You step through the door into a dilapidated old mansion. Parts of the ceiling and walls have crumbled, letting in the noise of a people outside, none of it easy to make out, it's just background noise. The décor (or rather, the décor that's still standing) is very grand, very old. Thedosians will recognise it as Tevinter in origin. A few dead and decaying bodies litter the floor. There are chains everywhere, they hang from the ceiling, come out of the walls, like horrible, metal vines, reaching to capture you.
Some doors don't open at all. Some open to only blackness, try to step through them, and you will find your feet giving way. It's as if the room itself was torn away. Occasionally, you may see a glint of a building, the sound of a laugh, but it fades into nothing instantly.
Climb the stairs, and you'll come to the main room. There are various items dotted around the room, all ripe for picking and touching. You don't know yet, of course, but you can only pick two, so choose wisely:
A: Do you chose the massive greatsword leaning against the wall? B: Do you choose the book, a mighty, dusty tomb, sitting on the bedside table? C: How about a doll of an elf with red hair, dropped on her face on the floor? D: Or the bottle of strange, glowing liquid on the windowsill? E: Maybe the set of dolls on the bookshelf? There's eight of them, all well cared for, except one seems to be missing his head. F: There's also a strange, disc shaped object glowing and surrounded in metal - something high tech that looks out of place in the otherwise quasi medieval room. As does the comic book beside it. They're on the mantelpiece. G: Equally out of place is the model of the Tourist, hanging from the ceiling.
Or perhaps you will choose the most obvious thing in the room. A small white wolf, laying on the broken, neglected bed. It stares at you with feral eyes, and between its paws seems to be another doll. It was probably a very fine and expensive doll at one point, but the wolf has clearly been tearing it to pieces, so it's looking a little more sorry for itself. If you want this doll, you have to get around the wolf first.
At least the wolf doesn't seem interested in attacking you while you make your choice. It just sits, watching, waiting.
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*Warnings for abusive situations with the doll the wolf has and the liquid, here.
Fenris
Some doors don't open at all. Some open to only blackness, try to step through them, and you will find your feet giving way. It's as if the room itself was torn away. Occasionally, you may see a glint of a building, the sound of a laugh, but it fades into nothing instantly.
Climb the stairs, and you'll come to the main room. There are various items dotted around the room, all ripe for picking and touching. You don't know yet, of course, but you can only pick two, so choose wisely:
B: Do you choose the book, a mighty, dusty tomb, sitting on the bedside table?
C: How about a doll of an elf with red hair, dropped on her face on the floor?
D: Or the bottle of strange, glowing liquid on the windowsill?
E: Maybe the set of dolls on the bookshelf? There's eight of them, all well cared for, except one seems to be missing his head.
F: There's also a strange, disc shaped object glowing and surrounded in metal - something high tech that looks out of place in the otherwise quasi medieval room. As does the comic book beside it. They're on the mantelpiece.
G: Equally out of place is the model of the Tourist, hanging from the ceiling.
Or perhaps you will choose the most obvious thing in the room. A small white wolf, laying on the broken, neglected bed. It stares at you with feral eyes, and between its paws seems to be another doll. It was probably a very fine and expensive doll at one point, but the wolf has clearly been tearing it to pieces, so it's looking a little more sorry for itself. If you want this doll, you have to get around the wolf first.
At least the wolf doesn't seem interested in attacking you while you make your choice. It just sits, watching, waiting.
*Warnings for abusive situations with the doll the wolf has and the liquid, here.