EPISODE 097

2d Analogy for a 3d Reality, part 1

Home By Dark

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“Circus can’t just be beautiful. It has to be weird. It has to be frightening.”
― Elizabeth Schulte Martin, Everything You Came to See

Three kids find a power beyond comprehension.

To learn more about how Home By Dark is played check out our primer episode.

The characters for this game:

Frank Lodi (Brian Jones) – A shy, big-for-his-age, 14 yr old lummox.

Nick McGuinty (Ken Breese) – An 11year old with hope in his heart, and Streaks’ step-brother.

Will “Streaks” Bothan (John Holt) – A 13yr old skater kid, and stepbrother to Nick.

The setup for this game:

The Setting: Summer, mid 60’s, Pottersville, CA (A small suburban California town)

The Secret: A nascent AI in the form of a balloon with the ability to shape reality.

The Pursuer: Interlopers from another dimension bent on becoming like unto gods in our reality, hiding behind the facade of a circus.

The Danger: The presence of these things from outside our dimension is destabilizing our reality.

Assets:
An Acoustic Guitar
An Engraved Mag-Lite
A Baseball Bat

Locations:
Sunnyfalls, a failed and decrepit suburban development
The town pool
The Downs, acres of fields and sparse undeveloped forest behind our housing development

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Find John on twitter @LordJoho

Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard

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Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.

Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!