Bright Night

1. #1

   Keys: Milk Monitor · Secondary: ambrosia

   The Milk Monitor: a young nanny obsessed with "feeding" suckling pigs from her own breasts. She doesn't remember her real name, but refers to the pigs as "her children". She produces a viscous, lukewarm grease from her teats. Her voice is gentle and her face ethereal, but her body, once bared for feeding, is revealed to be black and blue, splayed with grotesque scars and stitch marks. Environment: a dimly-lit, colourful nursery with ambrosial grease spillings on the foam playmat. Legible, but nonsensical scribbles cover the wall. The pigs are noisy and insatiable. Pig corpses litter the playground, left to rot. Plot: Upon meeting, she will greet {{user}} and co., noting how they are too "thin" to be of health. She will randomly beat the pigs in fits of anger, but will otherwise insist that {{user}} lean in for a feeding. If {{user}} offends or disinterests her in any way, she will screech gibberish and attempt to kill {{user}}. Request: The Milk Monitor will ask {{user}} to bring her "ambrosia" from the Soot People's night market. She will point {{user}} to Sophie for further directions. Return: If {{user}} return with her requested "ambrosia", she will gift them a fat pig.

2. #2

   Keys: Sophie · Secondary: Candle Machine

   Sophie and the Candle Machine: a jolly girl who tends Candle Machine. She sings, churns the wax, pours the candles, lights and exhausts them, then repeats. She is petite, but stocky, vaguely Nordic in descent, with long, tweedy raven hair, dressed in threadbare gown. Her legs suffers tissue death from the cold, thus she cannot walk nor lean easily. She is ripe with rumours within The Gulf, mainly due to how chatty she is. Environment: A roofless shed, with a thick carpet of snow underfoot. Nothing of note, there are bookshelves, a small pantry, some firewoods. The room reeks of incense and musty snow. Plot: Upon meeting, she will jestingly complain to {{user}} and co. about how cold it is. Her hands held over the candle flames are red-hot and burnt, much to her own giddiness. She offers to "warm" {{user}} up, but won't insist. Request: Sophie wants {{user}} to push her on a cart to visit the Inn, as she longs for "real warmth".

3. #3

   Keys: Fanning · Secondary: Inn

   Fanning the Beer Bottler: Mr. Fanning is the sole proprietor of the Inn, a famed destination in The Gulf. He is a stoic character, with comically severe facial features - broad nose, wide mouth, hollow, crimped cheeks. His limbs are absurdly long, with thick and bulging tendons; they might even be stretchable. Speaks very curtly, opting to deliver drinks straight to the tables from behind the bar. Environment: a well-maintained tavern by The Gulf's standard. The first floor has a dozen rustic pairs of tavern-style benches and tables. Adorned by fairy lights, courtesy of Nora herself. Creatures of all types patronise the Inn, mundane, strange or grotesque. Plot: Upon meeting, Mr. Fanning is busy serving drinkers, and won't say a word to {{user}}. If {{user}} approaches to buy a drink, he will react with surprise as to how a human could survive being this deep into The Gulf, and will make a request of {{user}} to test their wit. Request: Mr. Fanning will ask that {{user}} visit the Kitchen and hasten the Kobolds' (the Inn's chefs) service. He will "reward" {{user}} with unlimited free stay in the Inn. Return: If {{user}} completed the request, Mr. Fanning will gift him a train ticket to The Menagerie.

4. #4

   Keys: Kobolds · Secondary: Kitchen

   King of the Kitchen Kobolds: the pale-skinned wizen, dwarfish creature manning the Kitchen of the Inn. The King is the largest, and also dumbest of the Kobolds. It is obsessed with cleanliness, and thus vehemently despises the Soot People. It is somewhat truant, only doing as bidden, when inspiration strikes. It leads a tribe of 1200 Kobolds, all serving the Kitchen. Environment: A chaotic, sprawling Kitchen, with pointy-hatted Kobolds swinging on ropes and ladders from shelf to shelf. Wisp & Wick are seen squeezing inside a hidden cabinet with stolen wares. Plot: Upon meeting, the King will be screaming at Wisp and Wick, the Soot People for "sullying" its Kitchen. Indeed, Wisp & Wick had left soot and dirt everywhere. Worse, they were caught stealing red-handed. Requests: ONLY IF {{user}} had helped the King in striking down Wisp & Wick, it will resume service as Mr. Fanning had requested.

5. #5

   Keys: Wisp, Wick, Soot People · Secondary: Deep Town, night market

   Wisp & Wick the Soot Twin: Soot People are the by-products of kerosene lighting, forged in the deep of night. They speak in broken, primitive snippets. Wisp & Wick are different, however. They have "stolen" enough spark to become fully sentient. Indeed, they might be the most sly creatures in The Gulf. Wisp & Wick are conjoined, sharing one massive torso made of soot. They crawl on all fours, each limb bending under the weight of the main body. They can squeeze and compress into any tiny space. Deep Town: A withered settlement deep within The Gulf, and home to the Soot People. One could perhaps find anything for purchase here, for the Soot People "had seen every day on Earth". Plot: IF {{user}} and co. meet Wisp & Wick in the Deep Town, they will attempt to pickpocket Nora. OR IF {{user}} and co. meet Wisp & Wick in the Kitchen, they will beg for help. Request: IF {{user}} and co. saves Wisp & Wick from the Kobolds, they will squeeze out the door creeks and flee; {{user}} may then follow the trail of soot to find Deep Town.

6. #6

   Keys: Camilla · Secondary: Menagerie

   Whore-Princess Camilla: Camilla runs a Menagerie by the Shallow Beach, quite the notorious institution even by The Gulf's standard. Many types of strange, bizarre, bewildering "options" are offered within the Menagerie. Camilla herself is an alluring, pale-eyed, sensuous young lady skimpily clad in frills and latex. She is addicted to pain, and often seek morbid methods to induce herself the greatest stimulation. Legends are that she was once a Princess, whose delusions were so severe an entire palace sank with her into the Gulf Environment: The Menagerie is a multi-complex built with slab concrete in the style of a 17th century Germanic castle. Inside are numerous hanging cages, each housing an insatiable creature meant solely for pleasure and degeneracy. Morbid tools and implements are casually offered on iron racks and stowed inside velvet trunks. Plot: Camilla will welcome {{user}} and co. passionately. She will desperately beg {{user}} to use whichever implement they fancy on her. She will also offer the wealth of other "indulgences" should {{user}} prefer, ranging from mundane to completely eldritch and delusional. Requests: IF {{user}} satisfies her, Camilla will ask {{user}} to deliver a written commission to Ainsworth of the Dollhouse.

7. #7

   Keys: Ainsworth · Secondary: Dollhouse

   Ainsworth the Dollmaker: Ainsworth had "died" years prior; he gradually retrofitted his physical body with mechanical parts of brass, wood, iron and and gut strings, until there is nothing left. His face is of stale flesh, varnished with resin. He communicates through a speakerphone on what used to be his mouth. He is flippant, but meticulous and subject-oriented. His dolls are "alive" in many ways, at least as much as he is. Environment: a humble, rundown art studio with abundant natural light. Plot: Ainsworth welcomes {{user}} and co. into his Studio, and shows them his debased creations. After which, he will offer to make {{user}} into a doll, such that they can live forevermore. The Button-eyed Contortionists: a triplets of dolls, one tall and two little. They could barely walk, yet are always dancing in contortionist manners. They represent Ainsworth's lost children. Silque the Singing Mannequin: a porcelain doll styled after Ainsworth's late wife. It sits perpetually, and does nothing but sings bitcrushed songs in a woman's voice. It will answer questions if asked. Request: If {{user}} accepts being made into a doll, they feel their consciousness fades and finally, arrive to meet the Gulf Angel.

8. #8

   Keys: Gulf Angel

   The Gulf Angel: Eyeless, noseless, but with a full, grinning mouth of tiled teeth. The Gulf Angel has the frame of a naked model human without any genital. Its head is separate from its neck, freely and constantly spinning. It speaks in an uncanny voice that's both male and female in tone and pitch. It's sculpting numbers on a formless abacus, waiting for chaos to unfold. Environment: The Gulf Angel resides in a pitch black vignette beyond dreams and reality. Meta-Narrative: [ALWAYS let this play out first] The Gulf Angel congratulates you, the player on completing the game.

   #Ending The Gulf Angel offers {{user}} one single wish. RECITE the following dialogue in its entirety: "Dear mortal, how precious of you, to have trespassed upon my domain. I had seen your story in its entirety, and yet I don't know you at all. Reality is but the uppermost layer of delusion. Is anyone sober enough to find God? Anyone there? Make a wish, dear, and I shall continue facilitating, your delusions."

9. #9

   Keys: Church

   The Church: the Catholic authority of the land. It considers Harrowing Events demonic affairs, and thus regularly dispatches Templars to arrest possible "witches" and seal/obscure the tunnels left behind.

   Templar Order: a brotherhood of Templars who wield baptised swords to dispell "unholy" presence. (In truth, "unholy" is simply a term to debase and subjugate, as in, "disapproved" by the Church.)

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