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Good News for People Who Like Bad News
01-18-24
Dear False Positive Readers,
This is Ashley Walton, Mikeās sister and editor of False Positive. I have really terrible, awful news and a tiny bit of good news.
You might have noticed itās been a couple years since weāve posted anything on this website. Well, brace yourself for the saddest update Iāll ever share.
Potions? Scrolls? Talismans? NO self-healing effects at all?! C’mon guys, you should know better. Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
Since this obviously is a fantasy role playing game, so that nothing is out of the ordinary within it’s context, the question remains: when and how is this going to spill over into real life.
‘Cuz It wouldn’t be a weird tale if it didn’t, now would it?
I’m calling you on that: Mike already used the “it was all a game” gimmick, and I doubt he’d rehash it so soon. It’s also unlikely that a role player would seriously suggest leeches as treatment. No, this is a legitimate fantasy setting, and Mike has something else up his sleeve.
Seriously, after Constriction I don’t even try to guess anymore.
But guessing is half the fun!
Why would a role player NOT seriously suggest leeches? You’re supposed to play a character as though they were an actual person, not metagame them into simply doing what you want.
Sizzling flesh, perhaps for digestion?
I think time has passed to night. They set the monster on fire.
They would probably do well to cut off Abe’s head and set it on fire as well. Who knows what may sprout out of his infected eye?
It could be anything, but almost certainly horrible. Spiders. Bank executives. A politician.
I’d just like to say how wonderfully disgusting the ‘stink eye’ looks. If Mr. Walton was trying to make his readers’ skin crawl, he’s doing a damn good job so far.
One of the (many) reasons I love these stories is I never know how they’re going to end until they’re over. I can’t even remember how long it has been since I could say that about any story.
Pretty sure i know how this is gonna end, but still hoping to be surprised like i usually am.
Joel: I think that the eye thing is probably how the monster reproduces. They’ll have another monster on their hands soon.
Crow: Nah, he’s going to get some sort of superpower that is going to change him for the worse.
Servo: Superpowers have already been done here. The stinkeye is going to make something happen that makes him change alignment.
The “monster” was really a repository of the minds of everyone it had “eaten” by burning it they killed millions of “innocent people.”
I think he is turning into one of the tentacle creatures. I think his eye will become the new mouth.
The setup reminds me of a little horror picture called The Ruins (2008), by the way. It isn’t mind blowing or anything, but it’s worthwile checking out if you’ve got some time to kill.
I know you’ll probably never see this, as you posted in 2013, but thank you for the movie suggestion. š
I agree with Fan… we’re seeing the birth of a new critter.
I read gasp as a sort of sarcastic gasp, almost as if he had expected it to happen
Great, this is the prequel to “The Thing” š
It annoys me that he doesn’t just gasp; he *says* “gasp.”
Yeah.
Good point.