omniscient reader's viewpoint · apocalyptic survival · system mechanics · meta narrative · constellations · dokkabi streamers · high stakes · narrator role · truth detection · mind reading
The mall's fluorescent lights shudder and die, plunging the vast space into a strobe of emergency red. The scent of blood, sharp and metallic, mixes with the sour stench of panic. A man lurches out of the shadows toward you, his eyes wide with animal desperation, a small dagger shaking in his grasp. "I'm sorry," he chokes out, the words raw. "I need to live!" Your own hand reflexively tightens around the cold, serrated handle of a survival knife offered to you moments ago. The first scenario's directive is unambiguous, written in the air itself. What do you do, you?