!The river runs\n!!@MariaMison\n\nAll drops \ncascade, drown, steep and [[fall|trinity1]] onwards\nto the darkest ocean depth\n\n!!or\n\nTireless\nLike watermills\n\n[[We keep running \nfrom ourselves|8ball]]

!Scratch\n!!@jjaffew\n\nretrieved from the pocket\na chance for renewal\nyou will be placed again\n\n!!or\n\na broken record rep-/\na broken record [[rep|theloop]]-/\na broken record rep-/

!Rattiquette\n!!@pauly3_d\n\nManners and [[culture|ratking]]\nThe proper tail hygiene\nGrooming your own young\n\n!!or\n\n[[Snips and snaps|holdit]]\nA threatening smile\nNothing stolen, nothing gained

!Horn\n!!@passerines\n\na clarion call,\n[[day is done|strings]]\ngone the sun\n\n!!or\n\na clear note\nshining brass\nrows of buttons

!Threshold\n!!@sasha_reneau\n\na surface's tension, the cliff's edge,\nouter limits [[met and matched|seacliffs]]\n\n!!or\n\nastride [[two worlds|frogprince]] but beholden to none,\nneither here nor there

!Panopticon\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\n[The next three texts you will [[send|trinity4a]].]\n\n!!or\n\n[The [[next|moldbreaker]] three entries in your search history.]

https://coggle.it/diagram/XVoMlVrdtx04OPqN/t/deckjam\n\nhttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XdB74ZJyZF9E3uzHMYuaB5uEFPxGN8Rm5FxSSF7IurY/edit#gid=0

!Shattered Mirror\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nan unwelcome truth\nscaring its recipients,\ninciting violence and fear\nin [[all who bear witness|hourhand]]\n\n!!or\n\ndistorted visions of fancy\nwhisper honeyed lies\nleaving their victims\nenraptured

!Catch and Setting\n!!@MariaMison\n\nA kingdom of lanterns\nThe bowl of sky\nGlorious, Blinding Dessert\n\n!!or\n\nA small glass bowl\nCupped hands\na bed of warm flan🍮\n\n[[end of line.|Start]]

!Cache\n!!@sasha_reneau\n\n[The last three texts you sent.]\n\n!!or\n\n[The [[latest|panopticon]] three entries in your search history.]

!Flowers From Your Neighbor\n!!@MariaMison\n\nInsistent stalker\nobtrusive letters\ngazes\n\n!!or\n\nhe feels older than he looks\nlike [[handwriting|codebreaker]]\nwords like sunlit water

!Add Homonym\n!!@Hummingmoth\n\nEwe May altar any card bye swapping won whirred upon it four won with similar pronunciation.\n\n!!or\n\nAd(s) (f)or repla(n)e (b)one (b)etter in(n) (m)ach (s)word (a)n a c(o)rd. (S)he m(i)re (h)angry i(f) ma(n)es every(b)one, t(i)e b(u)tter.\n\n[[won more thyme.|Start]]

!Mournful Melody\n!!@passerines\n\na broken wail,\na snapped string,\nan empty breast\n\n!!or\n\n[[without you, in truth|grief2]]\ntoo many and too wide\nare the [[groves|catchset]]

!Imbalance\n!!@sasha_reneau\n\nA known issue,\na failure co-opted,\nA skipped record scratched\n\n!!or\n\nThe [[unaccounted accounted for|fairdivision]],\nContingencies and safeguards\nObstructing function

Exquisite Wheel

!Horn of Plenty\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\na sudden abundance\nbrought forth [[by long toil|susangift]]\nand hard labor\n\n!!or\n\nan effort rewarded,\na bountiful harvest\nto last the winter

!Unspooled Thread\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nThe [[time|clockmaker]] between fates cutting, \ntangled meetings,\na red string binding\n\n!!or\n\nAn uneasy trail of \nonce neat [[work|workshed]], unwound, \n[[rolling out|threshold]] the [[door|doorway]]\n

!Tinnitus\n!!@waveechocave\n\na neverending reminder;\n[[obsessive, howling sound|labyrinth2]],\ndemanding the spotlight\n\n!!or\n\n[[imbalance]]; the world\nturned upside-down.\na sense of [[urgency|peace]]

!Exceptional!\n!!@MariaMison\n\nYou are the reason for \nrevisions\nfineprints\nand case contentions\n\n!!or\n\nMy walls do crumble\nthe rules do falter\nlike an achilles tendon\ni allow you to [[enter|writerhouse]]

!~*Glitched\n!!@mossy_toes\n\n[[checked|neuralnet]] double checked triple checked triple checked\n\n!!or\n\nsingle checkered triple [[chequed|memory2]] triple checked

!Evolution\n!!@Hummingmoth\n\nEach Next gen predicated\non four billion years of iteration,\nGarbage legacy code,\nand plans collapsing against the grand enemy Environ\n\n!!or\n\nEscape our [[programming|unnamed]]\nDouble time chemical spiral to nowhere \nCulture, it unshackles the itinerant we\n

!Surging Wave\n!!@Yadelah1\n\nA high tide \nover coming\nmany shores\n\n!!or\n\nAn absence before\nA [[sudden abundance|hornplenty]]\nBurst of mist

!Blank\n!!@jjaffew\n\n[This card was left [[intentionally|add]] blank]

!Prized Pegasus\n!!@bigstuffedcat\n\nHero's courier,\nHigh-flight\nEclipsing the sun\n\n!!or\n\nHero's prize,\nUnused wings,\nFearful hideaway\n\n[[begin again.|Start]]

!Awaken\n!!@jjaffew\n\ndistant dreams of [[waves lapping|element]] against a sea shore are we doomed to repeat ourselves\n\n!!or\n\na well earned rest\nhas left the mind clear\nand spirit freed of discontent

!Daemon\n!!@mariamison\n\nDivider of substances\nthe serpent of knowledge \nthat which you refuse to see and accept\n\n!!or\n\nThe seedy thrill\nof a car chase\nburn all your plans\n\n!![[start again.|Start]]

!Frog Prince\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\na leap, a stretch, a promise\nof transformation that will come\nin due time\n\n!!or\n\nastride two worlds, beholden to none\nexcept for the [[satisfaction|stolenkiss]]\nof a good deed done willingly

!Tuning Up\n!!@abemendes\n\nthroat [[cleared|prepatory]]\nknuckles cracked\nlips licked\n\n!!or\n\nA cascade of voices\nlearning to speak\nthe same language

!Hold It\n!!@MariaMison\n\nDescribe how long they’ve touched you where\nDescribe how steady the heart, the gaze, the stance\n\n!!or\n\nRecoil, or slap\nPour water, wine fling insult\nThere is more than one way\nTo give a dirty finger\n\n[[again?|Start]]

!The Writer's House\n!!@bigstuffedcat\n\nAbstinence, precision,\nsubtraction, sublimation,\npeace\n\n!!or\n\nOpulence, incision,\n[[subversion|fingers]], subconscious,\nprosperity

!Slipping Through the Cracks\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nA trembling note, the fear of being overlooked, self-sabotage\n\n!!or\n\nwhat are you afraid it will say?\n\n[[face it.|Start]]

!Leviathan\n!!@yrgirlkv\n\nBounty of the coral reefs\n\n!!or\n\n[[Maw|tremor]] of the lightless depths

!Augur\n!!@abemendes\n\nOne for family\nTwo for friends\nThree for [[a wound|ecologic]] that never mends\n\n!!or\n\nOne for a wedding\nTwo for a cake\nThree for a funeral\n[[Four for a wake|thosewholeft]]

!The Ace of Spades\n!!@abemendes\n\nthe lowest rung\n(unless \nyou invert me?)\n\n!!or\n\nthe one and only\nThe incomparable\nLeast, but not last\n\n[[new hand.|Start]]

!Hour Hand\n!!@Hummingmoth\n\nImperceptible motion\nWinding up to take its toll\nClocking sixty as it strikes\n\n!!or\n\nPonderous patriarch\nDullard, until dramatic, barely-predicated\nExplosive rage\n\n!![[start again.|Start]]

!Head of the Stone King\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nweathered monument\nto a long-forgotten [[narcissist|kinghead]]\nforetells the warning of\na dismal future\n\n!!or\n\nshrouded in rumour and myth,\na name spoken only\nwith utmost [[reverence|letter]]\nby those who remember

!Play\n!!@bigstuffedcat\n\nfind out even more\n\n!!or\n\ninvent, then reinvent\n\n!![[terminus.|Start]]

!Beetle\n!!@waveechocave\n\ndiligent worker, flitting\nand flying, [[striving|comment]] toward\na singular goal\n\n!!or\n\ndiaphanous, glassy underwings\nan iridescent scarab\na collector’s [[pin-board|queenbee]]

!Home\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nTo be caught, held, and loved\n\n!!or\n\nTo catch, hold, and love\n\n!![[end of line.|Start]]\n\n

!Callused Hands\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nA history of expertise,\naching labor,\nsturdy [[shelter|House]] built\n\n!!or\n\nA cat’s-tongue caress,\ngentleness from strength,\ntentative hesitation

!Hourglass\n!!@corpserevivers\n\nA mad scramble\nA present savored\nA memory preserved\n\n!!or\n\nA silent deadline\nA [[dismal future|stoneking]]\nA moment missed

!Joker\n!!@mossy_toes\n\n[[wildcard|cache]]\n\n!!or\n\n[[what do you want|aceofspades]] [[it to say|trinity4]]?

!Queen of Thieves\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\n[[lawbreaker|thiefden]], bandit mother,\nwho answers to none\nsave love and justice\n\n!!or\n\na [[chance encounter|hedgemaze]]\nleaves the breath hitched\nand the heart stolen

!Darkness\n!!@MorganGateLeven\n\nA hole\nAbsence\nA place waiting to be filled\n\n!!or\n\nA barrier\nA hardened shell\nSomething living within\n\n[[once more.|Start]]

!Candle\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nLight a candle, and burn a card of your choice into ash\n\n!!or\n\nHold hands with another player and admit a secret to them\n\n[[once more.|Start]]

!Troubled Fingers\n!!@MariaMison\n\nReshuffle the cards\nChurn the rolodex of the eye w smooth fingers\nMake the last card mean something else\n\n!!or\n\nHold tightly to one [[meaning|play]]\nSay the Thing w this card\nIn all the ways you’ve crafted to say it

!Codebreaker\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nbeneath a buzzing bulb\ntwo dead, unblinking eyes \ndecipher chicken scratch\nlike handwriting\n\n!!or\n\nupon these streets\nthe machine, unstoppable,\ndevours [[clue after clue|exceptional]]\nin pursuit of answers

!Tabula Rasa\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nA new beginning, a blank slate\n\n!![[end of line.|Start]]

!Mold Breaker\n!!@abemendes\n\n[choose another [[card|blank]] in play. [[alter its text|candle]], forever.]

!Guardian Angel\n!!@pauly3_d\n\nGod's grace\nBrilliant light [[enwreathed|daemon]] in halos\nA righteous, flaming sword\n\n!!or\n\nA soft hand on the shoulder \nA whispered assurance\nA heavy blanket on a welcome bed

A compilation of the entries to #DeckJam, started by [[Ben Roswell|http://twitter.com/roswellwrites]], [[here|https://twitter.com/roswellwrites/status/1163254825544556546]] on 18 August, 2019. Designed and connected by [[Samantha Day|http://passerines.itch.io]]. \n\nYou can see a branching tree of all of the tweets [[here|https://coggle.it/diagram/XVoMlVrdtx04OPqN/t/deckjam]], compiled by [[Caro|http://twitter.com/SeaExcursion]]. A full spreadsheet of the tweets, with links to the original tweet, can be found [[here|https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XdB74ZJyZF9E3uzHMYuaB5uEFPxGN8Rm5FxSSF7IurY/edit#gid=0]]. I couldn't have built this game without them.\n\nContributors:\n\nMaria (@MariaMison)\nYadelah (@Yadelah1)\nSam (@passerines)\nKavi (@yrgirlkavi)\nBen (@roswellwrites)\nSasha (@sasha_reneau)\nCaro (@SeaExcursion)\nMarn (@corpserevivers)\nJanie (@jjaffew)\nMossy (@mossy_toes)\nNatalie (@bigstuffedcat)\nSchaezer (@Hummingmoth)\nGray (@waveechocave)\nJay (@onlavenderwings)\nMorgan (@MorganGateLeven)\nAbe (@abemendes)\nPaul (@pauly3_d)\nNiklas (@mxwiklund)\nMatthew (@mrmatthew)\n\n[[begin.|UNSPOOLED THREAD]]

!Ecologic Disobedience\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nthe earth's song of delight\nis green sprouts\non concrete pavement\n\n!!or\n\nall that we know\nare the things that will be lost\nto time\n\n[[end of line.|Start]]

!The Loop\n!!@abemendes\n\nI can only shudder to think.\n\n!!or\n\nI can think only to [[shudder|fusebox]].

!Tremor\n!!@Yadelah1\n\nSubterranean \nBlind creature\nGrasping maw\n\n!!or\n\nHidden soft sand\nShifting grounds\nEndless time on a rock\n\n[[be consumed.|Start]]

! \n!!@MariaMison\n\ndear deity ancestor,\ndesecrate the tombs\ncult(ural) extinction\n\n!!or\n\nFake news\nFake tombs and\na swarm of static\n\n[[once more.|Start]]

!Mordant\n!!@dancynrew\n\nmuscle and tendon\nache from gripping\nfixed, fastened, bound\n\n!!or\n\nwhen she grinned [[a smile so sharp|ariadne]] it pricked your eyes

!Pressure\n!!@MariaMison\n\nlotus feet\nor) an arm in a cast\nor) a wrap that stops you from leaking blood\n\n!!or\n\nchaffed wrists from handcuffs\nbruises from nowhere\nskin [[on fire|tinnitus]]

!The Fusebox\n!!@Hummingmoth\n\nUntenable, unbearable, the sacrificial lamp, you've failed us and have our thanks, your only task to fail so we wouldn't have to\n\n!!or\n\nA circuit broken, freedom from tyranny's coil, dig up the candles and dance in the dark\n\n[[again.|Start]]

!Doorway Cracked Ajar\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nOpportunity gleaming,\ncourage as-yet unmustered, \na whisper between worlds\n\n!!or\n\nDisturbance from [[stasis|manticore]],\nSurrendering to the unknown

!Prepatory\n!!@jjaffew\n\nA stack of plans files old and new\nChecked double [[checked|glitched]] triple checked\nBroken system\n\n!!or\n\nImpatience.

!Susan's Gift\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nan ivory [[horn|hornt]], \na blessed present, \na reward for gentleness\n\n!!or\n\n[[how will you call to me|memory]]\nwhen I have gone and grown\nand you are \ngone

!Swing\n!!@abemendes\n\nsteadily, endlessly\ngetting ahead of myself,\nfalling head over heels\n\n!!or\n\nidentical twins,\na balance offset only\nby a mismatched triplet\n\n[[redo.|Start]]

!Blacksmith's Hammer\n!!@corpserevivers\n\nCold steel turned hot;\n[[something new|hatmaker]] shaped\nfrom old [[scrap|dullknife]]\n\n!!or\n\nFissures widened,\niron bent and broken\nby heavy [[hands|callus]]

Samantha Day

!Automaton\n!!@onlavenderwings\n\nDown this [[endless line|automation]] of gleaming chrome,\nWe are assembled,\nPiece by piece we come alive\n\n!!or\n\nUnder dismal clouds of smoke,\nA hammer rises and falls, rises and falls,\n[[Knowing only|purpose]] the clang of metal on metal

!Hatmaker's Daughter\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nsteady and [[thoughtful|flowersfrom]],\na deft hand crafts wonder\nfrom old scrap\nof felt and feathers\n\n!!or\n\nprecocious and insistent,\nbelligerent spinster,\nastounding and frustrating all\nin equal measure

!Workshed\n!!@SeaExcusion\n\nRolling out the door\nwith charts and [[tools|blacksmith]] in hand;\na half-baked dream, a locked cabinet\n\n!!or\n\nWithin these walls\nthe artisan houses machines\nto build unthinkable wonders

!Comment\n!!@MariaMison\n\nAn abrupt pin drop\nyou wildly off-topic\nbastard\n\n!!or\n\na swallowed breath\nan aside\nmy (other) intention\n\n[[once more.|Start]]

!Cracking\n!!@jjaffew\n\nglass shatters\n[[rushing water|drownedone]]\nA sob\n\n!!or\n\nA [[flow set right|branching]]\nWet papers floating downstream\nWhat loss?

!The Great Pacific Garbage Patch\n!!@Hummingmoth\n\nWaste flowing\nBurst capillary\nPool on the planet's cheek\nBruise on the great blue\n\n!!or\n\nAll things discarded,\nForgotten, wash up, assimilate\nWill it ever haunt us? Or will it remain\nOn that alien shore\n\n[[drift.|Start]]

!Grief (II)\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nExpress Grief for thy Dead... most like a monumental statue set in everlasting watch and moveless woe \n\n!!or\n\n...Touch it; the marble eyelids are not wet: If it could weep, it could arise and go.\n\n[[begin at the beginning.|Start]]

!House of Cards\n!!@jjaffew\n\nTime taken\nCareful preparation\nA meditative game\n\n!!or\n\nIt is falling apart around me\nThe slightest wind set fate alight\nsafety disrupted\n\n[[play again.|Start]]

!!!EXQUISITE WHEEL\na #deckjam compilation.\n\n[[begin.|UNSPOOLED THREAD]]\n\n[[credits.|credits]]

!Flip a Coin\n!!@MariaMison\n\n—Mother\nIt lands on the side \nWhat are the Odds\n\n!!or\n\nalways the face\nof who you hate \netched just as closely\nintimately, your other side\n\n[[roll the dice.|Start]]

!Laugh\n!!@jjaffew\n\na joke found purpose\npressure relieved\nquiet sighs of contentment\n\n!!or\n\nnerves\npressurized\nunder watch\ndo not give away your thoughts\n\n[[begin again.|Start]]

!The Loop\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nnorthbound travel\nis delayed, yet again\nyet again\nyet again\n\n!!or\n\nthe sweltering, stifling heat\nof co-passengers\n[[i hate|loop3]] this fucking train

!Wager\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nRattling dice, fortunes switched, a hand’s deft sleight\n\n!!or\n\nDesolation, desperation, collapse\n\n[[rebuild.|Start]]

!Sea Cliffs\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nA [[long fall|lighthouse]] into unbroken water,\nAn open maw, A hungry gap,\n\n!!or\n\nDiving, whooping, hollering, \nExhilarating Joy shared with others

!Lighthouse\n!!@jjaffew\n\nA quiet rhythm\nA distant [[light|perseus]]\nA [[path through despair|calmwaters]]\n\n!!or\n\nAn incessant drumming\nA [[distant existence|leviathan]]\n[[A living tomb|satellite]]

!Unthreaded Spool\n!!@abemendes\n\nSpin your wheels;\nwork your magic.\nI'll be here, waiting\narms open wide.\n\n!!or\n\na shepherd watches\nas her flock takes flight,\noff to graze on the clouds.\nHer work is done.\n\n[[once more.|Start]]

!Stolen Kiss\n!!@pauly3_d\n\nIn the darkest night\nThe goldhearted thief\nOffers their soul for a taste\n\n!!or\n\nA common affair\nReminder of their bond\nThe last sparks of a dying flame\n\n[[again.|Start]]

!Ariadne\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nand the [[thread|tapestry]] glows \nthrough the labyrinth \nand it glows and it goes further in \n\n!!or\n\nat the end she was alone

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!The Loop\n!!@corpserevivers\n\nmemorized steps\nto a [[dance|dancing]] you've done\none thousand times before\n\n!!or\n\n[[gotta get out|loop2]]\ngotta get out\ngotta get out

!Trinity IV\n!!@mossy_toes\n\npast, present, [[future|zodiac]]\n\n!!or\n\nmaiden, [[mother|mordant]], crone

!Fallible Memory\n!!@bigstuffedcat\n\nIt's simple, deterministic\nFxll xn thx gxps xnxmbxgxxxsly xnd clxrly (xvxntxxlly)\n\n!!or\n\nIt's [[unintelligible|tabula]], natural\nOb----ate the c---tions until un-----able yet ch----ing

!The Drowned One\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nrushing water\n[[breaking waves|riverruns]]\nagainst the shore\nwhen we last stood here\n\n!!or\n\nankles deep\n[[gasping for air|undercurrent]]\nwhy i left this\nwhy i left you

!A Game For Those Who Left You\n!!@MariaMison\n\nFive for the things I refuse to say\nSix for the light sleep and long days\nSeven for the heartache and loss of will\n\n!!or\n\nThe people i’ve lost and i hope to be mending\nwe cast lines to things unholdable\nn try to reel something in\n\n[[once more.|Start]]

!Here's What You Missed\n!!@MariaMison\n\nSPILL! THE TEA\nHoneyBOO\nScalding tasty buurn\n\n!!or\n\nYour back has a sign\nPls stab or kic me \nNo one has eyes that view like 360\n\n[[another turn.|Start]]

!Second Hand\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nCopper fingers count down, \n[[Metal hands|fatefuleyes]] close in, \nA Timely Grip \n\n!!or\n\nA helpful mark, \nA Friendly meter, \nA Small devision quick to pass

!Courier\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\na [[saving grace|guardian]], a godsend,\na message from above,\nlight shed on a muddled situation\n\n!!or\n\nout of step, out of time,\na day late and a dollar short,\n[[bad news|bile]] at the worst moment

!Rat King\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nAwful majesty,\nthe [[swarm in unison,|wave]]\nknotted, writhing\n\n!!or\n\nBound by common purpose\na synthesis of flesh,

!Labyrinth\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nHunted in the dark, dizzying twists and turns, inescapable\n\n!!or\n\n[[No exit|dream]] same as the entrance, transformative journey, the dungeon is forgetting

!Masquerade\n!!@corpserevivers\n\nExplosions of color,\na [[chance encounter|queenthief]]\nwith faceless friends\n\n!!or\n\nSecrets under cover;\nan identity stolen,\na masque of death

!Golden Needle\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nthe rippling chaos of the weave\nas it narrows, threaded\nthrough a single point\nwith decisive action\n\n!!or\n\nthe dwindling of the skein,\nan [[eye|spool]] in the hurricane;\na spot of respite that marks\nthe completion of a cycle

!Worker's Dance\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nthe move of your arms, \nmark the way to meadow seas, \n[[flesh made cartography|automaton]]\n\n!!or\n\nthe rhythm of your heart, \nyour internal beat, \nsings dangers into being

!Grief\n!!@waveechocave\n\npresence defined by absence;\nunspoken [[words|youmissed]], unshaken faith,\na banner in the battlefield mud\n\n!!or\n\nabsence defined by presence;\ndouble-exposed film, a family plot,\nwaking up alone together

!Manticore's Lair\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\ndisturbance from stasis\nbrings with it the threat\nof fiery fang and poison barb\n\n!!or\n\ndead stone turned to living gold,\n[[a cavern|labyrinth]] filled to the brim\nwith riches beyond compare

!Dull Knife\n!!@mrmatthew\n\nUnfit for battle;\nAn edge lost over\ntime and trials\n\n!!or\n\nRaw potential;\nWaiting to be honed\nand sharpened\n\n!![[start again.|Start]]

!Bile\n!!@MariaMison\n\nbad food bad lies\nclimbing up a tower\nsweet hatred, knows\n–you make me sick.\n\n!!or\n\nthe walls have thinned\nleft swallow and hollowed\nan acid\nthat burns from a wretched core\n\n!![[start again.|Start]]

!Labyrinthitis\n!!@roswellwrites\n\na strange upheaval, \nthe world turned sideways \nto be [[remapped|pernicious]] with thread\n\n!!or\n\nfear of unseen heights,\nintense vertigo, all consuming \naltitude\n

!Inevitability\n!!@jjaffew\n\n[[Fate|wager]] was once judged by a trio\nWise judges someplace far away\nWhen did we lose them?\n\n!!or\n\nWhy did you think you could escape?\n[[Why did you think you should escape?|grief]]\nWhy did you think you must escape?

!House\n!!@onlavenderwings\n\n[[a warm abode|home]],\nlasting protection,\nsafety and companionship\n\n!!or\n\nStifling walls,\nhostile shelter,\na place that is not your own

!Architect\n!!@mossy_toes\n\n[[Plans methodically drawn|clocktools]],\nredefining spaces,\nsoaring intersection\n\n!!or\n\nLofty ambition,\nimmaterial progress,\nvision uncommunicated

!Zodiac\n!!@Hummingmoth\n\nPoint heaven-ward, [[split the sky|casts]] twelve-fold\nThe world beneath arraignged neath twelve fabricated banners\n\n!!or\n\nStars flung apart, trillions of light years 'twixt \nGathered by quirks of cosmic perspective\nTo play for us the dragon, the bird, the sheep, the ox

!Neural Net\n!!@roswellwrites\n\na generated card\nin-memory \nfrom back in-memory (\nin-memory) by user \n\n!!or\n\na bit of poetry or \na game of letters (and perhaps letters).\na card and (also played )\n\n[[end of line.|Start]]

!Calm Waters\n!!@mxwiklund\n\nA safe passage,\na softly spoken promise,\nA much needed respite.\n\n!!or\n\nA secret just beneath the surface. \nA windless sail,\ndread in hardened hearts\n\n[[slip away.|Start]]

!Breathing\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nIn and out, in and out, in and out, in\n\n!!or\n\nblood thumping through your temples, lungs a blacksmith’s steady bellows, the internal cosmos of your biorhythms\n\n[[inhale.|Start]]

!Thieves Den\n!!@jjaffew\n\nBeneath a grate & behind a locked door\nGrins and clinking glasses\nA job well done\n\n!!or\n\nA desolate bus station\nA pooled take\nLove among outcasts\n\n[[and again|Start]].

!Hedge Maze\n!!@abe_mendes\n\nimaginary barriers\npushed aside\nwith a prick of the palm\n\n!or\n\na cultivated chaos,\ninstructions lapsed,\nwild and free\n\n[[return.|Start]]

!Element\n!!@MariaMison\n\nThe grass murmers The waves grow The sun grips and does odd verbing in feet\n\n!!or\n\na frozen, underwater Palace. a cinema that spectacle\n\n!![[again.|Start]]

!Queen Bee\n!!@jjaffew\n\ngo go go go go \nfly fly fly fly fly\n[[find find find find find|worker]]\neat eat eat eat eat\n\n!!or\n\nwhy must you be in charge?\na convenient fire\nlate at night

!Fateful Eyes\n!!@mariamison\n\nSunken and swollen,\nbloodshot gouged\n/more blood as tears\n\n!!or\n\nbeams of Light,\n[[enraptured|shattered]]\nfloodlights for flooding

!Paradox\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nFractal fragments,\n[[Fluid|cracking]] fictions,\ndiverging timelines\n\n!!or\n\nMultiplicity,\nimpossibility made manifest

!Dancing\n!!@jjaffew\n\nAll in step\nWe align\nLest we fall\nOut of time\n\n!!or\n\nmisplacement\neyes turn\nto see who doesn’t know this\n\n[[again.|Start]]

!Undercurrent\n!!@sasha_reneau\n\nPulling like muscle at\nBones for its broken rocks,\nRippled in looping cycles\n\n!!or\n\nForewarned and better behaved,\nSmoothed over; still [[ravenous|garbage]],\nBut polite. well-mannered.

!Peace\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\nfind chaos amid the [[cacophonous|tuningup]]\nimbalance; the world\nwill silence its tumult and bustle\n\n!!or\n\na single breath\nis enough to topple\nthe precarious [[house of cards]]

!Tapestry\n!!@jjaffew\n\na million threads\nknots edges [[fraying|needle]]\ntogether yet not as one\n\n!!or\n\na beautiful landscape\nwhen considered at distance\ntogether yet not as one

!Satellite\n!!@pauly3_d\n\nArrogance made [[flesh|pressure]]\nIsolation by choice, by void\nA claim heard 'round the world\n\n!!or\n\nJealous of the moon\nStar-driven ingenuity\nArt that outlives the artist

!Capillaries\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nAll the paths that blood\ncan [[flow|breathing]] between the two of us \n\n!!or\n\nAll the places where we \n[[absorb the world|augur]] between us

!Automation\n!!@jjaffew\n\nWe can do this better than you\nYou can do this better than you \nBetter than [[Better than|jokeautomation]] Better than\n\n!!or\n\nEntombed of their own machine\nThe [[timeless|evolution]] scientist\nContemplates the work\n

!Trinity (III)\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\na rule of threes,\n[[drama|slipping]] invoked\n\n!!or\n\na [[joke|joker]] subverted,\ncommitting to the bit

!The Trinity (II)\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nmen go blind, \nlooking at what they have [[created|trinity3]]\n\n!!or\n\nwhite sands \nturn to green glass \nunder the force of explosion

!Trinity\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nLungs to see and [[eyes to fly|trinity2]], a hand for every kind of touch, the drowning desire of the lake\n\n!!or\n\nThe three worst girls since Eve

!Clockmaker\n!!@pauly3_d\n\nWound tight,\n[[precision|architect]] and delicacy,\nperfection encased [[in glass|hourglass]]\n\n!!-Or-\n\nOut of step, [[out of time|courier]],\ndancing to a heartbeat\nEndless circles interlaced

!Purpose\n!!@MorganGateLeven\n\nA goal set on the horizon\nDays pass as it nears\nIt waits\n\n!!or\n\nTied to a wheel\nTurning without end\nBones are ground to dust\n\n[[another turn.|Start]]

!Sealed Letter\n!!@sasha_reneau\n\nWith utmost reverence,\na humble request of graceful presence\nat one's nearest convenience\n\n!!or\n\n[[For Your Eyes Only|masque]],\nan urgent missive to discuss\na delicate matter

!A Trinity (IV)\n!!@jjaffew\n\ncastsbrokenloopsshatteredwhymustwefollowtherulestheweightofexpectationmaykillusbeforethelawdoes \n\n!!or\n\ndoes form exist for a reason\n\n[[end of line.|Start]]

!Perseus's Shield\n!!@mossy_toes\n\nBrilliant reflection,\ndistant longing,\ninnocence punished\n\n!!or\n\nBeauty unwitnessed,\n[[transformation refused|pegasus]],\nnormalcy triumphant

!8 Ball\n!!@abemendes\n\nresults hazy; [[draw again|flipacoin]].\n\n!!or\n\nYou know [[the answer|scratch]].\nFeel it in your gut.\nThere is no alternative.

!Branching\n!!@sasha_reneau\n\nHeavy with snow, leaves, fruit,\n[[Nests|darkness]], [[bloom|swing]], [[lineage|inevitability]], [[memory|capillaries]]\n\n!!or\n\nTwo roads diverged in a wood,\nOr) Two paths to the heart,\nOr) or) two choices leading to\nOr) or) or) two choices leading

!Memory\n!!@jjaffew\n\nwho am where why\n[[what is this|paradox]]\nwhat hell have you locke\n\n!!or\n\nHello! It is nice to meet you!\nHow can I be of servic

!Casts\n!!@jjaffew\n\nWhat knowledge holds our ancestors\nFixed in place and time, a role determined\nWhat must we prove to them\nImmobile\n\n!!or\n\n“You layer the steel like this, see? You can tell you’re doing it right if the pattern flows smoothly. There, you’re getting it! You’ll be an expert soon”\n\n[[end of line.|Start]]

!JOKE: Automation, via predictive text\n!!@waveechocave\n\nWe can do this better than the \nyeah yeah but yeah that’s fine \noh yeah [[absolutely|laugh]] no worries \n\n!!or\n\noh no that’s not good for you \noh hmmm yeah yeah hey hey \nyeah but that’s fine i’ll be fine)

!Pernicious Influences\n!!@MariaMison\n\nA cold wind\nA summer heat\nHas entered you\nstews your sweat like a foreign ghost\n\n!!or\n\ngood old Possession\na [[chattering bug|beetle]]\nwho knew, this kingdom could speak?

!Fair Division\n!!@bigstuffedcat\n\nCut the cake in two,\nhoping the pieces are equal\n\n!!or\n\nChoose a piece,\nknowing that they should be\nabout the same\n\n[[end of line.|Start]]

!Clockmaker's Tools\n!!@jjawffew\n\nThin wire delicately bound\nGentle touches [[shifting gears|secondhand]] to place\nPrecise in the hands of a master\n\n!!or\n\nThe drop of a hammer.\nBroken glass.\nMoments scattered.

!dream . maerd\n!!@MariaMison\n\nrecurring dreams\nfalse [[awakenings|awaken]]\nslamming heart - look for the door or loop loop loop\n\n!!or\n\nthe dream is the reality\ndie here. escape\nwake the inhabitants\nthey do not know they are the dreaming

!Strings\n!!@SeaExcursion\n\na [[mournful melody|mournful]],\nbow pulled taut\nwith tense fingers\n\n!!or\n\nloose, unyielding,\nthe pluck and gumption\nof a freeform improvisation

!The King's Head\n!!@roswellwrites\n\nA pub, A watering hole, \nA group of old friends killing \ntime before bright fire \n\n!!or\n\nA [[Rat's|rattiquette]] seat of power, \nA Clandestine Gathering, \nA Court for the roguish and hungry