Directions: Players elect an object, and begin to ask questions about it, answering intuitively and collectively. (Where was it born? How does it procreate? Etc.) The discussion proceeds verbally, and a consensus must be reached with each proposed fact.
Object 1
A nesting doll cocoon, which can make smaller copies of itself. Its life cycle switches between egg form and silver form. It grows smaller over time (going forward in time, that is). At one time it was as tall as empire state building, we’ve just forgotten this.
It feels resigned to its fate. It creates psychological defenses. it feels heavy, dull, sleepy, ancient. It mutters “from the egg we came, and to the egg we shall return.”
It’s name is “eggbert” in eggform and “silly-cone and the eggstential crisis” in silverform.
It smells like pennies and blood, with a hint of cardamon.
In its silver form, it makes eggbeer. In its eggform, it rolls to the the bottom of the ocean to hibernate. It floats back up when it turns silver again, due to its silver form being hollow on the inside.
When it’s too small to grow any smaller, it turns backwards in time, growing larger. Same when it grows too large, it reverts time again and grows smaller. Therefore, at every single moment of time, it is both growing smaller and growing larger in both directions, never having to relive the past nor the future, constantly creating both simultaneously. Therefore, it is the dynamo heart of the universe. Unfortunately, it can also never experience its own death; humans probably will however, living past its smallest state. It existentially worries of the nothingness on the other side of its two extremes, though it can never know them.
Object 2 — Simple Samuel Eric Bjornsson
Born without facial features, but still very much has a face.
It has a sphincter at the tiptop of its head for nutrition; secretes a sweet smell from it. Is actually a plant, even though it looks like a bear.
It wards off predators mainly through its uncanny face. It always listens. Its face is made of a strong tissue that can bulge, inflate, expand. Its face is thin and porous bywhich it can absorb liquid.
It experiences simple emotions, primarily hunger. Eats insects and smalls mammals that can fit. 200 caterpillars in a single meal feels pretty good. It has very low energy expenditure.
It is actually an amalgam of different organisms crash-spliced together via asteroid collision:
- Its kevlar face is a space blowfish; it swims galactic dust currents; actually born of a blackhole. Has no fins, no tail; a ballthing that survived the vacuum of space purely through regulation of its own internal pressure.
- Its body is a crystalline organism found inside an icy comet. It was a purely digestive organism, diffusing nutrients through the air. Brokedown via acids and honeys.
- Its mane is actually just a bear’s. The asteroid slammed into it in ottawa, canada, poor guy. Gave the amalgamation creature its predatory and defensive instincts.
Its brain is an amalgamation of all three organisms.
No one knows how old it is. In fact, different parts die at different times: the bear will slough off first; the blowfish will depressurize next; the crystalline will remain crystalline. It is then that it will revert to mindless sleep; it is only temporarily conscious.
(Players: K, AM, HC, SC)
