happy anniversary - and a meme!

[groundrules]

Hi everyone! eastbound stirred from undeath as roughly the world's tiniest game a year ago, and it's all down to everyone's enthusiasm, sleuthing and morbid sense of humour that it's still alive, sometimes braying and kicking.

To celebrate...

FORTUNE FAVOURS THE DEAD


A bevy of aggressive, loud and gregarious fortune tellers has inundated Ke-Waihu, seeking to exercise their... gifts for coin before departing by sea. To spread the word, they hand out a few free, unsolicited fortunes to hapless bystanders:

i. List your character(s), one per comment, and one or more funny, outlandish or depressing fortunes they've been told ( 'You will marry a six-headed frog by midnight,' 'A stubborn infant will bring your end with a toothpick'... )

ii. Comment around to help with, sympathise, or... point and laugh at everyone else's (mis)fortune. Spam vigorously.

iii. Up to you & your thread partner, if you want to make these conversations game canon and ice break some CR!

Comments

[eternallywandering]

That sounds ominous!

[balancedwire]

It does!

[eternallywandering]

I pray the bite remains in the words and never translates into action.

[balancedwire]

I'll survive either way.

[eternallywandering]

I admire your strength. If you need help, just ask.

[balancedwire]

And you are?

[eternallywandering]

Zhou Zishu.

[balancedwire]

Xie Yun.

I'll keep in mind to ask for help, if needed.

[eternallywandering]

We all need help eventually. There's no shame in asking for it.

[balancedwire]

We'll see if that happens while I'm here.

[eternallywandering]

Count on it. Don't try to go off on your own.

[balancedwire]

Don't try to go off on my own? I'm not fragile.

[eternallywandering]

It doesn't matter. This land will find your weakness.

[balancedwire]

I've heard that before.

[eternallywandering]

Listen to it. I don't want to retrieve your body.

[balancedwire]

You don't know me. Why would you be retrieving my body?

[eternallywandering]

Knowing you isn't necessary. If a body can be retrieved, it should be.

[balancedwire]

That? I will give you.

[eternallywandering]

Then I trust you would do me the same kindness.

[balancedwire]

If something happened, yes.

[eternallywandering]

Thank you. Have you spoken to anyone named Wen Kexing or Xiao Xingchen by chance?

[balancedwire]

I live in the same house as Wen Kexing. I have not, however, spoken to a Xiao Xingchen.

[eternallywandering]

Wen Kexing is my husband. You can rely on him too.

[balancedwire]

He makes a good meal.

[eternallywandering]

He does. His food will keep you healthy.