[UA] UA Amnesia scenarios

[Andrew Bowman]

Ever read John Dies at the End?  (www.johndiesattheend.com)  It has a
few "missing time" scenarios like that.  Here's a quick adaptation:

You walk up the stairs and into your bedroom, and immediately you
realize something is wrong.  The drawer on your nightstand is open.
The drawer where you keep the hollowed-out book which holds your gun.
The book itself is on your bed.  It's empty.  Nothing else in the room
is disturbed.  Slowly, you check under the bed, in the closet, move
all throughout the house, listening for an intruder, looking for some
sign of someone else in your house.

A droplet of ice water runs from your hair and into your ear.  You
reach up to brush it back, and suck in a shocked breath.  You've found
your pistol.  It's in your hand, numb fingers curled around the
plastic grip, index finger resting on the trigger.

You drop the gun like it's made of bees, staring stupified at your
empty palm, fingers pink from the cold.  You realize there's snow in
your hair, slush in your shoes, yet you were only outside for a
moment, crossing the distance between your car and the front door.

Hand shaking, you reach down to pick up the gun, almost afraid to
check the magazine.  That gun carried fifteen bullets.  What if
there's one missing?

On 11/9/07, Scott McDaniel <scott at scottopic.com> wrote:
> When I read these and the initial idea, I began to wonder "Well, okay
> - how ~would~ I create this scene for the players?"
>
> One idea that came to mind was to let them play in flashbacks...but
> have them switch roles several times, and let them try to piece
> together who they are as the character in the amnesia scene.
> Similar to Memento or realizing in Dead Again
> (****SPOILER****)
> that people aren't remembering who they are in the way they think they are.
>
>
>
> On Nov 9, 2007 12:26 AM,  <breekan1 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > You're in a movie theatre. On screen, a woman is bound screaming, with unspeakable acts being performed upon her. The people around you are mostly men, leering with horrific intensity. You can't see an exit anywhere nearby.
> >
> > You're somewhere dark and cramped. You hear muffled voices outside, but you have no idea what they're saying. You hear what sounds like choppy water and the mournful hooting of seagulls. Your feet seem to be bound by something very heavy.
> >
> > You're at a children's birthday part, with youngsters in pointed hats and their parents looking at you, horrified. You look down and see that you're dressed in an elaborate magician's tuxedo. People begin to scream at you with horror. It feels like you're holding something.
> >
> > You're naked in a giant ball of dough. The room you're in is made of steel, with a strange old man viewing through a window in the door. It seems to be getting hotter.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > >From: David Tormsen <tormsen at gmail.com>
> > >Sent: Nov 8, 2007 10:33 PM
> > >To: The Unknown Armies RPG Mailing List <ua at lists.unknown-armies.com>
> > >Subject: [UA] UA Amnesia scenarios
> > >
> > >I enjoy the amnesia scenario as a way of kicking off UA campaigns (or
> > >just adventures). I recently came across a cool idea while reading a
> > >review for the movie "Film Noir" on Twitch: waking up beneath the
> > >Hollywood sign next to a dead cop. That pretty much makes me want to
> > >start a campaign straight away. Anyone else got any cool ideas for an
> > >evocative amnesia scenario?
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