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thequietmods) wrote2022-01-01 08:56 pm
thequietmods) wrote2022-01-01 08:56 pm
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THE TOTEM
The Totem is a large stone head with an expression fixed in a contented smile. It's located just outside the Cave that the characters find themselves awake in. It is open, a sign written in the same sort of universal language that the gauntlets use says, for business. There's a bowl next to it.
The Totem takes trades, a voice in their dreams whispers. Offer it some sort of sacrifice and it will return the favor in the form of desired goods. A lamb carcass, for example, might result in high quality tools or much-needed medicinal goods. A work of art might result in batteries, high-tech devices, or other goods. Whatever the case, the person offering the sacrifice to the Totem must decide what they want in return and offer something of equivalent or greater value. If they don't make a decision as to what they want before making the offering, the Totem will choose for them, mouth opening to eject the item.
Of course, a voice will tell desperate people, physical goods aren't the only sacrifices it accepts. If someone doesn't know what to offer, or can't make a physical offering, the Totem can, and will, take non-physical goods. A memory won't be missed, after all. Or a superpower. Or their dignity.
Whatever is equal to their desire.
The Totem takes trades, a voice in their dreams whispers. Offer it some sort of sacrifice and it will return the favor in the form of desired goods. A lamb carcass, for example, might result in high quality tools or much-needed medicinal goods. A work of art might result in batteries, high-tech devices, or other goods. Whatever the case, the person offering the sacrifice to the Totem must decide what they want in return and offer something of equivalent or greater value. If they don't make a decision as to what they want before making the offering, the Totem will choose for them, mouth opening to eject the item.
Of course, a voice will tell desperate people, physical goods aren't the only sacrifices it accepts. If someone doesn't know what to offer, or can't make a physical offering, the Totem can, and will, take non-physical goods. A memory won't be missed, after all. Or a superpower. Or their dignity.
Whatever is equal to their desire.