Secret

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SECRETS REVEALED

- No blank comments. Top levels should include your character telling everyone their biggest secret, that little piece of knowledge they've kept quiet for whatever reason. Positive or negative, embarrassing or devastating, about themselves or someone/thing else, every whisper counts as long as it's about a secret you'd rather die than tell. - What happens, then, when the truth gets out? Will it set you free...or set every prospect you had on fire?

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[shitface]

No problem. I mean, I've done worse.

[detoxes]

Well now I’m curious. What’s worse than that?

[shitface]

I threw a knife straight into a nun's eye once.

[detoxes]

Shit - that’s cool. I’m guessing she really deserved it?

[…And now she’s wondering if she can even get on that level. Throwing knives? Never thought about it before.]

[shitface]

Oh, for sure. She had a teenage girl at gunpoint.

[detoxes]

No shit?? [Okay okay she's incredibly intrigued now.] I feel like there's a story here. A really gnarly one. Care to share? I'll trade. Tell you more about my hand. Or whatever. I'm flexible.

[shitface]

Fuck, I don't even know where to start. I might have to kind of tell it backwards.

She was worshiping my dad? I think she thought he was Jesus reincarnated into a doll or some wild shit like that.

[detoxes]

You can Tarantino it. Whatever works, y’know?

[Squint.] Jesus… reincarnated… into a doll? Well I’ll be damned. [Pause, a point.] So there’s no Jesus but your dad’s… in a doll? For real?

[shitface]

Yep. Has been since long before me and my sibling were born.

[detoxes]

What. Okay hold up you gotta tell me - like - absolutely everything okay? This is crazy. I totally believe you - don't get me wrong. But it's still... crazy.

[Makes her feel the slightest bit more normal than usual.]

[shitface]

Okay, so he's not reincarnated, but he did put his soul into a doll. Voodoo shit. And then my mom put herself in a doll too, and they used more voodoo shit to knock up Jennifer Tilly.

[ Yes, the real life movie star Jennifer Tilly. ]

And that's how Glen and I happened. And so we thought Jennifer Tilly was our mom for... eighteen whole years of our life. But no, it was just our real mom possessing Jennifer Tilly's body.

And that's just, like. The Cliff Notes version.

[detoxes]

Your mom's Jennifer Tilly?

[She just nods once the nitty gritty is explained. Mia is paying so much attention right now, utterly engaged with this story. The twists and turns - yeah. Enthralled.]

Damn, okay - I'm impressed. I mean... I don't like having traumatic backstory contests or anything but this? Unreal. Insane. Takes all the cake. [She laughs a little. There's no malice there.] Thanks for being comfy enough to share it with me. [A shy little smile.]