An Ablution of Sorrow • 2018 rpg

The Witch Queen, your beloved twin, is dead. You are a failed Sentinel of Hell's Gate - and her only successor. Before you ascend the Rowan Throne, you must undergo a rite of cleansing.

Before play:

With your finger, write "Are you ready now?" on the bathroom mirror.

Play:

Take a steaming hot shower. Wash yourself, solemnly, reverently, and in the order given. As you do, relive the memories described.

Feet, then legs: the secret you discovered and your fury as you abandoned your post

Arms, then hands: your lonely uncertainty as you refused your twin's patient overtures

Back, then front: your jagged guilt when you finally returned - too late - to save those you once swore to protect

Hair: your twin's gentle care as she tended your demon-inflicted wounds and the whisper of renewed hope

Face: grief, grief, endless grief, at her sudden and needless death because of your weakness

When you are done, step out of the shower and look to the mirror. Your sister is powerful - death cannot stop her from sending you a message. Can you see it?

If you can, respond to her.

If you can't, ask yourself if she has forsaken you at last.