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!! Grove Whimsical Doubt Consciousness
This game may include implicit and explicit
!@ Burrow Fluffy Discover Exploit expressions of depression, PTSD, anxiety, PRONOUNS:
psychological illness and distress. You are
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encouraged to read and play with caution and
!$ Woods Amber Vocalize Intelligence awareness of your mental situation. FEAR:
!% Tree Sparkling Challenge Challenge If you find the game emotionally too
challenging, change or ignore any part, and
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Hills

Tunnels
Pearlly

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Listen

Survive
Friendships

Despair
keep in mind that you can pause and quit at any
time for your safety and well-being.
Approaches
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THE TWO REALMS
@$ Mountains Auroral Analyze Desire FORCEFUL
The Dark Room :
@% River Flaming Redeem Confidence
An endless empty room that you have locked
@^ Lake Swirly Sneak Insecurity yourself in. This is a safe place without any PATIENT
#! Ocean Enormous Seek Decency potential danger, although thrills are neither

#@ Island Skeletal Read Apathy

found.
There is a door leading to the outside world, in
QUICK
the other world, reality, and your quest is to
## Plains Eerie Fight Anxiety
open the door and escape from the Dark Room.

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NECTAR
#% Pond Blooming Examine Inspiration The Labyrinth :
#^ Desert Spotted Encourage Affection A bizarre yet miraculous world inhabited by
$! Tundra Inky Escape Oblivion
thousands of butterflies. It has an infinite land A Guided Journey
and as many landscapes, plants, and natural
phenomena as you can ever imagine. However, CREATING YOUR WANDERER About Embracing
$@ Caves Crystal Forgive Strength
Your Past
there are no living creatures besides you and the
$# Fields Elegant Retrieve Prejudice
butterflies. Choose your name and preferred pronouns.
Neither the Labyrinth nor the butterflies are an Your character has three approaches (forceful,
$$ Nest Vibrant Empathize Family
immediate threat to you, but you may confront patient, and quick). Assign one to a +2, another
$% Wasteland Fragile Sacrifice Violence
difficulty in response to an event willingly or with a +1, the third defaults to a 0.
$^ Cliffs Miniature Create Aspiration otherwise.
%! Gardens Fragrant Protect Sacrifice ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY
%@ Jungle Crimson Observe Altruism Created by
You are in a dark room. It has been so long since
%# Prairie Ethereal Follow Failure you came to this endless, empty room that you
can no longer remember who you were.
%$ Reef Hypnotic Persuade Romance
While slumbering in darkness, you notice
%% Hive Syrupy Hide Betrayal
butterflies fluttering around. The next moment,
%^ Canyon Festive Dance Joy the dark room is no longer dark; it is a colourful
labyrinth filled with hundreds of butterflies
^! Catacombs Sacred Record Obligation
where your lost self sleep.
^@ Volcanic Charcoal Support Courage At the end of your adventure in the miraculous
^# Wetlands Obscure Explore Redemption This work is based on Firelights, product of Fari RPGs realm and a recollection of yourself, you arrive
(https://farirpgs.com/), developed and authored by René- in the dark room once again. There is a door to
^$ Tomb Lacy Destroy Regret
Pier Deshaies-Gélinas, and licensed for our use under the the outside right in front of you.
^% Estuary Splashing Sing Gratitude Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License Gather the courage to open the door and see the
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) light in reality. The key is what you found on
^^ Hollow Brilliant Learn Existence your journey: who you truly are.
 �e Basics
PREPARING THE GAME
To play this game, you will need the following
materials:
� A deck of 52 cards without Jokers. You will
use this as a way to guide the story. This is
your Story Deck.
� Two six-sided dice. You will use these to
perform actions and get answers about the
world. These are your Action Dice.
� A notebook to act as your Journey Book for
log entries.
� Index cards or random slips of paper.
� A token of some sort (coin, poker chip, etc.).
STARTING THE GAME
To play, make sure you have a couple of hours
of spare time ahead of you. Shuffle and place
your Story Deck on a flat surface and gather
your Action Dice.
MAKING AN ACTION
Actions guide your journey across this world.
Each one is a self-contained system which helps
to resolve your questions or actions.
When making an Action, go through the
following:
� Draw 2 cards face-up from your Story Deck.
� Roll and sum your two Action Dice.
� Add any modifiers to your roll to get your
Score.
Then, interpret the result as follows and discard
the cards:
� If your score is higher than both cards,
there’s Light.
� If your score is higher than one card, there’s
Shade.
� Otherwise, there’s Void.
Aces are worth 1, Jacks are worth 11, Queens are
worth 12, and Kings are worth 13. Each Action
is formatted Actions + Modifier and tells you
what happens when there’s Light, Shade or
Void.
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EXPLORING THE WORLD
When you start the game, draw a card from the
Story Deck and place it face up in front of you.
This is where you start your journey. As you go
further, you will add more cards to your World
Map. Each card represents a new region.
When you add a new region card, the corner of
your card needs to connect with another
region’s corner. To know whether the region
you are adding is located below, beside or
above your current location, compare the
numbers of both cards, and interpret the result.
� If the number on the new card is higher than
the one on your current location, place the
card above.
� If the number on the new card is lower than
the one on your current location, place the
card below.
� Otherwise, place the card beside your
current location.
Use rolling tables for inspiration, place slips of
paper on top of the cards to note down details
about the region.
FINDING YOURSELF
Pieces of your lost self are sleeping quietly, yet
waiting to be awakened. In some regions, you
may experience something that reminds you of
your own forgotten identities. To find yourself,
DISCOVER A REGION. If the new card is a face
card (jack, queen or king), you encounter
something personally significant, such as an
object, voice, word, or scenery.
Use the table for inspiration, imagine what you
recalled and write it down on a slip of paper
and place it on your current region.
FEAR AND THE DARK ROOM
When your Fear is full or your Story Deck is
empty, it means that the journey in the
Labyrinth comes to an end. Soon or later, you
see a misty dark corner in the middle of
nowhere and experience an urge to go in. Once
you are back in the Dark Room, go to
The Game - THE DARK ROOM.
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CHALLENGE DIFFICULTIES
When you act in the face of adversity,
Action+Approach.
� Upon Light, it’s a full success.
� Upon Shade, it’s a partial success.
� Upon Void, it’s a setback, mark 1 Fear.
DISCOVER A REGION
When you look for a new path,
Action+Approach to expand your map. Roll on
the tables for inspiration.
� Upon Light, add the two cards to your map.
� Upon Shade, add either one of the cards to
your map.
� Upon Void, the path is hidden, mark 1 Fear.
COLLECT NECTAR
When you collect nectar for butterflies,
Action+Approach. The number of drops goes
back to zero if it’s used.
� Upon Light, you collect 2 drops of Nectar.
� Upon Shade, you collect 1 drop of Nectar.
� Upon Void, it was all empty, mark 1 Fear.
GET A GUIDE FROM
BUTTERFLIES
When you want a guide from butterflies to seek
your lost self, Action+Nectar.
� Upon Light, you find a part of yourself,
recall and write down 2 new memories
about yourself.
� Upon Shade, you hear their breath, recall
and write down 1 new memory about
yourself.
� Upon Void, you hardly catch a vague sign,
write down 1 new memory about yourself
and mark 1 Fear.
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PREPARING FOR THE CLIMAX
Before getting into the final scene, gather all the
cards except the World Map and shuffle.
Also, develop more details regarding your
personality and identity by using your
memories as inspirations. Re-consider your
name and pronouns if needed.
EMBRACING THE PAST
The pieces of yourself you found on the journey
may have been encouraging and comforting,
but they can also be dreadful.
When you try to reach the door, your Past
appears. It is a piece of your lost self that
comprises your painful memories, and you
must confront it in order to escape the Dark
Room.
Collect the cards where you found your lost self
from the World Map to build a Stack. You can
add more cards to your Stack by the action FACE
THE PAST. When the number of cards on the
Stack exceeds the Past’s strength, you are able
to embrace it and finally ready to open the door.
� Pathos (17 cards): A creature in an uncertain
figure with elements of your recalled
memories. Pathos represents your trauma,
agony, regrets, and the reasons why you
locked yourself in this room. Using your
memories for inspiration, describe as you
want. Hearts ♥ count as two stack cards.
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FACE THE PAST
When you build a Stack, Action+Approach.
Repeat until you’ve stacked enough cards to exceed
the Past’s strength.
� Upon Light, stack the two cards on the Past.
� Upon Shade, stack one of the cards on the
Past.
� Upon Void, pick one of the cards and add it
to the Past’s strength.