Otherworld TRPG Game Master Chapter 43: Trivial Suspicions

Trivial Suspicions

Blood relations were like a stain, leaving its traces behind no matter the circumstance.

From the blood that coursed through my veins with every heartbeat, from every cell of my body, the notion of kinship clung like a brand. In other words, we also called this resemblance.

The man picking up stones from the potato field resembled .

Initially, I found similarities in our facial features. The shape of the nose, the curve of the eyebrows, a jawline more delicate than rugged. The orderly alignnt of teeth revealed when he sighed.

Next, the brittle black hair. The prominent veins when he sighed, the sowhat pale skin, and fingers with particularly pronounced second joints.

Then what was different?

The yellow eyes with blotchy stains that seed like it would exude an odor of fat. The gaze that was not filled with hope for the future, but was stuck in the past. Occasional glimpses of annoyance and pain. Wrinkles that marked the passage of ti, and

Ill ask you sothing.

Oh my, is it you, Wizard. Oh, it is soone different this ti. Are you here to take them away again? Im not ready yet, though.

There was a gritty texture in his deliberately dragged-out speech, reminiscent of chewing sand. I had felt sothing similar before; when a senior in school asked to be a guarantor.

In essence, it ant it was disturbing and unsettling.

I squinted at the back of my fathers head as he bowed low, trying to curry favor. This person did not recognize .

A baseless urge pricked my mind. This impulse to resent and be angry at this man was an unfamiliar and fresh sensation. It seed emotions lingered even if mories faded.

I felt my blood run cold for the first ti in a long while. A sensation akin to becoming a cold-blooded animal. My chest turned chilly, my head hot.

Lets summarize.

1) I resented my father.

2) He did not recognize .

3) He has been regularly handing over sothing to a wizard.

I carefully chose my words. I couldnt afford to be swayed by these unknown emotions, thus becoming angry. I wanted to know everything. My goal was to extract information from my father. It was ti to start a RP.

It was part of the basics to adopt the persona others expected of .

A bowing gesture