>>95836214
Thanks anon. This one's going a bit better than my last attempt, so I think that's helping.

>>95835491
> The Garden is beautiful.
> The Garden is safe.
> The Garden is full of delights.

> Naked people of all kinds, beautiful and clean,
> bathing in fountains and eating fruit
> engaged in all manner of lovemaking all over the place, beckoning them
> the air smells richly of incenses and roasting meat
> It's making their heads swim and their bodies warm
> The carnival people were right, this place is weird
> but surely it couldn't hurt to take a rest, right?

> The Garden is beautiful.
> The Garden is safe.
> The Garden is full of delights.

> They find a spot where wine is being served, both in cups and on the bodies of the revelers, and they trade what they've got on hand to clear some Minor Mind fallouts
> It's not extensive enough to help them with the Major Fallouts, though
> Cheri's getting sloshed
> Penelope's being fawned over by pretty young girls and boys
> Some very polite revelers offer to help Whitewood with his injuries, and take him to wash up in the fountain
> They very insistently remove everyone's clothing during their interactions
> Whitewood's bottle of wine is gratefully accepted as barter and both his bleeding hand and aching muscles seem to melt away in the warm water

> The Garden is beautiful.
> The Garden is safe.
> The Garden is full of delights.

Everyone makes an Endure + Occult check.
> Cheri fails with two dice
> Penelope succeeds with three
> Whitewood crits on a single die

> Cheri's loving the place and not asking questions
> But Penelope and Whitewood lock eyes, both of them naked already, and start asking themselves the same questions...
> Why does the wine taste faintly metallic?
> Why do none of the people here seem to move from their places?
> Why is the fountain water so warm?
> And, if everyone here is drinking wine and eating fruit off the walls...

> Where is the smell of roasting meat coming from?