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Book of Knots - The Caretakers 46 politics. Apartments are demolished in the dead of winter, the innocents inside left to perish in the unforgiving cold. There are men and women (and children) awaiting trials of such complexity, inscrutability, and with such demented laws that no one can truly understand them and they are moved helplessly from one horror to another until the final judgment is rendered (since only a Superior Court can render a judgment of True Innocence, most Inferior Courts render a judgment of Supposed Innocence, meaning that the unfortunate is never truly free of the ordeal). On a personal level, being sent for audience with the Minister of Policy or the Adjudicator of Information (or any of the other thousand titles and positions the Polytician holds) is an ordeal in and of itself—one with a multitude of legal trapdoors to be negotiated and dismal frustrations to be endured. Finally, if one has some status, (or some strange luck) one might find oneself at a party (one of the many the Polytician holds) and encounter him there. The Intertainer Side: Caretaker Overview The Intertainer is a man-sized chain of paper-cut-out-dolls that runs The Broacast Station (its main offices are in the Great Gray City but there are many others across Wonderland). It is a media-mogul, producing mad snippets of TV and radio that might seem, for a moment, like news or comedy or drama but, when listened to for a time, are things that work on the receiving mind like a deep massage on the body: it’s effects are subtle, the meanings obscure, but intuitively understood. The signal drives some people insane. The highest rated shows the Intertainer puts out are the Reality TV dramas. The Intertainer is one of the incredibly few Caretakers who even modestly understand Chessboard Zero: Actors are not the preferred subjects of its shows—it prefers Infecteds. The shows involve commentary from a few of its several voices and its right-hand minion, the Master of Ceremonies 2 . An Infected is auditioned and selected (of course the explanation is never, shall we say, very exacting).
In each episode there is one or more trials the character must overcome and the character will be able to hear the ironic running commentary in his head. Usually this will give some indication of what is going on— and maybe even clues to help the hapless subject. Announcer’s Voice:Today seems like a normal day for Henry— breakfast in the morning, the commute to work, and the long hourly slog until the five o’clock bell rings. But ssshhh! Don’t tell him: we’ve replaced one of his co-workers with a psychopathic mannequin who’s going to try to kill him! If he survives the initial round, on each hour, we’ll reveal the secret location of various weapons we’ve hidden around the office! Will he last long enough to get the machine gun? Let’s find out. If the subject doesn’t cooperate or leaves the area, sometimes the script will be broken—but usually the Intertainer is happy to wait—or up the stakes: “Henry left work before the Bonus Round even started—we’ve sent Psycho-The-Mannequin to kill Karen, his pretty innocent co-worker: what will Henry choose? Door number one? Or Door number two? Let’s find watch and find out! Minion The Master of Ceremonies 2 . This is a tall handsome man who dresses immaculately and has a deep, booming voice. He can bi-locate: appear in exactly two places at once. When he meets with you, you usually only “see” one of him (viewers see more on TV) but his other half is around—and making comments. Usually the only time you realize the other being was there is after he already left. Then, in your memory, you recall the second, identical version providing ironic commentary as you talked. Note on Running This: Depending on how the participants (GM and player) want to handle this it could be dramatic to have the GM describe the other version of the MC 2 making illuminating, but snide comments as the PC and the visible version have their conversation. It might even be possible for the PC to react to what is being said even though, in the game, he cannot hear it. Perhaps there is a crawling sense that things are wrong. A lot will depend on how your group handles in-character vs. out-of-character information. Servants There are walk-in audition halls as high as Chessboard Two. There are talking black-birds that “talent scout” for people on Chessboard One (Infecteds). They’ll make deals (“I have a great proposition for you”) and keep them. 47 Book of Knots - The Caretakers
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