A small, velvet lined box

You can't see anything. You have just enough space to twist onto your belly or your back. Oh dear God. Oh dear God.
You will find yourself if you've been attracting too much attention. Poor Edward has caught you. (Part of the Light Fingers ambition)

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Opportunity Cards

Just lie here

It's peaceful, at least.

A room of one's own

Lying in this darkness is like breathing water. You wonder how many people in history have been in your position. You wonder what they did.

Rewards spoiler

Inevitability

Well, they died. Eventually. But it's all right. The thing is to stay calm. Your nose itches. You can't reach to scratch it. You have to rub it against the inside of the coffin lid. After a while, you find yourself screaming again. You don't remember how you started, and you're not sure how to stop.
Nightmares increase

The Burial of the Dead

This all seems rather… familiar, somehow.

What's that tiny fluttering?

Stay still. See if it stops.
Unlocks: having Recurring Dreams: The Burial of the Dead 5

Rewards spoiler

Soft icy footsteps

Tiny, furry, frosty feet tap at your face. A drop of icy water trickles into your mouth. Wings fill your coffin. New-hatched frost-moths begin to sip at your tears.
having Recurring Dreams: The Burial of the Dead increase (2 change points)
Nightmares increase (1 change point)

Cocooned?

Perhaps if you change your shape you can escape.
Unlocks: having Recurring Dreams: The Burial of the Dead 15

Rewards spoiler

You know what to do

You know what lies under bandages. This transformation is just an act of will. You begin to collapse in on yourself. Long bones can move now. You push your fingers through your mouth until you can breathe again.
Nightmares decrease
having Recurring Dreams: The Burial of the Dead increase

A Stray Tendril

Unlocks: Attending to the Needs of a Singular Plant 5
There's something poking at your shoulder. It feels like a root.

Tug the root

Can you reach it?

Rewards spoiler

A friend indeed

The root reacts to your touch, wrapping itself firmly around your arm. The coffin begins to shake and split. More roots burst through and grab your limbs. You are being dragged through the earth! You swallow huge mouthfuls of dirt and pebbles.
You've moved to a new area: your Lodgings
Attending to the Needs of a Singular Plant decrease (a whopping 5 change points…but better than dying or going insane)

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Storylets

Buried Alive

Dark in here. As dark as it gets.

Listen

Is it true what they say, that you can hear the worms?

Rewards spoiler

Silence like earth

Your breath. Your heartbeat. Nothing else.
No rewards

Scream

Can anyone hear you?

Rewards spoiler

Helpless

You scream yourself hoarse. The noise is deafening. Nobody comes. Nobody can hear you.
No rewards

Scrabble at the lid

Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!

Rewards spoiler

Broken nails

You manage to tear away a scrap of velvet lining. It hangs in your face like a spider web. The lid above feels like solid wood, tamped down with God knows how much earth.
Nightmares increase (1 point)

Head-butt the lid

Death is your only escape.

Rewards spoiler

Splinters and blood

Do you have the strength to escape to the Silent River? You smash your skull against the wood, twice, three times, ten times. Warm liquid runs into your eyes. You can't reach up to wipe it away, there isn't enough room.
Wounds increase (1 point)

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