Purple People Eaters
The Purple Worms of the Rhegev Desert and Glaine Cuan have made a game out of hunting and eating sapiens. They have a structured rules and ranking system, superstars, and massive tournaments.
Their queen must be placated.
Plot points/Scenes
- Introduce the game
- Explain the Scoring
- Discover that there are celebrities
- Find out they are slated to be in a tournament, hunted by worms
Themes
Blindness, eyeless, tunnels, people swallowed whole, people being hunted, creatures playing games
Structure
Exposition
Purple worms are aggressive out here!
Conflict
Wow...you mean these purple worms are in a contest to see who can eat us first?
Rising Action
There are an awful lot of them hunting us...
Climax
It's us or them, baby! I got my own leaderboard, now!
Falling Action
Yeah that's right, keep walking hero.
Resolution
Meet the queen if they win the match, get the chance to placate her.
Components
Goals
Placate the queen! She is not above flattery!
Hooks
The players are embroiled in a game played by the worms by default of the worms choosing them as prey. They will try to 'nudge' the players deeper and deeper into the desert, where the tourney will be held.
Stakes
There's the whole "dead and eaten" thing.
Moral Quandaries
Placate the queen or no?
Cruel Tricks
The worms will use various methods the try to bait and trap the players.
Red Herrings
This one's pretty straight forward.
Relations
Competitors
The worms!
Adversaries
The worms.
Plot type
Scenes dispersed throughout thew story
Parent Plot
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