Muse:Musette Playtest 1:Story Outline Sheet

Setting:
Crisis:

Character: Georg - A young, brash man, disgusted by the Western world, dreams of making contact with real terrorists...
Desire:
Relationship:

Character: Maria - A young blind woman living in Abkhazia. Secretly, her family members are very important people in Georgia, but she just wants to live a normal life far away from politics, hence her choice to live in a breakaway province.
Desire:
Relationship: In love with Georg.

Character: General Yuriy -- The Georgian military commander in charge of retaking the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Desire: to rescue my blind daughter from the midst of erupting hostilities.
Relationship:

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I'm assuming that we want 4 characters, please just delete one if you only want 3--that's fine with me.

-- Jonathan

Yes, I'd rather stick to three.

--Paul

Drawing 1 card each, I (Jonathan) win with a Queen of Clubs (see Muse:Musette Playtest 1:Cards). I nominate 2 elements: Maria and Georg (I think Maria should be in love with Georg, which should complicate things nicely). Bob supports the nomination, since one element is his, and besides it's a good combo. If Paul or Terry accept, then please copy and paste the characters into the sheet above. Jonathan, Bob and Paul will each draw a card. Afterward, it will be Paul's turn.

-- Jonathan

Paul accepts!

Before going on, two points:

• In a situation like the above, I usually ask the players: hey, Georg has a goal in his description. Should this be his Desire, or is it just a bit of info about him? I normally ask the author. In this case, the author is Paul, and he says, "no, it's just a detail about him. Let's give him a more specific Desire, or something different, anyway."

• The cards we drew are just for the first turn. They will not be part of our eventual hands. I'll let you handle all that, though.

Now, Paul's nomination:

"I like Jon's idea! I nominate Maria being in love with Georg." Terry supports.

--Paul

Hi Paul, please feel free to draw cards too. :) Just cut the first cards from the "deck" and hand them to the players by pasting the cards into their hands.

--Jonathan

Bob: I support this most excellent nomination using my element. :) Verily, Paul is thusly rewarded by one card, as am I. For my nomination, I most humbly suggest General Yuriy, whose most fervent Desire is to save his young daughter Maria from the erupting hostilities. Jonathan seems to approve of this motion (my humble thanks), and what of you, Paul and Terry? This move, if accepted (again, my humble thanks), would reward Jonathan, Paul and myself with a new card.

--Bob

Paul: Well, Terry doesn't seem too happy about this, but I'll support that. Jon, please add the cards. I'm going to let you do it (from now on and forever), simply because it's easier if one person is in charge of that. Otherwise, it'll get too confusing. Bob, your turn.

--Paul

Terry mumbles angrily about how Bob's pretend humility is pissing him off and keeps polishing his service revolver under the table.

Paul, that's fine, I can take care of the cards. Right now it's Terry's turn. Jonathan, Paul and Bob have each played a turn, so only Terry remains. Terry? Would you please stop polishing your revolver and suggest an element or two? :-)

--Jonathan

Terry: Fine. I thought you guys had forgotten about me. I've been contemplating suicide over here, and must have gotten distracted. I suggest a Desire for Maria: she wishes to save Georg, her love, from the deepest darkest inclinations of his heart.

Paul: Don't mind Terry. He had a rough childhood. However, he means well: I think I will support this new Desire. Terry, I think you mean that Georg has some anger within him, and Maria's Desire is to save him from himself, to show him how he can redeem himself and be a man, in control of his anger. Is that right?

Terry grunts in the affirmative.

--Paul