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‎Rose🌹ˊˎ- 24. ENTJ. phycology and petrochemical student. will read anything books, manga, comic books, webtoon, poetry, dictionary encyclopedia...literally anything. baker. origamist. cat lover. snoopy girl. FREE PALESTINE

I'm talking about how tgg would be if you were jlb

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If it was me the cult wouldn't just be a group of villains that kidnaps people and calls it a day, they'd be the real grandest game, their goal wouldn't be torture, it would be understanding people so well that they can manipulate them like chess pieces.

I'll make the cult not omniscient, they don't magically know everything or control every single event. Instead I'll make them incredibly patient and opportunistic. They observe people, study their habits, relationships, ambitions and weaknesses, then wait for the perfect moment to use those things to their advantage. They don't create every move. They simply know how to benefit from the moves everyone else is already making. That's exactly why the grandest game becomes the perfect distraction, while everyone is focused on winning, the cult quietly uses the chaos to further its own plans.

Oki so in book two I would introduce two new characters who have been trapped by the cult for years.

The first character let's call it A, A (37 years old): Imprisoned for decades, they know the tunnels and the cult better than anyone, brilliant and resourceful, years of captivity have left them unable to trust others or believe freedom is possible. B (18): kidnapped at fifteen, they survived three years in that mental institution, they know the hidden passages and adapt quickly to danger but trauma has taught them only how to survive not how to live.

Every challenge would be designed around the five characters (Lyra, Eve, Mattias, A and B) biggest strengths and biggest weaknesses.

Here's how I'd structure it:

Phase one -> Observation (know your pieces)

The cult doesn't immediately hurt them->they watch

They know:

- their fears

- their strengths

- their relationships

- their personalities

- how they'll react under pressure

The prisoners slowly realize they aren't escaping a prison. They're escaping a laboratory.

Phase Two -> Isolation

The five are separated, each is placed in a room designed specifically for them

-> Lyra

The room is filled with files about her father's death, answers, photos, letters, evidence, the door is unlocked but every minute she spends reading gives the cult more time to prepare. The challenge: can she walk away from the truth?

-> Eve

She finds injured prisoners, some are real, some are actors, she has seconds to decide who to save, no matter what...Someone suffers. The challenge: for the first time in her life Eve has to choose someone other than herself.

-> Mattias

A room full of puzzles, except... every solution creates another problem, every door opens another trap, logic isn't enough. The challenge: accept that not every problem has a perfect solution.

-> A

The cult recreates memories from decades ago, people they couldn't save, plans that failed, friends who died, they're trying to convince them they're still the same broken prisoner they was years ago. The challenge: can they stop living in the past?

-> B

Silence, complete silence, no lights, no people, no movement, just darkness, for someone who survives by connection... Isolation becomes torture. The challenge: can they survive without someone telling them they're not alone?

Phase three -> the group escape

Now everyone reunites.The cult wants to see whether they'll cooperate.

-> the maze

Only A knows parts of it, Mattias maps the rest, Lyra notices hidden clues, B remembers tiny details, Eve keeps everyone moving.

-> pressure floor

One wrong step triggers alarms, B notices which stones have tiny scratches, Mattias and Lyra figures out the pattern.

-> locked gates

Mattias understands the mechanism, Eve forces the rusted door open.

-> the flood

A tunnel starts filling with water, Lyra spots a hidden air shaft, A remembers an old maintenance route.

-> the gas room

Hallucinogenic gas, rveryone starts seeing things. Lyra sees her father. Eve sees Toby leaving with Avery and sees her mother. Mattias sees the 14 bad things he did and his mother dying. A sees them selves when they were young. B hears the cult calling them by the nickname they gave them.

They must decide what's real.

-> the library

Thousands of files, every victim, every politician, every billionaire.

The cult has files on everyone, they've been watching powerful families for decades.

-> the betrayal test

One door opens, only four people can fit through before it locks forever.

The cult wants someone left behind, eventually they find another solution together, the cult loses that round.

-> the long hallway

They realize nobody is chasing them, that's worse, the cult expected every decision, they're always one step ahead.

-> the final tunnel

A stops walking "this isn't the exit'', everyone will ask why, they quietly reply ''no one's escaped before'', then A realizes... The cult wants them to leave. As I said the call will be the final scene.

you smarter than tobias tho frfr he would lose to you trust

okay stay goated mother bye

Wait do you mean older as in age or older as in an OG fan? 😭😭😭😭😭😭

If you mean an OG fan...... it's honestly bittersweet, I've been here since the first TIG book came out, I was 18 back then and now we're basically at the end of the series 🥲 the fandom changed so much, a lot of people left after THL, even more after TFG and after TGG especially after GR it felt like the fandom emptied out, half of my mutuals are gone 😭

A lie dressed in silk will always outshine the truth in rags

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