Where the Water Tastes Like Wine is a Narrative-Adventure game about traveling, sharing stories, and surviving manifest destiny. Some quotes have been edited or paraphrased for RP purposes. Feel free to change it up to fit your muse.
β didnβt wanna be out in this rain, did you? come in. β
β it must be lonely up here. β
β you must have some good stories from the road. β
β youβve met them. youβve seen them, too. you carry them with you. β
β you came far to get away from me. β
β you got a light, friend? β
β do you think that really happened? β
β please - i have to reach the sanctuary before they find me. β
β i am not a ghost. β
β iβm not charging. folks around here need what they can get. β
β where iβm going, you canβt come. β
β maybe youβre standing on the wrong side. β
β you want to see something interesting? β
β just be gone by morning, okay?
β can you imagine? naming a thing that every generation will remember you for? β
β iβve been cursed two times; once to live forever, but the second time to die. iβm dead for sure, and certainly alive. β
β well, take a hint from me, which is donβt fuck with a witch or any kind of anybody who does witch stuff. β
β good things sometimes wear foul guises. β
β thatβs close enough. β
β how long have you been stepping on dead folks, fully unaware? β
β what are you, stranger? β
β itβs very special. a good luck charm. donβt be disturbed by how it looks. itβll bring you luck. β
β consider your debt to me repaid. β
β i wonβt bite. trust me. β
β itβs never going to get better, is it? β
β i know the look of you. know what youβre here for. β
β you see, this land is built on stories. itβs one big story, this country, woven of many small ones. few of the small ones are strictly true, and the big story is mostly a lie. β
β if you like, iβll let you wager your word. i know youβll be good for it. β
β just promise youβll pay the debt, however i ask. βΒ
β isnβt even a dingy and battered truth better than a shining lie? βΒ
β stories are heavy. β
β it might be true, but it will grow wild and unbelievable with the telling. β
β your deepest desires? your greatest wish? is it heaven? β
β iβm afraid you owe me. your life, sure - but more than that. β
β hearing stories is important work. β
β well, your luck wasnβt so good, was it? β
β all the stories and songs and myths and legends start somewhereβ¦β
β that was quite the hand, but not for the game weβre playing. βΒ
β funny how bad luck seems to follow the folks who already have problems aplenty.β
β maybe weβll meet againβ¦or maybe not. β
β the most important stories are the true ones. the ones people will tell you about their own lives. those often get lost in the weaves of the big story. β
β try your luck out there. see how the dice treat you. β
β i hope, in the end, you at least found it fulfilling. β
β ask the people you meet. theyβre all searching for the same thing. β
β everyone wants to be heard and so few are listening.β
β youβll be free of all my traps, soon. β
β maybe now you see some of the benefits of living with an oath to keep. β
β you were part of our strange little family for a little while. weβll miss you. β
β everyone does, eventually, need to die. probably even me. and certainly even you. β
β here you go, off into a new adventure. β
β i hope the journey was valuable. and maybe the destination, as well. β
β youβll have to work hard, but itβs not all bad. β
β hunger, weariness, and despair. theyβre all part of stories - the part not often told. β
β as long as your task remains, youβll come back. β
β everyoneβs the captain of their destiny. β
β ainβt any bootstraps in the world that can save you now. β
β the choices you make, they change the kind of story you can tell. β
β well, youβve got a long, long road ahead, donβt you? β
β dance around, get to know them. β
β the boss likes his tarot cards. β
β i got some experience when it comes to chasing folks. β
β you could find another friend like that if you went looking around. thereβs more than one interesting person in this land, for sure. β
β thatβs what humans say, anyway. β
