#mind games

Well, I wish you had THIS bird’s brain!

He’s matching colors while you’re still mixing problems.”

Whumpee forced to spend hours digging their own grave, only to be told they’re not going to be put in it….“this time”

A gun pointed directly at Whumpee’s head and the trigger pulled only to be revealed it’s not loaded

Team whump where everyone is blindfolded and shots ring out, then everyone is put back in separate cells and left to question who actually was killed (if anyone)

Whumpee is repeatedly strangled/suffocated/dunked beneath water justtt to the losing consciousness, then given a break long enough not to pass out. When they’re finally able to breathe enough to speak, Whumper forces them to beg for their life to be spared (Whumper was never planning on killing them to begin with)

Whumper smirking with malevolent satisfaction as a typically stoic Whumpee pleads for their life

ORRR a stoic Whumpee just stares them down over the barrel of the gun and Whumper begins to get frustrated that things aren’t going to plan

Whumpee dragged from their cell in the middle of the night, forced to kneel, and told they’ll be killed once the executioner arrives. They wait for hours on their knees before being taken back to their cell without explanation. Repeat for a week straight

What might Whumpee feel afterwards? On edge, convinced they could be killed any moment? Humiliated that they broke down in fear? Furious that Whumper played such a sick mind game on them? A twisted sense of gratitude that they were allowed to live?? Many options

a few dialogue prompts:

“No - no, I don’t wanna die, I don’t wanna die, please!”

Just - do it already! Just do it!”

“Oh, man - I’m kidding. You should’ve seen the look on your face!”

“I want all of you to remember this the next time you think you want to be all tough like Whumpee here.”

“Convince me.”

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The first set of rules are the ones Whumper presents to Whumpee. The ones Whumper lists out, and requires Whumpee to memorize and frequently recite verbatim. Whumper will yell and scold if whumpee breaks one of these, but not lay a hand on them.

The second set of rules are the ones that are actually enforced, but never said aloud. Whumper never verbalizes them, nor allows Whumpee to speak about them. But these are the rules that dictate serious punishments, doled out in harsh silence.