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The Cursed Coin

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  The Cursed Coin is a mysterious item. It always seems to find its way into the hands of innocent bystanders, people usually content with their lives, inexplicably appearing to them in nebulous circumstances. Then it alters their life in a drastic way, transforming their bodies, their realities, their minds, usually for the worst, leaving the stranded in an undesired existence, aware of who they were but stuck as their new selves. Then the coin vanishes from their possession, seeking out another target, another life to ruin, another person to transform. Its power of attraction is irresistible, so even if you would be aware of the coin’s existence, which very few people are, you would still find yourself picking it up as you see it, maintaining it in your possession long enough for it to work its magic before vanishing from your life forever, leaving you miserable and changed. The first person to pick up the coin was Sam, a 23-year-old man who had just finished college, and had...

Board Game Night with Friends

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 Introductions It was board game night, one evening a week this group of friends always met up and played some board games, all together. The tradition started years ago, between the three guys, Alex, James, and Ben. Then eventually James met Carla, who became his girlfriend, and a not too long after that Alex got together with Alice, a woman he met at a convention. At first, they kept it a guy’s only night, for the sake of tradition, but soon the girls started joining them as well, and eventually they were both a part of the tradition as well, and this is how we ended up with this group of five people, meeting every Friday night to play some games together. Alex and Alice, both were 29 years old, and a bit of a geeky duo. They both loved video games, sci-fi and fantasy movies, board games and the likes. They actually met at a gaming convention and hit it off, and barely a month after their first meeting they were officially dating. Alex worked as an IT specialist for a law fir...