Tattoo awoke to the smell of sulfur in the air and a burning sensation from his mouth down to the belly. Lying on the ground, he stumbled to his feet and looked around. Still clenching his trap and the kill he’d captured for his party, he cleaned off his glasses and took a look around.

“Where is my party?”(he mumbled softly)

Wherever Tattoo was, the place was dark with no windows.  He reached for his backpack and removed his last torch.  As the flame spread, the torch began to glow and Tattoo surveyed the area.  This was no catacomb, but it sure reeked of one.

Glancing downward, Tattoo’s skin appeared to have changed to a lime green color.  Just to his left, he could see a small round table with the Number Six painted in Red on the top surrounded by several chairs.  He shuffled over to the table and on it he could see what looked like a map, some dice, and a bunch of paper and pencils scattered across the top.

Tattoo picked up a few of the loose sheets of notebook paper and ruffled through them reading aloud:

“ELIZANTHIUS...Fighter...Human...Male...Chaotic Evil...HPs 86/140”

“FLOWER...Cleric...Gnome...Female...Chaotic Good...HPs 40/100”

“TWIDDLER...Rogue...Elf...Male...Chaotic Evil...HPs 78/80”

“TATTOO…”(abruptly stopping and screaming)“WTF !!!???!!!”

(several minutes of hysteria ensued until he finally was able to collect his thoughts)

”This isn’t right…something is terribly wrong…where am I and what happened?!?”

Science Fiction

"Tattoo finds himself in a dark, unfamiliar room after mysteriously losing consciousness. As he wakes up, his body feels different, and he starts to realize that he has somehow changed. Bewildered and separated from his party, he discovers a table with a strange game setup involving maps, dice, and character sheets with names he recognizes. Confused and afraid, Tattoo must retrace his steps and find a way out of this situation while uncovering the buried secrets of his own identity."

TATTOO'S MYSTERIOUS AWAKENING

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