Black Magnolias

Whispered. Respected. Holy.

Officially, a funeral home and crematorium. In truth, a place to find lost souls, both alive and dead in their Spirit form. Long-forgotten acquaintances, ex-lovers, defeated rivals, debtors, childhood best pals, all dwell in the wake rooms, resting on foldable velvet chairs or feeding on coffee and store-bought biscuits that Black Magnolias offers its visitors. The funeral home unwillingly works as a refuge, as Miracles and Living Saints cannot pass its threshold. Its business model is entirely based on donations. The owners are unknown.

An infinite number of hexagonal rooms make Black Magnolias. Occasional straight corridors break the harmonic and repetitive layout. The place doesn’t respond to mundane geometry, rooms change places, mutate, disappear.

Using a gift automatically triggers a Scar.

Gear: Incense. Guestbook. Abandoned pet.

Room appearance

1. One of the characters’ childhood bedrooms: what is in it?
2. One of the characters’ grandma’s kitchen: what is in the oven?
3. No ceiling, a dusty wasteland, the sun is unforgiving.
4. Pitch black: you cannot tell what is there.
5. A standard Waiting Room.
6. A room for prayer and meditation.

Room quirk

1. Filled with many small birds.
2. Children playing and laughing loudly.
3. A crowd speaking in low, hushed voices.
4. An airport PA system calling your name.
5. Music that makes you cry.
6. A thick crust of dust on everything, including you.

Roll a Weird die:

Odd: Roll an Encounter.

Even: There is a coffin in the room. Roll: Who is in the coffin?

Encounter

1. Someone you fear.
2. Someone you hate.
3. Someone you love.
4. Someone you have lost.
5. Yourself, much younger.
6. Yourself, much older.

Who’s in the Coffin?

1. You are.
2. An elegant man wearing a silk scarf and a bathrobe. His neck is broken and his head lies at an impossible angle; it is not pleasant to watch. On his right wrist is a silver bracelet with the inscription Leonard. His eyes are open and his lips move slightly, repeating, “I am sorry.”
3. Unpaid invoices, hundreds of them.
4. Someone alive (Roll Encounter), banging on the closed lid.
5. A thirsty dog.
6. Trash.