Story a Day May 21 - Deck of Worlds

New day, new product from Story Engine, the Deck of Worlds. This one is aimed specifically at world-building, so less plot creation, but there are some interesting plot hooks that came out of it.

Region - Wasteland of Hope

Landmark - Vineyard (site of an infamous heist)

Attribute of region - haven for artists

Advent - There is a rush to discover a mythical burial site

“Is the camera rolling? OK, great, make sure I’m in the shot. Dude, I said make sure I’m in the shot!” *static*

“All right, try that again. We good? Sweet. My friends, this is it! We’re here in the Wasteland of Hope, looking for the burial mound of the greatest artist who ever lived, Ruy Mendez. What? OK, one of the greatest artists that ever lived. Oh, c’mon, man, you cannot tell me that you don’t think Mendez was-“ *static*

“How’s my hair? Man, it’s your fault it’s a mess. All right, how about now? Sweet. Like I was saying! We’re here looking for the burial mound of Ruy Mendez. He was one of the great artists who established the commune at the Wasteland of Hope over two hundred years ago, a commune that’s still going strong and allows for artists of all stripes to come and work their craft without worrying about the prosaic things like bills and food and stuff. What? Yeah, I mean, you have to qualify for a fellowship, and not everyone gets in, but the ones who do, get to make art for a year without having to work a soul-destroying day job and trying to make art after that. It’s not the kind of thing most people are able to handle, you know? Well, obviously, you can handle it, but your art is a different kind- what, you can’t take that you don’t make fine art?” *static*

“I’m going to be on camera now, show you how it’s done, dog. We’re looking for the burial mound of Ruy Mendez, a middling artists who was purported to have millions of dollars worth of jewels and gold buried with him, because that’s how he insisted on getting paid for all of his commissions. This has nothing to do with art, and everything to do with all that MONEY! And yeah, we can probably make some art with that money, but let’s be so for real right now, we’re probably going to blow a lot of it on, like, the hottest cars and, like, other things we probably shouldn’t say on camera. There! That’s how you do it!” *static*

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