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Intake / The deck

The Deck.

Twenty-four parties of interest. The office has files on all of them.

Four houses. How the spread works.

The Forcesthings that act on you

A 1950s family sits in front of a television, each person fed by a tube running from their mouth to the static on the screen.The FeedA smiling 1950s doctor in blue gloves leans over a frightened patient with a small instrument, a brain diagram behind him.The LobotomistA plague doctor in a beaked mask offers a blue foil balloon that reads GET WELL SOON.Thoughts & PrayersSmiling 1950s women in matching blue dresses gather around a hostess presenting a new blue dress, a ram skull and candles on the coffee table.The CultA crowded 1950s waiting room under a NOW SERVING 000 sign, two of the waiting patients already skeletons.The Waiting RoomA woman relaxes in a lawn chair with a cocktail and a packed suitcase, watching a blue meteor fall toward her street.The Meteor

The Figurespeople you keep meeting, including yourself

A costumed understudy hides in the wings clutching a script scrawled with red notes while someone else performs on the lit stage.The UnderstudyA bandaged man in a neck brace points accusingly from behind a desk stacked with folders stamped GRIEVANCE.The Injured PartyA smiling woman hugs a friend while pinning a red bullseye target to her back.The ConfidantA man glares at the woman-shaped red hole cut out of the photo beside him on the sofa, scissors on the cushion.The ExA smiling mother holds a grown man on her lap like a ventriloquist dummy, red strings in her hand.The MotherAn office worker holds up a collapsing ceiling with both arms while a hand from off frame offers him a slice of cake that says THANKS.Employee of the Month

The Evidencethings found at the scene

A chained and padlocked cardboard box taped DO NOT OPEN UNTIL READY, glowing cat eyes inside, a saucer of milk in front.The BoxA typewriter holds a letter struck through in yellow ink down to the word Nevermind, surrounded by crumpled drafts.The Unsent DraftA vintage cash register prints a long receipt titled ITEMIZED GRUDGE, ending in TOTAL DUE: A LIFETIME.The ReceiptA maid in white gloves carries a tray of dirty dishes; the tray is a yellow STOP sign.The Safe WordA smiling woman admires a sundae dripping glowing yellow poison, a syringe planted in the whipped cream.The Sweet PoisonA housewife decorates the inside of a giant yellow birdcage whose door stands wide open with the key in the lock.The Cage

The Conditionsstates and events

A woman gazes lovingly across a candlelit table at a mannequin wearing a pink paper bag labeled IDEAL.The Imaginary FriendA cardboard cutout of a smiling husband sits at the dinner table with a pink tape recorder strapped to its chest.The AlibiJurors deliberate solemnly in a jury box, every one of them wearing pink cat-eye sunglasses.The JuryAn empty armchair, a TV dinner on a tray and a television showing static, a pink clock on the wall.TuesdayA smiling handyman repairs a pink anatomical heart with gears and a screwdriver beside a blueprint titled A BETTER YOU.The Fixer-UpperA grave-shaped garden plot marked with pink YEAR flags, a lawn chair and a ticked-off FIVE-YEAR PLAN clipboard beside it.The Five-Year Plan
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Intake is a fictional assessment of your questionable circumstances. It is not a prediction, diagnosis, or substitute for professional advice.