All in all, there were seven teams at the library. Of course, my friends and I hardly counted.

The other teams had been put together strategically (with notable exceptions) and they could adapt seamlessly to different storylines. Players tended to plateau at around 40 Plot Armor. Most of the Lodge existed around that range. Those that are really dedicated like Chris and Valorie might break free and attain a higher level, but most will not. Most never break level 50.

There were benefits to that though. Pretty much all of the players in that range could group together for storylines. In fact, it was difficult to tell which players had come to Carousel together just by looking at their current groups. They end up dividing themselves into teams based on the task at hand. In order to make that work, they developed a signup sheet.

The original signup sheet was comprehensive, requiring you to fill out information on every single detail of your stats and build. In time, those were seen as overkill. They knew each other well enough that they didn’t really see the need to fill out a long form every single time.

So they made a shorter sheet. Hannah, one of several Final Girls at the Lodge, was very proud of the role sheet. The other players liked it too for the most part. It looked like this:

PA Range: ___---___ Provided by Hannah Barker

Storyline:

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Team

Story Scout: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Omen Scout: Choice: _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Party Insight: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Party Prep: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

First Blood: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rebirth Insight: __________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rebirth Prep: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Rebirth Fight: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Second Blood: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Finale Prep: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Finale Fight: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Healer: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Wild Card: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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