The Swamp is an idyllic place. That is not to say that it is kind, but there is a fairness to the way the Swamp works, a give an take, that kin have long understood to be their way of life. In the waking world, there are great tragedies as well as moments of inexplicable luck, love, and happiness. Kin must experience both—that is part of the experience of living.

In the corners of everyone’s hearts and minds, and hidden deep in the subconscious, there are thoughts, fears, and hatreds that are beyond the reason of the waking mind. When one’s eyes are open and Swamp song fills one’s ears, they can fall away, but sometimes these lurking beasts rear their heads and turn dreams to nightmares. Sometimes there are other kin there or shadowy monsters with gaping maws ready to swallow you whole, but then there are dreams where there is nobody but oneself to fear.

A cold mournful wind blows, but you do not feel it. All around, the world is flat. You are alone and you are afraid.

What are you afraid of?

Mechanics for WP11: Nightmares
This prompt can be done either alone or with as many other people as you'd like.

To participate, create a new thread in the RP forum titled [WP11] (KIN1, KIN2, ETC.).

In this prompt, you will be exploring your kin's fears and hatreds. To participate, roll a 1d10 and respond to the prompt corresponding to your roll. You may explore as many of these prompts as you like, or you can respond to just one.

  1. What your kin fears most in others
  2. What your kin fears most in themselves
  3. What makes your kin lash out
  4. What your kin hates most in the world
  5. What your kin hates about themselves
  6. One of the worst nightmare your kin has ever had
  7. Something that was said to your kin that hurt them
  8. Something that your kin said to hurt someone else
  9. Your kin’s darkest secret
  10. One of the scariest things your kin has faced


When you have completed the prompt or RPed it as far as you wish to RP this prompt, and have reached a minimum of 500 words, post in the STICKY THREAD with the name of the prompt (WP11 - Dreamy Drabbles) and a link to your thread. You can use a link to that post as an RP requirement for Legendary or other RP-related tasks!

All participants in the RP must reach word count individually, and post the completed thread individually.

You may do this prompt for multiple kin, just remember you have to reach the word count for each one.