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Voyria t1_jdz7147 wrote

Wait I'm just curious. If you were planning on playing the game, why not just stock up on enough food to last the entire month without resorting to junk food near the end? I know if I was, I'd make sure I'm at least eating healthily enough to stave off the inevitable hallucinations and all that! And maybe a nice pork chop or pasta in the last week haha.

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0anonymousv OP t1_je03xsl wrote

My fruits and such would've been going bad by the end of the month, which was my main concern. And admittedly I don't think I was thinking straight, lol.

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ASereneDeath t1_jdzago2 wrote

I feel like rituals like this are a 'now or never' kind of thing and if you wait until you feel like you're ready to do it than you'll miss the window where you believe but don't have fear settled into your bones, or worse where you tell yourself you're being delusional and never try.

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SquirrelGirlVA t1_je1di1u wrote

To me this is even more justification for people to stock up on a few months' worth of MREs. They don't always taste that great, but they're filling and can survive quite a bit.

Joking aside, OP - I think you were set up. Your daughter suddenly disappearing? And then the game pops back up, offering you your heart's desire? It may have tried getting you back when you were a teenager, but failed since you weren't interested. Then it eventually decided it would take Stacy. It wanted you to be vulnerable and easy to manipulate. You were obviously distraught, but what if part of the reason you were ill prepared was because something was ever so subtly pulling your strings? It definitely took something from you - my guess is your soul. You would have likely given that up eagerly in exchange for Stacy, but it wanted to have its own "fun", plus it may not have been so easy to take if not for the ritual/game.

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