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When one offer makes another offer seem untrue, that’s a block.

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to respond to an offer as though it were false

Blocking is the opposite of accepting. Accepting supports the truth of an offer; blocking contradicts it. When offers are blocked, players have to negotiate what’s true and what’s not before they can continue to play in a shared fiction.

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facing away from the spect to draw them to you

A lot of scene work is done facing in the general direction of the spect, which is why it can be so potent when the spect sees nothing but your back.

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