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meme | rp horror stories, now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
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this is a tabletop story, not a dwrp story, and it involves people nobody knows, aka my irl family
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I have told part of this story on plurk before but anyway
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my dad is the hardest person to shop for, because he is much richer than I am and just buys himself all the very specific tech toys that he wants
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once he showed a vague interest in novelty socks so EVERYONE bought him socks one Christmas because no one ever knows what to buy him
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so a two years ago my brother and I ask dad what he wants for the holidays and he gives a vague answer about experiences and not things and how he wants the gift of family togetherness
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this was hard for me because I live in another state, but my brother got an idea
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and for christmas he gifted my dad with a set of D&D books and said he was going to GM a campaign for him
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and my grandma, who was present at this holiday gathering to see this present gifted, immediately invited herself into the campaign
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now, previously
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when my brother was in high school and had a campaign with his high school friends
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my grandma also invited herself to his campaign
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so my brother probably figured this would happen but this is bad rpg etiquette
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but anyway, my brother sets up this campaign for my dad, my mom, and my grandma, who is clearly far more invested in this campaign than anyone else
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previously, my grandma got very into ffix and apparently told all her in game friends she was 18
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she is not 18, she is a grandma
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she also got ffix married and made my grandpa feel bad… the point is she gets very into her roleplays
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wow
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and she got very into everyone else's roleplays
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so one day I am talking to my father and I ask him about how my brother's campaign was going
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and he was like "well, I think it would be fun, but your grandmother…"
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backseat DMing but also telling my mom (her daughter) specifically how to play her character
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ALSO playing a very annoying halfling rogue stereotype
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and just being that player, the one who has to make the campaign about them
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BUT it's grandma, so no one wants to offend her or kick her out
a cursed bird.
lmao grandma!!!!!
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and to emphasize, this was transparently what was going to happen as soon as my brother decided to DM again
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anyway I think eventually my brother did talk to her and she at least stopped bossing my mom around but lol
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I am pretty sure my brother has another D&D campaign but it's totally online and grandma is not allowed to know about it
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and to emphasize I do love my grandma but she would be terrible to campaign with and it's entirely predictable she would have absolutely have no ic/ooc boundary
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they finished their adventure and grandma thinks they should run a sequel but my dad is quietly scared of doing so
direwolfenoot
oh no grandma
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I don't have any other good gossip
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but i will also reveal that my grandma thinks ffviii is the best final fantasy
ToothyGrin
Grandma no... why
ToothyGrin
at the tabletop I do not have enough experience with every final fantasy to fight on which one is best
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grandma no
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holy shit she's that guy
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I know but also she's grandma
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it's amazing
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i'm amazed
Gemini
wow that tale was a ride I did not expect
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
oh my god, this is like the opposite of the cute grandma does D&D stories
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
once in a while I tell my mom something that happened in a game, usually minor drama, and she’ll suggest a way of handling it that makes me say, “oh. oh god. my mom would be the wankiest wanker if she got involved in DWRP.”
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I mean my grandma is still cute, but also
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that
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some rpers just want to watch the world burn
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she had no idea that people would be offended if she just said she was 18 years old on the internet
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
“Why don’t you just --“ “NO, MOM. NOBODY DOES THAT. THAT WOULD BE SO RUDE.”
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she didn't think that was strange at all, which explains why she cheerfully discussed this at family dinners
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and to be clear she doesn't really know how to use the internet
𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖗!
“That ‘cute girl’ you’re talking to could be an old lady! or an old man!” and now we have proof.
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yep one of your rp pals might be my grandma
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just think about that!!
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and it's funny because she has otherwise very grandma hobbies, like gardening and taking care of her kitties
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these are the kitties 
direwolfenoot
BABIES
BABIES
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they are big now
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but their names are clancy and toby
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they are very cute!!