#story_event #Smog_Singers #GCE ### A melody from the darkness abruptly ends. The settlement's heart sinks. A poacher emerges from the darkness, dragging the corpse of a monster. Their face is twisted with guilt. The poacher presents the mangled heap as a gift to the settlement. The gathered survivors cannot help but gaze at the tortured face of the create, their eyes welling with tears. Muffled sobs escape their throats. You may now hunt the **Smog Singers**. Add them to the quarry list on the settlement record sheet. The settlement [[#Confronts the poacher]] #### Confronts the poacher | 1d10 | | | :---: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 - 3 | Nominate a survivor. They see the corpse not as a monster but as a glimpse of tragic beauty. The handsome features of the dead monster are reduced to unthinkable indignity. Howling, the nominated survivor chokes the poacher to death. Unable to cope with their own brutality, they are never the same again.<br><br>The nominated survivor gains 3 random disorders. | | 4 - 7 | The settlement cannot bring themselves to trust the guilty stranger. The survivors drive the poacher away with hoarse cries of reproach, flinging loose stone face shards at their swiftly disappearing shape. They solemnly process the creature's sad corpse. Gain 2 random Smog Singers resources. | | 8+ | The poacher drops to their hands and knees. Their agonized sobs rise above the hushed murmurs of the survivors.<br><br>Nominate a survivor. Inspired by the innocence of the creature's face, they gain +1 understanding. They take the poacher's bloodstained hand. Gain +1 population. The new survivor gains [[pacifist]] and +3 insanity. They remorsefully gain 2 random smog singer resources. |