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Winter Hike
Our path winds around through the forest,
with nary a sound in the trees.
But try as they might to ignore us,
I hear one take flight when I sneeze.

Blood in the west; death of the day.
Stygian crest pierces luminous girth.
Clinging atop, draining away,
Drop after drop, through the pores of the earth.

The road trip charm, the Christmas cheer.
The untouched snow of a brand new year.
Our lives moved on; I kept them here,
Inside my snow globe souvenir.

As for the hypothetical 'super-observer'? How does that player win? How do you make the game challenging for them when they know everything?

A little lightbulb went on in my head.

The super-observer is a third-party role with otherwise no other abilities. Their goal is either "stay alive and get everyone else to kill each other off" or "make sure <some specific combination of things> happens by the end of the game."

Flavorwise, they're some kind of evil mastermind. What do you think?

The Gorge

At last, you'll find the place
Where twine and trail
Behind you leave no trace;
Where maps will fail.

Make peace with gods of man
Before you look:
Below you is the Plan
That they forsook.

The city, built where dunes and waters meet;
The place to which those weary pilgrims ride.
Some come in search of shelter from the heat,
Some enter seeking solace from the tide.

The camel-driver sees its distant roofs,
Believing them the sails of a ship,
And - aching from the trek on camel's hoofs -
Imagines now a sleek Atlantic trip.

But in the port, the flags of distant lands
that sway - like marching camels - in the breeze
give captains thoughts of treks through open sands
away from crowded cabins on the seas.

One city, yet two ways it can be seen;
Two deserts, one mirage built in-between.

woah, ducks grow fast

The winds are rough,
The clouds are dark,
The skies are looking grim.

But not enough
To keep this ark
From sailing past the Rim.

No world too far,
No night too deep
to keep us from the dawn.

Farewell, dead star,
we'll wake from sleep
beneath Aldebaran.