The Story of Man

It was a dark time, filled with fear and chaos. The people, huddled together for protection in their primitive wooden shelters and cabins, awaited the next coming of doom. A single name was whispered across the land, a name that carried light, and the hope of liberation from from an endless life of terror. That name was "Man."

Okay, maybe not, but you might think so if you'd read the original version of "Hide and Seek," in which Buffy and Knight had their heart-to-heart conversation. Only, he wasn't Knight then. He didn't even have a name, just "Man." But that didn't stop him from relating his life story to Buffy and then going on to psychoanalyze her and tell her not only what her problems were but the solutions as well, all just from observing the look on her face. He then revealed that even though he'd been living in semi-seclusion, he'd developed the cure for cancer. It was truly a great moment in storytelling. Well, that last bit about the cancer wasn't actually in the story, but I wouldn't have put it past me at that stage of the game. After Nikki read the piece and I became aware of the tremendous goof, Buffy's quote on the card (which, thankfully, did not appear in the work) became a catchphrase that we could use to remind each other of the incident--and evoke laughter--when needed.

Oh, yeah, the card itself. Um, it lets you go through your deck and get cards with the Chosen symbol. Pretty self-explanatory. One thing it might be handy for is luring people into playing cards so you can whip out cards that require Chosen cards to have been played, like The Story's Not Done Yet.