Ran - Gm Command

And in the middle of their half-eaten stew sat a small, ticking wooden frog. Its brass eyes rotated once, twice. Its clockwork mouth opened.

> Are you still controlling this story, or is it controlling you?

Then the world tore .

" The game was not meant to be run twice, " it croaked, in the DM's own voice.

The rogue's hand became porcelain.

The rogue reached for her dagger. The frog's gaze snapped to her.

" Ran gm command, " it said. " Create piece. " ran gm command

Not with a roar or an explosion, but with a wet, surgical rip. The air in the center of the tavern table folded inward like a piece of paper crumpled by an invisible fist. For a single, frozen second, the party saw through the hole—a glimpse of somewhere else: a library on fire where the books were screaming.