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Maybe the protagonist is nearing their lowest mental ebb, maybe it's his turn to hold the [[Idiot Ball]], or maybe [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|things are going just a little too well]]. Suddenly, they're confronted by the person they last expected to see: a friend or loved one who logic dictates should be very far away right now or—just to underscore how unlikely this sudden reappearance is—dead. [[Dramatic Irony|It's clear to the audience]] that the vision is some sort of trap and that he isn't really [[Back
This "visitation," however, is not about to stick around and explain itself, lest its masquerade be uncovered. It might urge the protagonist to follow them with a siren song or a [[Cryptic Conversation|cryptic comment]], but whatever happens, it'll turn on their heel and flee. The protagonist, overwhelmed with curiosity and emotion, abandons any sense of self-preservation and tears after it ... right into the kind of trouble that they'd have seen coming a mile away if they were thinking clearly.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* The [[Dungeons
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