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Strange juxtapositions are the bread and butter of unfamiliarity and weirdness. If you want to communicate an aura of unearthliness or a feeling of unease, take two things that are normally not associated—in fact it would be weird if they were associated—and associate them.
- A cave lit by bioluminescent fungi that hums melodically, shifting pitch as creatures move through the tunnels.
- A golem made from wet paper that weeps ink when wounded.
- Villagers who bury themselves in the ground each night to sleep. (They're not undead.)
- Giant bees whose wings are made of stained glass; they repair any damage with wax.
- A cathedral built entirely from coral, with fish swimming through the walls.
- A place where precipitation is fluttering pieces of paper, handwritten with text in a language no one understands.
- A lich with flowers growing out of its ribcage.
- Rivers that flow towards the moon, reversing direction with its movements in the sky.
- Elves who eat stones as delicacies, saying they “taste of memory.”
Commentary by memnarch (who has not seen the movie)
What?? A room that's actually nicely lit? And it's not just black, red, and/or blue? This can happen in a First Order ship? That is so different I'm half wondering if this is really the Steadfast!
And oh hey, that thing. I guess it'd make sense that Rey would sense that and wander off to see what the Force feeling is and it turns out to be the helmet. And getting Chewbacca's things is a good bonus for actually wandering off. Is this Kylo's storage room? It feels too white for something he'd want to use though. And there's not enough other stuff here for it to really be storage, so there's probably something else going on.
A feeling of family for Ochi's dagger? That is weird. The runes on it were faked, but the rest of it could still be legitimate. For whatever it's actually meant to be for. There's just nothing that gives the PCs a clue about where it's used now I suppose. Time for Rey to have a Force Vision?
Transcript
GM: Rey, the Force draws you to an anteroom, down a flight of steps.
Rey: I enter and look around carefully.
GM: Waves of evil draw your attention to a misshapen artefact atop a gleaming black pedestal.
Rey: Oooh, this is gonna be good. I go examine it.
GM: It’s Darth Vader’s mask, grotesquely twisted by fire.
Rey: So, the infamous Darth Vader. I was expecting... taller.
GM: You feel the blood connection to your grandmother, Padmé.
Rey: Oh, right, yeah.
GM: But somehow not as strong as you might think.
Rey: Yeah. No Japor snippet.
GM: That’s out of character knowledge.
Rey: Sure. What else is there?
GM: On another table you spot Ochi’s dagger and Chewie’s gear.
Rey: Okay, stuff I actually need. I grab them.
GM: As you lift the dagger, you get a similar Force Vibe. Betrayal. Death.
Rey: I mean, it’s a dagger.
GM: ... Family.
Rey: Huh. Family and stabbing. Now this is interesting.