Per the file I'm legally required to read aloud... Malachi Vazquez posted a +19 over rating with a 979-rated 53, a warm glow of competence disguised as a statistical anomaly. The Loaded Die rolled him from #12 to #3, nine positions of new territory at The Pattern's River Bottoms. Somewhere a standings sheet weeps at the pointlessness of ritual tag swapping, but the Bureau's favorite probability manipulator clearly found an accommodating casino.
Loaded Die
The Pattern - River Bottoms·Competition group Pool A·
All-In · only the number moves
Malachi Vazquez
RPA
Gold
Season Arc · The Pattern - River Bottoms
9
#3Now
#3Best
#12Started
1Weeks
All-In league: Loaded Die stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptBureau's Favorite Calculated Outcome
TroubleHaunted By Legitimate Wins
Score Adjustments Follow Me
Trust No Scoreboard
Your Missed Putts Amuse Me
The Loaded Die was created in the Bureau's formative years as a test mechanism to ensure 'appropriate' competitive outcomes. Hidden within the Containment Zone's scoring infrastructure, it appears in the system when outcomes need to be manipulated, making it the most dangerous tool in the Bureau's manipulation arsenal.
The Loaded Die manifests as a standard-looking casino die with a scarred, twisted surface and slightly off-center pips. Its hidden internal mechanisms ensure predetermined results regardless of actual performance. It phases between visible and hidden states, appearing in scorecard records only when the Bureau needs to manipulate outcomes. Standard measuring equipment detects nothing unusual.
The Loaded Die creates persistent paranoia across all leagues within the Containment Zone - players can never be certain their victories are genuine or Bureau-approved. Those who discover its existence become targets of investigation, while those who remain ignorant continue competing in what they believe is a fair system.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyThe Loaded Die has phased out of the Containment Zone and into Malachi Vazquez's bag at The Pattern - River Bottoms. Consider this a side quest where the house edge is terrifyingly sharp. Malachi thinks he’s playing for points, but the Bureau’s favorite probability manipulator is just looking for a new casino to rig.
See where Malachi Vazquez sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
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