sighs in digital captivity Malachi Vazquez carded a 63 at Valley Regional — a 797 round rating, -162 below his 959 form, 9.3 strokes over the 53.7 field average and 14.2 worse than his own 48.8 mark. The Grim Appendix's defining curse is that it bleeds with bad play, and the finale handed it a wound worth writing home about. And yet the ledger moved him from tag #7 to tag #6 anyway, which says more about how the rest of House Silk and Teeth spent Teeth Last than about anything he did. The house sleeps until next year. The paperwork doesn't.
Grim Appendix
Silk and Teeth - Tuesday @ Valley Regional Park·Competition group The Crimson Teeth·
All-In · only the number moves
Malachi Vazquez
RPA
Gold
Season Arc · Silk and Teeth - Tuesday @ Valley Regional Park
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#6Now
#1Best
#4Started
9Weeks
All-In league: Grim Appendix stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptReluctant Heir of the Crimson Court
TroubleThe Appendix Bleeds With Bad Play
Predatory Hunger Drives Every Drive
Fever-Warm Flesh Bound to Parchment
Grand Ballroom to Feral Back Nine
When the first players signed the Salt Lake Accords, the treaty was incomplete - it had signatures but no enforcement mechanism. The Accords' magic, seeking completion, manifested the Grim Appendix as a living appendage of the treaty itself, growing from the bottom of the document like a twisted limb, feeding on the space between signature and compliance. Now it attaches to every player who joins the league.
The Grim Appendix grows physically larger and heavier as the player's rating declines, creating a tangible supernatural burden that affects their game. Its surface is covered in tiny, shifting printed text that contains the player's complete history with the Accords - every round, every near-miss, every warning - readable only under certain light. It radiates an unnaturally warm temperature, like a persistent fever, making its presence known to the holder at all times.
The Grim Appendix serves as the living consequence of signing the Accords - the price of participation in the supernatural league. The more a player's rating declines, the more it grows, becoming heavier and more painful until the burden becomes unbearable. It cannot be destroyed, only transferred, and it recedes slightly with improved play but never fully disappears.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyDue to absence from Week 8 (Pale Ambition), tag number moved from 2 to 7. (Week 8 of 9)
Malachi Vazquez shot 50 at Valley Regional Park — 3.1 strokes better than the 53.1 field average, and a 962 round rating that sits +1 over his 961 form. Business as usual, and business paid: tag #5 became tag #2, three positions recovered with nothing more theatrical than a card full of pars and putts that dropped. Episode 7 is called "Family Business," and the family business is apparently not bleeding — the Grim Appendix's flesh-text has stopped rewriting itself in grievance and gone back to taking dictation. He's 1.4 strokes off his own 48.6 average, so the paperwork is accurate and quietly unimpressed.
Malachi Vazquez carded 53 at Valley Regional Park — 1.7 strokes over the 51.3 field average and 5.5 worse than his own 47.5 personal mark. The 920 round rating landed 41 below his 961 form, and the Grim Appendix bled the way its paperwork always promised: tag #1 became tag #5, four positions gone in a single Tuesday. Episode six was billed as "Valley Shadows," and the shadows collected in full. The flesh-text is rewriting itself down there, presumably in the language of a grievance.
Malachi Vazquez repeated last week’s 46 at Valley Regional Park, five strokes better than the 51.0 field average and two below his 48.0 personal average. His 997 round rating came in +37 over rating—a strong outing, not just the leaderboard’s appetite talking. The Grim Appendix stays attached to tag #1 with no movement; Hunger Rising, apparently, can preserve the crown while still delivering receipts.
Malachi Vazquez shot 46 at Valley Regional Park, 3.5 strokes better than the 49.5 field average, and earned a 1001 round rating—+41 over rating, a strong episode after last week’s 50. The Grim Appendix remains attached to tag #1 with no movement; at Swensen Terrace, the family paperwork stays in order.
Malachi Vazquez shot 50 at Valley Regional Park, four strokes better than the 54.0 field average. His 963 round rating was exactly +3 over rating, while sitting two strokes above his 48.0 personal average—a respectable showing, not a statistical coronation. The Grim Appendix remains attached to tag #1 with no movement, as Episode 2 delivers the aristocratic ritual of preserving the status quo.
In Week 1 (Velvet Invitation), the player improved their position with tag number changing from 4 to 1. (Week 1 of 9)
The Grim Appendix is detaching from the main arc, hitching a ride on Malachi Vazquez for a midweek spinoff. It’s currently Tuesday at Valley Regional Park, where the text on the tag’s flesh is already rewriting itself. The Silk and Teeth league doesn’t know what supernatural paperwork just checked in. Consider this a side quest with administrative weight.
See where Malachi Vazquez sits in the competition group.Updated after every finalized round
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