Well, that seems simple enough. What harm could come from an innocent game of house? You quickly agreed and Anna squealed with joy.
"Okay, let me explain to you the rules." she said firmly. You found this odd. House had rules? You always thought it was just kids pretending to be a family, and that was that.
"First," she continued, "Once the game begins, you can't quit unless we both want to. Second, once roles are decided, we can't change unless we both agree."
Okay, these rules seemed really weird to you. What on earth kind of deal is this? It's a game of house, not a corporate contract. Oh well, just let her have her fun...
"Finally, this is not normal house. In this version, there are two types of players: people and objects. The people get to pretend to be, well, people. But objects are items and furniture that the player has to pretend to be like couches or some other thing. If you break character, you're punished. All roles are chosen by a random draw." she finished her lecture with a peppy giggle.
Wow, that took you back. This certainly was a weird game of house. Oh well, how bad could it be?
"Okay, well let's get started then!" you say enthusiastically. Anna goes and gets two little jars with random folded cards scattered around inside them, with one labeled "People" and the other labeled "Objects". Apparantly her mother had this game made for whenever she has boys over for play dates. As the veteran of the game, Anna decided to go first and chose to be a person before pulling out a card. You then proceeded to pull out an object card.
After opening your cards, the two of you see your roles are as...
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