Clarity

"I choose... clairty?", Liam said, unsure what the card meant. Instantly after he finished speaking, he flinched as he felt a wave of sensation travel across the skin on his body. It didn't exactly hurt, but the unexpectedness of it caused him to gasp.

"Hey Liam, are you alright?", Ben asked.

"Y-yeah, sorry, I'm not sure what happened just now. Right after finishing reading the card I..."

"Wait Liam, what happened to your skin?", Peter asked. Prior to his reading of the card, Liam had never had the best skin. He had taken care of it, of course, but at times trying to keep up with every acne breakout felt futile. The result was skin that looked painfully average despite the amount of time and effort that went into maintaining it.

Now, however, to say Liam had simply "average" skin would be inaccurate. Following the flash of sensation, his skin now appeared clear and healthy. There wasnt a single blemish or pimple in sight. It appeared perfectly moisturized, and almost seemed to glow a bit in the right lighting.

"My skin?", Liam asked.

"Yeah, go look in a mirror or something, it looks... really good actually", Michael responded.

Liam stood up and walked over to a mirror where he confirmed that, in fact, his skin did look undeniably more radiant and clear.

"...how?", he asked incredulously.

"Could it have something to do with the game? I mean your card mentioned something to do with "clarity" or something like that.", Michael responded.

"Yeah but... thats not possible." Liam said simply.

Liam knew looking in the mirror that it wasnt a trick of the light. He knew what his skin looked like, and scanning his face he couldn't find any of the blemishes that had caused him so much insecurity

After a bit of silience, Michael picked up the die and offered to go next. "I'm really not sure this works, but I think it'd be useful to learn more about this game. If it really did clear up Liam's skin, who knows what other good it could do for us?".

The others nodded along to his optimistic outlook on the game. Michael rolled a 5, then moved his piece and picked a card with a slightly trembling hand.

"You may choose to either increase your stature, or decrease your size"

Liam watched as Michael swiftly made up his mind and chose: