"Scarlet Portrait Parlor" by Prismatik [A sonnet] The Scarlet Portrait Parlor is a room When play begins: say "Darkness falls again." Inside the Portrait Parlor is a loom. "A [loom] that weaves the inner thoughts of men." The heavy guilt is carried by the player. Instead of dropping guilt: say "You cannot!"; Below the Portrait Parlor is a Lair; Inside the Lair are portraits left to rot; [Now,] understand "your secrets" as the portrait; [Now] understand "your actions" as the loom; "Our mind and thoughts compose the awful fortress. To have our deeds exposed is mankind's doom." Instead of putting [all your dark] guilt on: End the story finally saying "It's done.";