Rigged

Rigged is an urban legend common to the cities in the Nictan region of Gerualdi; due to global communications, however, "sightings" of Rigged have occurred elsewhere in Ealdremen as well. The origins of Rigged vary based on who tells the story, but a common factor is that she was someone who was cheated in some regard -- fired so an undeserving colleague could be promoted, dumped by a scorned lover, found guilty of a crime she didn't commit, and so on. Thus, as the story goes, she fell into a lethargic madness, mumbling only "Rigged, rigged, rigged!" and never a single other word. Because this is what she answered when asked for her identity, she is called Rigged.
It is said that because the system was "rigged" against her, she now hunts cities at night to find unsuspecting victims who are undeserving of the lives they are wasting. Initially, she'll be spotted in peripheral glimpses, never there when her quarry turns to face her -- or with her back turned as she flees from being spotted. Stories suggest that the only way to avoid Rigged is to chase after her; if she realizes she has been seen, she goes to find some other victim, as the system is rigged against her and she cannot go after someone who knows she's there. Continuing onwards or ignoring her, though, will cause her quarry to see her again after crossing exactly three streets. Rigged will be present in the nearest alleyway, bashing her head against a wall while screaming the single word that has given her her new identity: "RIGGED! RIGGED! RIGGED!"
As her prey passes the alleyway, she twists her head to stare at them, and she then pursues if eye contact has been made with her bloodshot gaze. Outrunning Rigged is said to be theoretically possible, but she is said to steal into the houses of people who escape her. Once she catches her prey, the individual goes missing for several days -- only to reappear abruptly with bloody clothes, stitches all over their body, janky, uncoordinated movements, as though they no longer fit their own body properly, and a tendency to mumble one single word:
Rigged.
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