[IC] [Reverie] SEPTEMBER 2022 - PALACE GAME

[pyrighteous]

[ Welcome to the inside of Hunter's heart! Potential CWs include (but are not limited to):

- Torture
- Character death
- Gaslighting/manipulation/bad parenting
- Child abuse (onscreen and implied)
- Experimentation/vivisection
- Body horror
- Drowning
- Full Owl House Spoilers

Generally speaking the onscreen stuff will be kept PG-13 (this is a Disney cartoon after all!) but the implications may be exponentially more horrific (this is a Disney cartoon after all!!)

If at any point you are uncomfortable or need to me take extra care in glossing over ANY topic, please ping me right away in Discord. I am happy to do everything I can to keep this game fun for everyone! ]

Toplevels:

START AREA - GENERAL
- Session 1
- Session 2
- Session 3

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AFTERMATH - GENERAL

Comments

[heartlands]

...What was it?

[pyrighteous]

That I'd stay here and make sure this level stays safe. And he would protect Phoenix for me.

[heartlands]

Hunter - he's using you. You realize that, right?

[pyrighteous]

...

[ He bows his head a little. ]

What else can I do?

[heartlands]

They care about you, Hunter. Your team, and the rest of your friends. They want you around, not him.

[pyrighteous]

They shouldn't. Something - something broke when all this happened. I'm missing pieces.

[ He slowly removes his mask, showing a face that's fragmented? And indeed there are pieces missing. ]

[heartlands]

[there's a moment of surprise before he just looks concerned, shaking his head.]

Then I'll help you find them. It's going to be okay.

[pyrighteous]

I don't know where they are.

[ Though he does look towards the paintings. ]

[heartlands]

We can look. We can fix this, and then - we can figure out what to do about him.

Okay?

[pyrighteous]

[ The guard nods slowly after a moment. ]

He promised me he'd protect Phoenix. If I let him do this. He promised to forgive me.

[heartlands]

...Did he tell you how he was going to do that? Hunter, there was a painting of him at the center of the prison, like he was in charge.

[pyrighteous]

-- What?

[heartlands]

In the hallway I first came in. There were a bunch of paintings with him looking really heroic and in control.

[pyrighteous]

Oh! Well yes, that's what the Emperor's mind looks like.

[heartlands]

Yeah, but - there was at least one specifically from the prison.

[...]

How do you know what his mind looks like? Wait, maybe that's not important right now. So - we just have to go into these paintings to find what's missing, right?

[pyrighteous]

I - maybe? That's where the pieces ought to be. But I'm fine being right here!

[heartlands]

You're sure you don't want to come? I don't want to leave you alone here, but if you think there's a good reason for it...

[pyrighteous]

...

Are you sure they'd want me back?

[heartlands]

[his expression softens.]

Of course they would. I know I do.

[pyrighteous]

R. Really? You would?

[heartlands]

[nodding]

You're a good kid, Hunter. You're my friend.

[pyrighteous]

... you're my friend too.

[ DEEP BREATH. ]

The other pieces of me - I think they're trapped in the paintings.

[heartlands]

Thanks.

[he nods at the next words.]

Do you know where I should start?

[pyrighteous]

[ He looks at the array of paintings ... ]

They don't all have pieces. Maybe the one with the Emperor's Coven?

[heartlands]

[glancing over them, before he gestures towards the painting of the people in masks]

This one? Do you want to come in with me?