[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

???

AFTERMATH - GENERAL

Comments

Re: THE GOLDEN HALL (Start Area)

[eudaimoniac]

Oh, fantastic. [i've had enough of this guy]

[pyrighteous]

[ A laugh ripples out from the corridor. GUESS WHO. ]

Is that all you have to say? After I helped you specifically.

[eudaimoniac]

[turns :/]

You weren't helping me. You were tormenting me.

[pyrighteous]

Tomato, tomato.

[ He glides closer to Desfourneaux. ]

Isn't it lovely, though? I've really cleaned up the mess in here.

[eudaimoniac]

This should be Hunter's head. I doubt he'd want such a gallery here.

[pyrighteous]

On the contrary. He agreed to it.

[ He gestures to another painting: this one depicts Belos as a shining savior, summoning a golden ward to stave off all this hideous green-black slime. At his feet, Hunter rests beatifically in a glass casket. ]

[eudaimoniac]

Where is Hunter?

[pyrighteous]

Oh, somewhere deep below all of this, I'm sure. Well guarded.

I recommend turning around and leaving the way you came.

[eudaimoniac]

I won't be doing that.

Would you care to give me a tour of this place, Emperor?

[pyrighteous]

Hmph. Stubborn.

[ But he's pleased enough. Indicating each painting with a flourish! ]

Each of these is a treasured memory of mine. Or, in some cases, a future plan.

[ Emperor Belos granting coven sigils to the witches! Belos saving witches from wild magic! Defeating a child and a harpy lady! And this other one has him clearly taking over both the prison and Phoenix. ]

[eudaimoniac]

A man of many ambitions, I see. How far does the hallway go?

[briarliar]

I agree. And, even if he didn't talk about an interest in art, I'm sure there would be a lot more birds and skies in the paintings...

[eudaimoniac]

We're going to have to deal with Belos. One way or another.

[briarliar]

[ keeping her gaze at the painting where he's subjugating Phoenix. she's using the same tone just as before when she was wondering if Hunter maybe had an interest in watercolors, but there's an unyielding conviction underneath that too. ]

Yes, we will.

[eudaimoniac]

I have a feeling I know which way it'll likely be.

[briarliar]

[ Yor looks like she's sharing that feeling as well. listen, she has absolutely no skills in diplomacy. ...unless it is like Percy's "diplomacy" minus the ability to cast lighting. ]

Are you...? I know that this is more than just healing him. Mr. Hunter would feel so terrible if you were hurt on his behalf.

sayin before percy went on his own

[inclementia]

Something you're familiar with?

Re: sayin before percy went on his own

[eudaimoniac]

This is an evil man.

[inclementia]

Usually anyone with this many paintings of themselves is very evil indeed.

What should I know?

[eudaimoniac]

He made Hunter, in some capacity. As a replacement for a dead brother. Hunter's only one of many attempts.

[inclementia]

...'Made', you said.

[Christ. Percy had looked into quite a lot after his family's murders but even he hadn't gone down this road.]

Dangerous?

[eudaimoniac]

Oh, yes, I can only assume. He's a magician of real power.

[inclementia]

So spells, components, the whole lot. Got it.

[Not Percival's strength but as long as he has a gun he should be fine. Probably.]

You'll be all right?

[eudaimoniac]

I'll be all right. I can't guarantee anything for the emperor.

[inclementia]

[It's good to see Adrien fired up and in his own mind. It does remind him though, if they ever get back to the previous prison something he needs to request.]

I'm glad we've the same mind for that. Suppose now it's simply finding him.