[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

[moonlit_knight]

Ha, good. Told you I'd have your back. Thanks for pulling us out.

[Slowly reaching for their bag, ugh it's covered in slime, hopefully the medkit wasn't permeated]

[pyrighteous]

[ SO slimy, but probably fine. ]

Of - of course. I wouldn't just leave you in there.

[moonlit_knight]

Course not. You’re a good guy.

[Pulling up their shirt, grimacing, and doing their best to clean up the wound. This hurts though, let’s out a pained hiss]

Least the other pieces of you should be easier to find?

[pyrighteous]

[ Yeah, uh. Caged Hunter dashes off for a moment? Returns with some water held carefully in a mask fragment. ]

I think that was the most important one. I ... remember what happened now.

[moonlit_knight]

[Oh good, reaching for the water]

Yeah? What do you remember?

[pyrighteous]

[ He holds it out to her while the Guard keeps talking. ]

We - we did make a deal. I kept getting dragged under, and ... he said he'd protect Phoenix for me if I just let go. That he'd love me again if I did this for him.

[moonlit_knight]

[Keeps tending to the wound, listening sombrely]

He’s a liar. And love isn’t supposed to be conditional. Someone like that isn’t capable of giving you what you really want, Hunter.

[pyrighteous]

...

I know that. I know it. So why do I keep going back to him?

[moonlit_knight]

Because you spent your entire life loving him, and that’s not easy to let go of. Even when you know someone has betrayed you, it’s normal to long for the days you could happily believe the lies. To wish they could really be like they said they were if you just did enough for them. But he never will.

[Finishes bandaging themself up and gestures for both of him to move closer]

Come here.

[pyrighteous]

[ They both approach, the guard kneeling next to her. ]

I always think that maybe there's a way. Something I can do better.

[moonlit_knight]

[Pulls both of them into a hug]

Wanting to have faith in someone you loved for so long is only natural. Nobody can judge you for that. But the person you believed in was never real, and you’re better off without him.

There are people in your life who love you and who will stand by you, no matter how low you feel. You have a team who will support you. Friends who care for you. Believe in them instead. You deserve so much more.

[pyrighteous]

[ They both hug her tightly, one on each arm. The guard keeps talking: ]

Phoenix is like that. Aren't they?

[moonlit_knight]

They’re good people, but you know them better than I do. Think about it, do they make you happy? Are they happy being with you?

[pyrighteous]

Of course they do. More than anything else.

[moonlit_knight]

Then you can believe in them. Let’s go back to them, Hunter.

[pyrighteous]

[ He nods, slowly. The cracks in his face slowly seal over to something more whole. ]

I'm ready.

[moonlit_knight]

[oh! They ruffle his hair and slowly stand up, bracing a hand on their side]

Looking good. Let’s go then.

[pyrighteous]

[ He looks down at them uncertainly. ]

Are you sure you can get up?

[moonlit_knight]

[they know full well they should stay resting but the sooner they finish up here the sooner they can go get proper medical attention]

Oh, it hurts like a bitch, but if we walk slow I should be fine. I’ll let you know if I need to rest.

[pyrighteous]

[ The clones exchange looks. ]

We can take you somewhere safe to rest, if you want.

[moonlit_knight]

[…tempting…]

Let’s try one more room. Something safer. If it’s too much, I’ll take you up on that offer.

[pyrighteous]

... The roof ought to be all right.

[moonlit_knight]

Roof it is.

[walking very slowly and carefully]

[pyrighteous]

[ the roof! ]