[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

[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?

[pyrighteous]

I've kept it small for now. After all, I'm still establishing myself.

Once Hunter's been fully scrubbed out, I'll have room for more.

[eudaimoniac]

I'm sure that'll be pleasant.

How do I go farther below?

[pyrighteous]

[ Belos's pleasant demeanor twists. ]

You don't. Unless you wish to see my laboratory; that's the only thing below us.

[eudaimoniac]

Of course I'd like to see the laboratory.

[pyrighteous]

Then, by all means. This way.

[ He gestures, opening a doorway? It leads downward ... somewhere else. ]

[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.

[eudaimoniac]

I won't stand idly by and watch someone suffer like this.

[briarliar]

I-I didn't mean it like that. You already were more help than I could have hoped for!

But I would like to honor our agreement.

[eudaimoniac]

Our—our agreement? You mean that Wilbur and I won't be targeted?

[briarliar]

I...thought it was more of an overall keep safe kind of agreement.

[ did Yor zone out a little for a lot of the talking on the quid pro quos? yes, but consider this: Wilbur talks so much. ]

[eudaimoniac]

I thought it was basically just that if you had to murder some of us, it would be preferred if you'd choose different targets.

I doubt the agreement applies here.

[briarliar]

Well...yes! That part I remembered.

But it was because dying for you was so bad... And it would still be bad if it was here! A-and since this is technically Mr. Hunter's mind...he would feel really responsible for it!

[eudaimoniac]

I'm not going to just throw myself off the first cliff I see. I'll be careful.