[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]

[he cries out in pain and just barely thinks to close his mouth before he's getting shoved further under, blindly trying to see if he can feel for the bottom of the cage, the staff, or anything else he can use to orient himself.]

[pyrighteous]

[ For several terrifying seconds, there is nothing. Just the mud, just the pressure, just the utter despair of being trapped deep inside your own head. There's no way out of this, is there? And even if you do get out, Belos is there waiting to push you back down.

And then - finally, Rupert's hand touches the edge of the cage. Somewhere near the bottom, but at least it's something. ]

[heartlands]

[as soon as he feels the edge, he's holding on with one hand and moving his other hand to feel around the bottom for the lock or the staff with a roll of eleven.]

[pyrighteous]

[ Better, but still not great. He finds the lock but it again costs him precious seconds to do so. How's your air supply? ]

[heartlands]

[if he doesn't think about it it doesn't exist clearly

he's still reaching out to see if he can find the staff, but for now he'll try to shift so he can kick at the lock, assuming that'll be more effective than trying to tug it off with his free hand. eight!!]

[pyrighteous]

[ Have you ever tried to kick something underwater? Much less in a pit of mud. This is not going super great.

He can sort of feel something shifting, maybe? But also he is OUT of air by now. The mud presses in close, threatening to flood in. He's got one more chance here. ]

[heartlands]

[he's going to hold tight to the edge and try to pull himself up without pulling it down - he can always come back down in a second, he figures, if he can take a second to breath (with a 13).]

[pyrighteous]

[ The mud resists him, but he manages to get his face up above the surface again with a faint sucking pop. Sweet fresh air.

Next to him, inside the cage, Hunter is freaking out. ]

Rupert! A-are you okay!?

[heartlands]

[wheezes for a second as he tries to wipe the mud out of his eyes]

I'm okay, I'm okay, just let me catch my breath so I can go down before your uncle stabs me in the face—

[pyrighteous]

[ Speaking of which, here's the uncle coming to stab him in the face! ]

[heartlands]

You can't even give me, like, five seconds—?!

[DOWN HE GOES AGAIN with a fourteen to dodge this time!]

[pyrighteous]

[ Much better! With his hands on the cage, Rupert can easily haul himself down and find the lock again.

And oh hey, his feet brush up against the wayward staff. ]

[heartlands]

[he keeps one hand on the lock to keep track of where it is, shifting so he can try to grasp the staff with his other hand.]

[pyrighteous]

[ He's got the staff in one hand and the lock in the other. What now? ]

[heartlands]

[he can't talk when he's under here, so he starts thinking instead, his grip on the staff tightening.]

I don't know how to use you, but this is really important, so please work with me here... Uh, levitation spell? Unlocking spell? Anti-mud spell? Knock out Hunter's evil uncle spell? Just - help us!

[pyrighteous]

[ Is that how you use staffs??

... apparently it is, because the staff hums in Rupert's hands. The lock clicks open neatly, and both Rupert and the cage start to rise slowly out of the mud. ]

[heartlands]

[as soon as he's high enough to breathe and talk again:]

Okay, okay, I think it's unlocked - grab onto me when you come out, I think I'm holding onto something that's floating?!

[pyrighteous]

A-are you sure? Won't I just drag you down?

[heartlands]

You said you trust me, right? Come on, we should hurry! I need to get you out of here.

[pyrighteous]

Okay! Okay, I will!

[ He struggles a bit, but manages to grab onto Rupert at least.

Above them, Belos is not pleased. ]

Return him to the cage this instant.

[heartlands]

[glaring back at him as he grabs onto hunter]

Staff, can you please float us both back into the painting?

[pyrighteous]

[ The staff floats back in that direction; Hunter clings to it awkwardly as it goes.

Belos moves quickly, though, the mud shifting him to block the direct path back. ]

No. You are not letting him out of here.

[heartlands]

That's not up to you!

[a pause, trying to think of something, and with a roll of fourteen—]

Uh - fireball! Please!

[pyrighteous]

[ Fireball will do. A gout of flame catches Belos full in the face; he hisses and lunges forward even with half his face melting. ]

You will regret that.

[ He aims another sharpened limb at Rupert's chest. He doesn't quite have enough force behind it, though, given that six. ]

[heartlands]

Doubtful!

[when the hit misses, given how close belos has gotten, he's going to try to kick out at his melting face with... a nat one!]