[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

[imperialsun]

His name is Hunter. He has white hair, about exactly your height, apparently created by this world's most annoying man.

[pyrighteous]

[ He stiffens at that. ]

I - my name WAS Hunter. But it's not any more.

[imperialsun]

What do you mean, WAS? That's who you are, right?

[He's gonna give it a try.]

[pyrighteous]

No! I'm the Golden Guard! The Emperor's right hand! The youngest he's ever had!

[imperialsun]

Is that what YOU want, or what he wants for you?

[pyrighteous]

I -

[ his voice breaks a bit. ]

Of course I want this. He said he'll take me back if I do this for him.

[imperialsun]

[The Mask is cracking. Well metaphorically.]

But then you'd leave your friends behind, wouldn't you? Do you want that?

[pyrighteous]

I ... no. I don't want to leave.

But I don't know what else to do.

[imperialsun]

Take off the mask and follow me. We can find a way out together.

[Hmmm, speaking of friends, maybe he should borrow a little bits of words from home.]

Know this. Even if you refuse, I know we will find a way to rescue you, one way or another. That's what friends do. And no matter what, we will remember you.

[pyrighteous]

[ It's such a long moment of hesitation. But ...

After a moment he does remove his mask. His face is strange, though. There are holes in it - pieces that are obviously missing. As if he'd been broken and put back together again. ]

Are you sure?

[imperialsun]

Yes.

[He holds out his hand to him.]

I can't say I'm exactly an expert in something like this, but I know we're all going to give it our all. It would be nice to have you around.

[pyrighteous]

[ He hesitates ... but takes Naoya's hand. ]

Even if I'm still broken?

[imperialsun]

[Awww yeah, enjoy this bro-handshake. He just laughs a little at the comment and nods his head.]

I don't think you're broken. You're you. Besides, we just have to find your missing pieces.

[pyrighteous]

I don't know where they are, though. I mean - they're probably in the paintings? But I don't know which ones.

[imperialsun]

Well, we have some amount of time, right? Let's look at this from a logical standpoint.

[If only Nanjo was around to help...]

Let's start with the closest one. The rooftop with the books. What were you reading?

[pyrighteous]

... I don't remember. Something fun, I think?

1/2

[imperialsun]

Well, this part of you might be friendly, then. Let's go see them.

[...]

[imperialsun]

...do you just enter the paintings, or?

[He's never done this, just entered giant mirrors or magical doors.]

[pyrighteous]

Oh. Yeah, you just. Walk through? Just be careful.

[ When he does, he'll find himself elsewhere. ]