[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

[briarliar]

[ she blocks what she can of his hits, but there is a determined fierceness to keep herself between him and whatever aspects of Hunter she can. at this point her forearms have taken most of the damage but still has her whole body Monty Python Black Knight style to work with as she attempts to ram into him Hung Gar style and shove him over the edge with an angry roar. ]

[pyrighteous]

[ She knocks him back! He stumbles - grabs at her - but begins sinking into the pit with an acidic hiss. Already the lower half of him starts to dissolve as the pit devours him. ]

[briarliar]

[ if there's just one slime hand reaching for her she can manage to grab the wrist and wrench it painfully. maybe even use it as leverage to keep shoving Belos down now that he's closer to her height. ]

Please don’t touch me so familiarly, I'm a married woman. And despite being related to Mr. Hunter, you've made it clear there's no familial relationship, so I see no need to embrace you as such.

[pyrighteous]

[ That last wrench unbalances him, sending him down into the ooze. He tries to say something? IT comes out as a gurgle as the muck drags him down.

The clone watches from behind her, horrified. ]

1/2

[briarliar]

[ she is going to stay upright long enough to make sure he's not coming back up from the muck before taking a step back and sinking to her knees. because ow her everything. but at least Hunter is okay... ]

[briarliar]

[ oh no, he is probably not okay. she just coldblooded merc'd his uncle right in front of him. two of him?! that somehow makes it feel so much worse! ]

[pyrighteous]

[ They're both surprised, but the Guard at least seems impressed? The clone is babbling in terror.

The guard puts his hand on the clone's shoulder. ]

That was ... impressive.

1/2

[briarliar]

[ twisting to look back at them ]

O-oh no, it really wasn't at all!

[ and it's kind of the truth, because Director would be scolding her for being so sloppy and getting hurt so much by refusing to retreat even a little. ]

It was probably because it's so dark and he was so slimy and...

[briarliar]

[ she gets on one knee to start standing up, but when she sees Hunter looking on in terror at what she'd done, she lets her legs collapse again. that look hits harder than the lightning (which, to be clear, is still very hard hitting and she definitely is also hurting from that) ]

...but...it was necessary.

[pyrighteous]

Y. Yeah. It was. You protected him.

[ he turns back to pit Hunter. ]

She protected you. Don't look at her like that.

[briarliar]

I-i-it's okay, it's...I think it's normal to feel that way.

[ she tries to wipe off some of the muck from her hands but gives up once she realizes it's just blood underneath. ]

You have the right to be angry or upset. I understand that.

I accept it.

[pyrighteous]

[ The clone edges closer, uncertainly. ]

You're hurt.

[briarliar]

[ she loosely folds her hands in her lap, looking up at him in a manner that she hopes conveys she is not like a cornered animal. she isn't still because she's exhausted or injured, she is exerting a lot of effort not to move in case it frightens him. ]

I'll be fine. A lot of it isn't even mine...

[ wait that actually is a terrible way to answer that! ]

A-and I'm sure Mr. Naoya or Mr. Desfourneaux would be willing to help heal me! If they're doing all right...

[pyrighteous]

[ LITTLE BIT YEAH. He makes a face. ]

He ... he keeps some first aid supplies in here too. A few healing potions.

[briarliar]

Here? In this...pit area?

[ she wanted to ask if the "he" meant Hunter proper or Belos, but after that accidental flub of "yeah most of this viscera is your narcissist uncle's" she finds the tact to sidestep it ]

[pyrighteous]

[ probably a good call.

Anyway, the clone gestures to the table full of notes and implements. There is indeed some kind of medical kit there. ]

Yeah. He tests them in here.

[briarliar]

[ oh the notes. is it also tactless to ask for her knife back?? h-hmmm ]

I don't know if it would work on me. Those would be for a witch, wouldn't they? I'm a human...

[ and your uncle definitely had unethical medical practices going on here ]

[pyrighteous]

[ sUPER unethical practices, ]

I mean - probably, but. You can try anyway?

[briarliar]

But it seems likely they're for you.

What was...what was he doing to you?

[pyrighteous]

[ yeah he can't argue with that.

The clone is silent for a long moment. ]

He ... was testing different things out. To see if they'd work properly on grimwalkers.

[briarliar]

But it was hurting you...

[pyrighteous]

That was the point.

[briarliar]

[ one hand flexes into a fist ]

...I'm sorry. He should have never treated you like that.

[pyrighteous]

[ He goes rather rigid at that, fists clenched at his sides. ]

I - I didn't understand it at the time. I barely remember it. But - the Emperor needed to make sure that I wouldn't poison myself on things. I was being useful.

[briarliar]

[ seeing him react to her with defensiveness, Yor's fingers twitch then go slack. ]

But that's not how it works! Testing for poison--for allergies is something that takes a long time, with very tiny doses, and very careful monitoring.

You aren't supposed to be a useful experiment, you're supposed to be the reason he wanted to spare you pain. Not inflict more of it on you.

[ her voice is firm this time. there is so much she can't speak on, but this she knows from experience. Garden may have tested the limits of her own poison thresholds, but it was a process done in use of keeping her health in mind. and she agreed to it. ]