[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]

[ 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. ]

[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter bows his head a little at that. ]

I ...

[briarliar]

...I'm sorry. I'm sorry that, in trying to keep you safe, I also did something that hurt you. That's my failing you, but I didn't know of any other way to stop him. I didn't even have a chance to check with the other Mr. Hunter about saying the right thing before we started fighting...

[ he probably would have thumbs down'd her attempt at a rejoiner at Belos for being too cringe tho ]

I understand you're afraid of me now. You may even hate me a little ...o-or more? But please believe me when I say I never mean to hurt you.

[pyrighteous]

-- I don't hate you. I - I am a little afraid of you.

Sorry, it's just. I'm still not ready for my uncle to be a monster.

[briarliar]

[ this time her face remains neutral when he says he's afraid, because she was expecting that response. even if it breaks her heart. ]

Please don’t apologize. You've done nothing wrong. He was your family, even if he was a monster...you should be able to mourn that.

[ but she doesn't regret revealing herself as a monster to stop him. ]

[pyrighteous]

[ The newer Hunter nods and just. Begins to cry a little. ]

[briarliar]

[ doesn't say anything but looks to the Golden Guard Hunter like please help me, he's crying and I'm worried if I move to comfort him, I'll scare him. help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope... ]

[pyrighteous]

[ The Guard reaches out to Yor? Moves to take her hand and guide it to the other Hunter's shoulder. ]

It's okay. Phoenix is here, and - Yor is one of my favorite people. She would never hurt you.

[ New Hunter sniffles and looks up at her. ]

[briarliar]

[ this is the most awkward not!adoption process ever as Yor shakily makes her way to standing, attempting a smile! it's like an anxious squiggle line curved up at the end. ]

I promised. I said I would do anything I could to keep you safe. And I know...

[ she winces because her hands are the dark evidence what kind of promise "anything" can be ]

I know I'm not able to do as much as the others. I can't heal like Mr. Desfourneaux or Mr. Naoya, or do magic like Miss Horse, or figure things out like Stoat, but I do care about you just as much as they do! I don't need you to be useful or strong or even to forgive me, I just want you to be happy!

[pyrighteous]

[ Yeahhh . He loooks. A bit nervous about that but. New Hunter rubs at the mud on his face. ]

How should I be happy?

[briarliar]

I...I really don't know myself. B-but I'm happier with others. I spent a really long time with only my brother in my life, so when I became part of a new family it made me happy in ways I didn't even know I could be. And being part of Phoenix feels the same for me here...

[pyrighteous]

... Does that just happen? You just ... get close to people?

[briarliar]

W-well, it took me a long time...

[ like, a decade and a half lol ]

...but it does. Sometimes without you even really noticing it.

[pyrighteous]

...

I like the sound of that.

[briarliar]

You make it seem very natural, you know.

I-I know I can only speak from limited experience, but from all the people who are here risking their lives to make sure you come back...I think you're amazing at it.

[pyrighteous]

H. How many people are in here?

[briarliar]

[ shrugs, please don't ask her to do math ]

I'm not really sure. I know Miss Horse, Mr. Naoya, and I think Stoat are here from Phoenix. I know Mr. Inui would be here if...he could...

[ her throat closes up, but that's next on her list. ]

Mr. Desfourneaux, of course. And I know that Yatagarasu has been keeping Mr. Flapjack safe, so maybe more of them because they're aware of the danger...