[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]

[ Hunter lets out a wet cough and pulls himself up a little? He's so weak, though; Horse has to do most of the work.

Meanwhile, Belos swoops in behind her. ]

Return him to the pit this instant. He isn't done.

[mountanoffensive]

I don't even know what that means!

[Turns to Hunter]

Are you all right? Can you run?

[pyrighteous]

[ Well. The meaning makes itself clear pretty quickly. Hunter's out of the pit, but his legs are wrong. They look like they're made of twisted vines? Wood? And they look backwards, even if they could hold his weight.

Yeah he's screaming again, sorry. ]

[mountanoffensive]

[Trying to think fast and mentally scroll through all the paintings she's seen in hopes of remembering one that might be able to help. Hmm, maybe the doorway. If it's magical, it might have something...]

Okay, hang on, we're going to get out of here. Find a way to help you that doesn't involve whatever this jerk is up to.

[pyrighteous]

This "jerk" was finishing him. Put him back if you want him to walk.

[mountanoffensive]

[Hates Belos but also doesn't want Hunter to suffer just because she thinks she knows what's right... so she will reluctantly... do that]

[pyrighteous]

[ Hunter whimpers a bit but settles back in, at least up to his waist.

Belos smiles, meanwhile. ]

Good. Thank you. I don't do everything to torment him, you know.

[mountanoffensive]

Then why was he screaming?

[pyrighteous]

Adjustments. Unfortunate that it's happening after he's conscious, but not to worry. I'll erase the memories later.

[mountanoffensive]

You'll do no such thing! You don't get to decide what he remembers and what he doesn't.

[pyrighteous]

Do you WANT him to remember this pain?

[mountanoffensive]

Of course not. But you did it. You can't just make it go away since it's part of who he is now.

[pyrighteous]

I find it to be a more merciful option to simply remove them. Less troublesome, as well; you want to start clean.

[mountanoffensive]

Life's not about starting clean. It's about growing from your experiences.

[pyrighteous]

And the experience of dying over and over? Failing over and over? Would you curse him with that?

I grant him mercy, Horse.

[mountanoffensive]

You're the one doing that to him in the first place!

[Checks the pit. Is Hunter still cooking?]

[pyrighteous]

[ He is! Once he's back in, he falls into a dazed sort of state. ]

And he would not exist without me. So.

[mountanoffensive]

Maybe that's true. But you still don't get to treat him like he's just a creation!

[Hoping the extra cooking is helping because she's having her fill of this...]

[pyrighteous]

Why not? That's what he is. No more a person than a particularly complex puppet.

[ Seems to be! his legs are slowly reforming. ]

[mountanoffensive]

He has feelings! And hopes! And wants! And he has these crazy ideas that I never understand but they're still his! And he's always trying to be better. Which makes him more of a person than YOU!

[pyrighteous]

[ A soft laugh. ]

What do you know about me?

[mountanoffensive]

All I need to know.

[pyrighteous]

I'm not so sure. Have you figured out why I make these grimwalkers?

[mountanoffensive]

I don't actually care... Probably the same reason you hate witches yet made yourself Head Witch.

[pyrighteous]

[ SHRUGS ]

Related. I wanted my brother by my side. Properly, this time. To finish the job.