[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

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THE GOLDEN HALL (Start Area)

[pyrighteous]

[ When the world comes back into focus, you find yourself in a strange golden hall:



It is utterly silent here. You get a sense of pressure and order akin to being in a library. No chaos will be tolerated HERE. The hallway extends an unknown amount of distance into the darkness, with a dizzying number of paintings covering the gilded walls.

Each painting depicts a man - Emperor Belos, if you have the misfortune to recognize him - in glowing pseudo-religious iconography. Here is Emperor Belos triumphing over the evils of wild magic! Another one showing him gifting the divine coven system to the Boiling Isles! And look, there's even one showing him in Phoenix colors, a crushed birdcage at his feet and the whole prison arrayed beatifically about him, with him as its center...

Something feels wrong here. Even the angles of the supposedly straight walls press in on you. This entire place feels like a cage. ]

SESSION 1 - MONDAY

[pyrighteous]

(Feel free to cross mingle between sessions; this is just to give folks gathering places for each session. Grouping up is encouraged! Going solo also fantastic!)

[inclementia]

[The whole situation is odd. How did he get here? Where is he? Percival doesn't know, and it looks like moving forward is the only way to get answers.

And, well. He knows a thing or two about portraits on a wall. So he'll walk down the hall and look at them each. A man celebrating his triumphs... And again in Phoenix colors, but he's certain he hasn't seen this man there.]

Who are you....

[pyrighteous]

[ Percy in particular DEFINITELY hasn't seen this man before. There may be a hint of familiarity - something about that hair? But that's all.

Behind him, a smooth, low voice speaks up. ]

Emperor Belos of the Boiling Isles. And whatever you would call the ruler of THIS pathetic prison, at least long enough to burn it to the ground.

[imperialsun]

Gross.

[This is like narcissism at it's absolute worse. From the way Naoya spoke to the man before, there's no way he'd be that powerful...right? Or as ~FANTASTIC~ as this. There's just so much doubt in Naoya's mind right now.]

[pyrighteous]

What is?

[ Here's the man himself! Tell him how you really feel. ]

[briarliar]

[ museums and other high culture areas already feel like cages of propriety to Yor, and she doesn't even have her fancy assassin gear on this time, just a knock off Assassin's Creed jacket. she looks around, trying to see if there's any immediate danger at first, then, reluctantly, at the paintings...more that recent painting. she definitely stares longer at the birdcage, this is inaccurate, they have McDonald's a conveyor belt at the dorm, and Flapjack gets to fly free! ]

...did I get the phone wrong? This doesn't look like something Mr. Hunter would think about. Does he even like to draw?

[pyrighteous]

[ A shape emerges from the shadows. ]

That's because this isn't his mind. It's mine.

Re: SESSION 1 - MONDAY

[vetplay]

Hum... this place is a little uncomfortable. Is this really Within Mr. Hunter?

[Leans in to peer at the painting with the crushed birdcage]

[pyrighteous]

[ It's Belos triumphant, with Phoenix subdued and ... well, Hunter nowhere in sight!

Behind him, there's a soft laugh. ]

It's my mind now, but yes.

Re: SESSION 1 - MONDAY

[parttimeai]

[ this roomba sets off down the hallway ]

Re: SESSION 1 - MONDAY

[moonlit_knight]

[Phoenix?? staring at the crushed birdcage picture]

Who the hell is this?

Re: SESSION 1 - MONDAY

[heartlands]

[muttering to himself as he glances at the paintings]

Somehow I don't like this...

Re: SESSION 1 - MONDAY

[truthliesinspace]

Damn, someone has an ego. . .

[totalmisplay]

...Nnnnn. See, this place is suspicious as hell.

[Stoat is going to walk up and touch the painting with the Phoenix iconography with a paw.]

Re: SESSION 1 - MONDAY

[mountanoffensive]

[Immediately recognizing the setup from Belos' past and glaring at the paintings. The one one was her kicking the painting before she can stop herself.]

Session 2 - THURSDAY

[pyrighteous]

[secondwinded]

[ Sariel flies through — well, it's more like he hovers just a few feet off the ground, really — craning his neck to get a better look at some of these portraits. ]

Someone has a high opinion of himself.

Re: Session 2 - THURSDAY

[truthandideals]

Boy you really gotta work on your....issues with authority daddy.

[starting down the hallway]

Re: Session 2 - THURSDAY

[agentgymstudent]

....ugh.

This kind of asshole.

Session 3 - FRIDAY

[pyrighteous]

Re: Session 3 - FRIDAY

[4thwalled]

[coming to a stop in front of the Phoenix-coded one, frowning.]

This is starting to make a little sense.

Re: THE GOLDEN HALL (Start Area)

[eudaimoniac]

Oh, fantastic. [i've had enough of this guy]

[pyrighteous]

[ A laugh ripples out from the corridor. GUESS WHO. ]

Is that all you have to say? After I helped you specifically.

sayin before percy went on his own

[inclementia]

Something you're familiar with?