slay-the-demon

[slay-the-demon]

MIRROR TIME MIRROR TIME

Voice Of The Healer: This... this doesn't feel right. It feels different. Final.

Voice Of The Skeptic: You're right. Part of me wants the truth, but something stronger is holding me back. Fear.

The voices feel small, distant, as you approach.

Gaze into your reflection...

Silence as you reach forward. They're gone, but the mirror remains. It's time for you to see what's in it.

It's you.

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You are alone in a place that is empty. It is quiet here.

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ooc: sorry for ripping screenshots from the game for the bg I do not have the patience for all that,,, credit to abby howard girly is insane.

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Y’know, before we walk towards this ghost mirror floating in what practically looks like limbo, I never did get your names.

Voice Of The Healer: Names? I... I'm not sure if I have a name.

Voice Of The Skeptic: Now that I think about it, I don't recall one either. It doesn't matter now though, does it?

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hm.

well let's test that theory on if its final or not shall we?

Voice Of The Healer: I'm begging you, don't do this.

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is it just me or does that other voice seem awfully quiet?

If he's dead then thank God

Voice Of The Healer: I think he's gone... does that mean the world's ended?

Voice Of The Skeptic: It must have. Do any of us know what the world ending is supposed to look like?

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ooc - IM SO SORRY FOR VANISHING FOR LIKE A MONTH my motivation went down the drain :(

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......I feel like now's a GOOD TIME FOR A PANIC ATTACK I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS WHAT THE FUCK JUST--

WHAT THE HELL IS- WHY IS THERE A MIRROR WHY IS IT BACK--

should I even be questioning this DIDNT WE DIE ONCE???? IM SO FUCKING LOST WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING--

Voice Of The Skeptic: Maybe it’s—

Voice Of The Healer: No, what the fuck, your right. We died. Like fully died. And that mirror… Something about it feels different this time. Like it’s final.

Voice Of The Skeptic: But there must be something important about it if it keeps reappearing like this.

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Ooc- IM SO SORRY this took so long I’ve been bc busy 😭😭

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That mirror again... it must mean something, there must be someone else out there too. Where did the trees go? when did the world sudenly became so dark?

Voice Of The Healer: Your guess is as good as mine.

Voice Of The Skeptic: It seems that He's gone too.

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if they moved, great! They're not dead! Sadly I uh...didn't see it. If they did. Untill then, plans the same. Let's give em a burial.

open says me door!

The Overseer: You open the cabin door, ready to return to a world saved from certain doom.

The Overseer: Only, a world saved from certain doom isn't what you find. Instead, what you find is— wait, no, that's not right.

"Well played."

The Overseer: This is - this - this is the end of the world, isn't it? I always thought I'd at least have time to explain myself before I had to watch it happen, but it's already-

Voice Of The Healer: ... Over? Is he gone?

Voice Of The Skeptic: But we're still here. Maybe it wasn't the end of the world after all. Maybe it was just the end of His.

"Thanks for carrying me up here. I had to take it on faith that you would know what to do. I'm glad I was right to trust you."

"So this is the outside. Maybe it's just my lack of body, but... it's colder than I expected."

But you don't get the chance to respond. Something has taken them away, and it's left something else in their place.

Voice Of The Healer: They're gone. Where did they go? Should we try and find them? And theres that mirror again. Why is it here? Why now?!

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ooc: mirror/player reveal time >:3

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i- holy shit they really did it, might aswell bury them (/ooc 🐟)

The Overseer: Ugh. Fine. You pick up the demon's severed head, its neck stump still oozing bodily fluids, then make your way back upstairs to the first floor of the cabin.

Voice Of The Skeptic: Did you see that? I could have sworn they moved.

The Overseer: They didn't. They're dead.

Voice Of The Healer: But what if they're not?!

The Overseer: Are you listening to yourself? Do I need to explain to you why decapitation is lethal? The door to your bountiful reward is right in front of you - all you have to do is open it.

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ooc: fsh

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how do you POSSIBLY plan on surviving cutting your own head off??????

Poll Result - Tie

The Overseer: For a brief moment you stare in shock as the demon saws deeper into their neck.

The Overseer: However you quickly look away, staring into the wall. You keep your gaze locked onto the stones, but that doesn't stop you from hearing every grisly detail. The splitting of skin, the wet mulching of severed veins, the grinding of metal against bone.

The Overseer: I'll be damned. They're actually doing your job for you. Why would they do that?

Voice Of The Skeptic: Huh. So that's their play.

Voice Of The Healer: Killing themself?!

Voice Of The Skeptic: We don't know that they're dead yet. We're not even watching it happen.

The Overseer: And then finally you hear a snap, and an uneasy silence. Followed by a slow, fleshy tear.

Voice Of The Healer: This feels worse than watching.

Voice Of The Skeptic: Yet we're still staring at the wall.

The Overseer: Finally, there's the loud clang of something roughly head-sized bouncing against the floor, and the clattering of chains as they drop along with it. I think you can look now.

Voice Of The Healer: Oh no oh no oh no what did we do? How could we let this happen? Maybe I can fix it?

The Overseer: Doubtful. The demon's eyes blankly stare up at you. Dead. Congratulations. You saved the world.

Voice Of The Healer: I hate this. Can we just get out of here now? Please?

The Overseer: Of course. The demon is slain, and the world is saved. Whenever you're ready you can proceed to your reward.

Voice Of The Skeptic: We should take them with us, don't you think?

The Overseer: What? No. You shouldn't do that. Why would you do that?

Voice Of The Skeptic: I can think of lots of reasons. A trophy. Proof of our victory. Hell, we could even give them a proper burial. They did save the world, right?

The Overseer: You don't need proof. You don't need a trophy. And they don't deserve a burial. Just leave.

Voice Of The Skeptic: Even after all that, you're still not satisfied, are you? Something is still motivating you to keep things the way you want them.

The Overseer: I'm just eager to put this all behind us and give you your reward. Stop reading into things. The danger has passed, you can relax.

Voice Of The Skeptic: I'm just keeping myself sharp. I'm not so eager to put my guard down.

Voice Of The Healer: I am. I'm on team let's put this all behind us.' So can we leave already?

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ooc - HOW DID YALL TIE IT at least i didn't have to draw that whole sequence i would've died lol. also BOO another poll right away rahhh

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I-

Actually, that's well played I shoulda worded my question better. Curiosity's killing me at this point so ya can have it. I die here, then I die. Least I'll have control over it unlike what someone gave me last time. Wont be the most happy but eh.

I slide this thing over, yeah?

"Yes."

The Overseer: No. Absolutely not. I am not letting you hand your only weapon over to the world-ending demon. Until you come up with any other idea-like, say. I don't know, doing your job and slaying them-you remain rigidly in place.

Voice Of The Skeptic: Do you think this will work? Interesting that you're only having us remain in place. It's almost like there are very real limits to your power.

The Overseer: I don't know what you're talking about.

The Voice Of The Skeptic: The world ends if we fail, right? Them killing us might not be our only failure state, if you catch my meaning.

Voice Of The Healer: I don't know where you're going with this. Could you explain?

The Overseer: Yes. Explain it.

Voice Of The Skeptic: Sure. I'm insinuating that we could kill ourself. Ruin this whole thing.

The Overseer: You wouldn't

Voice Of The Skeptic: I'm not afraid of dying. Are you?

Voice Of The Healer: A little.

The Overseer: You got your point across. Fine. Sigh. You slide the blade across the floor.

The Overseer: The demon maintains unsettling eye contact as they reach down to pick it up.

"Thanks."

The Overseer: They push up their helmet as much as they can and raise the blade to their throat.

Voice Of The Healer: What are they doing?

The Overseer: They don't say another word as they cut into their own neck.

Voice Of The Healer: No!

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ooc - sorry for the long one lol, fuckin yappers..

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......try it on?!!?? How would that--??? I mean, kinda tempting offer but like- ok, no offense, but I don't think locking myself into the chain is the best corse of action here, specially if I wanna help ya out here.

.....could I have at least a vague answer of your plan of what to do with the knife?? Pretty please with a cherry on top?? :]

"Fine, if this is what you need so I can have it. I need it to get out."

The Overseer: Ever more reason you should not give it to them.

Voice Of The Healer: How would they even use it in the first place? They said there were no locks to pick...

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Might I ask whatcha plan to do with the knife? All here for helping, just wanna be able to understand whatcha gonna do. Maybe I could even help you pull it off! I don’t know how flexible those chains on your arms are…uh���.if you even plan to use your arms… yknow what ima shut the hell up now.

Alsoimsoconfusedwhatthehellisthatunusedchainevenherefor….

"I don't know, but you could always try it on. Maybe it'll fit."

The Overseer: They avoided your initial statement. Whatever they need it for is clearly not good. Also I hope I don't actually have to say this, but please don't lock yourself in chains. We need you ambulatory if you're going to save the world.

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I’ll give it to you, but first can I check for a keyhole? Just to make sure. There has to be some or else how did they get the chains on you?

"No. You're not getting any closer to me. Just slide it over."

The Overseer: You seriously can't think this is a good idea.

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I don’t know yet, there’s not a lot of options. If I did what I presume you want, which is free you, how would I? I don’t think we can get you out of those by hacking your head off along with your hands, you’d die. So we’d have to try and pick the lock.

"There is no lock. What I want is that knife. Don't worry, you'll get it back."

Voice Of The Healer: That's... ominous.

Voice Of The Skeptic: But they seem confident. Whatever it is they have planned, I think they know what they're doing.

The Overseer: Oh, please. They're just putting on act to disarm you. That much should be obvious. And in case you need to hear a voice of reason, it would obviously be unwise to give away your only weapon.

Voice Of The Skeptic: Though if they aren't bluffing, whatever they have planned might be for their benefit alone. There's no guarantee that what's good for them is good for us.

Voice Of The Healer: So... what should we do?

Voice Of The Skeptic: I don't know. I'm just spelling out our options. Listing the pros and cons.

The Overseer: Then let me help you. I'll start with the cons. If you're handing them your weapon, the cons are that they might use it to escape and end the entire world. And they might use it to kill you.

Voice Of The Healer: That doesn't sound great. What about the pros?

The Overseer: There are none.

Voice Of The Skeptic: The pros are that we can't trust Him, possibly even more than we can't trust them, and whatever they have planned could do something to mess with what He has planned. Or maybe they're both screwing us over in their own ways.

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Alright, guess that's fair, i have my knife you have your personal space. Makes sense you'd want to have some sort of security in this situation.

The Overseer: You do as they ask and sit on the floor, still a good distance away from them.

"Thank you. Now, what are your intentions for me?"

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To be honest I was already planning on talking to you and not plunging the knife into your heart. Its just a security measure, y'know? You don't go into creepy basements where you might be killed or hurt with out any sort of protection. At least i don't think you do, i don't have much experience with this so i might be wrong.

"Fair enough."

The Overseer: You step towards the demon, but they stop you before you get too close, holding up one shackled hand.

"There is fine. I'd prefer we keep some distance until we've sorted this out."

Voice Of The Healer: That's reasonable. We do have a weapon. Might as well put them at ease.

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What if we don't grab the knife this time? Or instead keep the knife on us instead of throwing it on the ground?

Voice Of The Skeptic: We're not going anywhere without it. We take the knife as we go.

The Overseer: Wonderful, You do exactly that, sweeping the knife from the table before proceeding to the basement.

Voice Of The Healer: Don't worry about it. We have a knife, so what?It's not like we have to use it.

The Overseer: No, you don't have to do anything. But you'd do well to use it regardless. Sigh. Moving on.

The Overseer: The door to the basement creaks open, revealing an old stone staircase. A few sputtering torches attempt to vaguely illuminate your path, dancing across glimmering patches of slimy moss on the stone steps. If the demon lives here, slaying them would probably be doing them a favor.

The Overseer: Their voice, harsh but controlled, carries up the stairs.

"Is that a visitor I hear? Please, come downstairs. It's been a while since I've had company."

Voice Of The Skeptic: Do they remember us?

The Overseer: You walk down the stairs and lock eyes with the demon. they look up at you, the heavy collar around their neck clanking loudly as they move, the chains binding both their wrists to the far wall joining the metallic chorus as they adjust their hands in their lap.

Voice Of The Healer: Should we be worried about the one around their neck?

The Overseer: Why would you be worried about their restraints. If anything, they'll make your job easier.

Voice Of The Skeptic: Have you noticed the empty chain on the wall? Odd that in a place where everything seems to serve a distinct purpose, there would be something so obviously useless.

"What an interesting development. Why don't you have a seat? The two of us should chat before you plunge that thing in my heart."

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ooc: sorry about taking so long with this update! still busy with moving :(