selfpreservationist | [RAVEN'S HEART GAME

The first thing you hear is the sound of rain faintly hitting the exterior of the house. The soft pitter-patter is almost soothing, in a way, but it’s quickly followed up by rumbling thunder in the distance. You open your eyes, and for a second all you see is a flash of light--at first it seems like it’s lightning, but then you see something. A vision of a man dressed in rags, hunched over, waves of demonic power rolling over him. He howls, and something terrible starts to grow out of him: the bloody roots of a massive tree. An immense wave of panic hits you, and you can’t move, you can’t speak, you can’t breathe--

And then it’s over. It’s over. You’re fine.

The sound of rain returns. (This time it’s definitely soothing, compared to what you just saw.) You’re standing in the foyer of a mansion, a wide open living room in front of you. The door behind you is faintly ajar, leading outside.

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...Urizen...?

[Looking him over to make sure none of the blood is his? Er, this, his.]

[There's somehow not a scratch on him? He got squeezed pretty hard but that's about it.]

Yes, shut up in the basement. My own Telltale Heart, I suppose? He had a pointed Cask of Amontillado trap down there...

How poetic!

...it seems you came out fine.

Remarkably well. I'm not sure whether to be proud or a little offended he made that me so weak.

[But he definitely looks and sounds full of battle hype and very happy with himself.]

You do not sound that disappointed.

"Not physically, I mean."

He yawns and rubs his face, still drowsy.

Yes well. I an here regardless. This is certainly not how I usually experience people's souls.

Not at all, no. It was fun.

Of course it was. You won, after all.

Had I lost, I would be livid.

And what about you, have you done anything or only spent all this time sleeping?

I had a perfectly nice chat with Raven and read all his soft internal feelings before we took a nap, thank you.

I tried to clean up a bit but apparently he's against tidiness.

Edited 2021-01-24 07:34 (UTC)

So you were predictably nosy.

He didn't complain. Though I suppose he might on waking.

Well maybe he won't remember and you can just not tell him.

Anything good?

Maybe you should read them yourself?

Oh, I'm not so crude.

But you are crude enough to ask me.

Well if you've already seen... It's more rude not to ask you about your day, right?

Uh-huh. Not interested at all in the diary marked "Vergil"?

...What, an entire diary? I'm not sure I do want to see that, is it full of insults?

"I wasn't prepared for it either... there's a lot of damage you could do just by being careless."

Such as?

Hm, no. In fact I believe that room only contained what he cherishes most.

Edited 2021-01-24 22:21 (UTC)

"Hurting parts of me... putting things where they're not meant to be. This house isn't in great shape, as you've doubtlessly noticed... but some parts are intact. Destroying those would be devastating."

I see. And what about cleaning up some of the dust and blood?

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