Mithos's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

*there's a moment of nothing but light and sensation. you feel -- inspected by someone or something, gentle and unobtrusive. who are you? what are you? do I know you?

welcome.

your vision clears.*

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[FILTER: the nightmare path]

[antreegonist]

*this room is utterly, absolutely, completely dark. as soon as you enter, you hear the sound of rushing water all around you. the door also clicks shut.*

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[yourmama]

[oh no oh no oh no ATTEMPTING TO OPEN THE DOOR AGAIN 8( Y U NOT OPEN DOOR]

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[antreegonist]

*the door has vanished.*

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[yourmama]

Ughh…

[hugs herself, then WALKS FORWARD VERY VERY FAST.]

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[antreegonist]

*you don't actually find water. but if you're willing to keep walking on for fifteen minutes or so...

you find a high and rounded archway, made of wood. though the rest of the room is dark and it doesn't seem to cast light, you can see it clearly. multicolored ribbons are stretched across it in quite a familiar pattern: a dreamcatcher's net.

on the other side of it, something huge and hideous stares out at you. you find it difficult to pin down its features, except for one thing: it has eyes the exact shade of blue as Mithos's.*

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[yourmama]

[this is less scary than water, yes '-']

Umm… hi.

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[antreegonist]

*it snarls at you. you have the impression of sharp, sharp teeth.*

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[yourmama]

You're no good, huh? [steps up to touch the dreamcatcher.]

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[antreegonist]

*it tries to hook what might be claws through it to gut you, but it can't move them an inch beyond the ribbons.*

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[yourmama]

I think I'm stuck in here, huh? And you're stuck in there, too, which is prob'ly good if you were gonna hurt Mithos or somethin'.

[looking around for some sort of door, though.]

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[antreegonist]

*darkness. it makes a sardonic sort of noise, its coils(?) shifting.*

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[yourmama]

You could just leave him alone, huh? Then maybe you wouldn't haveta be trapped like this.

[running her hands along the walls, if possible.]

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[antreegonist]

*they feel like wood, but you find no doors.

it laughs, slow and deep and unpleasant.*

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[yourmama]

…Do I haveta punch you in the face or somethin'…

[examining the dreamcatcher :|a would it be possible to punch between the ribbons.]

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[antreegonist]

*IT...WOULD.*

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[yourmama]

[clearly that is a good decision, right…

do…es…]

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[antreegonist]

*it ROARS and backs off a step or two, swiping at your hand while it's in reach -- it's terribly fast, leaving deep bleeding gashes.*

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[yourmama]

[that's okay, nightmarebro, I got self-healing back :|b …though… pulls back, casts it to stop the worst of the bleeding, and then decides to use TP to instead cast Piko Piko Hammer on the thing behind the dreamcatcher.]

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[antreegonist]

*IT RETREATS BACK EVEN FURTHER WITH A SNARLING THAT YOU'RE PRETTY SURE TRANSLATES TO 'OW FUCK'*

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[yourmama]

[oh, yeah, I got this gimmick bossfight. LET'S DO THIS AGAIN.]

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[antreegonist]

*ANGRY SHRIEK

it goes back as far as it can -- not very far! three glowing doors appear by you! one is warped wood, one is a white door, one is a white trapdoor!*

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[yourmama]

[clearly I have made good decisions thus far-- attempts to open the warped wood door.]

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[antreegonist]

*. . . welp*