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dramatispersonae) wrote2015-03-28 03:32 pm
dramatispersonae) wrote2015-03-28 03:32 pm
KUNZITE
[The Ring tilts under your feet, and with a sudden, gut-wrenching twist you're falling. A sense of how someone might have come to be in this position wraps around you as you fall; you (no, not you, but someone) could have leapt from a cliff to avoid something chasing them, and in the sick vertigo of freefall thought only that this could not possibly be as bad as what was behind them catching up--
You land with a thump. That phantom hunted feeling stays with you, leaving your hands shaky and your mouth dry.
You're in a perfectly circular and thoroughly strange workroom. The floor is made of polished rosewood and the walls are clear glass, but they're both hard to see because of how packed and active the space is - a clear brook bubbles incongruously over stones through the center, while shelves and tables crowd the walls and books and clock-or-wirework projects crowd the shelves and tables. Unfinished clockwork dummies stand here and there with a faintly gloomy air. A brand-new pottery wheel is turning slowly in the corner, its movement driven by the current of the water through the room.
Despite the cheerful clutter, the feeling of dread is still very strong here - papers have been rifled through frantically and left in heaps, and a few of the little mechanical toys have been broken, as though they were handled with too much haste and not enough care.
When you look around to identify the source of your unease, you see that the one broad uncovered section of glass shows a mirror hanging on the white wall beyond, out of reach beyond the glass. An indistinct dark shape lurks in it, and when you approach it you can hear whispers:
it's been summoned
did you say its name three times?
it's coming.]
You land with a thump. That phantom hunted feeling stays with you, leaving your hands shaky and your mouth dry.
You're in a perfectly circular and thoroughly strange workroom. The floor is made of polished rosewood and the walls are clear glass, but they're both hard to see because of how packed and active the space is - a clear brook bubbles incongruously over stones through the center, while shelves and tables crowd the walls and books and clock-or-wirework projects crowd the shelves and tables. Unfinished clockwork dummies stand here and there with a faintly gloomy air. A brand-new pottery wheel is turning slowly in the corner, its movement driven by the current of the water through the room.
Despite the cheerful clutter, the feeling of dread is still very strong here - papers have been rifled through frantically and left in heaps, and a few of the little mechanical toys have been broken, as though they were handled with too much haste and not enough care.
When you look around to identify the source of your unease, you see that the one broad uncovered section of glass shows a mirror hanging on the white wall beyond, out of reach beyond the glass. An indistinct dark shape lurks in it, and when you approach it you can hear whispers:
it's been summoned
did you say its name three times?
it's coming.]
ROUND 1
What do you do when you feel fear?
discussion
Re: discussion
Well, that's --
answer
Re: answer
I -- get angry when I'm afraid. I'm frightened a lot, and it almost always feels . . . personal, and I hate that quite a bit. From -- memories, and some experiences here, I suppose I try to . . . I try to keep going and get rid of whatever's making me fearful. Because I'm angry at it.
It's a lot easier that way. If you're not good at getting angry I suppose you could try some other way of distracting yourself . . . though, by that I mean distracting yourself from being afraid, not from what's making you afraid.
. . . I've been too afraid to move or be angry, too, before. For a little while. I don't -- I wasn't alone then. I don't know what I would have done if I was. I suppose the point is in that sort of situation you ought to try and find someone to stand with you. Make sure you're not alone.
You can -- use these answers for what you need, if it will help, but -- I don't want you to let anyone else know this one came from me, all right? I think you can sense that much.
ROUND 2
There's a new question:]
How do you find the means to perform that action?
discussion
Re: discussion
Must you!?
Re: discussion
answer
Re: answer
I can't advise you on getting angry. Just -- just try and focus on what you think you have to do instead of your fear.
To not be alone you can -- you can stop disappearing and risking yourself getting trapped in your realm again, you can stay put here for a while and talk to people; isn't inviting interaction the only way to really receive it, unless people are really annoying--? You can't make bonds without an, an anchor for them.
result
ROUND 3 (bonus)
As the room clicks into place a stone smashes through the glass ceiling above the pottery wheel, crushing your wet pot and the wheel itself entirely. The clockwork dummy's hands jerk, snapped off at the wrists. With their destruction the sense of panic rises in your throat, clogging it. There’s a wave of heat through the room. The final revealed question appears burned and distorted . . .]
W̠͞h̡̙̠a̡̬͔̞͍̗t͓̩̰̻ ̠̳w̖̳̮͘o͡u͏̞͖̬̱̹̮l͚̙̝̦d̲̪̤͇̦͚ ̸̹̼̬y͉̻͝o͚͚̘̮͕u̧̪͖̼̦̯̻̳ ̬̭d̙̝̜ͅo̵͇̜̞͎̯͔ ̖͈̼i̲͖̭̼͙̪̯f̧̣̩̺͕̪̦ ͕̙t͚͘h̢̙̻̥a̴̺͔̩͎t̨̩͕ ̗f̱̱̳̗a̫i̶̝͎̳̻̲l̯̲̞̣̺͜ͅe̤̥͙͇̟̜͈d͟?̲͇͟
discussion
Re: discussion
--!
answer
Re: answer
[his voice cracks a little, nerves fraying]
And you stop freaking everyone out so they can think a bit more clearly to help you! I get it already!
END
...you blink, and you're back in the Ring again, leaving the fear behind like a bad dream.]