THE VILLAINS

[dramatispersonae]

[ You are in a fragile, dim place: you can feel potential all around you, but also uncertainty. Only one thing is for sure: you are

(Maleficent?)

a Villain of some kind, determined to curse a pure and innocent Princess for your own designs and fight a Hero over her. This is your purpose, and you must pursue it with all your wicked passion. You feel the tug of this fact, telling you to act in accordance with your own story and the part you play in it.

And yet—

There's something else, isn't there? Or is that just your imagination? Wh͟a̕͞͞t̨̀ ͜͜a̢b̡ǫ̵u̶͝ţ̕ ̷̷fr͘͞i̢͞e̷n̕d̀҉sh̶́͡i̛͞p͏̢ ̶a͜n̸ḑ̴̛ ́͞y͡͡͞o͏̛u̸̧ŕ͠ o͢͞҉ẁń̡̕ f̧͝͞rè̶e̵͞ ͢w҉i̶̶̛l̢l̴͘?̶ ]

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ROUND ONE

[dramatispersonae]

[ A sinister feeling roils around you, ripe with potential. ]

What is the curse you've cast on the Princess?

[ It has to be a curse. D̸̸̨o͘͟e͏͡͡s̀̀͘ ̧̀i̷t̵̵̡ h͘͢a̡ve̕ ̡́t̴͟o̵̡ ̴͘͜bè ̵͢a̡͞ ̨͟͞cư͠rs̢ȩ҉?͞͝ ]

DISCUSS

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSS

[oedipuswreck]

[immediately wrapping his hand around his key, slamming energy outwards to light up the dim area in a flash of silver]

Nope.

Not happening.

Re: DISCUSS

[domintation]

Uh, wow, why am I a bad guy now?

Re: DISCUSS

[bunny_ears]

Oh, fuck this. I've been though this before.

Right?

Re: DISCUSS

[exchanged]

[YEAH NO concentrating on his key...]

People have already tried to put me in this role. I've made my own choices about it already. You can't decide this for me.

Re: DISCUSS

[ninetyninelives]

[CURSE...]

Oh no, you have it backwards.

Re: DISCUSS

[eglantinecrown]

If I were casting a curse, it would be one that bound the Princess to me forever.

[tosses his hair over his shoulder with a huff of disdain.]

But I'm projecting my own feelings onto this story, because I have played all three roles in the past. You're making things too simple.

SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

[ As individuals, describe the curse (?) you've cast on the Princess. Submit by 10pm EST. ]

Re: SUBMIT

[ninetyninelives]

I curse the Princess to become a Heroine. Cirumstances will teach her strength, and she'll come into her own power. I'm sure it'll be a trying experience.

Re: SUBMIT

[bunny_ears]

I 'curse' the Princess to know what she wants and doesn't want out of life. People like it when you fit neatly in their plans, which is hard to do when you have desires of your own.

Maybe she'll still want to be a Princess to be rescued by a hero. But, hey, gotta leave a loophole.

Re: SUBMIT

[eglantinecrown]

I cast no curse at all. She's already a princess, and the expectations of her position likely seem a curse to her already.

Re: SUBMIT

[oedipuswreck]

[your three knights have joined hands and are focusing hard on their keys, syncing together]

We're knights. I won't play this game as a villain, and you can't make me.

INTERLUDE

[dramatispersonae]

[ You're on a ship. The sea stretches out around you, peaceful and somehow content.

You like it here.

A cat with a torn ear is curled up on the deck nearby; it occasionally swats at a mouse running past, but they actually seem to get along for the most part.

There is nothing to do here. There is nothing you have to do. You can just be. ]

Re: INTERLUDE

[ninetyninelives]

[hello, kitty]

Re: INTERLUDE

[dramatispersonae]

[ Eventually, you get the sense that you can go talk to whoever's responsible for all this nonsense, or you can skip that entirely and head back to the Ring. Time feels a bit fuzzy here. It's what you make of it. It's up to you. Everything is up to you. ]

Re: INTERLUDE

[exchanged]

... well. It's been a while.

Re: INTERLUDE

[bunny_ears]

Where are we?

Re: INTERLUDE

[dramatispersonae]

[ Eventually, you get the sense that you can go talk to whoever's responsible for all this nonsense, or you can skip that entirely and head back to the Ring. Time feels a bit fuzzy here. It's what you make of it. It's up to you. Everything is up to you. ]

Re: INTERLUDE

[oedipuswreck]

[just lets out a frustrated wail, flopping down on his back and GLARING UP AT THE SKY]

Re: INTERLUDE

[exchanged]

[wow. I mean. I know the feeling. but.]

Re: INTERLUDE

[domintation]

[perches on a rail to look down into his face...]

Re: INTERLUDE

[eglantinecrown]

[staring out at the horizon.]

Hmm...

Re: INTERLUDE

[bunny_ears]

This... this isn't bad. Not even seasick.

Re: INTERLUDE

[domintation]

I don't get it.