- its big ol' woods. just huge trees and endless dirt and its eerily quiet - It's really fucking dark in here! The only lights are some very dim yellow lights in the distance and the lights of your red eyes which are all glowing and creepy and horrible - you have a friend!! he's big and weirdly quiet for such a big fuckin' guy. Mind control and brain blasts do work on him. If you use healing around him, he absorbs it and sends it back as Damage. Hooray! He is called a Reverser.
The whispers check ........ it's strange, but. You get the sense from this creature that it's a horrible, painful mishmash of a dozen different animals and monsters, all selected for their brutal nature and efficiency, manipulated to have magical properties. All in the service of killing rival mages, or perhaps, even divinity.
The oddest thing is that you feel strongly it can understand you, somehow. That maybe it's not all animal. Something in that terrible mix might be ...
Guy! You cannot fuck the concept of darkness, I'm sorry to say. But you could easily use Charm to determine if someone is lying or not. And a little bit of newfound Intelligence can't hurt.
With a 20, you can easily see through Sidon's lies.
[ oh! a friend! sidon is very rarely afraid of monsters to begin with, and this one is... maybe not quite a monster to begin with. not all of it. there's pieces of it that might be saved, even—but the pieces that can't be salvaged need to be removed. it needs to be freed from its suffering, and he can do that.
maybe then he can bring this one back, too. but first, it isn't a mindless beast, so he will find it in the dark and compel it forward. a little tap against its brain noggin with a friendly suggestion to come forth and greet guy. ]
[ ok some shit is going on, and guy slips past sidon to silently go a little further, hand hovering close to his sward. also time to try to charm sidon!! ]
[ oh, he is much too insane right now to charm out of his conviction, sorry. ]
Nothing!
[ what's going on is that i rolled a 16 so their monster friend is charging at guy now. the compulsion won't last long, but it does follow through, with the sound of breaking branches. ]
[ sorry guy, he's usually diplomatic, but he'll just try to stab him with his trident. the monster is here too, shaking its head as it composes itself again. ]
monster friend will probably slap the shit out of him. sidon feels more energized now—fighting is fun? even if usually he'd prefer more even ground. right now what's important is taking guy down so he can move forward. always forward.
so he's going to drive his trident forward again, though this puts all three of them in close quarters. ]
jk, the pain is—it's bad. enough that he rears back, shout climbed out of his throat and blood pooling in his eyes, blurring his vision in terrible red as it goes down his face. his mind feels like it's been pulled out through his tear ducts, and he coughs up a mouthful of blood.
so yeah, guy is getting pushed the hell away with the shaft of his trident, but he gets a free round. ]
[ guy gets shoved away and being the smart guy that he is, decides to take this opportunity to pop a healing potion!!! ]
[ unfortunately, this makes all his bruises and internal bleeding and also the previous injuries worsen, and he screams in animalistic pain as more of his ribs break ]
[ kawaii monster friend also decides to take a chunk out of his shoulder. suck it guy, rolled a 5 ]
[ he could really probably just have this monster kill guy. but it feels a little wrong, even in the absolute scrambled egg concoction that his brain is right now. there's still a sort of pride in his madness. maybe the pride became the madness?
he stabs at guy again, though their monster friend seems upset at the interruption, swinging one of its massive paws at him—he blocks it with his prosthetic arm, which groans and crumbles under the force, but isn't stopped by it. ]
[ likewise, guy instinctively thrusts out his sword to stab it in the paw as it attacks sidon -- maybe his last remnant of sanity, trying to protect his friend from getting hurt worse, maybe even dying. or maybe it's just that he wants to kill sidon himself ]
[ either way, it leaves him open to being stabbed, which is what happens. ran right the fuck through!! that's a bigass trident ]
[ it is a bigass trident. it's really hard to stab someone with a trident nonfatally? it doesn't matter, because he's striking to kill anyway, though there's a moment when guy tries to—protect him?
what is he doing?
something reminds him that this is why guy lacks the resolve to be the last one standing. it's a moment of weakness, which is what he needs to be able to use his power. so he grasps at guy's mind, urging him to end this, finally.
another part of him feels... awful about it. afraid beyond measure. but this is what his role is—he was born to protect everyone. guy won't be able to bring everyone back, so he has to die. he has to die. ] —Please, enough!
[ magnus could do it. impaled (non-lethally). in that moment of instinct, guy gets run right the fuck through, splutters up some blood in a dramatique fashion. ]
[ he's still got brain blast. he can do something, save sidon from from the monster (save sidon from himself, end this) (save sidon, save sidon---), he starts to reach forward ]
[ then the mind control takes effect. guy's arm twists towards himself, making contact. ]
[ then there's just blood. all over sidon. all over the trident. all over himself ]
[ he feels it splash, and it's too much blood. he could've done this more kindly, more quickly—it's something he'll have to reflect on. a king can always improve for his subjects. isn't he a prince, though? ...well. he twists the trident, and pulls it out. the prongs are stained dark, and he can't see the color, but it feels red in all the madness. the monster doesn't interfere anymore, skulking backward.
just him and guy. does he need to stab him again??? damn. ]
[ the thing about guy is that he's insanely tenacious, even if he can't stand up to a zora warrior like sidon. he's survived this long on pure rage and grief for his sister, his family, his friends, his entire household. he's clung onto life for those he loved, because he owed it to them to survive ]
[ and sidon is no exception. even pouring blood, guy drags himself forward, his sword still clutched in one hand. he's staggering, barely on his feet ]
I...
[ he reaches for sidon's hand, vision swimming. he can barely see through all the red. ]
W-won't....
[ he thrusts the sword forward with his other hand, whether or not he succeeds in holding sidon's hand. whether or not he succeeds in stabbing, he'll topple forward. sidon can catch him, or not. his final breath is barely more than a whisper, gurgled ]
Won't... l-leave you....
[ he's a fucking liar, because Gailardia Galan Gardios --- Guy Cecil, is dead. ]
[ he'll catch him, of course. and get stabbed, sure. small price to pay for holding onto his friend as he dies, giving his hand a fierce squeeze while he thinks guy can still feel it.
i won't leave you. he believes him, even if he's a liar. at the height of this madness, he still believes in his friends. ]
You'll always be near to my heart, Guy.
[ he'll shut his sweet eyes and set him down before limping off to murder owner, too, yippee ]
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- It's really fucking dark in here! The only lights are some very dim yellow lights in the distance and the lights of your red eyes which are all glowing and creepy and horrible
- you have a friend!! he's big and weirdly quiet for such a big fuckin' guy. Mind control and brain blasts do work on him. If you use healing around him, he absorbs it and sends it back as Damage. Hooray! He is called a Reverser.
The whispers check ........ it's strange, but. You get the sense from this creature that it's a horrible, painful mishmash of a dozen different animals and monsters, all selected for their brutal nature and efficiency, manipulated to have magical properties. All in the service of killing rival mages, or perhaps, even divinity.
The oddest thing is that you feel strongly it can understand you, somehow. That maybe it's not all animal. Something in that terrible mix might be ...
Guy! You cannot fuck the concept of darkness, I'm sorry to say. But you could easily use Charm to determine if someone is lying or not. And a little bit of newfound Intelligence can't hurt.
With a 20, you can easily see through Sidon's lies.
The eyes grow impatient.
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maybe then he can bring this one back, too. but first, it isn't a mindless beast, so he will find it in the dark and compel it forward. a little tap against its brain noggin with a friendly suggestion to come forth and greet guy. ]
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What's going on?
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Nothing!
[ what's going on is that i rolled a 16 so their monster friend is charging at guy now. the compulsion won't last long, but it does follow through, with the sound of breaking branches. ]
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Sidon! What the hell?!
[ he doesn't know about the mind control but he knows sidon knew something</I] and lied ]
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It'll be over before you know it, Guy!
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[ guy raises his sword to try to block it, but sidon is so much stronger, so the force knocks him back several feet. right into monster friend! yay! ]
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monster friend will probably slap the shit out of him. sidon feels more energized now—fighting is fun? even if usually he'd prefer more even ground. right now what's important is taking guy down so he can move forward. always forward.
so he's going to drive his trident forward again, though this puts all three of them in close quarters. ]
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[ as he's being fucking slapped around by this monster. he rolls under sidon's legs and slides his hand up his thigh --- to use brain blast ]
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jk, the pain is—it's bad. enough that he rears back, shout climbed out of his throat and blood pooling in his eyes, blurring his vision in terrible red as it goes down his face. his mind feels like it's been pulled out through his tear ducts, and he coughs up a mouthful of blood.
so yeah, guy is getting pushed the hell away with the shaft of his trident, but he gets a free round. ]
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[ guy gets shoved away and being the smart guy that he is, decides to take this opportunity to pop a healing potion!!! ]
[ unfortunately, this makes all his bruises and internal bleeding and also the previous injuries worsen, and he screams in animalistic pain as more of his ribs break ]
[ kawaii monster friend also decides to take a chunk out of his shoulder. suck it guy, rolled a 5 ]
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he stabs at guy again, though their monster friend seems upset at the interruption, swinging one of its massive paws at him—he blocks it with his prosthetic arm, which groans and crumbles under the force, but isn't stopped by it. ]
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[ likewise, guy instinctively thrusts out his sword to stab it in the paw as it attacks sidon -- maybe his last remnant of sanity, trying to protect his friend from getting hurt worse, maybe even dying. or maybe it's just that he wants to kill sidon himself ]
[ either way, it leaves him open to being stabbed, which is what happens. ran right the fuck through!! that's a bigass trident ]
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what is he doing?
something reminds him that this is why guy lacks the resolve to be the last one standing. it's a moment of weakness, which is what he needs to be able to use his power. so he grasps at guy's mind, urging him to end this, finally.
another part of him feels... awful about it. afraid beyond measure. but this is what his role is—he was born to protect everyone. guy won't be able to bring everyone back, so he has to die. he has to die. ] —Please, enough!
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[ he's still got brain blast. he can do something, save sidon from from the monster (save sidon from himself, end this) (save sidon, save sidon---), he starts to reach forward ]
[ then the mind control takes effect. guy's arm twists towards himself, making contact. ]
[ then there's just blood. all over sidon. all over the trident. all over himself ]
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just him and guy. does he need to stab him again??? damn. ]
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[ and sidon is no exception. even pouring blood, guy drags himself forward, his sword still clutched in one hand. he's staggering, barely on his feet ]
I...
[ he reaches for sidon's hand, vision swimming. he can barely see through all the red. ]
W-won't....
[ he thrusts the sword forward with his other hand, whether or not he succeeds in holding sidon's hand. whether or not he succeeds in stabbing, he'll topple forward. sidon can catch him, or not. his final breath is barely more than a whisper, gurgled ]
Won't... l-leave you....
[ he's a fucking liar, because Gailardia Galan Gardios --- Guy Cecil, is dead. ]
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i won't leave you. he believes him, even if he's a liar. at the height of this madness, he still believes in his friends. ]
You'll always be near to my heart, Guy.
[ he'll shut his sweet eyes and set him down before limping off to murder owner, too, yippee ]