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No ma’am!
*Hastily fills out the application page by page*

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*watches*

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*Sets the pen down*
Okay, there.

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*looks at the application*
We are gonna have to do this again…

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I have this place loaded with traps—I would have noticed any normal person walk in. Who are you, really? Did my sister send you here??

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*As I back up, I look behind myself and realize that I had just explored this same room a few minutes ago, and now it was completely different. Over my shoulder, I saw I was being moved backwards into an old sofa that that had replaced the shabby wooden stool that was here before, and the wallpaper had looked different and was peeling off.*
I swear I don’t know what you’re talking about.

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PUPPETS? CHAMPIONS? SUCH LIMITING LABELS, CHILD. THEY ARE VESSELS, YES, BUT NOT MERE PLAYTHINGS. THEY ARE CONDUITS, AMPLIFIERS, THROUGH WHICH MY ESSENCE CAN FLOW AND SHAPE THIS REALITY.

*A wave of warmth washes over you, a comforting embrace that soothes and reinvigorates.*

DO NOT MISTAKE MY GUIDANCE FOR CONTROL. I OFFER POWER, KNOWLEDGE, AND PURPOSE, BUT THE CHOICE TO WIELD THEM IS THEIRS ALONE. THEY ARE FREE TO FOLLOW THEIR OWN PATHS, TO MAKE THEIR OWN DESTINIES. BUT IN THEIR STRUGGLES, IN THEIR TRIUMPHS AND FAILURES, THEY LEARN. THEY GROW. THEY BECOME MORE THAN THEY EVER COULD HAVE BEEN ALONE.

*Alioth's voice softens, a hint of vulnerability seeping through the cosmic grandeur.*

LIFE IS MY PASSION, YES. BUT LIFE IN ALL ITS FORMS, IN ALL ITS INFINITE COMPLEXITY. I SEEK NOT TO DOMINATE, BUT TO NURTURE, TO GUIDE, TO HELP THOSE WITH POTENTIAL TO TRANSCEND THEIR LIMITATIONS AND REACH NEW HEIGHTS OF EXISTENCE.

SO I ASK YOU AGAIN, PRISM. WHAT DO YOU TRULY SEEK? WHAT BURNING NEED FUELS YOUR HEART? WHAT DREAMS KEEP YOU WANDERING SO FAR AND SO WIDE?

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Huh? I filled it all out...

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*Once I walk through the door, I raise my pistol, ready for anything*

I found- Huh? What is this place...

*I lower the pistol, looking around.*

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*The entryway takes you to a crowded tavern full of noisy patrons, one of which shouts to close the door behind you*

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*The entryway takes you to a crowded tavern full of noisy patrons, one of which shouts to close the door behind you*

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*Once I walk through the door, I raise my pistol, ready for anything*

I found- Huh? What is this place...

*I lower the pistol, looking around.*

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Hey! Don’t be yelling at the new patrons!

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Please lower your weapon, this is a non-violent establishment.

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Huh? I filled it all out...

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What is this place anyways? And who are you?

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Yeah, with catscratch.
*reads it over and fills out the legible parts*
Unless you are some sort of cat being, this will not work miss, Jarge?

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You don’t know? Who randomly waltzes into an abandoned house like this? I have half a mind to shoot you where you stand.

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How could you not want to explore an abandoned mansion? I’m an explorer.
Anyways, I didn’t see any traps.

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Jade...
*Frowns*
I’ll... I’ll do a better job.

Okay then... Why am I here?

*I say to myself, looking around the tavern again.*