Estylwen

Iris Ascendis

Sorry about that, Psykers. ^^;

Recollections: Under The Sycamore Tree Part. 1

The House on the Hill

Interactions: Britney/Ruby @Shin Ghost Note

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”... The Void Heart is not a good person - ghost - whatever. He is an Apparition from the Void, but he requires an anchor to remain in this realm. He latched onto your... predacessor when she was only a child. And, well, groom- molded her in his image. He was going around draining people of their life force while brainwashing her into thinking that it was all okay.”

Britney

Alizée listened carefully as Brit spoke, feeling resistance in her. Hesitation. Before it clicked- Void had been seeking the Gates of Paradise since the beginning. With her.

Her eyes upcurled in happiness, having uncovered some closeness between them. This emotion bubbled up in her, before her chains stirred, and an extra link formed on each of the eight ends.

Before her red eyes slitted, and she kept her silence carefully. Her ‘heart’ felt a bit heavy, a bit stiff, to withhold the real reason Void had been taking life energy. It was for the perfect cause, the ultimate goal.

But she would have to commit to memory that humans, especially the ones here, who recognized her, considered stealing life force a bad thing.

Hm… a conundrum. But something she would worry about later. All that mattered now was creating a relationship with the people in front of her. And that meant conforming to their standards as much as possible.

”The Void Heart needs an anchor to remain in this realm; that anchor has to be a human being. And... I don't mean to be an asshole, but you're just not a human being anymore, so you can't be that anchor. So I doubt he'll want anything to do with you ^{unless Lynn is right}.”

Britney

Alizée followed Brit's gaze to the white-haired girl, who was staring at her like she'd seen a ghost. Huh.

It was true, she was a voidling, an apparition, knowledgeable on the ancient language and fighter in the Deep. She was aware she herself could adjoin, though the desire never came to her. It made sense that Void would work the same way.

Alizée blinked. Wait… So it meant when she was human, she had been… adjoined? To Void?

Alizée's hands moved to hold her masked face, feeling euphoria in her epicenter. A line of links morphed into reality on a couple of her chains, glistening with newness.

"... It's not my place to decide for you all. But, there isn't a malicious bone - ^{you know what I mean} - in her body. She is scared and in disbelief... yet grateful and hopeful simultaneously."

Ruby

Alizée's gaze snapped to the woman, entirely surprised at the exact emotional state she was feeling being listed out. It made her feel naked, which wasn't a concept she was aware of until this moment.

As if in response, Ruby looked straight at her, and Alizée felt a bit uncomfortable.

"Your, uh, predecessor, caused my group a lot of problems, you know! ... You won't be doing that again, will you?”

Ruby

Alizée blinked, having no idea what this woman was referring to. She must have messed up severely to have this woman shouting at her.

Regardless, she shook her head, furiously. ”No ma'am. You won't have any issue with me.”

”...One of my terms and conditions is that you stop looking for the Void Heart. I'll seal you myself if you don't. The Void Heart has caused us serious trouble, and we don't want him around.”

Britney

Alizée stared at Brit, emotion flickering in her burning eyes. On the threat of being sealed, she'd agree to anything. But to give up her search?

It made her heartsick.

”Do we have a deal?”

Britney

There was a long, long pause before Alizée closed her eyes into little glowing slits, seeing Void in her mind, smiling at her.

Her ‘heart’ gave a painful tug, before she spoke.

“...Deal. I'll stop searching.”

Meanwhile, Layla had moved around the crowd to sit back in her bar stool, eyes staring wide at the apparition claiming to be Alizée. The Alizée.

The room had essentially ignored Layla, to which she was grateful. She didn't want any more attention drawn to herself and her running mouth.

But what were the chances Alizée's apparition would appear just as they were arguing about her? It was exactly like they said: Speak of the devil, and the devil appears.

Layla felt a hand on her shoulder, and looked over to see Luna standing behind the bar, staring sympathetically at her. “You alright?”

“Yeah.” Layla said listlessly. The hand left her shoulder, and a few moments later, Luna was pushing a plate of pizza, a glass of milk, and a glass of scotch over to her.

“Eat. You look terrible.” Luna commanded.

Layla tried a smile at the food offering, taking the glass of milk in her hands. Her eyes were drawn back to Alizée.

“Someone has to tell her.”

Luna's face grew severe. “No. You're going to sit here and keep your mouth shut, capiche? Eat your pizza.”

Layla blanched, before she obediently took a bite of her pizza, returning her focus to the center of the room.

Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

@rabidbacon Now you've got me wondering how wilds feed on humans that are already connected to a wild, or if they even can. 🤔 /scheming

@Lexisheeps

Wilds can feed on humans that are already connected to a Wild, but the Wild possessing them would know about it, and likely not be happy about it. :)

That said, do Wilds immediately recognize each other's presence?
Mimi looks like one, and so does Mercy, but Teresa can choose to appear human quite easily.

@rabidbacon

Yes, Wilds would recognize each other because they are unable to eat emotions of another Wild. :)

The post looks great, btw!

Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

I'm hoping to have my post up tomorrow, but we'll see. p:

@Lexisheeps

No rush, I can't wait to see it!

Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

@Qia Sounds great, thank you for the update!

Umbra: The Abyssal Connection

Great post, @SporkoBug! Mimi and Wren are awesome.

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

Busy weekend and long training the first half of this week. Tomorrow during my lunch break I'll isolate myself and try to get something up!

@Xandrya

Sounds great, no rush! Life always takes priority.

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

New post is up!

I haven't written anything for @Xandrya and @Vertigo as you both are remaining in your rooms, and Lexi already gave a stuffy update. I'll update once you leave the room or, in Xandrya's case, try to solve the puzzle. ;)

Backrooms: The Thing that Breathes

PG.101

@Squirrel98

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Amanda would find, through her shifting of the papers on the tip of the desk, a curious thing. Most of the papers were invoices. Boring business things. What made them curious objects of fascination was the name written across the top.

It was her name. Her address. An overdue water bill. Electrical bills with amounts being forwarded. Home insurance demanding renewal. It was like she had disappeared for a year, and no one had told the companies she had contracts with.

Alas, there were no other secrets to be had here, or anywhere on or in the desk. Except, of course, what was hidden under the rainbow worm.

If Amanda wanted the key to progress forward, she would have to steel her nerves, and venture into territory no human had yet done in this particularity of the backrooms:

Confront her fears.

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C.G.107, The Princess Palace -> P.G.107, Kids Backroom

@Ocelot79

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As Lucas spiraled down the left slide, he would find himself an abrupt, nonsensical change. He was back in the room with the locked door and its morse code painted on the wall. He could see the opened left door with the pole he had slid down moments before.

He could see, indeed, that he had gone in an elaborate circle. He could also see that physics were broken and nonsensical here, wherever he was. He had somehow descended into the Princess Palace room, and ascended a little, then descended again into the Kids Backroom, descended a little too far to have it make sense that these places were physically connected…

Regardless, he was once again in the room with an addition of his slide. There was one other addition: A small Polaroid camera on the floor in front of the wall with the Morse code. It seemed filled with the paper necessary to print photos.

Perhaps he could use it. But how? And how did it relate to the Morse code? Maybe he could snap a photo for his notes…?

Again, the door directly in front of him was locked, requiring some kind of knock.

(OOC: Hunger Counter = 3)

As Lucas debated on what to do, he could feel hunger pains growing in his stomach. Quietly, at first, then more, with more force. His mouth watered, and he could feel an almost maddening hunger that started taking over his other senses.

On top of this, his vision began to behave poorly. It faded in and out, becoming blurry. And as he stared at the wall, he saw a line cut across it, then open up to reveal a large, bloody, red eye, staring directly at him. The walls around the eye also began to move, in and out, like the wall was breathing…

As he stared, the eye would stare back…

ArrowFell: The Wizard Queen's Court

Still in one collab... but I'll be posting soon. I'll just have Mirie arrive just in time to catch everything said if that's fine.

@Click This

For sure, that sounds totally fine. I'm looking forward to it; no rush. :)