Pristine Cut Doodles Part 2: Apotheosis

... Boy, I hope no one used this yet

3 minutes of dealing with an intruder later...

Tw:blood

The voices were still sleepy and some got cranky. Except for the Contrarian, for he has slept like a rock during the whole ordeal.

Whole-heartedly BEGGING writers to unlearn everything schools taught you about how long a paragraph is. If theres a new subject, INCLUDING ACTIONS, theres a new paragraph. A paragraph can be a single word too btw stop making things unreadable

I always forget that a lot of creators have their narilamb ship have that harsh dip in trust when narinder wants to sacrifice the lamb. I love it, it's a great dynamic, especially if there's and up before, I just forget sometimes that would be a natural progression of those characters

I thought since the start of the game that it would end with the lamb dead, even before it was revealed. You're always called a vessel, so I honestly thought the conclusion would be fight or you get possessed and they take the cult in your body. so i figured the lamb thought the same and either wanted to die since they were all alone, or were planning to fight all along. Honestly, before i found out narinder was a cat, i thought he was a dog, like an Anubis type, and it was a big "wolf in sheep's clothing" metaphor >_>; I'm kind of disappointed that didn't happen, honestly.

because of that thought process i had while playing, I designed Ewen from the beginning to want to die. only agreeing to be alive to get revenge on for indignity they suffered for their execution. I eventually expanded on the how's and whys, but that was always the starting point. Their attachment to narinder, along with the self worth that comes from being needed (even as a tool) was the only thing that gave them a drive to keep living, and the only reason they refused to give up the crown. If u wanna get all narrative fancy, I try to tie that back around to when they rescue their siblings, despite the fact that they think they'll take narinder away from them. That's the point when their completely selfish need for them becomes less "I'm going to do whatever it costs to keep him here to make me happy" to "I'm going to do whatever it costs to make him happy, even if it might take him away from me" love. which, of course, is terrifying lol. and then brings it back around to "his selfish need to do whatever it costs to keep me with him has to make me acknowledge I am worth love and he won't leave me" in a double fucked up way.

Debriefing

(spoilers(?) for the Pristine Cut + blood)

"I was sent here to slay you. I'm told you will end the world if I don't."

The Narrator:

Why are you telling her that!?

"Huh...? But... No, I save worlds. I don't end them. I'm a hero. Who told you that?"

Voice of the Prince:

Okay, so, two very different points of view here.

The Narrator:

She is lying, she has never saved a world in her life. I told you she would lie, and this is a very obvious situation to do so in.

Voice of the Prince:

If someone told me I will end the world, I'd deny it, too.

The Narrator:

Exactly. Anything to save your skin and absolve you of blame. It is the same with her. She is not going to agree.

"I would never want to end the world. I mean... I live here. And I'm not evil or anything."

Voice of the Prince:

Right, she doesn't seem evil.

The Narrator:

It is not a matter of whether or not she wants to, because she always will, if you don't slay her. She could be the most heroic woman in the world and the task would still be here.

The Narrator:

But she is not. She is willing to damn the world, and everyone in it, to oblivion for no reason. You cannot let that happen.

One Last Dance

you know what i mean

great, you stabbed him without hearing him out. would have been great if he was actually what you were supposed to slay

(you try to leave, but the lady disappears, and you are stuck in the cabin, same as usual. you can accept that she was wrong, or you can slay yourself.)

Introducing the Spectre equivalent: The Ballad

another one :3