Mesdames et Messieurs, Voilà, C'est Vous

[lesmodsalouette]

Bievenue

You're wrapped in a soothing, all-encompassing darkness.

Well, perhaps not perfectly all-encompassing -- you can see some slivers of light here and there, just enough to realize that your current space is literally wrapped in something, and that you are a highly customized burrito at the mercy of an entirely too fluffy bed and set of blankets. Moreover: you are definitely not alone.

Depending upon the contents of your bed (two of you, waking up dressed exactly in what you wore last you remember back where each of you came from, in the exact same state as those last moments no matter how illogical or disjointed), it may not be comfortable or feasible to stay cocooned up for much longer. There's a low, muted GONG, GONGG coming from not far away, your bed creaks like a beleaguered ship in an unannounced storm, and it is joined by even more noises of movement beyond the bed canopy as you try to take stock of where you are.

Eventually, you either fall out of bed or drag yourself into this world: your new and strangely crowded personal rooms, the clock insistently sounding out the hour, and the halls and heraldry of the venerable Château Ambregris -- a lavishly decorated and fully furnished version of a more-or-less authentic French castle (assuming you know what France or a castle are).

Left to your own devices for the moment, you may find it helpful to explore the castle for your own purposes, check out the suspicious statues and personalized plaques in the Promenade of Reflexion, or perhaps to try to get to the bottom of the mysterious and frankly alarming amount of bread piled up in front of the place settings in the Banquet Hall. (Were you thinking of escaping? Any attempts to leave the property will be met with no forward progress at all, treadmill style). There's just about every kind of loaf, roll, boule, baguette, croissant or even animal-shaped bread you can think of stacked in baskets. There's absolutely nothing else save for plain bread, but at least you won't starve.

[OOC: Welcome to Château Ambregris, a perfectly normal castle receiving perfectly normal guests. Feel free to ask any questions in discord! The NPC Meet & Greet will be later today, March 8 at 6 PM EST/3 PM PST.]

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[snakeblood]

More like... a younger colleague in the field? His young master was possessed by a rather nasty spirit few years ago. [ He meddled, but whatever details. ]

We have different... disciplines. Sora's is exorcism. I specialize in curses.

[coldseep]

( ooo )

Are you a wizard?

[snakeblood]

[ ??? ]

No?

[coldseep]

( what else does curses... )

A human? An animal? A magical beast? A spirit of nature?

( he just wants to guess, )

[snakeblood]

Human. [ small pause. ] Enough.

[coldseep]

So not totally.

( Intrigued! )

What else are you?

[snakeblood]

[ it's really not that interesting to him. ]

I'm just baring the family curse.

[coldseep]

What are you cursed with?

[snakeblood]

Aren't you being too nosy?

[ But he's being whatever right now. Maybe he's just too antsy about something. ]

To be a vessel for our god.

[coldseep]

( bro that's crazy, sick )

I'm curious, but you're answering. ( Symbiosis! ) Is that a curse because it's scary? Or is this god a wicked one?

( Some peoples, he knows, would consider it a blessing. Humans are curious like that. )

[snakeblood]

[ Well he also gets to see how these proclaimed thousanders act, so there's some benefit to answering. ]

It's a curse because of how it works. My body was prepared over the years to take it when it'd leave master.

[ Just don't ask for details because I don't know because this manhwa's so damn vague and he'll probably say trade secret...]

[coldseep]

( 🤝 at shaking fist at canon ambiguities )

And do you dislike it? What you were put through?

[snakeblood]

It sucked, but whatever. Nothing I couldn't handle. [ Comparatively, his teenage years brought more turmoil, but that's neither here or there. ]

[coldseep]

Then rather than a "curse," perhaps it's simply "a matter of circumstance."

( No different than being someone who's suffered a flash flood - or who has a terminal diagnosis. A god taking hold of your body? Well, to Hwylryn, these are all about the same thing.

It's probably a little odd for a creature of the supernatural, himself, to advocate for a perspective without magic, especially given the extraordinary circumstances at hand here, but here we are. )

These things are given power through words... though, I imagine you're the expert on this matter, and not me.

( He's humble for a guy who can fairly speak on curses, but he isn't really interested in talking over someone who has curses as their Thing. He wants to let him have this. )

[snakeblood]

You don't need to coat it in pretty words like that. A curse is a curse. Better that you know the causes and the outcomes.

[ The other guy isn't wrong, but it's not like Yoonhee's scared anyway. It's been ingrained into him how life just is. ]

In my case, I'll be lucky if I make it to forty. That's pretty old age for a master of my household. [ He'd like to retire, but extraneous circumstances. ]

[coldseep]

( oh no... Hwy looks really sad about that, like he just said he only has 4 weeks to live. )

Can't you just enjoy yourself 'til then? Seems like a shame not to.

[snakeblood]

[ ??? All these strangers are really confusingly emotional... ]

It's not like I'm living unwell? I live how however I want, under the house rules. As long as I have my sanctity, whatever. [ He can still indulge in a lot of vices. ]

[coldseep]

( theyre killing a BABY its SAD!!!!!!!!!!!! ←guy who is so many thousands of years old everyone is babycore to him )

I dunno. I'm not really a fan of rules, myself.

( An additional tragedy... does it ever end.......... )

I guess you can do whatever you want here, before you die. You can at least make the best of it.

1/2

[snakeblood]

You think I'd be as disloyal as-[ He pauses quickly. Wasn't this a chance to-]

2/3

[snakeblood]

[ No Seojin hyung's not even here. Right, he forgot for a second. ]

3/3

[snakeblood]

[ As if his impure thoughts are obvious, blood comes from his mouth. ]

No, they're still definitely in here.

[ He clasps his hands together and starts praying. It seems a little sacrilegious? ] I'm only thinking about you, I swear!

[coldseep]

( u good.........................? )

... Did you want to have an affair before you die?

[snakeblood]

No! [ It's complicated. ] Absolutely not. It's gross.

[coldseep]

( amused... )

Affairs, or relationships?

1/2 save me face in hands

[snakeblood]

Sex in general! I'm still mad I haven't gotten any sleep because of those cockroaches next door!