[The shift in tone couldn't be more stark. From chrome and searing lights to parchment and ethereal glow, the rift that overtakes now sends Arthur into a fantastical battle. The platforms are made of books, pages ripple in mystical eddies below. Atop a tower lies an enormous crystalline inkwell, the liquid swirling slow in the air above it.
All around are combatants. Beautiful young women, closer to the ink. Midway there is an ungodly-sized frog, a cat in boots, a wolf in a red cape. A puppet and an eldery man, and then Rosamund, closer to the entrance.
From beside the levitating ink, a pallid woman in black lace calls out to her as she holds her spell in place.
"I expected no one more than you to understand."
Rosamund is quick to retort, "I expected no one more than you to want to live."
And for that, she is blasted with a wave of magic. Rosamund falls atop the tome she stands on. Death is inevitable, her middle gouged, already going pale.
A tiny thing comes to her side, a little woman with wings and a kind face. "Princess, is it your time to rest, or do you want your story to continue?"
Rosamund's nearly gone. Her breath barely carries the sound. "I don't think it's my time to rest."
WEEK 3: Monday ((cw: Body horror, death, plant/eye gore, squelching sounds?))
All around are combatants. Beautiful young women, closer to the ink. Midway there is an ungodly-sized frog, a cat in boots, a wolf in a red cape. A puppet and an eldery man, and then Rosamund, closer to the entrance.
From beside the levitating ink, a pallid woman in black lace calls out to her as she holds her spell in place.
"I expected no one more than you to understand."
Rosamund is quick to retort, "I expected no one more than you to want to live."
And for that, she is blasted with a wave of magic. Rosamund falls atop the tome she stands on. Death is inevitable, her middle gouged, already going pale.
A tiny thing comes to her side, a little woman with wings and a kind face. "Princess, is it your time to rest, or do you want your story to continue?"
Rosamund's nearly gone. Her breath barely carries the sound. "I don't think it's my time to rest."
"Then I think—"
Then the decision is taken out of both their hands.]