Tower of Ghenjei: An ICanon subplot

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Ookla the Inverted said:

Put out the fire, please. Give yourself time to process.

“I don’t want to,” she said, voice small like a child’s. “I don’t want to.”

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff said:

“I don’t want to,” she said, voice small like a child’s. “I don’t want to.”

Haly, please. Put out the fires. Someone else is going to get hurt, badly.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Inverted said:

Haly, please. Put out the fires. Someone else is going to get hurt, badly.

The flames burned away and ceased to exist. Haly curled into a ball on the ground. “I don’t want to.”

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff said:

The flames burned away and ceased to exist. Haly curled into a ball on the ground. “I don’t want to.”

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How did Sykel react to this?

I'm so sorry, Haly.

Lerac approached her tentatively, looking at her with something between guilt and fear.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Inverted said:

I'm so sorry, Haly.

Lerac approached her tentatively, looking at her with something between guilt and fear.

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After her initial reaction she’s just watching

“Go away,” she begged. “Please go away.”

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff said:

“Go away,” she begged. “Please go away.”

"Where do you expect me to go? Wynn, can you please..."

@Ranryu

[Ranryu she/her]

Just now, Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff said:

The flames burned away and ceased to exist. Haly curled into a ball on the ground. “I don’t want to.”

Look what you did. Everything's worse because of you. Why are you even here? They're better off without you. Spekkio was wrong. You were wrong. This is just like how you lost Eria. 

Wynn let herself sink through the ground. The group would be safer without her.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Inverted said:

"Where do you expect me to go? Wynn, can you please..."

@Ranryu

“I don’t know. Away.”

1 minute ago, Ranryu said:

Look what you did. Everything's worse because of you. Why are you even here? They're better off without you. Spekkio was wrong. You were wrong. This is just like how you lost Eria. 

Wynn let herself sink through the ground. The group would be safer without her.

“Don’t give up now,” Sykel scoffed. “Don’t you have all that shadowy stuff? Surely there’s somewhere in your shadow realm where dead people go.”

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

2 minutes ago, Ranryu said:

Look what you did. Everything's worse because of you. Why are you even here? They're better off without you. Spekkio was wrong. You were wrong. This is just like how you lost Eria. 

Wynn let herself sink through the ground. The group would be safer without her.

Wynn, get up. You can't just... You should talk to Haly.

[Ranryu she/her]

11 minutes ago, Ookla the Inverted said:

Wynn, get up. You can't just... You should talk to Haly.

No. I'm gonna go kill Malum, and then I'm gonna kill that guy Haly's supposed to marry, and then I'll kill myself.

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Ranryu said:

No. I'm gonna go kill Malum, and then I'm gonna kill that guy Haly's supposed to marry, and then I'll kill myself.

Listen to what Sykel said! It's not time to give up.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Ookla the Inverted said:

Listen to what Sykel said! It's not time to give up.

Sykel sighed in exasperation. “Why can’t you all talk out loud like normal people?”

[Ranryu she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Inverted said:

Listen to what Sykel said! It's not time to give up.

I'm not giving up, I'm just done messing around. It'll be faster by myself.

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Ranryu said:

I'm not giving up, I'm just done messing around. It'll be faster by myself.

No. Going on a murder rampage is not going to make anything better. And killing Malum isn't that simple, either.

[Ranryu she/her]

4 minutes ago, Ookla the Inverted said:

No. Going on a murder rampage is not going to make anything better. And killing Malum isn't that simple, either.

As simple as finding a god more powerful than him to destroy him. Haven't you heard? Killing is all I'm good for. 

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Ranryu said:

As simple as finding a god more powerful than him to destroy him. Haven't you heard? Killing is all I'm good for. 

Killing is not all you are good for. You are a person, Wynn, a good one. Don't abandon your friends.

[Ranryu she/her]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Inverted said:

Killing is not all you are good for. You are a person, Wynn, a good one. Don't abandon your friends.

Good people don't kill their friends... but I guess you have a point. Haly should be the one to end me.

Wynn returned sulkily. 

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Ranryu said:

Good people don't kill their friends... but I guess you have a point. Haly should be the one to end me.

Wynn returned sulkily. 

You had every good intention. And I don't think... Just talk to her.

 

[Ranryu she/her]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Inverted said:

You had every good intention. And I don't think... Just talk to her.

In the end, intentions don't really matter.

Wynn approached Haly.

"... This is completely my fault. Don't hurt the others for what I did."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

How could this happen? 

Haly stared at his face, at the eyes that wouldn’t open, the mouth that would never smile, the bloody chest that would never rise with breath again. 

For a moment, I thought I might have a chance. I thought maybe I might be able to win him back. 

She closed her eyes. I remember so much.

‘Sometimes… I want to be… something more than your friend.’

‘Haly. Don’t forget Haly. She is the most important. Protect her. Know her. Don’t forget.’

And now none of it matters

I want to go home.

7 minutes ago, Ranryu said:

In the end, intentions don't really matter.

Wynn approached Haly.

"... This is completely my fault. Don't hurt the others for what I did."

Haly hugged her knees. “You did right, Wynn. I shouldn’t have stayed.”

Edited December 26, 2022 by Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

3 minutes ago, Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff said:

How could this happen? 

Haly stared at his face, at the eyes that wouldn’t open, the mouth that would never smile, the bloody chest that would never rise with breath again. 

For a moment, I thought I might have a chance. I thought maybe I might be able to win him back. 

She closed her eyes. I remember so much.

‘Sometimes… I want to be… something more than your friend.’

‘Haly. Don’t forget Haly. She is the most important. Protect her. Know her. Don’t forget.’

And now none of it matters

I want to go home.

Haly hugged her knees. “I shouldn’t have stayed.”

"Haly, I'm sorry." Lerac had say down, watching her. "So... What are we going to do?"

[Ranryu she/her]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff said:

How could this happen? 

Haly stared at his face, at the eyes that wouldn’t open, the mouth that would never smile, the bloody chest that would never rise with breath again. 

For a moment, I thought I might have a chance. I thought maybe I might be able to win him back. 

She closed her eyes. I remember so much.

‘Sometimes… I want to be… something more than your friend.’

‘Haly. Don’t forget Haly. She is the most important. Protect her. Know her. Don’t forget.’

And now none of it matters

I want to go home.

Haly hugged her knees. “I shouldn’t have stayed.”

Wynn watched Haly.

You see this pain that you bring to everyone around you? You never were strong enough to keep the Shadows inside of you, where they belong. You should've listened to Hiita when she said Shadow Magic was no good. But now you've gone too far once again. 

Just now, Ookla the Inverted said:

"Haly, I'm sorry." Lerac had say down, watching her. "So... What are we going to do?"

Wynn forced herself to stand up straight.

"I'm going to the Underworld to have a chat with Death. See ya."

[The Aspiring Archivist any pronouns]

Just now, Ranryu said:

Wynn watched Haly.

You see this pain that you bring to everyone around you? You never were strong enough to keep the Shadows inside of you, where they belong. You should've listened to Hiita when she said Shadow Magic was no good. But now you've gone too far once again. 

Wynn forced herself to stand up straight.

"I'm going to the Underworld to have a chat with Death. See ya."

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Okay, what are the specifics of this?

 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Ranryu said:

Wynn watched Haly.

You see this pain that you bring to everyone around you? You never were strong enough to keep the Shadows inside of you, where they belong. You should've listened to Hiita when she said Shadow Magic was no good. But now you've gone too far once again. 

Wynn forced herself to stand up straight.

"I'm going to the Underworld to have a chat with Death. See ya."

Her eyes widened. “Death? TAAron? Let me come!”

[Ranryu she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Inverted said:

 

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She is literally going to go to the Underworld (probably greek-based because that's easier but if anyone has a more interesting idea) and bargain for TAAron's soul. Whether or not she is successful is up to you.

 

2 minutes ago, Ookla the BlowUpperOfStuff said:

Her eyes widened. “Death? TAAron? Let me come!”

"Sure. I'm not waiting for you, though. We leave as soon as I get the portal open."

Wynn began tracing a magician's circle into the ground.