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rosecoloredmuses · 2 years

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(belated inbox call thing) Do Bad End beings sleep? Is a villain's dream a nightmare by default? Whatever the case, Reala is having trouble with this one. Their talons pinch the corner of a page and turn it, flipping through the open book they found lying in the middle of the dream-space, and they frown. Where is this Visitor's heart?

Reala turns their attention back to the harlequin, who hasn't yet noticed their presence in whatever this dream is meant to be.

"You're not a human Visitor," they say, trying to hide their irritation. This dream already looks like it's been flooded by Nightmare, what can they even add? "What are you?"

Technically, a being like Joker didn’t need to sleep, but he chose to in between scheming to enact his revenge against the Smile Precure and actually attempting to enact his revenge on the Smile Precure. His burning hatred for those girls literally gave him life.

Joker turned to face the stranger with the impeccable fashion sense, wearing a maniacal grin on his face.

“Well, that’s a question for the ages, isn’t it? Some call me a harlequin, others call me a jester and those with a death wish call me a clown. But I prefer to identify as a villain and the one who will destroy all hope for my Emperor Pierrot. Joker, at your service!” Joker bowed in a slightly exaggerated way. When he wasn’t thinking about the Smile Precure and how much he wanted to see the life slowly leave their eyes, he had a love for theatrics.

#sadistic harlequin; joker #acrueljest #((god joker please find a better hobby-))

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variantia · 2 years

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@acrueljest said : (for Kris) Now this is interesting. It seems there are two dreamers at play here - the one shaped like the sleeping person below, their mind drifting further up into the Night Dimension - and beside that dreamer, a beating red heart in a cage. What an unusual situation - but a promising one.

Reala glides past Kris's hovering sleep-self for a moment to investigate the cage - he can see the dim glow of Ideya within this separate heart, but they're shriveled and dull. Not much potential on its own.

But with some time and creativity...

He takes the cage in his clawed hands, turning it over to look at the heart at all angles. The Nightmaren then looks at Kris's dream-self, hovering over their body, slowly floating up, up. It seems sleep does not come easily to this one.

"We can come back for them in a moment," Reala says, and reaches for the cage's lock. One sharp claw is enough to pick it, and he plucks the heart out. "I want to see what I can make with you first."

And he flies up, up into the night sky, leaving behind a cage - and the empty shell of a SOUL laying at its floor.

/ KRIS. THE PLAYER.

It would be a lie to say Kris is sleeping peacefully tonight. Or any night.

They’re better at hiding nightmares than Asriel ; maybe because they’re not a kid anymore. Maybe because the kids go running to Lo or Mom or Dad, and Kris is so far past having to crawl into bed with someone else because they’re scared at night. But at least right now, they’re too tired to give a shit about peace. Just sleep will do.

Control had to be ripped back into their own hands again, and although the cage isn’t a permanent fix, it at least seems to contain them for a night. They’ll know if The Player has escaped when they no longer feel that SOUL next to them.

For now, they don’t even care about anything. They’re so tired, so tired ...

... In contrast to THE ANOMALY who is, despite the resting state, full of energy.

The new company feels different than Kris. It’s not them, because why would Kris release them ? No, never, never. So perhaps they should be grateful for someone else.

They don’t have much of a form themself. A SOUL, and a vague ability to interact with the world around them. Sometimes it comes in the form of keystrokes, sometimes clicks, something not entirely physical.

They feel the need to speak up, because they certainly don’t prefer being manhandled.

“ Ah, what’s all this about, then ...? You should have let me take control of my vessel before we do anything else. It’s much easier when I’m with them, you know. ”

#acrueljest #you scream into the void ; the void screams back. ( ANSWERED. )#tag‚ you're it. ( KRIS. )#you take what you want‚ then you leave when you're done. ( THE PLAYER. )#(( =) !!! ESME I JUST WANNA TALK- ))

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