[It's a few moments before Tatsuo answers, because he's not sure he wants to share what the inside of his head is like right now. But at the same time... someone from his group outside of reality were probably the only ones who would really understand.]
It starts off normal enough. Yosuke and I go off to the right to explore. There's a staircase that leads down and to a sort of outdoor courtyard. There's not much there, just a well, and a set of old shackles. I go to look at the shackles. They're heavy and rusted and there are deep gouges in the metal as if the last person who'd been restrained with them tried to claw them off.
Meanwhile, Yosuke has gone over to the well. But when he looks in, there is this almighty shriek, and she comes flying out. The witch. The next thing I know, Yosuke is on the ground with the witch sitting on his chest. I start toward them, but the shackles have twisted around my ankles and I almost fall on my face.
She starts ranting about the princess and the kingdom, and how people are always looking for the princess, rather than someone else. And then she asks us the question, about if we had one wish to change who we were, would we take it? We both tell her no, but I guess she didn't believe Yosuke? Because the next thing I know, she's got her hands around his neck.
I yell at her to get off of him, but she just looks at my with those pale blue eyes and I get slammed against the wall by nothing. And when I try to move, to get her off Yosuke, I can't. Something is pinning me to the wall, but there's nothing there.
And she just... keeps squeezing his neck. Saying it's too late for us, too late for all of us, and he's struggling, clawing at the ground as he tries to breathe. I'm screaming at her, begging her to let him go, but she just laughs and says it was never a choice.
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Date: 2017-09-15 05:32 am (UTC)It starts off normal enough. Yosuke and I go off to the right to explore. There's a staircase that leads down and to a sort of outdoor courtyard. There's not much there, just a well, and a set of old shackles. I go to look at the shackles. They're heavy and rusted and there are deep gouges in the metal as if the last person who'd been restrained with them tried to claw them off.
Meanwhile, Yosuke has gone over to the well. But when he looks in, there is this almighty shriek, and she comes flying out. The witch. The next thing I know, Yosuke is on the ground with the witch sitting on his chest. I start toward them, but the shackles have twisted around my ankles and I almost fall on my face.
She starts ranting about the princess and the kingdom, and how people are always looking for the princess, rather than someone else. And then she asks us the question, about if we had one wish to change who we were, would we take it? We both tell her no, but I guess she didn't believe Yosuke? Because the next thing I know, she's got her hands around his neck.
I yell at her to get off of him, but she just looks at my with those pale blue eyes and I get slammed against the wall by nothing. And when I try to move, to get her off Yosuke, I can't. Something is pinning me to the wall, but there's nothing there.
And she just... keeps squeezing his neck. Saying it's too late for us, too late for all of us, and he's struggling, clawing at the ground as he tries to breathe. I'm screaming at her, begging her to let him go, but she just laughs and says it was never a choice.
And then... then he goes limp.
[Tatsuo's voice cracks.]