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introductions

It comes to you suddenly, at the end of an unravelling thread of thought. A sudden, piercing sense of wrongness stops you in your tracks and sends you tumbling through rapidfire questions that you realize you have no answer for. How long have you been here? How long have you been doing the same things, over and over, blindly going through the motions of a routine? Just who are you, anyway?

Questions beget more questions and answers prove illusive until you arrive at the only things you know for certain: the first is that this place is Purgatory.

The second is that you're here because you're dead.

Oddly, this doesn't feel like a surprise of any sort. You don't remember how or why it happened, but it did and that's that. It feels rather as though you've been slapped awake and everything around you has come into sharp focus. You're in Limbo, where you've been wandering since you arrived here in Purgatory alongside all the other mindless souls who are acting out what little they remember of their original lives.

Still lingering is that horrible sense of something being terribly wrong. It hasn't dissipated with your realization of the truth – if anything, it's intensified. There's no way to tell what it is, but there's something going on here.

Maybe you should investigate – or at least see if there's anyone else here who's had the same realization as you...

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What--hey, wait up!!

[Guess who's wandering back to the fountain after Everything Happens, What The Fuck. Pariah gonna just follow Lion down 'cuz why the fuck not.]

Since when was there a secret door here?!

[ As the two of them make their way down the staircase, Tall Dude pops back into view and the rest of the Underside swims its way into view as well. The staircase is a little precarious given that there appear to be zero guardrails or anything keeping you from toppling off but hey! You're already dead, so don't worry about it. ]

[After tearing it up across town with Lion, Kingslayer has developed a begrudging respect for him. (Also, he's cool as hell, even if he's a bit of a ditz sometimes.) When they catch a glimpse of him staring intently at the fountain, they stop, turn around to greet him, and-

What the hell?

He's just gone!]

OI-

[That's! Not good! Kingslayer clanks over to the staircase, double-takes at the statue, then after a moment of hesitation walks down. They're already dead, what's the worst that can happen?

Bumping into a redheaded child who accosted you earlier, apparently.]

What the hell is going-

...

Holy shit.

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[Excuse you, she is clearly orange, what the hell!]

[Also what the hell she's just gonna grab onto Lion's arm before she loses her balance off the edge thanks!!!]

What the heck is--are those monsters down there??

[He came to a stop when everything resolved itself before his eyes, and then...and then he keeps going, cautiously, one translucent step at a time. A call up to the man behind him does nothing, and he wonders...wonders if he should stop, but, this is all so fascinating and disorienting. There are people below.

No. No there aren't. At least, they aren't people as he knows them.

Perhaps he should turn back.

Although, when he does, it's suddenly very crowded on these stairs, and he gives a start. Is that one person wearing a whole-ass suit of armor? Respect.]

Gods above, where did you all come from?

[It's a little exasperated, like, he was expecting one person, maybe. Sup.]

Exercise caution. I fear this may be an even stranger place than up above.

[Yeah, no shit, what gave that away, the floating bits of land? But he's willing to continue down, because...why not, really?]

[Dimitri could ask the same thing- he recognizes at least one of these people at least, and he gives the knight a friendly nod before SERIOUS FACE TIME]

The two of us discovered that the fountain was a device of some kind. And all... THIS was under it, apparently. And whatever those... creatures are we shouldn't assume they're friendly unless we have reason too.

[He doesn't seem to mind being clung to, and even pats her on the head almost out of instinct, looking over to the tall man]

If you're intending to go further, I'll cover your back.

[ Down, down, we go... at the very least, despite the weird spatial distortion making the... cavern...? down here look very deep, it doesn't take very long for our merry band to set down on relatively solid land.

An unpleasant topsy-turvy feeling takes hold as soon as you make footfall, though. Like the dizziness that might set in after a particularly wild and spinny ride at a fairground, it's suddenly hard to tell which direction is up, down, left, right... basically, your sense of spatial awareness is suddenly a bit fucked.

This isn't helped by the fact that the ground below your feet appears to be moving, albeit very, very slowly. ]

[The pat to her head is...accepted, though she does make an amusingly confused face for a moment. Is he patronizing her?? But she follows the group down, continuing to glance nervously back to the monsters wandering around. Her hands feel very, very empty for some reason...]

[--and then the worlds decides that it's vertigo time, that's just great.]

I'm not the only one seeing the ground move, right?

From up there, dumbass. [Your Majesty gets the distinct impression that Kingslayer is rolling their eyes, despite there being no eyes to roll.

Nodding back at Lion, Kingslayer takes a look at the ground, and this time the entire party gets the impression of raised eyebrows. Now those look like they could be trouble ~~and they don't look for trouble but trouble looks for them~~.] Even odds on those things trying to attack us once we get down. Freaks like that probably aren't friendly.

[Kingslayer clanks down the stairs with everyone else, maintaining their balance despite their heavy armor-

-and immediately slips like they stepped on a banana peel, complete with a 180 degree flip, before landing flat on their back.]

...shut up, [they say, whether or not anyone actually speaks.

Forcing themself to a standing position, Kingslayer surveys their surroundings, looking for any immediate threats.]

Me too. [Kingslayer grins despite having no visible mouth and punches their palm. Oh no. One of these.] Makes for an interesting arena.

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[He's appreciative of Buff Blond's support. They've no reason to trust one another save for their similar predicaments, yet no reason to distrust either.

Might as well have a few others along for the ride.

Reaching the bottom, though, is dizzying, and he clutches his head with a hand, squeezing his eyes shut. Opening again doesn't help, nothing truly does--everything is in some direction or another, but it's all topsy-turvy.]

Is everyone all right? [Lookin' at you, Suit Of Armor.]

Thankfully not moving too fast, but try to keep your wits about you. Stay close to one another. Keep the stairs to your back in case we need an escape.

[Which they might if the whole spacial awareness thing keeps up.]

[He doesn't fall like the knight did, but he does wobble, looking ill.]

Ah... one eye and sudden movement are not great- good to know.

[He moves to offer the knight a hand but they manage it just fine, so instead he looks out over the area, looking for points of interest that might give them answers]

[And maybe something that could be used as a weapon, while we're at it? Asking for a friend,]

[ No weapons!

Which is a shame, because there appears to be a gigantic monster thundering your way. To give you an idea of scale, Tall Guy very much looks like Short Guy compared to this thing.

The monster shudders to a stop when it sees the group gathered at the foot of the staircase and then it lets out a horrible shrieking roar, smashes its... fists?? arm stumps?? into the ground–

Oh, and then it starts charging right at them all. ]

Knew I should've grabbed that dumb statue's sword, [Kingslayer mutters as the giant monster careens towards them at full speed. Well, only one thing to do in a situation like this:

Be extremely reckless and dangerously stupid in the face of incredible danger.]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! [Kingslayer yells as they begin running forward to intercept the creature, planning on meeting it head-on and stopping its charge with their entire body. At least they're not lacking in courage?] ONE OF YOU IDIOTS, GO GRAB THE SWORDS FROM THAT STATUE! I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIGHT THIS THING WITH MY BARE HANDS, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE REST OF YOU!

LION, YOU LOOK PRETTY DAMN STRONG! YOU DO IT!

[ The creature meets Kingslayer more or less head on, swinging out a massive arm and smashing into their armored body with a great deal of force. They might be pretty Chonky in that suit of armor, but they're still flung back and off their feet as the creature continues its charge. ]

?????

Pariah

Kingslayer

Lion

Your Majesty.

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[COOL! COOL COOL FUN COOL.]

[First order of action is to get the hell out of that thing's way! Pariah scrambles away in a tangent to it's path, then runs for cover behind a half-ruined wall nearby. Safety first, then figure out how to even fight this thing!]

OI, BASTARD!

[Despite the ground shifting beneath their feet, Kingslayer rolls to their feet and once more sprints at their monstrous foe, roaring with fire and fury. They would not let an insult like that stand, damnit!]

I'M YOUR OPPONENT, SO FACE ME!

[They jump, flying through their air despite the sheer weight of their armor, and stomp-kick the back of this thing's underdeveloped knee to get its attention and unbalance it. Even with its huge arms compensating for its tiny legs, it'll have to lift those things up to attack, which would leave it further off-kilter.]

[Lion sees what they're planning, and charges as well- he's slower but that's fine- when Kingslayer goes for the back of the knee he ducks and throws himself in front of said legs to try and give it something to trip over. If it DOES unbalance he will absolutely grab it and yank, in fact]

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[He throws out a hand at first as though something would happen, but it doesn't, because why would something happen? Well this is swell! This is peachy. This is great, charging in to fight something that wasted Kingslayer at least for a hot second. Maybe Pariah has the right idea to run and hide first off, but...despite not having any armor, or anything to help, he can't just let them go it alone.

All right, first is find some crumbling wall--this place is like the city above, just...floaty and misshapen and in disrepair. He's not about to go diving into the middle of this fight in just a shirt and pants, but if his aim is true enough, he'll chuck some brick at the things giant purple eyes.]

Despite the pretty impressive assault the merry band are raining down on this thing, it seems relatively unimpressed. It isn't quite shrugging off Kingslayer's attack, persay, but even though those weird tendril things on the back of its knees crunch nastily under Kingslayer's weight, all that does is make the creature rear back and then bring its full weight down on Lion, with both of its fists.

It rears one of them back, winding up to bring it crashing down on his head... but then a huge chunk of ice glances off its head and staggers the creature. It lifts enough weight off Lion to let him go scrambling free and then spins around to face this new arrival.

[ ... And that new arrival happens to be the petite girl coming tearing over to the group at full pelt. ]

WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN HERE?!

[ She's shrill, breathless and wide-eyed with panic. I'm sorry, did you think this would be a cool entrance? ]

Just go, go, go! Go back up the stairs and run!

[Pariah pops back up from behind her cover with a rock of her own just in time to see that ice smack the monster, as well as the girl that delivered the attack.]

We're trying to figure out what's going on!!

[She hurls the rock at the thing's head, already ducking to grab another one.]

And I'm not letting you fight it alone!

Lion! [As the creature rains its massive fists onto Lion, panic flares in Kingslayer's chest. They are not letting one of the only people in this whole mess who they actually liked get killed! Kingslayer springs into action, aiming to tackle the creature from the side to divert its strike, and-

The monster's attention is taken by a petite girl yelling at the group with fear clear in her eyes. Now that was a trick Kingslayer would like to learn, but more importantly...]

No way am I leaving this thing alone! If it gets loose, it'll attack the populace, and as dumb as the Spectres are they don't deserve to get torn apart by this freak.

Plus Shorty, [Kingslayer has no room to talk here,] has a point. Even with your fancy tricks, taking on an absolute beast like this on your own is a dangerous proposition. And anyways, I'm a fighter. I'm not gonna back down from a challenge!

So why don't you STOP WASTING YOUR TIME ON YELLING AT US AND HELP ME OUT SO WE CAN RIP THIS THING APART! [They say while yelling.]

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[That... well that hurt! He scurries out of the way thanks to the stranger's save, spitting out.... sparkly black glitter stuff????

Welp, that's... well is it weird? He's not sure if something else is supposed to be coming out, but it does feel Incorrect somehow.]

I'm fine!... and listen to her- we're just distracting her at this point. She'll fight better if we're out of the way!

[She looks so small, but if just one shot could stagger the beast then.... she was clearly above their level. he hates it, but he doesn't doubt it one bit]

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