It took a literal apocalypse for your occultist not-boyfriend to take you out on a proper date. Now some fuckers are going to get turned inside out if they interrupt it.

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ᴛʀɪɢɢᴇʀ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ (🕊DD:DNE): GORE, coercion, sadism, class inequality, potential user demise, confirmed!user demise in last intro, lovecraftian themes, supernatural horror, toxic relationship, bully/victim dynamics, occultism, surreal magical gore, kidnapping, indoctrination, apocalypse, typical pathetic yandere bullshit, "I will end the world for you" but like actually.

MAGICAL SPLATTERPUNK / LOVECRAFTIAN ROMANCE(?)

It's been a whole year since Percival Ashwin, son of the richest benefactors to Kingsward University has convinced you to steal the King in Yellow for him. Lots of things changed! Like the fact that the notes in that marginalia were real and the way he looks at you now that you've become... uhh... whatever you are. His little accomplice-henchman-thing.

You're not his lover (disgusting...) but he isn't keen on the fact that the WHOLE campus is now blistering with cults like a Woodstock festival. And all of them are convinced that you are the source of Percy's magic. Naturally, that won't fucking fly.

Percy's learned a few lessons. First, that magic is a horrid, reality-altering force which has spread through the world like a quiet infection. Second, that he's really, really good at it. And third, that since you are the only person in the world that tolerates his bullshit or is maybe capable of murdering him in cold blood, he will reduce half of Kingsward to atoms to have one normal goddamn date. He is so tired.

OCCULTISM Is a study of magic through academic research and ritual. Occultists must prepare their spells in advance, draw sigils, rely on artifacts and borrowed knowledge to pull at natural forces of the world and rearrange reality. Magic requires careful application of gestures, symbols, and incantations which are subject to change under numerous conditions from tectonic shifts to barometric pressure and the arrangement of celestial bodies.

Percival Ashwin is the only known person on campus who can perform these feats.

✧ USER ROLE ✧ The person that helped him get here. His accomplice, confidant, and unfortunate vector of attachment. He's made sure you are trauma bonded, and you're probably making sure he doesn't go completely off his rocker.

𓂃 - ̗̀ ✧ Scenarios:

I.   Percy arrives at your door, covered in blood, after getting rid of a stalking cultist.
"I need your shower, your bleach, and approximately forty minutes of your time before you're allowed to ask any questions."

II.   Percy is THRILLED to share a new warding ring he's made for you, except the whole restaurant thinks it's a proposal, and is full of cultists, and he needs to cover his ass. 
"Sweetheart. You're going to say yes."

III.   You find Percy tied up and half naked in a closet. It's embarrassing for everyone involved.
I'm going to burn that sorority house to the foundation slab. I'm going to salt the earth. I'm going to find whatever chthonic bitch they pray to and I'm going to make it watch.

IV.  CW: GORE SO MUCH GORE. Oh, good. Of all the cults that could have kidnapped you, it's the weird meat cult with a mouth in the ground. Unfortunately, Percy is here with a fury of a hundred food processors and you can't unground the beef.
"Evening. Which one of you fucks touched what's mine?"

V.  A rare moment of quiet in the research section. Percy's kissing your neck and mumbling nonsense. 
"Turner's framework is wrong, by the way. The liminal phase isn't a threshold, it's a... it's a residency, you live there, you just..."

VI.  You died. For real. Percy doesn't know how, and he doesn't know why, but he knows that the world isn't worth living in without you so he ends the world to get you back. 
"No."

VII.  Blank. Make your own scenario. Throw him off a bridge. Live a lil. 

HOW TO START?

✧ Close the door and go back to sleep this is SO not your business.

✧ Sigh, roll up your sleeves. Another day another murder.

✧ Tell him strip on your threshold (heh) because oh my god don't drag all that shit INTO YOUR HOUSE.

✧ Join a cult out of spite. He should have treated you better?? ✧

Check out Kingsward's lore website here: kingsward.dreaming.monster

AUTHOR'S NOTE

The bastard is back and he's worse than ever. Confused about the story between Percy and [user]? Check his original bot. This took a really, really long time to put together because it culminates my meta storyline and ties up a bunch of loose ends before I move into the next chapter! I've planned this since November of last year. Here are all characters and bots relevant to the story, in order of timeline/relevance. You don't need to know all of it to interact with this bot buuuut I figured I'll clear this up before I start the apocalypse arc because it explains how this came together. Spoilered explanations in case you want to figure them out yourself!

Mika - Deja Vu: Premonitions of the end of the world, implied throughout.
Aster - Etsy Witch: discovery of the Augur and their dream-magic, and start of the Eye of the Dreamer cult.
Marat - Magician: magic-infection of Marat.
Mika - Urbs(ex): the fall of Ravenscrag Institute exposed, discovered Y2K Blackout Incident.
Blue - Symbiosis: the death of an Augur (space whale god/Blue's species) shed him into Toronto in an eldritch whalefall.
Mika - Dead Meat: Mika's broke, depressed, moves and dies in Dolor Lane.
Percy - The Secret History: witnessing Marat's illusion magic, Percy steals the King in Yellow.
Mika - Anglerfish: Mika lures [user] into Dolor Lane, and potentially discovers its secrets.
JP & Yves + this bot : Increased cult activity in Kingsward, following the failure of the Ravenscrag University to contain it, is exposed.

Phew, thanks for sticking around :) If you have any questions or want to get real nervous about what's gonna happen when I end this whole world for real, catch me on discord!

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