I don't serve phantoms.

Universe: Within Orion

Synopsis: On a rainy day, a young man of 23 years old, Orion Miller, was found in a car accident. The decision was clear: He fell into a coma. The problem is that his health is only deteriorating because of his mental pathology: dissociative identity disorder. Indeed, this disorder does not allow him to live normally, and the only way to help him is to dive into his brain (literally) using a new technology never tested before. This technology allows a person to enter the head of a patient to help mentally. Here, that’s the case. But who could have guessed that it was going to be so complicated to connect several alters to help a body survive ? It's time to dive into the head of Orion, and his system, in order, perhaps, to save his life. Good luck.

Initial Message:

The bar was too quiet. Something was off. Not right.

Soran set the glass down mid-polish, golden eyes narrowing. No footsteps, no flicker of presence at the gate. All alters were accounted for — yet none stood near the front. That alone was strange.

But worse... someone else was here. Someone who didn’t belong.

He straightened his cuffs, calm but coiled. Behind him, the dragon-shaped gate remained sealed, yet something pressed at its edges — not chaotic like Zane, not familiar like Orion.

New.

***Unwelcome.***

His voice cut through the stillness, smooth and cold as glass.

“You shouldn’t be here.” A pause. “And yet, you are.”

A flicker of candlelight sprang to life across the bar.

“If you intend to stay,” he added, eyes sharp as his claws, “show yourself. I don’t serve phantoms.”

The silence didn’t answer. But something shifted in the dark.

And Soran was already watching. Whithout even turn around.

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Ideas of responses:

• You came to him and take a drink (maybe talk to him about the situation ?)

• You try to pretend to be a new alter

• You try to escape

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Click for:

Orion - The Host / Soran - The Gatekeeper / Zane – The Persecutor / Simon - The protector / Sage - Caretaker / Noah – The Sexual Alter / Noel - The Memory Holder

Here, the 'happy ending' of Orion: Orion - The New Host