General test

[wing_of_bat]

-1-


Did you know that I've been watching you?

[Did you? Maybe. At the least, it would explain that suffocating sense of dread that's been following you for the past few days.]

It's just that it would be... unfortunate if something untoward were to happen to you, so I've been taking preventative measures. It's quite harmless. To you, at least. If anyone were to make an attempt on your life, well, that would be quite a different story.

If your food tastes different than usual, I wouldn't pay it any mind.


-2-


[Hey, you! You have a PROBLEM of some kind. Be it a physical ailment, too much stress, romantic complications, or strange people annoying you, its proooobably not the end of the world, but that hasn't stopped Tharja from being a helper!]

Won't you come with me for a moment? I've come up with a solution for your little problem. Yes, indeed... you'll make a perfect test subject for this spell. I can't wait to see the results...


-3-


[Tharja just did something for you! Whether it's prompt 2, helping you fight off bad guys, warding you from some sort of calamity, or whatever, you actually came out of it better off, despite the girl's creepiness.]

[Before you can offer any thanks, though:]

This puts you in my debt, does it not? Oh, magnificent! This will be fun.

What should I ask in return? A drop of blood? A terrible secret? Or maybe I could turn you into my new familiar. It's been too long since I had something to take my mind off of this dreary world.


-4- Battle


[Obligatory battle prompt! Enemy or ally. Unsettling waves of radiating darkness surround the sorceress.]

Do you remember what it's like to truly fear the darkness? Fear born not of practical concern, but of something deeper, something primal. All children are born with it, and it is the transient light of the civilized world that erases it from our hearts.

Would you like to remember it now?

Comments

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[timekeepsonslipping]

Oh really? Man, I have been having quite the prooooo.... eh? test subject? y'know on second thought, it's really not big of a problem.

[wing_of_bat]

I assure you, your life is not in any danger. Not from me, at least.

[timekeepsonslipping]

Sure if you say so. Then again, you're not the weirdest doc I've been to.

[Kind of a spooky girl, probably cute if she were less spooky]

[wing_of_bat]

[Tharja leads Axl into a tent dominated by a glowing purple magic circle on the ground, dotted with spooky candles. There is a small bed in the corner. Does someone actually live in here?]

Shall we begin at once?

[timekeepsonslipping]

[He whistles, looks like that one movie... what's it called? with the secondary school girls. Oh well, not like anyone's gonna know what the hell he's talking about]

Didn't know people still use magic circles and stuff anymore. So this is gonna work, huh?

Well, it's not like I got any place I gotta be in a hurry.

[wing_of_bat]

Very well. I'll need some of your blood.

[timekeepsonslipping]

Okay, sure - WHAT?

[wing_of_bat]

What's wrong? You have plenty of blood. I just need a little.

[timekeepsonslipping]

Uh, well just promise you're not gonna make some kind of weird little Axl doll with the leftovers.

[He veeeeery reluctantly puts his hand out]

[wing_of_bat]

Oh, don't worry. I don't need your blood to do that.

[You said the wrong thing, Tharja. She takes the hand, running a finger along a vein a little bit creepily.]

I sense great power in your veins. It's a little frightening to think what someone could do with a good supply of it... alas, even I'm not that greedy.

[timekeepsonslipping]

uuuhm.

[SHIVER]

Oh yeah - that's probably the fire magic, I mean there's a guy I know who's even stronger, kind of a grump though -

[and he continues to just chatter away along this vein]

[wing_of_bat]

[And there's a needle prick while he's rambling!]

Very good. Hold still for a moment.

[timekeepsonslipping]

Huh - wow already? You're a smooth operator.