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I keep reading your name as ovipositor 😭

You’re not the first one to say that XD here’s everyone’s reminder that my name is in fact 0viraptor.. the dinosaur :]

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If Strade had an asexual MC, who didn't want to be touched at all, made some kind of "deal" with him that they would participate in torture and would be as violent and satisfying as possible, what would he do? I can already see that there's no chance of him accepting that, maybe.

I think he’d be very intrigued by you posing a deal instead of just begging and crying. Honestly, I think he might accept— but he probably won’t keep his word. He might not even mean to, he just ‘can’t help himself’.

And although he completely respects the idea of being asexual, he never would’ve asked for consent anyways, so.. breaking that deal wouldn’t really bother him. It would definitely make him more interested in you though! He’d want to see how much torture you can handle first, since you promised to go along with it.

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Hello! do you have that one Gatobob’s scale like the ‘active’ and ‘lazy’ for the characters? Thanks a bunch!

I think you mean these? I hope so at least :)

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Not sure if this has been asked before or not. Has Gatobob ever drawn Ren as a human and Strade as a beastkin? Or like switched roles in general

Yes actually! This is them with their roles switched:

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Heyy i love your blog <33

I wanted to ask this for a while now, how do you think Btd/Tpof cast would react to a mc that’s begging them to put on some pink cute kitty lingeries

Hi! Thank you ^^

Strade- he would find this incredibly funny, and would probably tease you over it. Never will though. You’d have to actually force him into it.

Ren- initial shock, then gets very flustered, then gets super excited— because he absolutely will, but only if you two have matching outfits ;)

Lawrence- he’s an embarrassed mess just thinking about it. The answer is almost always no, but if you do things just right and have a reeally good relationship it’s possible he’ll do it. But it’s like a 2% chance. And you have to be his favorite person in the world. So basically a no.

Sano- most of the time, it’s a flat out no. However, if you two live together and have a really good relationship (and he’s shown you his more vulnerable side, as well as his love of dolls)… there’s a slight chance. You have to play your cards perfectly though. And absolutely no pictures.

Akira- he thinks your insistence is cute, but that’s not really his thing. I think he could hypothetically be convinced if you prove how much you actually want it, but make sure the begging isn’t too annoying. It’s still pretty unlikely though. I don’t think he’d care enough to actually do it.

Vincent- no. You’ll have to hold him down, and there’s no way that’s happening. I wouldn’t bug him too much about it if I were you.

Cain- Similar to Vincent— he wants to be the one in charge, and wearing that would feel very degrading to him.

Rire- absolutely not. He thinks it’s amusing at first, but the more you beg, the more he gets unnerved by the image of himself wearing it.

Derek- hell no. Not in a million years. He’ll get mad if you keep asking, but probably because he’s picturing it and it’s making him uncomfortable.

Celia- probably a no. She doesn’t like the submissive look to it; she usually likes to be in a more dominant position when it comes to sexual things. If you two have lived together a long time, and she really loves you, she might do it one day as a special reward for you.. but don’t get used to it.

Mason- probably hasn’t seen that, but if you show him.. just utter disbelief. He might find the idea so absurd that it’s funny.

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I saw that Ren in YKMET would turn bad with or without Strade, and that there was already something wrong with him before he was captured. What could it be that made him so inclined to a dark side?

Well, as an umbrella statement, that’s not exactly true. These are from Gato’s website:

There are many paths Ren’s life can go on, including this one, but none are the one true answer. They’re all possible routes.

As for YKMET Ren, we actually know very little about him/the changes made to his story, and many of Gato’s recent explanations are variations of ‘you’ll just have to wait and see’.

I think the main reason this might happen is Ren's loneliness. After leaving his colony, his life must have been hard— imagine traveling to a whole new country, on your own, before you’re even an adult. Once he did get on his feet, he still had no one. He tried to make friends online, and I’m sure he craved a relationship, but as we know, he was stood up on his date.

Loneliness can do bad things to the mind over time. I think that, possibly combined with his animal instincts (that either make him feel outcasted or give him some harsh desires that some people don’t like) could’ve driven him away from others. Then maybe he’d go down a dark path. Another thing that might be worth noting is Ren can clearly be a bit of a creep sometimes. I’m sure he had perverted desires before he met Strade, it’s not like he was ever ‘innocent’ or something.

But again, hypotheticals. We won’t know more until the next games release, or until Gato gives us some crumbs of info. Sorry if this answer is a little anticlimactic ^^;

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Does Ren canonically have night terrors with Strade or something?

Although it’s not stated anywhere (that I’m aware of) it’s implied and makes a lot of sense in relation to his trauma. Stress, especially stress over something that’s beyond your control, usually results in sleep issues (night terrors or insomnia) at some point. I’m willing to bet he’s had some rough nights, especially if he’s in the basement.

Ren always moves around a lot in his sleep, but I think it would be worsened by night terrors, yes— like making him move around more often and scratch at things around him.

I think Ren is overall pretty accepting of others when it comes to “acting like an animal”, or having animal behaviors, because he knows what it’s like to be looked down on for his species. I think he might actually feel comfortable with someone who has animal behaviors because it makes him feel more understood, and like he can understand (support) you, if that makes sense. Therian’s are a little different because MC wouldn’t be another species like a beastkin or werewolf, they’d still be physically human; but I think once they explained to him what exactly being a therian means, Ren would be supportive of their beliefs and behaviors still :)

As for the last question: I think at first he may be a little intimidated by an MC like that, but after getting to know them a little, he’d probably think they’re cool. He wouldn’t let them go out or pick fights once he takes them home (if that’s the scenario we’re going with). I think he’d feel very good with the idea of them protecting him, even if it’s unnecessary; he likes knowing they care. But he also wants to protect them in return somehow— he might claim that taking them in and so generously giving them a home (and a shock collar) is doing just that. He wouldn’t grant them any weapons unless they had proved to be 100% trustworthy, and it’ll take a while of them having a decent relationship first. It’d be too dangerous otherwise. He would think it’s a cool interest though.

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I usually don’t reblog things here, but I thought this guide was very useful for those who want to know more about the game + how to get specific moments!

this will be a compilation of things that happen based on your choices throughout the game. initially this was supposed to be a guide to “hidden scenes” but i failed at defining what that could possibly mean, so this turned into uhh.. a guide to a lot of things in the game? with a few extra features i managed to find.

there will inevitably be spoilers for the whole game. even though i do not go into too much detail for the most part, i describe where a choice might lead you as well as some endings.

general stuff

archetypes your archetype values affect your idle actions and help unlock some dialogue options.

if you have high lover values, you will be happy to see strade and be more affectionate.

if you have high fighter values, you will be aggressive, desire revenge, and get visions of blood.

if you have high crier values, you will break and sob more often.

if you have high talker values, you will talk to yourself sometimes and be more inclined to communicate with strade and ask him questions.

if you have high joker values, you will, well, crack jokes from time to time.

my archetype guide is available here!

names

your chosen name does not do much except give the characters a way to address you. however, there are a few names that will affect the narrative of the game. you can find the names as well as the dialogue they cause to appear below.

strade intro: "Hahaha! REALLY!? I've never met anyone else with my name before! Maybe we were destined to meet." meeting ren: "I know. I can't believe I have to deal with two of you now."

ren intro: "Ren?" "Is that weird or something?" "Oh, no! I just like that name. I love it, really." meeting ren: "I know. I guess he's starting a collection."

lawrence intro: "Is that so?" "Is there… something weird about it?" "No, I like it. It sounds mysterious!" surprising strade by climbing the stairs: "You've been so soft and gentle, like a little deer~" (default dialogue for this option: "You've been so soft and gentle, like a little rabbit~") meeting ren: "Is there something wrong with that?" "No. It just gives me a weird feeling." taking the second pill: "I started to feel a little sick. I always seem to take too many… I let the waves of blurry fragmentation pass through my body. It's not so bad…"

buddy the default name is buddy, which does not really affect anything except for one line. when you yell for ren after seeing him for the first time, strade comes to the basement. in all other scenarios he greets you by saying, "Hey, buddy." however, if your name is buddy, he says, "Hey, Buddy." this is so silly.

lying

strade tends to notice when you lie, and depending on the number of your lies, his dialogue will be different. the more you lie the less he is likely to believe you.

DAY #1

after strade offers to stitch you up, you can refuse stitches. this opens a few special things. him offering you the stitches is the earliest moment when you can get the "you refused to entertain him" ending if you manage to keep your talker archetype value below -5.

needle phobia

> . . . choose "No, please don't…" and then “The needle…” when this option is chosen, you become extra uneasy around needles. this does not change much except for a few extra lines in the same scene though.

successful refusal

> . . . choose either "No, please don't…" and then “I just don't want you to hurt me anymore…” or "Don't touch me!"

if your lover archetype value is greater than 2, you will react more excitedly to strade's actions

if you want to unlock this day's noncon scene, don't bite strade when presented with the choice to do so.

regardless of your choices after refusing stitches for the second time, by the end of the scene you will have had your tongue injured, and during the next few days when anything enters your mouth you will feel the effects of strade's knife.

"don't call me that"

> . . . after strade is done stitching you up, he will ask what you think and call you his liebling for the first time. after this, if you choose the "What did you call me..?" option and then "Ew! Don't call me that!" or "My name is [player_name]", he will switch to using your name instead of the petname (and he will also call you buddy one extra time)

NIGHT #1

during this night you can get free, search through the right cabinet, and get the knife.

note: if you try to ambush strade with the knife in any way, there is no scenario in which you keep it

the stairs

you can go upstairs with or without the knife: this doesn't change much in the grand scheme of things, but having a weapon on you boosts your fighter archetype progression. however, the leg you inevitably break as a result will be brought up from time to time (strade will even be nice enough not to ruin your good leg with his tools on day 2!)

the trap

if you click the knife icon right away, you can call for strade and try to stab him. you will fail and get the "you were stabbed in the back" achievement. interestingly enough, if you have looked in the top left corner before doing anything this night, noticing ren, and have yelled at him, causing strade to come downstairs, you will recall this moment while holding the knife, wondering whether he would return.

ren

if the first thing you do on night 1 is look at ren, it unlocks him visiting you the next night. if you yell after noticing him and tell strade the truth, then ren's next visit will end in a noncon scene.

if you lie, you can ask strade for food, unlocking the scene where he feeds you the sandwich. other options don't affect the gameplay much, but lying will result in you falling asleep and not searching through the basement, thus not obtaining the knife.

 DAY #2

the earliest you can get the "he loved you too much" ending is right after strade asks for permission to film you.

he then offers you a granola bar, and even though eating it boosts your health and sanity and is recommended, i find it pretty funny that if you refuse, strade just snacks on it himself while threatening to do horrible things to you.

note: if you have the knife and keep your fighter archetype value relatively high (4 and above should work), getting your sanity below 20 will cause you to attack strade automatically (and fail) ("your plan went to your head" ending)

drill

> . . . keep your lover archetype value higher than 2 and your sanity below 60, and you will unlock the "Moan softly" option when strade washes your face. this will lead you to a scene where he uses his hands to make you feel good.

> . . . if you click the knife button after strade says, "you were so good for me, before." you will succeed and get the "an eye for an eye" ending.

after strade leaves the basement, you will think about different things depending on your dominant archetype:

if you are a crier, you will break down;

if you are a lover, you will imagine strade "Sitting on a couch. Microwaving leftovers.";

if you are a fighter, you will promise to kill him

hammer

if you choose the hammer, you will unlock an electrocution scene and have a near-death experience. strade will also kiss you.

both

not choosing will unlock another noncon scene. in case you have taken the knife, strade will find it and take it, ensuring you are tightly bound to the pole.

NIGHT #2

be nice

if you have seen ren during night 1, he will come back for a chat. you need to choose at least two of the following options in order to get him to give you the pill and show you the grate:

“who are you?”

“are you… like me, then?”

“how did you end up like this?” 

be naughty

if you attack him during this sequence, you get the "dick move" achievement. this never ends with you surviving, though.

> . . . use "beg him to stop" option or lose the struggle sequence to unlock the "you bit off more than you could chew" ending. if you blame ren here, he will hold a grudge against you and be more aggressive. > . . . if you fight him and succeed during the struggle sequence, "you got the axe" ending will be unlocked.

the grate

ren will untie you if you ask, but only if you used all three dialogue options mentioned above. then, you can look around the basement once again and take the zip ties from the left cabinet, hiding them in the grate.

you can take a second pill, too, which will grant you the "ibuprofen for breakfast" achievement. you will restore the same amount of health whether you take the pills or don't; having at least 1 painkiller restores 10 extra sanity points, though.

the door

do check the door on your right. it will make sure that you know how the door latch works, so the next time you need to get inro the room you know what to do.

your reward for being honest

if you told strade the truth on night 1, this encounter will end in a noncon scene with ren. defending yourself will make ren lowkey hate you, while defending ren will increase his love for you.

they will find the knife if you've taken it, and if strade found it during day 2 and you convinced ren to untie you, strade will call you a houdini for getting out of bounds again.

to unlock the "three's a crowd" achievement, make sure your lover archetype value is at least at 5. then, strade will join the fun.

if you use the knife attack button during the noncon scene, you will get the "You led him to bloody freedom" ending.

DAY #3

learn your lesson

attacking strade is survivable during this day if your love stat is higher than 70; this also unlocks the "got away with it" achievement. otherwise, strade will leave you breathless.

reason with him

you can talk strade out of sawing your fingers off during day #3 if you manage to hit the 100+ love with at the right moment. sure, it will result in him loving you to death, but find it interesting that when he's about to drag you to the tablesaw you can convince him no to do it and he will state that he changed his mind.

> . . .  to do this, unlock the "reason with him" dialogue option by getting your talker archetype value to 4 or higher and your love meter at almost 100.

the little death

if your lover archetype is above 4 during the tablesaw scene, you won't mind strade's actions that much. he will notice that you were quite excite, too.

 NIGHT #3

you can get free this night if you have hidden the knife in the grate

you can go upstairs and lock the door

if you knock on the door for help, strade will hear you, wake up, and burn you.

if you have visited the room on your right, you will be able to go in.

zip ties

after strade is bound, you can do a few things to him.

to torture him, you either need to drop below sanity level of 35 or get your fighter archetype value to be over 3. if the door upstairs is locked, it ends with you killing strade and getting the "bloody hands" ending.

if the door is not locked, ren will come downstairs. he will kill you, which results in the "you were torn to shreds" ending, unless you were nice enough to him to get his love stat value above 2 (be nice, you can use the dialogue options mentioned in the night 2 section and make sure not to upset him). then he will tell you to run, and you'll get "ren's sacrifice" ending.

you can also interrogate strade if your crier archetype value is higher than 4.

if you fail to schock ren upstairs, he will drag you back to the basement, and watch as strade burns you.

knife

if you use the knife but fail the struggle event, get strade's love above 75, and make sure you have surprised him at leas once, he'll let you join him on the couch.

however, if you succeed or love stat is below 75, you'll get the "he lit you up" ending.

DAY #4

the collar

to get the collar, you need to have had surprised strade at least twice by this point, and his love meter should be above 80

otherwise, strade will give you a new hole.

farewell

true neutral is achieved by keeping all of your archetype values equal to zero. depending on your dominant archetype, strade will describe you differently before saying his final good-byes. 

there are 10 total descriptions, 2 per each archetype:

one activates when your dominant archetype value is greater than 0; the second one — if your dominant archetype is below 0, meaning that you managed to keep all of your archetypes below zero as well.

while the first type of description addresses your personality, the second type will characterise you as the opposite thing from the archetype name. 

e.g. if your lover archetype value is greater than 0 and is the highest of all archetype values, strade will say he knows you like him; if your lover archetype value is below 0 and still is the highest of all, he will mention that it's obvious how much you hate him.

DEATHS

health death

occurs when your health drops below 0 as a result of strade's experiments. if strade's love stat is greater than 70, you get the "romantic" version of this ending (check out @keeka-snake-blog's guide!)

there is a special health death sequence that plays out if you die from falling down the stairs, though it is quite short.

another special version takes place if your health drops below 0 as a result of ren's actions and grants you the "ren's little oopsie" achievement

sanity death

occurs when your sanity drops below 0 and results in strade drugging you and then streaming his killing you.

quiet death

occurs when your talker archetype is less than -5

love death

occurs when you reach the bloody heart (strade love stat is above 100). usually results in "he loved you too much" ending, unless your lover archetype value is greater than 4. then, you get the "you loved him too much" ending.

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Hey, I don't know if you've seen the official plans for Strade's house and Lawrence's apartment. I wanted to ask if you know what that little room in Ren's room is. I've already deduced several things, but would there be a canon explanation? Maybe it's a closet or something else.

It’s never stated anywhere, and it’s never seen in game— I assume it’s just a little storage closet. It’s probably not used often.

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Do you know if the creator updated the rest of Strade's house layout? The basement was changed, but I have my doubts about the upper floors...

Not that I’m aware of, no. We’ll probably have to wait for Ren’s game to see those changes. I doubt they’ll be very big changes; the only difference in the basement layout wise is that she separated Strade’s office and the bathroom. So I imagine the rest of the house is more or less the same? We’ll have to see.

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I played Derek's route a lot and the scene of Jack (I think that was his name) doing MC and came in them stuck to me a lot. What if the whole Derek keeping MC thing still happened and MC told Derek that before he found her—Jack found her first and.. did her and came in her. How would he react? (Or what would he do?)

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I think he’d be a little conflicted. On the one hand, you’re his, and he doesn’t like the idea of someone else sharing you. But on the other hand, he knows the desert trip is kind of a free for all. When he leaves you once, he says “let’s see who finds you next!” Implying that he understands and is okay with others using you.

Another thing— Derek looks up to Jack, and sees him as a kind of role model. I really don’t think he’d be bothered by that, also because it’s in the past, and now Derek has you all to himself in his room. No need to worry anymore.

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Gooood day to ta. Just wanted to make a quick ask: Would it be alright to come to you for writing advice?

To my eyes yer the closest to a source to the game, not only for yer high lore-knowledge, but how realistically and characteristically (is that a word?) ya can narrate the characters. And yer fics too; Their some of my fav in the fandom. From what I see ya mainly answer lore/headcanon question, and I’m insure if ya would be open to giving writing advice, since that’s somethin a lot more serious than light answers.

If ya don’t, I completely understand. Thank ya for givin me some of yer time :DD

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Hello! Yes, you can absolutely come to me for writing advice! I actually made this blog to focus on my writing, it just kind of evolved past that :) but yes, you always can. And thank you for the kind words, I really appreciate it ^^

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Why does derek wear a jacket and army pants in the desert when it's so freaking hot? You can also give your opinion if you want

I don’t know. Why does Jack wear a leather jacket and jeans? That’s the real question.

But in the words of Komodo, “Derek’s an idiot” xD

In all seriousness though, there’s a few reasons/things to note. One, the outfit itself is not that hot; he didn’t wear a shirt under it, and it’s fairly loose fitting. The pants are probably lighter than they look as well. But the important thing isn’t the temperature itself, it’s the sun. Having layers that block sunlight helps a lot when you can’t escape the heat. Even if it looks weird, it’s actually pretty practical.

And yeah, Derek is tan, but direct desert sun is still brutal and can do some serious damage to your skin.

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Which BTD / TPOF / YKMET characters would be vampires and which would be werewolves? 🤨

Hmm let’s see..

Strade- werewolf

Ren- werewolf

Lawrence- vampire

Sano- vampire

Akira- vampire

Vincent- werewolf (obviously)

Cain- vampire

Rire- vampire

Derek- werewolf

Celia- vampire

Mason- werewolf

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omg thank you so so much, you don't know how much it means to me!! I was kinda hesitant to ask bc I know ppl can be bothered by my "intensity" or such but I was going through a really bad time and your writing helped me a lot!! my abuser passed away at the beggining of the month and the way you characterize Ren has helped to cope a lot. even if he was my abuser, he was also my boyfriend since we were both teenagers so I still had a lot to unpack. Again I'm so so sorry to bother you with this nonsense :( I just wanted you to know that your fic is gorgeous and has helped someone like me a lot!! I'll probably eventually send a new anon in the future bc I'm too shy to dm lol. I hope you have a nice day and good luck with the things you have to get done!! <3

Hello again! Thank you for this, I’m so glad you like my writing and that it’s helped you in some way <3 I hope everything goes well with your situation, that sounds very hard, and I’m sure it’s a lot to handle- but just know you have my support. You’re always welcome both in my ask box and dm’s ^^ thank you again!

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How do you think btd/tpof characters would react to an mc they've kept for a while (3-5 years) suddenly died of an illness

I think they would all be devastated in some way. They’ve probably grown attached to you, and the loss wouldn’t go well.

Strade- would feel very frustrated, and would be in a bad mood for a long time afterwards. He’d feel robbed, and may start using Ren more, but it won’t be the same.

Ren- would take this the hardest out of all the characters. He had a serious emotional attachment to MC, and losing them after years would affect him much more than losing Strade did. He would likely spiral into either depression or some more murdery tendencies that he used to see with Strade. Either way, he’ll be in awful shape for a long time.

Lawrence- if you died for real, he’d be frustrated. Both that you left him and that he invested all of that mental and emotional energy into your relationship just for you to die. Remember though, he can pull you back from the river if he chooses.

Sano- he would feel like he failed you. He’s a doctor with healing magic, surely he could have saved you. He’ll beat himself up about it for a long time, but pretend he’s fine on the surface. Definitely some mental turmoil.

Akira- Akira would feel horrible and have to mourn for a while like anyone who lost a loved one. He’d struggle with your death a lot, I think, because if he kept you that long he definitely loved you.

Vincent- same with Akira.

Cain- I think he’d be at a loss for what to feel. He’s kept you for so long, and he actually felt a connection with you.. and now you’re just gone. I think it’ll take him a long time to process— mostly because it’s hard to accept he’s grieving over someone who’s just a human. (Because you became more than that. You were special to him.)

Rire- he’d be disappointed at best. He can always find another one, but it’s upsetting that his favorite human couldn’t make it. He always knew he’d outlive you though, so it doesn’t affect him too terribly.

Derek- he’d take it very hard. Derek was attached to you for so many reasons. Not only were you his to do whatever he wants to, whenever he wants— you made his life bearable. Now he has to go back to living without that. And all the work he put in, gone. He’d be in a seriously bad mood for a long time, and probably would take it out on others with a variety of violent ‘incidents’.

Celia- Celia would be very frustrated and depressed, especially if the two of you had bonded so well. You were probably all she had left, in that scenario where you run away together. I think she might suffer the most, aside from Ren, at your loss. She’ll definitely turn to alcohol to ‘solve’ that problem, which will only make it worse. (Possible TW) if things get especially bad, and she isn’t able to pick herself back up, she might consider ending things and following you. Being on the run, and now completely alone, will not be good for her.

Mason- Mason will definitely be saddened, but he also views life and death a little differently. He’ll probably keep a part of you to remember you by, like he did with Sandy. And he knows it’s just the circle of life, it was bound to happen eventually.

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what type of punishment will MC most likely receive if they tried to escape from Strade ? like somehow maybe getting out of the collar and trying through the window or anything like that

Strade might actually be more impressed than upset— but you still need to be set straight. His punishment will probably be something that sends a message, or restricts you from trying again.

Maybe he’ll injure your legs enough that you can’t walk for a while. Or of course, you could get your ‘upstairs’ privileges revoked for a bit and get put in the basement for a few days.

If you managed to get out of the collar, which he heavily relies on to keep you contained, just expect to have all your freedom taken away. Whatever torture he decides on can vary, but the real issue is that you’re back in the basement. Alone. He may forbid Ren from coming to talk with you.

Any physical harm will do, but just leaving you to sit in disappointment and self pity can be punishment enough. And like I said, he might be more impressed with your attempt than angry, because he’s just that kind of person. You didn’t succeed, so he’s not too mad. He just needs to take more precautions with you going forward.