"This whole thing just didn't sound right."
The Princess nods, eyes fixated on her now free wrist. She pulls herself to a standing position and stares at you, gaze intent and searching.
“… Thank you.”
Well. There she is. And there you are. And the way out of the basement is just behind you. Are you going to continue to awkwardly stare at each other or do you plan on continuing with the story?
Voice of the Hero: I thought ‘The Story’ was the one where we slay her? We didn’t do that, so aren’t we out of ‘The Story’ now?
Oh, no no no no. You can’t just get out of ‘‘The Story’™’, that’s just not how it goes. The Story™ will always move and contort around you, so that you remain in the story no matter how much you deviate from the described outline.
Voice of the Hero: I’m so lost………
Don’t worry about it. Just play your role, and The Story™, will do the rest.
“Well. This is it, then. I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to leave this place.”
With that said, the Princess doesn’t hesitate to walk towards the stairs, effectively breaking the Awkwardly Staring at Each Other contest.
Voice of the Hero: Personally, I’m also eager to leave. Let’s not stay behind.
You follow her out, carefully avoiding the clutter carpeting the floor. The Princess isn’t as careful, kicking and tripping on several objects in her haste, though she doesn’t seem to even notice them.
She stops in front of the ajar door, hesitating for enough time to let you catch up to her. When you’re close enough to look over her shoulder, she already has both her hands on the handle. And with a soft push, she opens the door.
The upstairs room looks just as you remember. Oh, yes, you could recognize the plainness of these wood planks anywhere. There’s no need to linger here, when there may or may not be a world outside to explore.
Voice of the Hero: Wait. Isn’t there something missing?
Um, no? There isn’t? It’s just as you remember, and if you don’t remember anything that suddenly isn’t here, then it mustn’t be important.
Voice of the Hero: Well, I remember there being a knife. And it isn’t here anymore. The table is empty.
Indeed, there’s nothing on the plain wooden table but more plainness and dust. Maybe the knife got tired of all the nothingness and succumbed to the dust.
“I almost can’t believe I’m actually here.”
You move your attention towards the Princess, who is unaffected by your musings about tables and plainness and has already walked towards the next door. She hesitates before it much like she did in the previous door, though there’s bigger anticipation about her stance.
“You… really saved me.” She turns to you, eyes shining with emotion. “Despite not knowing me, and despite being tasked with killing me.”
She smiles. Soft and grateful.
“Thank you. I’ll never forget this.”
She opens the door and
Voice of the Hero: And…?
Is he… Is he gone? Did the world really end?
And where is the princess? Should– should we try to find her?
Voice of the Hero: Is that… a mirror? Why here? Why now?
Achievements Unlocked!
– Who's dis?
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– Oneshot
Sometimes a single chapter is all you need.
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Question to my turned off brain:
Ok. So if I can't...
watch a movie
read a book (or even listen to an audiobook)
listen to music
write anything at all
study
work
make some food
clean
sleep
or even move at this point
but not doing anything, I mean anything is also a no-no
THEN WHAT THE HELL SHOULD I DO?!?!?!?!?!
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