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entrancelogs2016-10-21 09:10 am
theothermrgray) wrote in entrancelogs2016-10-21 09:10 am
Let Them be Buried, Buried Alive [Open]
Who: Dorian Gray... And YOU!
Where: Never, Neverland
When: Throughout the event
Rating: PG-13 for weird hallucinations and implied violence. May change later
Summary: Dorian's a Lost One who has been in Neverland for a very long time.
The Story:
[A: The Most Dangerous Game]
Dorian could barely remember what it was like before Neverland. A foggy city, a cruel grandfather, a dull school... But that was in the long past, when the industrial revolution was new.
These days you would mostly find him taking in the beauty of the forest when he can, petting the silver fox pelt he draped across his shoulders just to feel the softness, watching the rivers and streams teeming with aquatic wonder. But he knows the ugliness under the beauty all too well. After all, he's only been thirteen for nearly a century now, and all those years of experience has made him quite cunning.
Therefore, when he heard a bunch of adults had suddenly showed up in Neverland, Dorian went to work, setting clever booby traps left and right. One might be a rope that would grab you by the leg and dangle you from a tree. Another, a concealed pit dug so deep a 7 foot man would have trouble climbing out. There was even a net made of strong twine set up in the middle of a pathway, hidden out of sight.
If you manage to get caught in one of his traps, pray you might seem interesting or pretty to the boy. You see, Dorian has a tendency to play with his catch if it catches his fancy, and you just might get out before he poisons you.
[B: A Sane Man Fighting for His Soul]
Unfortunately, being in Neverland longer than most others does not make you immune to the hallucinations. In fact, Dorian's delusions only got worse as time wore on.
First, he saw a handsome devil, leisurely blabbering to himself as he relaxed in a field of poppies. Then Dorian came across Juliet herself, drowning herself like Ophelia because Romeo took the poison and left her to die. The list goes on, covering all sorts of miserable characters and horrible fates. The best thing Dorian can do is ignore them, or at least play along when he's feeling particularly bored.
At the moment, Dorian's resting on a rock, listlessly watching as an artist sets up an easel in the middle of the woods. The artist takes his brush and dips it into the large gash on his neck, using his own blood for paint. Every now and then, the artist tells Dorian it isn't too late to set things right, to change for the better.
"But what's the point," Dorian replies, "If the rest of the world leans towards the worse?"
Of course, the artist and his bloodied painting are not real, but you are free to walk in on this scene by mistake.
[C: Voices, Voices, Please Shut Up]
The worst of the hallucinations Dorian has is by far the most common. He has many names for it: The shadow, the painted monster, the old wretch... It's a horrifying boogieman dressed in a macabre mockery of society's finest, its skin and eyes in a constant state of age and decay. It whispers things heard only in hell, and on many occasions has demanded that poor Dorian give it his soul.
Worst of all, this monster bears a strong resemblance to Dorian himself.
You might find poor Dorian screaming in the middle of the night after yet another horrid nightmare. The old wretch has been tormenting him again.
[Wildcard!]
Feel free to think of other ways you can interact with this twisted child. Brackets or prose, I will match format.
Where: Never, Neverland
When: Throughout the event
Rating: PG-13 for weird hallucinations and implied violence. May change later
Summary: Dorian's a Lost One who has been in Neverland for a very long time.
The Story:
[A: The Most Dangerous Game]
Dorian could barely remember what it was like before Neverland. A foggy city, a cruel grandfather, a dull school... But that was in the long past, when the industrial revolution was new.
These days you would mostly find him taking in the beauty of the forest when he can, petting the silver fox pelt he draped across his shoulders just to feel the softness, watching the rivers and streams teeming with aquatic wonder. But he knows the ugliness under the beauty all too well. After all, he's only been thirteen for nearly a century now, and all those years of experience has made him quite cunning.
Therefore, when he heard a bunch of adults had suddenly showed up in Neverland, Dorian went to work, setting clever booby traps left and right. One might be a rope that would grab you by the leg and dangle you from a tree. Another, a concealed pit dug so deep a 7 foot man would have trouble climbing out. There was even a net made of strong twine set up in the middle of a pathway, hidden out of sight.
If you manage to get caught in one of his traps, pray you might seem interesting or pretty to the boy. You see, Dorian has a tendency to play with his catch if it catches his fancy, and you just might get out before he poisons you.
[B: A Sane Man Fighting for His Soul]
Unfortunately, being in Neverland longer than most others does not make you immune to the hallucinations. In fact, Dorian's delusions only got worse as time wore on.
First, he saw a handsome devil, leisurely blabbering to himself as he relaxed in a field of poppies. Then Dorian came across Juliet herself, drowning herself like Ophelia because Romeo took the poison and left her to die. The list goes on, covering all sorts of miserable characters and horrible fates. The best thing Dorian can do is ignore them, or at least play along when he's feeling particularly bored.
At the moment, Dorian's resting on a rock, listlessly watching as an artist sets up an easel in the middle of the woods. The artist takes his brush and dips it into the large gash on his neck, using his own blood for paint. Every now and then, the artist tells Dorian it isn't too late to set things right, to change for the better.
"But what's the point," Dorian replies, "If the rest of the world leans towards the worse?"
Of course, the artist and his bloodied painting are not real, but you are free to walk in on this scene by mistake.
[C: Voices, Voices, Please Shut Up]
The worst of the hallucinations Dorian has is by far the most common. He has many names for it: The shadow, the painted monster, the old wretch... It's a horrifying boogieman dressed in a macabre mockery of society's finest, its skin and eyes in a constant state of age and decay. It whispers things heard only in hell, and on many occasions has demanded that poor Dorian give it his soul.
Worst of all, this monster bears a strong resemblance to Dorian himself.
You might find poor Dorian screaming in the middle of the night after yet another horrid nightmare. The old wretch has been tormenting him again.
[Wildcard!]
Feel free to think of other ways you can interact with this twisted child. Brackets or prose, I will match format.
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"I'm a robot, darling, and I know your name because I am your friend. Now, cut me down from here! This is ridiculous!"
Like that's actually gonna help you here, Metta.....
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More importantly, what the heck is a robot? He has never even seen a robot in his life, much less a pretty one...
Unless. Of course, this is all a trick. One of the many hallucinations. Dorian prods one of the rectangular things on Metta's chestplate with his stake, being careful not to scratch it too much. After all, if this was real, he didn't want to do too much external damage.
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If he had an organic heart it would have stopped at the sight of Dorian poking him with his stake. Oh goodness. Ohhhhh noooo, he's going to be poisoned and he is going to DIE and he doesn't want to die, not like this, not at all-
The stake doesn't scratch him. He doesn't feel different so he thinks that, perhaps, he was given a break.
"You became friends with me because of an event that Wonderland created. Like this one right now, it changed your state of being and made you believe you were something else. This isn't real, Dorian. This isn't how you really are."
He twists some more, trying to feel for any weakness in the rope.
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"This thing must be broken," he mused to himself, "Where's the bloody off switch?"
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The indignity of it all! To be strung up like some dirty rat and then poked at like a circus oddity!! But the idea of an off switch gives him an idea and he grins a little impishly.
"You shouldn't be doing that, you know. You may do something you'll regret."
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Wait, do something he would regret? "What do you mean by that?" Dorian crosses his arms and raises an eyebrow.
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He swings a bit towards Dorian, an evil glint in his eye.
"I could mean a lot of things! Maybe if you push my buttons too much, something awful might happen."
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Dorian poked Mettaton's face on the cheek. "Whadya mean, awful? Are you going to shine light in my eyes or something?"
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"Oh no, don't touch-"
While making sure Dorian's eyes are locked on his face and not paying attention to the rest of him, Mettaton subtly moves a hand to his hip, manipulating a secret mechanism that detaches the leg currently strung up in the air and causes both him and the leg to fall to the ground.
He lets the shock sit on his face, looking to Dorian and then to his leg and then screams, a terrified, high-pitched scream. He is an amazing actor and he's hoping that the sudden leglessness and his scream will be enough to startle Dorian into either running off, or not stopping him from escaping.
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Dorian's screaming at the same time Mettaton is screaming, but the terror is not an act.
"AAAAAHHHH! OHGODOHGODOHGOD-"
Dorian rushes to Mettaton's side and attempts to reattach the leg. He can fix this! While panicking! Somehow!
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Then, quickly, he re-attaches the leg with a smart POP and pulls himself up.
"Sorry about that, darling, but I have to go. We can chat again when you remember yourself!"
He turns to the forest and breaks out into a run but not before blowing Dorian a quick kiss.
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When he comes to, Dorian may wonder if he dreamed up the robot encounter. If he did, though, what would explain that bruise on his forehead?