[Event Post]

[observershikou]

*Let's say we're in one of the many rooms that're in the Hotel that Euphie and Shiroko own.

Porcelain Curse Bearer, after you got unceremoniously knocked out after flying to the back of the church after a duel against an ogre and a warrior, you may find yourself snapping back to a state of consciousness and/or awareness in a room.

And there's someone watching you, looking lightly unamused by your previous antics, standing in front of the only door out of the room. There's a level of... pressure coming from him, that doesn't immediately catch your attention while you're unaware, but once you are...

Let's just say it's a little unnerving.*

Comments

[arknpcs5]

::Sitting wherever you put her, in her Unicorn armor.::

???

[observershikou]

Are you aware, now?

*his voice is even. Not so much calm, but... straight.*

[arknpcs5]

Yeeeeeeeesssssss?

::Blinks, the terror not quite washing over her yet. She gives off the air of a precocious, but dull little girl.::

[observershikou]

Do you understand what you just attempted to do, Porcelain Curse Bearer?

[arknpcs5]

Get married...?

::Places finger to lip.::

[observershikou]

You attempted to force a marriage to someone I care very deeply about.

And who had already made it clear to you before that she was no longer tolerant of you.

[arknpcs5]

She was plenty tolerant in the church.

[observershikou]

*he sighs*

She seemed to be rather going with the flow, instead. Though I think it's more likely that she simply did not take you seriously.

She did not perceive you as a threat in any amount.

[arknpcs5]

I wasn't threatening her. And of course she was taking me seriously.

[observershikou]

She stated pretty clearly, when she discovered your wedding pamphlets, that she was not going to acknowledge your "insane delusions".

She'd rather believe that you found a different girl with the same name, instead, than believe what you were attempting to do.

She was definitely not taking you seriously.

*... you're starting to feel some of the pressure from him, now.*

[arknpcs5]

... She could of been j-joking.

::I don't like pressure..!::

[observershikou]

Why would she be joking about it? She seemed rather intent on it.

She can be flighty and sometimes hard to predict, with what she'll do, but considering she did previously make it clear that enough was enough to you, after attempting to brainwash her... she said a fourth time?

I think she wouldn't be joking about it, Porcelain Curse Bearer.

*it's the way he says your full name, too. A stern voice that strikes into your mind with that pressure.*

[arknpcs5]

I-i wasn't trying to brainwash her this t-time!

::Panicking.::

[observershikou]

Did you really expect her to stay with you, even if you won? If such a thing was so easy to really change, it would have no meaning, wouldn't it?

She was playing along with you. Nothing more. *he straightens up. you almost see the shadow of something large and unnatural behind him-- but before you can tell what it is, it's gone. normal.*

[arknpcs5]

::Shudders nervously.::

E-even when I did all that for her??

[observershikou]

Stubbornness is not a good quality in a healthy relationship or partnership, Porcelain Curse Bearer. She told you no. You ignored it.

I think after so many times, you would realize this. But since you apparently did not find the message to be clear, I'm having this talk with you. Understandable, yes?

[arknpcs5]

But she's my entire existence..!

[observershikou]

And maybe she could still be that for you, if you didn't force her to use you. If you didn't attempt to brainwash her. If you didn't attempt to marry her.

Not even the same type of card I had gotten, has exhibited nearly as much trouble as you have, Porcelain Curse Bearer.

[arknpcs5]

That's because your card sucks.

[observershikou]

Ah. What was that? I still try to use him, and he doesn't force me to.

So why can't you, an apparently "better" card, understand that? Well?

*his voice has that eerieness. you're not sure if he's angry or not. again, you saw his shadow seem to flicker-- a trick of your eyes, perhaps.*

[arknpcs5]

Because. I'm better.

::It's really sad teenage logic.::

[observershikou]

*he shakes his head, as though pitying you*

And yet for all that you're "better", you do not have the maturity to act like it.

[arknpcs5]

::Looks at you like a young girl would when someone adult brings up something like that.::

[observershikou]

*it's almost what I'd figure.*

Let me ask this, Porcelain Curse Bearer. Do you intend on trying to repeat what you just did, with Shiroko?

[arknpcs5]

Yes. Until she loves me forever and ever.

[observershikou]

I wonder then, if it would be possible to order you to be an inanimate doll. A normal doll. Until I see fit to free you from it.

*... what.*

[arknpcs5]

What.

[observershikou]

Did you know? I can order people to do things, and they're rather compelled to follow.

So I wonder if it would be possible to simply trap you in your own mind for a while. As punishment for your actions. *he taps at the door with one of his clawed fingers, thinking about it.

Would... would he actually do that to you...?*

[arknpcs5]

Pffft, like you can actually do that.

::Huffs, rolling her doll eyes.::

[observershikou]

Oh, you doubt me? Stand, please.

*his voice seems to take on a sort of... piercing, stern quality. The type that stabs through your mind, and coupled with the feeling of pressure...

Well, standing isn't too much trouble, is it? Even if it's on the bed.*

[arknpcs5]

::... St-stands, obediently.::

W-wha?!

[observershikou]

Sit, hands in lap, please.

*again, his voice pierces through your mind, compelling you to listen.*

Do you truly doubt that I would not be able to make you act as an inanimate doll? I feel it is at least the least violent of routes...

[arknpcs5]

::Sits, hands in her lap.::

... I'll kill you first before you can say another word!

::You feel claws reach out of midair, dashing for you.::

[observershikou]

Stay still, please.

*nope, he still got in another word, since you warned him.*

[arknpcs5]

::The arms in the air and her body stay still. Completely still.::

[observershikou]

I will give you the choice right now, Porcelain Curse Bearer.

You can agree to give up on your attempts to force yourself upon Shiroko. To force her to use her, or to cause trouble for her and others.

Or, you cannot agree, and I will make certain you will act as an inanimate doll, until you are willing to cooperate.

What is your choice?

[arknpcs5]

I have no other purpose than her! She is everything! If I can't have her, I might as well be dead!

[observershikou]

Then I suppose I have no choice. *he sighs slightly, as though... disappointed in you.*

Do not move. And do not speak, unless if you truly wish to cooperate, Porcelain Curse Bearer.

[arknpcs5]

::The disembodied arms vanish...She falls back flat. Arms and legs flat, her eyes devoid of life. Unless you were aware of it, you'd never suspect she was anything other than an expensive toy Shiroko's grandmother gave to her granddaughter.::

[observershikou]

*he feels a bit dirty having to do that, but it was either that or violence.

At least this way, if she ever has a change of heart, she'll be able to speak then. But... she needs to have some reflection on this.*