Inside the Dream Palace...Mike tries to de-imagine fake Bernie!
[Imagination roll: 2-1]
But how would he do this? How would it work? Does he imagine a lack of Bernie, ignore him, what? He wracks his brain thinking about this!
[Will roll: 5-2]
Fortunately, it distracts him sufficiently to prevent him from dying just yet!
"Alright, now you die. For real this time!"[Bernie magic roll: 4]
Mike feels a horrible twisting at his very core! Oh, the humanity!
[Will roll: 2-2]
This final twist is sufficient to extinguish all life left in him! Mike is left a horrible, twisted, lifeless wreck of what was formerly a crow! Fake Bernie kicks at him just to be sure.
"Well, looks pretty dead to me, whatever that thing was."After glancing around to make sure nobody he knows can see him, he does a little dance atop Mike's remains. As he does so, he opens Mike's jaw and sees his own face within!
"Good gods," he says, looking shocked.
"Was I always that ugly?"Mike has been thoroughly killed by a figment of his own imagination!He does, however, awaken shortly after in the realm of the Demon of Light!
"RISE AND SHINE, MINION, IT'S A BRAND NEW DAY! WELL, IN A RELATIVE SENSE. IT'S NEVER DAY IN THE REALM OF ETERNAL DARKNESS! HOWEVER, NOW IS THE TIME FOR YOUR NEW LIFE IN THE SERVICE OF ME, THE DEMON OF DROWNING!""Wait, so you WEREN'T the Demon of Light?""GODS, NO. DID YOU HONESTLY THINK I WAS?""Uh... no?""GOOD! NOW LET'S GET TO WORK.""What am I going to have to do?""THINGS I CAN'T BE ARSED TO DO MYSELF, MOSTLY. LIKE FISH CORPSES OUT OF THE NEVERENDING PITS OF DROWNING.""Oh."Mike and his new master fly off into the lack of a sunset (or any light, actually). Mike sighs sadly, realizing that it's going to be a long eternity. Well, hopefully the Neverending Pits of Drowning aren't as bad as they sound.
"I KNOW YOU MUST HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ON YOUR MIND NOW, BUT THE FOREMOST OF THOSE ARE PROBABLY THESE: ARE THE NEVERENDING PITS OF DROWNING AS BAD AS THEY SOUND AND CAN I KEEP ANY VALUABLES I FIND ON CORPSES? WELL, THE ANSWER TO BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS IS YES."Well.
Considering that four out of six PCs are dead and none of them stand a chance of achieving their objective, new chapter will be coming soon.