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>>36264948
You open your eyes to the same ceiling as before. The sound of pages flipping and classical music brings you to full awareness, slowly but steady all the same. You startle easily at the sight of her, pale as a ghost in a room of pale pastel colors and an odd sense of fashion to go with her displacement. You don't know her and the events of the last day have you on edge.

Your body trembles slightly in protest as you scramble up into sitting position, but you are terrified by the lack of everything you've come to know in this past year. The monsters, the scribbled and undulating mess of some demented madman's artistry, all of it is gone and cleared from your sight. You can perfectly feel the textures of your hospital gown, the blanket, and the lack of gross smells in the air is making you feel dizzy. But more then that is how there is not a single monster-looking thing overlapping the stranger before you. Even children have some manner of spectator staring out at the world.

This entire room is unfiltered by horrors and you want to know why.

There is a pregnant silence as you and the solemn girl with blue dyed bangs have a staring contest. Her book, a big old thing with yellowed pages and a dozen book markers, has long since been closed and set on her lap. She seems to be waiting for something.

>Demand to know what has been done to you.
>Ask for your parents.
>Ask what she was reading.
>Just talk, the silence is getting on your nerves.
>Continue staring.
>FLEE.

>>36264954
>>Demand to know what has been done to you.

>>36264948
Please link archive/previous threads on moe if no suptg in the OP from now on.

>>36264954
>"What did you do? Where are they? Why is the world normal now?"
I guess this is the demand an answer, but I1d rather not be too forceful, ya dig? Just panicked and hurried, and maybe a bit rude/unsociable.

>>36265001
Ah crap, I knew I forgot something! I even had it open in another tab.

>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=psyche

Sorry everyone!

>>36265060
I think "Why is everything normal?" or "[...]normal looking[...]" migh work better for the last one, OP would probably be the one to know MC's personality/speechquirks/speechstyle better though, so he can probably tell better.

>>36264954
>Continue staring.
Staring contest!

>>36265060
I'll back this.

>>36264991
>>36265060
>>36265118
>>36265142
>"What did you do? Where are they? Why is the world normal now?"

Writing!

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>>36264954

Your throat is dry but it doesn't stop you from hashing out some perfectly reasonable questions. Switching from fear-apprehension and confusion to a more angry form of those things is as natural as bread with butter.

"W-what did you do? Why is... where are t-they, where is my family? Th- the monsters and the everything it's all gone, all of it's gone. How..."

Instead of answering you, she stands impassively and walks over to a small counter and sink. With smooth motions the girl in blue opens the bottom cabinet to reveal the hum of a fridge. As if she had never left, the door is gently shut and she is again upon you now baring... gifts.

Orange juice and plain crackers have been placed in front of you.

"Adrianna Smith, female aged 16 years old. Normal childhood, was in tragic car crash at age 15 which greatly damaged brain. Doctor Elizabeth Grant preformed risky procedure in attempt to save subject's life. Was project to make full recovery but mental state began to deteriorate and led to multiple instances of causing bodily harm to self and others. Medication and therapy did not assist rehabilitation." Her voice is cold and methodical as if she was reading from a book, but it's light and airy.

"Shut up..."

"Records of exact surgery were unable to be found." Wait, what?

"Likely to be removed by Doctor Grant in effort to cover tracks, although from lack of attempted suicides or murders we can safely assume that her experiments have improved." She bends down and looks right into your eyes, lips thinning out into a grimace.

"My name is Maria, and I am sorry that we could not find you sooner. Your family has been waiting for you to regain conscious and we will alert them in post-haste. You are in a private clinic, and it is very safe."

>>36265708
Your grip of the blanket tightens before you release it.

"You didn't explain shit." You get a small smile from Maria at that but not much more.

"You have been sleeping for two days in total, please eat."

>You keep asking Maria questions as you eat. There is no way you'll back down after she implies that this shit done to you on purpose!
>You don't feel very hungry or asking questions, so you'll just wait for your parents to arrive.
>You ask about Maria, she doesn't look much older than you. How can she be involved with what sounds like some crazy bullshit?

>>36265721
>You ask about Maria

>>36265708
>"Records of exact surgery were unable to be found."
fucking faggot doctors doing experiments on us and shit, probably even occult shit
>>36265721
Wolf down those crackers and chug the juice, we've been sleeping for 2 days, probably hungry as shit.
We'll have time to ask shit after recovering from the coughing fit drinking and eating all that will probably cause.
"Who, who are you? And what is "here" safe from? Is that the reason everything looks normal?"

>>36265777
This

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>>36265708
I hope pic related isn't her father or teacher/relative/friend/colleague/etc.

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>>36265942
Now that you mention it I suppose they have similar goals... But I wouldn't add Tokyo Ghoul to my mixture of bullshit since it doesn't fit well with the rest.

Wasn't there a Tokyo Ghoul quest running here a while ago? Votes close in ten minutes.

>>36266025
Yeah, there was a TGQ at one point, not sure if it got dropped or what, I didn't follow it because the idea seemed to me that it wouldn't work very well.
Good, TG would bring too much suffering to the table, beside what you already have planned.
You're weak, Haise, come on, let me out!
I want our lord and savior Kanekipede to take his body back already ;_;

>>36266085
Yeah, TG would add way too much suffering and had some themes that would clash with the other influences.

I just want Haise and the Kanekipede to make peace with one another like they Kuroneki and Shironeki did. The suffering never ends.

>>36265777
>>36265799
>>36265748
Writing.

>>36266187
>not wanting The Centipede to eat Haise and all the Qshits
He hasn't been in control for 3 years, I bet he's starving. Qs could serve as appetizer/snack so he can hold out until the chance at a feast comes up.
How long do you think you'll be running, OP?

>>36265721
You immediately start working on the food provided to you. Taking tiny sips of orange juice and bits of cracker, the slight salt of which makes you salivate, you chew it into a fine paste before swallowing. You've learned a lot of eating too fast or too much ever since you started holing yourself up in your bedroom. You've never really starved yourself, but making the trek down to the kitchen at night hadn't been your favorite activity. You didn't lose all that weight from staying healthy.

"So, 'Maria', who are you exactly?" And why do you know so much about me, goes unspoken.

With her fingers perched atop the old and worn book's cover, Maria's thin lipped smile becomes just a bit fuller. You get the feeling she's reading into your choice of question.

Your stomach flops about nervously when you realize you are not only talking to a stranger in meat space, but also one that can do a damn good impression of a snake. You should probably ask for your laptop.

"Someone that doesn't know enough to fully explain your situation, if that's what you're aiming for. But we do know from experience, albeit a rather reversed and ultimately different one, what you have been going through. It might be something that you'll have soon in that other world." The sound of tapping signals the end of her cryptic bullshit. Though part of her spiel was a bit worrying.

You watch her get up and return to the sink, this time acquiring a red plastic cup and filling it with water. Maria waltzes back unfettered by the stare that she maintains with you.

"O-okay, thanks. Then... How is here safe, and is that why I can't see those things anymore?" You see her place the book back into her lap like clockwork.

"Are you familiar with the works of Carl Jung?"

>He's like that Freud guy right? Has a bunch of theories about dicks?
>You mean the personality test guy? I'm an INTP.
>Is that what you were reading about?
>Uh, something about shadows and people don't like the truth?

>>36266277
As long as possible! For about three more hours at least.

I do want that but I also don't.

>>36266691
>"The guy who was the top dog in psychology after Freud's theories became obsolate or something? Personality types, dream analysis, or something?"
last is probably the "right" answer, but I like exposition and not playing smarter than I am

>>36266691

>Uh, something about shadows and people don't like the truth?
>Is that what you were reading about?

>>36266742
>>36266802
Anymore votes?

>>36266691
>Uh, something about shadows and people don't like the truth?
>>36267034
was lurking, if you need more I am here.

>>36267034
I don't know what's up OP, first couple threads had more players as I recall.
I guess I'll change mine(>>36266742) to include a "Something with secrets and shadows? Is it related to that book and my, my, condition?" part.

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>>36267047
Writing!
>>36267079
Yeah, the first two threads were like bursting with people compared to the other quest I tried to run. Which is why TG quest is dead in favor of this one.

>>36266691
>Uh, something about shadows and people don't like the truth?

New anon here for a bit.

>>36266691

>Uh, something about shadows and people don't like the truth

I'm here. This just didn't seem like an important vote.

>>36267113
>you were TGQQM all along
How could you, I trusted you! I did not get your joke in that post above at all.
>>36267116
>>36267126
>choosing the obviously "right" choice
oh come on

>>36267396
Okay MVP. We'll just watch you play it properly then.

>>36267472
I'm not saying it's the wrong way to play, I'm just saying I was expecting something different. Don't get your panties in a bunch.

>>36266691
"That would be... Uh, something something repressed parts of yourself called shadows? I read some stuff about him a while back, but it didn't really stick." You relax into a more comfortable position, sitting indian style while sipping water.

"Also stuff about Anima, Animus, and shit like Super Ego and dream analysis. What I do remember actually helped me a lot with figuring out the monsters. I mean, what the monsters are or are composed of. A lot of it was wrong or off but it still helped. Gave me a line to hold onto for a while." You frown slightly.

You've forgotten the exact words, the information that you speed read in effort to fix things as soon as possible. But to a fifteen year old girl that's had her life flipped inside out, the idea of a 'Shadow' that can be accepted by a person had quite a temptation.

>>36268052
"Indeed, Carl Jung had quite a few things close to the truth." You notice her pitch or tone has changed slightly, as if she's more excitable.

Maria continues, "However as you said, his theories are not exact to what we know now." She once again makes the trip to the small kitchenette, this time to refill your water. How... kind of her.

"Though I was told not to tell you much, due to my own bias and not out of malicious intent I assure you, I do find myself enamored by your view of Other World. Other rather your possible insight. As such I will tell you the bare basics."

"The entities that your Side fights and subjugates are called 'Facets'. This is due to 'shadow' or 'persona' being more clear cut where as the monsters you have seen are often much less distinct. The Grand Facets have been described to overlap their owner, is this correct?" Holy crackers, she really isn't bullshiting you. No, Maria could have easily just asked your family or slew of former therapists.

"Minor Facets have no owner as they are born of the collective unconscious, to use Jungian terms. The emotions and feelings of humanity swirl around together in excess and form them. Majors on the other hand form over time as a person lives. They would be both the shadow and persona of a human." You stare into the cup of water, no longer thirsty but full of questions.

You can hear Maria's thumb rub circles into the cover of her book.

>>36268065
"The Other World is a mirror, but it is convoluted and layered. It can be called a theater with many stages, some overlapping but never meeting. Facet Users fight the excess Minors in one big stage, where as Otherselves like myself have their own personal stage like a world all their own. We fight each other to the death even as the Waking Self lives their daily life..."

It sounds crazy and the fact that you've even had that thought makes you laugh.

"Pardon?"

"I-it's nothing, hee- I just thought, 'this is girl is crazy' so- pfftt" You are unable to breathe, and are probably crying like some stupid person that is completely off her fucking rocker.

The sound of the bed springs and feeling of weight joining you is all the warning you get. Still as quiet and rigid as before, Maria moves to bump her shoulder against your own. Your palm is pressed against your mouth as you sob and you make no move to push her away.

She looks at you, all stern and scowling. Like someone with severe emotional constipation.

"There are almond cookies in the refrigerator. We also have choices of apple, cranberry, and more orange juice. But you should probably choose water. I will get it for you."

"H-holy shit you are the w-worst..hic! n-urse!" You manage to squeak out, having started to hiccup.

"It's likely true. My usual ways of dealing with negative feelings is comprised of violence that typically ends in murder."

That is bullshit, but you believe it.

>Talk more with Maria about the occult bullshit you've landed in.
>She mentioned cookies.
>Ask how 'they finally found you.

>>36268082
>Ask how 'they finally found you.

>>36268082
>"Okay, I need several moments."
>calm down as best as we can
>"Well, that's nice, but I think that's about enough exposition for now"
>"How did you find me, and why "finally", why did it take so long? If it's magic then just say so. Is this related to some event with the monsters that I recently went through, because I'm thinking of one, if it is then just say so."
Let's not rush into things here, keep things nice and simple for the panicked girl, give her some time space, yeah?
>"You said you aren't the one who's supposed to tell me. Who is, and are they going to visit me as well?"

>>36268082
>That is bullshit, but you believe it.
lol
are these facets also like stands?

>>36268247
probably more like persona shit or Homunculi
but let's learn in-universe
>>36268082
adding on to >>36268206(mine) to ask for cookies
also, something about her hopefully understanding that we can't exactly digest/accept this information at the drop of a hat just yet

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>>36268247
Well-
>>36268320
>let's learn in universe

I shall not say.

>>36268082
>Talk more with Maria about the occult bullshit you've landed in.

>>36268491
Don't you think a bit more, well, time would be nice, before we embrace the plot?
Considering MC's reaction.

>>36268082
>>Talk more with Maria about the occult bullshit you've landed in.

>>36268700
She's the first person who we've met who seems to actually understand what we're going through.

We'll deal with it.

>>36268752
We're literally in a facility that deals with this shit and are being taken care of. I'm 98% sure we1ll have more time to talk with her. Better, the one who was supposed to talk about this with us, not just the guardsgirl who spews out every info that comes to her mind.
I'm sure there's a doctor or someone higher ranking assigned to us.

>>36268752
I wouldn't say she "understands what we're going through" more that she's just somewhat aware of what we see and such. Her situation seems quite a bit different, and really sort of the opposite of ours.

>>36268788
She's rather fascinated by you and not used to talking to people other than herself.

>>36268177
>>36268206
>>36268320
>>36268491
>>36268752
Writing

>>36268788
"I'll put off finding out why the world is fucked because surely someone else will arrive to tell me later."

Too bad you'recompletly lacking the sence of urgency that living for a year in a hellish nightmare and then sudenly being given s respite would give someone.

>>36268880
We're a teenage girl who feels safe for the first time in a year, and were just told a big block of info we don't even understand. We are in a safe place where the monsters won't get us, and have an opportunity to relax after a year of living in fear and anxiety.
Do you think MC wants to dwelve right back into the other world? I don't, I think she'd rather spend at least a fucking hour by having nothing to do with it.
You're talking about urgency like MC is someone trained for this or one who hasn't completely given up already, and not a 16 year old girl. Don't fucking talk to me about staying in character when that's exactly what I'm doing.
No offense, but fuck you. And to resemble to you post's structure
>"I'll immediately involve myself as much as possible in the world of my nightmares and terrors at the first chance I have for some peace."

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>>36268082
You decide to talk more about the crazy bullshit that Maria was telling you about earlier. Somehow this ended up being you describing your experiences of the past year...

"At first I just thought it was from stress. Totally excusable things, like something in the corner of your eye when you haven't slept in a while. And it was brain surgery, I was all loopy and in a daze so it was normal, but then it stopped being normal. Normal didn't entail something out of a horror movie coming up and trying to take a bite out of you."

Maria had gotten you those almond cookies, and damn are they good. Simple and kind of dry, but delious when you haven't eaten in days. Like fortune cookies.

"After the first month it just went further down hill. I kept hearing how my swift recovery was amazing, and then how the doctors were so sorry, that I was paranoid schizo-something. But the monsters did things, they could interact and hurt me. The hallucinations of how the landscape changed were fake but the monsters were so very real. I never attacked a single person no matter what the records say! Not before month seven anyway..."

"By the third month I started dreaming about the other world. Then it just started spiraling out of control, dying over and over every night because there was no way to fight back." In the real world it was rare for those Facets to actually harm people. It was like the overlaps could defend their owners. But you? You had nothing, and when dreaming had even less.

You were a perfect target and the horrors delighted in hunting you down every night.

"I tried to stop sleeping after that." But eventually even being awake cased to be a barrier. After a full year you depended on constant lights, caffeine, and the glow of you laptop monitor to ward away the beasts. You take another sip of water.

>>36269729

"At times it was a bit fun, being able to take peeks at another person's... everything? Yeah, everything. You could see things about their monster and figure out what kind of person they were. When I realized it, that's when I binge read a bunch of shit about how people work."

Maria lifts her head up, carton of cranberry juice held close to her lips. Or what ever her actual name is.

"So it got better before it got worse?"

"More or less. I thought I'd gotten a handle on how my new brain worked. Could even stomach looking a" And you also thought you'd gotten a handle on how other people worked. How their problems worked. Maybe even that you could fix them.

People cannot be fixed even if they are broken.

"I am surprised that you went there yourself without your Facet..." Well she doesn't look it-

Wait. Yeah, Major Facets belong to a person and form other their life time which works with how children are almost always clear of overlaping. Facet Users have their Major and a few subjugated Minors, but you have always been alone in your dreams which apparently are not dreams at all.

"Do you think, what, that I just don't have one?" Maria looks uncomfortable and doesn't respond to you.

>Press for more information.
>Accept that Maria cannot tell you.
>Change the subject. She mention that her case is different.
>Ask about the book.

>>36269753
>Ask about the book.

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Sorry for the wait! I had to help clean the house a bit.

Fear my unending dialogue that I'm very bad at writing.

>>36269753
>accept that she cannot tell us
>ask about the book
>wonder to ourselves about our experience with the drawing of us but don't voice this thought
>ask if like, anyone else will be coming or what

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>>36269753

>Press for more information.

Tell me your secrets, plot

>>36269753
>Ask about the book.

>>36269753
>Accept that Maria cannot tell you.
>Change the subject. She mention that her case is different.
>Ask about the book.

>>36269753
>>Accept that Maria cannot tell you.
>>Change the subject. She mention that her case is different.

>>36270283
>>36270251
>>36270127
>>36270113
>>36270042
>>36269815
Writing!

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>>36270669
If the people that boss Maria around are rich enough to own their own clinic in the middle of no where, then you can't really fault her for following orders. Technically she already disobeyed orders, but that's beside the point.

"So what's the book about?"

"Lovecraft." Maria deadpans.

"O-oh." The idea of a maybe not humany but still person enjoying Cosmic Horror doesn't really stack well with your previous experiences where horror is concerned. You get the feeling she doesn't find the following silence to be uncomfortable.

"That was a joke, it's not actually Lovecraft since I prefer different works. It is however a collection of many different myths and fairy tales from varies cultures." The small and fox like smile works back onto her face. She totally got you.

"It wasn't a very funny joke!"

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>>36271641
Something bubbles up from her throat, similar to a laugh but coming out more like a gurgle. Maria is even less of a people person than you are, and after almost a year of not leaving your room that is really saying something. You've kind of been throwing spaghetti at each other, only Maria's is uncooked and wheat noodles.

"I am not used to telling them." No shit.

"How come?" You cradle your chin in your right hand, staring at the unopened book perfectly placed in Maria's lap. The two of you are still waiting on the bed, facing each other at opposite ends.

"I have spent most of my life in my Stage, or traveling to other ones in order to fight. Because it is my purpose to shoulder the burden of pain for my Other, all that I knew to do was fight with those like me and to kill them. Our Side has more clear cut distinctions between 'Shadow' and 'Persona'. In many ways I suppose one could call me a humanoid Facet if not for the fact that we can grow to be our own people and not just moving puppets meant to do battle."

"Because I am emotions and even the littlest of trauma's, and because we have no need for spoken words. That world doesn't need a face to present to people. It is the utmost of direct action. We only have names because they are what we are... It bares little sense when described. We tend to reform after death."

You know why this sounds familiar to you. Running a gauntlet every single night is one thing, but having that be your whole entire life?

"I don't really have a good response for that, but there are some scarily similar elements to your case and my dreams."

"There are not supposed to be."

>You are about to question what she means by that, but there is a knock at the door.
>You attempt to shake off the unpleasant implications and ask her about fairytales.
>You ask what her name is.

>>36271675
>You are about to question what she means by that, but there is a knock at the door.

>>36272026
If I only get one vote... I'll still do it! I refuse to let this be kill.

But more votes would be great.

>>36271675
>You are about to question what she means by that, but there is a knock at the door.
Didn't vote because option I wanted was winning.

>>36271675
>>You ask what her name is.

>>36272026
>>36272420
>>36272587
Finished dinner, writing.

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>>36273359
Or not. Sleepiness has set in after assisting my nan with more house cleaning stuff. Dog sheds like the dickens.

I'm bed now.

>>36274298
Ok. Thanks for the thread.

>>36274298
'kay, thanks for the thread~

>>36274330
Sorry to go only 67 posts in, but I think it also fits to end the 'EXPOSITION EXPOSITION' update here. I wasn't very sure on how to continue into your family finally getting there anyway. You and Maria talked for about an hour which was how long it took to drive out to your location anyway.
>>36274349
Your welcome! I hope you all had fun.

>>36274401
Dangit, I missed the thread again!
psyche get a Twitter already so I can catch the next one.

>>36274401
I'm looking forward for the next one!

>>36274401
Also, is this thread in the archive yet?

>>36276891
Apparently not.