Lucidstuck: ASTRAL INHERITORS AU fanadventure (1)

>look outside through the window, is anything abnormal



The windows are too tall. What little the young lady can see seems normal.


>???: Go into your sister's room and see if she's in there. If she is, draw on her face, if not, wait for her to come back from the bathroom and give her a good spook.



The young lady tries to open the door to her sister's room to no avail. It's unlike her to lock it.

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"Nati...?"

>She's probably pretending she isn't actually there so prank you when you enter. Ignore her and go back.



Perhaps the young lady's sister isn't in her room after all. Or in the bathroom.


>Turn off the small lamp and turn on the larger one. More light.



The young lady turns off the tiny lamp, but there is no change other than its dim light receding.


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The young lady turns on the larger lamp, but its dim light just seems to deepen the shadows. Darkness engulfs her. It feels cool and damp, and makes her shiver.


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She hears water flowing, dropping. And under the water ... a slithering noise.


>okay, a lot of things are not lining up correctly right now, the unsettling darkness, your hair not being braided when you went to sleep like you usually do, and, did that divided painting in the wall just change? perform a reality check, you might be dreaming

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"..."

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The young lady beholds the painting. It should be a quadriptych of some very uninspiring sights in Spain, not-

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"The door? But..."

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"...I only have one key."

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"...!"

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"..."

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>Return to your bedroom, maybe something changed there?



The young lady rushes back to the perceived safety of her room, but it's too late for that now.


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"Ah-!"

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"A blackout dream...? I must have died."

The young lady's voice echoes hollowly in the cave. She must make haste to retrieve her body, before something else does.

> YL: you probably should be getting out of the water

>Orient yourself. Examine your surroundings and figure out which way your body is.

>???: Quickly recall the events leading to your death and get your bearings to backtrack to your body.

> To avoid becoming a piranha's brunch, get out the water first.

> Your hair's all wet. Use the water you're sitting in for a 1,5 hour deep conditioning session, including a scintillating skull massage and soothing aroma therapy. If you don't wash it right, it won't dry right - you can't risk looking like a frizzier Devil May Cry protagonist while you run around to retrieve your body.

Get up. Your body, and by extension your life, is at risk. There's no time to lose.

>Take a brief second to film a Garnier Fructis hair care advertisement for those sweet, sweet ad revenue dollars. Your corpse can wait, she got split ends anyhow.

> ???: Quickly recall the events leading to your death and get your bearings to backtrack to your body.

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"It was a trap. We got too complacent."

> Orient yourself. Examine your surroundings and figure out which way your body is.



The young lady tries to figure out her location. She can faintly hear the waterfall, but the darkness and echo confuse her sense of distance. There is no point in backtracking, she won't make it out that way without her conjuration.


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The young lady tries to imagine her conjuration through her mind's eye, but there's nothing there. Just a disquieting vacuum where her presence ought to be.

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"So... Anaïs is out."

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The young lady tries to imagine her realm attendant next, but he remains in her room. Her body's compromised, and he's the last line of defence.

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"Guess I'm on my own here..."

> Check how far you are from base you don't want to take any chances.



The young lady is pretty far from her base, given her home is in the shores of Detached Isle, but there's a shortcut by the Black Creation Stone boulder that should take her back...


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...If she can find it.


> YL: you probably should be getting out of the water



That's probably for the best, the longer she delays, the higher the chances of her body being hijacked or her being attacked.


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The young lady starts walking.


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She's never been this deep into the caves before.


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She doesn’t recognize the terrain but there's no option but to follow the stream. There's one by the pillar and it likely is this one.


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At least she hopes so. She has no option but to follow.


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It's all she's got.


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"Having trouble finding your way?"
"!!"

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"A map sure would be helpful, huh."

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"It's not like you to venture this far down."
"I'm willing to take a bit of a risk for such a momentous situation!"
"That being...?"
"Your end."
"Oh?"
"I'm here to chronicle it!"

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"Is that so."
"I think it's only fair, given our previous history!"

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"...Sure, why not."
"You don't believe me?"
"Is that important...?"
"!!!"

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"Does *anything* matter to you...?"
"..."
"Your conjuration is gone! You are lost in the dark! Your body will be taken, and you will die!"
"Why aren't you afraid? Why aren't you running and crying for help?"
"..."

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"Would you help me if I asked?"
"No."
"Would you forgive me if I apologized?"
"I will *never* forgive you."
"Then... that's all there is to it. You won't forgive me so I won't apologize. I'm too strong for you to be a threat to me, and so I don't have a reason to kill you.
"Things will happen or they won't, regardless of what we want."
"There's ...no point to any of-"

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"- it..."

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"...!"

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"You...?"
"Don't misunderstand."
"You don't get to have such an easy end. I came here to see you crawl and beg for your life."

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"...!!"

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"Besides... It won't take long for its friends to smell you and come charging."
"Where will you go, Moreno? I'm writing your Epilogue, the least you can do is make it an interesting one...!"

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1) Follow the stream deeper into the tunnel
2) Try to find an opening to hide in one of the caves

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>???: Follow the path you know. It's your only chance. No point in hiding if your body gets stolen.

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>???: Follow the path you know. It's your only chance. No point in hiding if your body gets stolen.

>???: Ponder the possibility of using your title's habilities to defend yourself and facilitate the return to your body

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The young lady turns tail and runs. She doesn't see any other way out of it.


>???: Follow the path you know. It's your only chance. No point in hiding if your body gets stolen.



There is no point in hesitating, either she's on the right path or she isn't. She follows the stream.


>???: Ponder the possibility of using your title's abilities to defend yourself and facilitate the return to your body



Pondering gets the young lady nowhere. What could 'Gloss' do at this point? There's nothing to discern, nothing to dissemble.

Perhaps if she'd known sooner, if she'd noticed earlier, but now... These creatures already know she's here. And she feels so weak.


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Just when she's about to give up, the cave opens up into more familiar surroundings.

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"The trapdoor!"

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"What... What *was* that...?"
"A stillborn God. Have you forgotten so quickly?"
"Then again, I suppose this *is* your first time being on this side of the equation... How do you like it?"

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Something in her core has shattered, splinters lost in the darkness.

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"No..."

Their absence consumes her.


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"...Anais?"
“She’s gone.”

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" █████!"

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"!!!!"
"!!!!"

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She can't bear to look.

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"W-what's happening...? Why can't I- your name, your-
Why do you *look* like that...??"
"It was all a façade! I told you! I told you all and you called me crazy!"
"Now that this world is done with us, it doesn’t need to pretend anymore!"
"This is what they've always been!"
"Everything's as it's always been. Pretence was never involved."

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"Liar! You are more a monster than anything else here!"
"!!"

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"I was not able to protect your body."
"And now... This world can no longer tether itself to you."
"None of you were ever deceived about how that worked."
"...I did warn you, Coni. You overstayed without committing. You should have chosen when you had the chance."

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"I see."
"...This was never about me."
"What...?"

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"..."
"Where are you going?"
"If you go back, they'll--"

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"...There's no way out of this, is there?"
"No."
"And no way to get anything back, either."
"...No."
"Well, then."
"I'd rather get this over with."

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"...For all that's worth, I am sorry for this."
"..."
"You know, he was right after all."
"Apologies are worth nothing now."

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You've earned a BOON! Its use can save one character from dire misfortune if enough agree on its use. But be warned: it's the only one of its kind.

Good luck!

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???: Hmm…

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???: *sigh* 

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A young lady stands in her bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 10th of March is the date where she's supposed to attend her first day at at her new school. But to access the facilities, she'll need to bring her Student ID.

What do you suppose the name on the card will be?

==>> Enter name.

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Thank you everyone for following so far! Just so you know, I'll be taking a hiatus to catch up on my Patreon and prepare for what comes next in the adventure!

==>> Young Lady 2: Electric Boogaloo

> "Avery Marigold"
> "Amanda Winsdale"
> "Amy Ignerald"

if the name Amanda gets picked, itd be cute if she got nicknamed Mandy

> Kat, Katt, Katerina or Katathereanna

>A C H I L L E U S .

> "Avery Marigold"
> "Amanda Winsdale"
> "Amy Ignerald"

if the name Amanda gets picked, itd be cute if she got nicknamed Mandy

I'm seconding Amanda Winsdale, it has a nice ring to it and Mandy seems like it would fit her!

> "Quinn Doyle"
> "Paige Maguire"
> "Maeve Martin"

>Amelia the Destroyer

>Marsha Winsdale

Stealing a last name because I’m uncreative

>Nati Moreno.

Alexa Miller, though everyone calls her Alex.

>Naomi Roberts
She looks like a Naomi

Katathereanna