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STORY

A PROPHET
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Around you, are phobes. They scream and they shout at you as you slip into the citadel. Their awful cries accuse you of crimes. A makeshift jury.

Azathoth
2024-12-23 17:48:11
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You don't know why you did it, but a voice within the citadel has been calling to you ever since you've seen that mass of tentacles turn over trashcan after trashcan to harvest.

You enter the work room of Azathoth. You're sure you know this artist. You must have met him before. You avert your eyes from his terrible human sculptures. He glances at you with unease, possibly even fear.

The disheveled state you're in couldn't have been helping.
What do you say?
Chosen Action
Demand he'd stop calling out to you.
2024-12-23 17:50:36
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You point at the monstrous god with heated accusation. You demand he stop his calling, for his words rip through your mind with no end.

"What? I don't even know who you are!"
What do you do?
Chosen Action
Yell that you too have no idea who you are, and that he is the one who took your name!
2024-12-23 17:52:24
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You try to explain in peaceful terms what has happened to you, but find your voice rising into a scream. You tell the creature before you that you have no name, no life, for looking into the abyss contained within one of his followers has robbed it all from you!

All you know now, is the name "Azathoth" - and his commands. You don't pull out your weapon, but you keep one hand within your pocket. You want to hear what this beast, this animal among men, has to say for himself.

"I will have you know, I have done nothing to harm you! Your mind must have been weak!"
"Because, to be frank, all I've been doing is piling up trash all day!"
Azathoth
2024-12-23 17:53:04
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"What sort of foul and evil ritual do you think I am doing with trash!?"
Azathoth pauses.....
Azathoth
2024-12-23 17:53:20
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Oh right, he was trying to summon a flood or something.....
What do you do?
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Tell Azathoth that he cannot lie to you, you know that he wishes to summon storms to this world. For he has told you in your dreams!
2024-12-23 18:08:53
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You hiss at the godly force before him. Trickery will not work on you. You have seen visions, you tell him. You speak of the great serpents under the waves and how, when the flood comes, those outside the citadel shall find themselves swarmed and consumed. You speak of the erected boats being broken in half before your very eyes as the beasts drag them down into the depths of the flood.

"WHAT!?! How do you know about all of that, not even I knew-"
"Ooooooooooh."
"Oh. Hmm...I only have one follower so far, I didn't think I would spawn one of you types yet."
"You're a prophet! A type of person who accidently connects with a god and starts hearing their subconscious thoughts."
"I didn't think I'd get one of these for like a few months but, hey, this is exciting! My very first prophet. Now, I need you to relax, this is all normal."

You refuse to relax. You RIP your mind back from the deity before you. With knife drawn you rush and stab Azathoth. He does not react. Only laugh.

"Ha! Stabbing me won't work! You'll never find out my weakness."
Azathoth
2024-12-23 18:11:01
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His crown. You do not know how you know, but you know that his crown holds all his power!

"Oh shit I thought about my weakness."
"Mothers!" Azathoth scrambles behind the gold and black statue in his studio. "My prophet is a rabid animal! Please keep them as far away from me as possible!"
Statue
2024-12-23 18:11:34
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You take a step forward, before a prophetic vision appears before you. A vision of someone who had met a horrible fate before you.
2024-12-23 18:15:12
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If you make a move towards those statues, you're dead.

No... you'd be worse than dead.

What do you do?
Chosen Action
Ask what happened to Walton.

Walton....Walton.....why does that name have such an impact on you? You demand to know more about Walton.

"How do you know about Walto-"
"Oh right. Prophet connection. Walton might be erased from the universe......."
"...But I never forget anything. Even those things that don't exist anymore."
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2024-12-23 18:17:11
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The landscape changes. You are within the memories of the god you have been forcefully attached to. Walton stands there at the bottom of a tower, stricken with horror as the two statues scale down the tower. The gold one opens its mouth to scream, but no sound comes out. This is for your safety. If you heard anything it said your mind would be ripped apart. You know this because your god, Azathoth, knows it.
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2024-12-23 18:17:34
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Walton breaks into a sprint to get away... but while his body makes great movements, he moves only inches with every great stride. The black statue jumps in front of him, holding out her claws. Walton, suddenly able to move again, trips over them.
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2024-12-23 18:17:42
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With every peck inflicted into Walton, with every pull of flesh, you watch the memory of his existence disappear. His great stores turn into Zookeeper marts, and his friends and family forget his existence.

But what scares you the most, is that you see yourself in one of those memories.

You are.....
Chosen Action
Walton's Lawyer. Your life fell apart because you never got clients. It turns out your long term client disappeared forever.
2024-12-23 18:24:54
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You were Walton's lawyer and good friend. As the memory of the death of Walton fades away, you tell Azathoth your story as you hold your head in your hands.

You were a failure of a lawyer. You could never get cases. You found yourself living in a hovel, law degree pinned up, with no cases to your name. You thought it was all your fault, but now you see the truth.

Walton picked you up to be his lawyer early on. You were famous. All of your connections were also connected to Walton. So when Walton disappeared... in a way, your life went with him.

What do you say?
Chosen Action
Tell Azathoth you're going to sue him for damages.
"Look...I didn't mean for all of this to happen to Walton. It was an accident." Azathoth tries to comfort you as he stops hiding behind his mothers.

You hold up, not a knife, but a tape recorder. You hiss at Azathoth that he better have a good lawyer, because you're about to sue him to the Neo's Domain and back.

"OH COME ON I WAS TRYING TO BE NICE SHOWING YOU WHAT HAPPENED." Azathoth argues, but you have already stormed out, ready to file your case. You throw the phobe eyes you collected behind yourself, you only got them because the voice of Azathoth told you it was needed.
Azathoth
2024-12-23 18:27:04
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"Mothers, prophets are awful!"
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2024-12-23 18:27:15
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"THEY USUALLY ARE. YOU THINK THAT YOU BEING THE GOD, YOU WOULD HAVE ALL THE POWER."
Statue
2024-12-23 18:27:22
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"BUT YOU TELL YOUR IDOTIC PROPHETS, "BURN DOWN THE VILLAGE AND COLLECT THE ASHES."

AND INSTEAD THEY WARN EVERYONE ABOUT THE INCOMING FIRESTORM."
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2024-12-23 18:27:32
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"The ashes aren't as powerful if there's no dead bodies in them!"
"Are your prophets as terrible as this?"
Statue
2024-12-23 18:27:56
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"SON. YOU'RE ONE OF OUR PROPHETS."
Statue
2024-12-23 18:28:05
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"You're doing a terrible job by the way."
"I DIDN'T WANT TO BE A PROPHE-"
"Oh...huh...."
Azathoth
2024-12-23 18:28:38
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"Yeah I think I'm starting to get the point of that lawyer's argument now."
See you in court!
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