>>5519262>>5519269>>5519276You feel a prick at the back of your mind. Just a prick. You blink, and suddenly there’s some shadowy thing rising out of the water. You shine your light at it, but it’s as if it’s not really there, the torch illuminating nothing. It’s eyes <span class="mu-i">glare</span> at you, and once you see them, you’re lost.
The pain in your head is unbearable. You can feel it, as if it’s reaching in and scooping your brains out. All around you is black void and its red eyes as they burn into your soul.
<span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-i">yes</span></span>
<span class="mu-s">It sees you.</span>
<span class="mu-s">It sees everything you have done and will ever do.</span>
You shouldn’t have come here. You should never have signed that damn paper. You should have died as was ordained. It’s examining everything. Picking your very being apart. Oh, it’s so ancient. So powerful. So <span class="mu-s">hungry</span>. It’s insatiable. Are you a meal?
<span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-i">no</span></span>
<span class="mu-i">You’re being locked away.</span> Back to prison. No getting out this time. No helpful <span class="mu-b">Foundation</span> to offer you a way out. You belong to someone else now.
<span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-i">yes many plans</span></span>
You’re not even worthy of being called a pawn. You’re less than that. You’re nothing. Nothing compared to this thing. It will use you, and you will be useful, and you will be discarded when you’re no longer needed. But first, you must take some things, some very useful things, and-
>No.<span class="mu-i">shudder</span>
<span class="mu-r"><span class="mu-s">more pain</span></span>
>NO. GET OUT!You feel a burst of anger, and a panicked sensation as something withdraws from your mind. Images briefly flash, some trembling eraser, a sock made from metal, and some other things you don’t recognise before they’re gone. What’s more, you feel a tinge of fear, as if you’re not supposed to see these images. And something more…?
You open your eyes. The back of your head feels dull. You look up. That thing is staring at you, but it’s gaze doesn’t bother you anymore. You look it in its glowing red eyes. All you can feel is hatred for every inch of its being. Nobody messes with your head like that.
>FUCK YOU!You fire off three shots at… whatever it is. They strike it, and it recoils and lets out a hiss before disappearing into the darkness of the room ahead. Goddamn that felt good.
<span class="mu-g"> Perk gained! Iron-Willed: +5 to resisting mental attacks. </span>
