bridgescribble | The Nightmare meme

You're having a nightmare, and you aren't alone. Someone is here with you in tonight's strange, dark dreamscape--for better or for worse.

Chased: Bears, tentacly monsters, giant vengeful wasps. You need to escape from it but you can't find a way.
Trapped: Elevator, sinking ship, cave. You're in and you can't get out.
Performance: It's often quoted that people fear public speaking more than they fear death. You don't know the script, you've never seen this Powerpoint, the teleprompter is blurry as hell... forget falling, you're about to die on stage.
Hated: You know those dreams where everyone you know accuses you of something terrible and they all hate you now? Yeah. It's that one tonight.
Disaster! You're on an island and a volcano erupts! You're next to a river and it floods! Never mind how geologically, climatologically, or physically likely it would be in this location in real life, it's happening now.
Haunting past: Your bad memories are just waiting for you to let your guard down, and what's more unguarded than sleep?
Wildcard: There are infinite nightmares in infinite combinations... why not put together your own?

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[Internally, what's left of Hopper1 to protest manages a whine of despair - briefly forgetting itself, it attempts to push against its bonds, only to be pulled down once more.

The Malgam, meanwhile, seems quite interested at the prospect. Sure, this fight naturally couldn't happen... but its performance here could please its master further.

The Hopper1 Malgam draws itself up into a ready stance, holding its locust-horde in reserve for later.]

[Knowing that the malgam is ready to fight from its stance, the homunculus runs forward and prepares to strike.

Meanwhile Geryon watches intently. His eyes focused on the two as the battle is about to begin, and intrigued at whatever the results of this experiment might bring forth.]

[Ultimately, it's not much of a fight - the homunculus is far more likely to pull its punches than the Malgam is, after all, and the latter is also at full strength.

Within, Hopper1 curls in on itself, wondering when any of this will stop.]

[As the fight goes on longer, the homunculus' efforts are but for naught. It's clear who the victor would be. Knowing this, Geryon raises his hand and it stops in it's tracks. He's pleased with what he's seen.]

You've done well my creation.

[But there's one more thing he wishes to do, though with not the malgam itself this time... but the chemy inside.

His eyes glow red, and suddenly he's talking directly to Hopper1 within. Who can hear his voice echoing within clearly.]

Having fun in there? Because I've been having a wonderful time with this little experiment.

[The Malgam takes a step back, tilting its head once more curiously-

And then Hopper1 is addressed directly.]

Hopperper.

[Tired as it is, it can only barely manage to glower at him, subdued and suffused by that red glow. What does he even want?]

Edited 2024-07-28 13:11 (UTC)

[What Geryon wants is just nothing more than a victory lap for him. He's indulged so much in his latest experiment tonight. Savoring and enjoying the fruits of his latest creation, and knowing the spirit of the chemy inside is completely crushed.

Things went much better than he ever could have expected.]

The Nightmare meme

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