Old muse is not thrilled.

[punishedme]

I was reasonably content to sit and watch you "torture" others. There's no need to add me into the fray with one of these journals. I think I've about earned my dues, thank you very much.

[She crosses her arms.]

If you get extra crazy and decide to stick me in a horror game or something? I will put a tire iron through your skull. Fair warning. I know how you work by now.

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[soloed]

I hate to be the one to let you in on this, but you don't get a say.

[punishedme]

I've made things Hell for her before. [And vice versa.]

[soloed]

Yeah and how well did that work out?

[punishedme]

About as well as the rest of my life, to be honest.

[soloed]

Gonna need a little more than that.

[Though her mun can definitely guess.]

[punishedme]

[Oh, what the heck.]

The Hell part is... pretty much literal. Literal enough.

[soloed]

Fire and brimstone Hell or a little more metaphorical than that?

[punishedme]

Rust, darkness, and more monsters than you can shake a stick at.

[soloed]

Wow, sign me up...

[punishedme]

I know, right? Who could pass that up? Just needs a dental plan, and boom. Done deal.

[soloed]

Really though, if you've been through all that, what's your mun gonna do to make it worse?

[punishedme]

I'd rather not have it be the normal thing.

[soloed]

Isn't it a little late for that?

[portender]

Let's hope you're kept out from a horror setting, then.

[punishedme]

Worth a try. I've dealt with that enough already.

[portender]

I imagine as much. It sounds as though you've heard a vacation, as it were.

[punishedme]

Do people get that lucky very often, around here?

[portender]

Not that I've seen but optimism never hurts.

[Except it does. All the time.]

[punishedme]

Never really seems to work out, for me. I think I'll stick to my tire iron.

What about you? Have you been sent somewhere?

[portender]

Not yet, no.

I hope I won't be but it seems my mun has other plans for me.

[punishedme]

I guess that's the way of things. There are always plans you don't know about.

[Sometimes by muns, sometimes by demonic entities.]

[portender]

[He might not have experience with demonic entities, but he's had his fair share of weirdness happen just the same.]

It seems that way, doesn't it?

[punishedme]

Sometimes. Makes me wish for a little genuine chaos.

[portender]

You could always make chaos of your own, I suppose.

[Not that he would approve of it if it got people hurt. Unholy monsters getting hurt are just fine, though.]

[punishedme]

That's what the tire iron's for.

[She doesn't hurt people anymore. Just... things.]

I'd try to make myself harder to write, but that's... difficult when you've been around as long as I have.