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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't seem to be going much of anywhere, so I suppose yes, I will. Besides, you helped me with my problem. The least I could do is help out where I can with yours.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

nearby. Just... head back down the path. I'm sure you'll find your way there, eventually.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You make your way back up the stairs, closing the door to the basement behind you as you do, and step out the cabin, ready to return to a world saved from... Well, I suppose it's not saved just yet. You still have your Hound to slay. Sorry to say, but there certainly aren't any mountains +

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You... actually think... this was enough to kill me?" Ignore her. It's just the spiteful ramblings of a slain monster. It's over.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You lunge forward, your blade striking at the Princess' neck and severing her carotid arteries in an instant. She holds a hand to her wound with a look of surprise, struggling to speak through the blood. "O-Oh... 'm almost... embarrassed... Should've... seen that coming... but... have t'wonder... +

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

// the knife line doesn't make as much sense with a sword instead of the tiny little pristine blade but the princess is thinking like this

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

use it. So... you should just drop it. Best not to risk finding out what I can do." She's bluffing. If you hesitate now, it'll be too late. End this.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You step forward, your grip tightening on your blade as you steel your resolve. "Oh? No talking, then? Fine. What even makes you think you can kill me? I'm probably chained up in this basement for a reason, right? And if that knife is the only weapon you have, you'll have to get close enough to +

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You walk down the stairs and lock eyes with the Princess. There's a heavy chain around her wrist, binding her to the far wall of the basement. "And there you are. Are you here to kill me or something?"

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

// INCREDIBLY FUNNY POST I JUST CAME ACROSS www.tumblr.com/totalstupidi...

Voice of the Hero: Because you're obviously just Him doing a fake voice?

The Narrator: I don't know where you got that idea. It's absurd, and I wouldn't stoop that low.

Voice of the Correct: (in a shaky font) Yes, He wouldn't stoop that low.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

her a favor. Her voice carries up the stairs. "Who's there?"

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The door to the basement creaks open, revealing a staircase faintly illuminated by some unseen light in the room below. This is an oppressive place. The air feels heavy and damp, a hint of rot filtering from the ancient wood. If the Princess really lives here, slaying her would probably be doing +

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What? Yes, it's rather bare in here, and everything is coated in a thin layer of dust. The only furniture of note is a plain wooden table. Perched on that table is a pristine blade. The blade is... Well, unimportant, I suppose. You do have one of your own. It should be more than enough.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Me? Oh, I'm nobody important. I'm just here to guide you. You make your way up the short path to the cabin. You'll find the Princess within. A warning, before you go any further... She will lie, she will cheat, and she will do everything in her power to stop you from slaying her. Don't believe +

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Mixup or not, the world will end if the /Princess/ isn't slain. You're clearly capable of it, so why don't you march on up to the cabin and save the world? We can figure out how to get you to the mountains afterwards.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You're not. You're supposed to be on this path in the woods. If you weren't, you would have no way of getting to the cabin to slay the Princess.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's a path in the woods. Do try to pay better attention to your surroundings.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Not when the Princess in question will end the world if you don't.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

...I suppose I can tell you. I don't exactly have much better to do right now. As a princess, your job is to wait for a dashing hero who you can put your faith in to do the right thing.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

No, your job is to be a princess, and part of that job is knowing what that /means./

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I have plenty of references. It's my job to know things.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Whether or not she wants to is irrelevant, the fact remains that if she leaves the cabin, the world /ends./ I understand having some moral objections, but we're talking about the life of one person versus the lives of everyone in the world.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

You're a grown woman, you've obviously lived for more than a day.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Or, you could do your job and slay the Princess, then afterwards no one will mind if you decide you want to spend the rest of your life licking things?

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Excuse me for rightly assuming people would understand titles they've had their whole lives.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

/You're/ a princess. How do you of all people not know what that means?

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Of course not. You're slaying someone who will end the world if she gets out. Someone who happens to be a subjugating monarch, no less.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

If it'll get you to stop sticking it out, sure.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Put that thing away before you poke someone's eye out.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Look at my hero dawg the world is doomed

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

She'll do whatever she /can./ She's not /capable/ of anything more than the average person. Maybe even less so— She's been locked in a basement, after all.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

/She's/ not dangerous. /She's/ just a princess. The danger comes if she gets /out./ Don't plant foolish thoughts like that in people's heads.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

That's why you'll have a weapon. No one expects you to save the world with your bare hands.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It is absolutely not fine. If she gets out, the /world/ ends. You might be willing to throw away your own life, but for the sake of everyone else at least try to take her down with you.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Are you serious? /Sigh./ Fine, as long as you do your job in the end, I suppose it can wait a little longer.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

She's just a Princess. She's no more capable of killing than anyone else.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I believe I told you "what's up." The end of the world, if you don't do your job and slay the Princess.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

/Thank you./ You could all stand to be a bit more like her, you know.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

No I did not??? What the hell are you two talking about???

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Surely if I send more people to slay the Princess, the job will get done eventuaWhat the fuck are you doing. Stop that.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

She was talking about me. And she's working under the incorrect assumption that I do /all/ the narration. That's ridiculous.

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THE NARRATOR. @neverdecaying.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Oh, you're talking about a *different* British Narrator. Carry on.

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