"We of the Velvet room exist only to serve our guests. Understand that is why we were created, that is why we have our powers and that is why we are trained to look at the way destiny unfolds."
She lets out a sigh and looks down.
"My first guest was a young man, his contract was simple. He was to bear full responsibility for all actions that he caused. The problem was someone had locked the herald of Death in that young man's soul."
She looks to the side, her eyes growing distant.
"He took me into his world and accepted my help, and I saw the many masks that he wore as he ventured to understand why shadows of the soul were devouring the will to live of the people in the mortal world. He was tricked however and Death's herald was released."
A glowing tarot card appears in her hand for a moment before she flicks it away.
"He refused the option laid by the herald to forget and have an era of oblivion ushered painlessly in, and gathered all 22 arcana together, weaving his soul into a new barrier that trapped Nyx and allowed her to return to sleep."
She then looks down and closes her eyes, shaking her head a bit.
"Then came my second guest, the clockwork woman who wished to forsake her humanity. She split her feelings from her and they formed a second being who petitioned my Master to help again as they wandered the Abyss of Time. Ultimately seeing why the young man gave his soul to do what he did, seeing the beast that claws at the wall he made."
"They defeated the beast but it can not die. It is born of despair, and feeds on humanity's wish for oblivion. I knew I could not properly serve another guest as long as my first's soul was trapped in a wall that was constantly being battered down by such a beast so I left in the night to find out how to kill the monster."
"My brother.... I believe he understood why I left as he had a guest that suffered a similar fate of mine, yet my sister had never had a guest, she only had her duty to the master. I am told that has changed but I am not to return home till I finish my goal for I too now am bound by that same contract. I must bear responsibility for every action I cause."
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She lets out a sigh and looks down.
"My first guest was a young man, his contract was simple. He was to bear full responsibility for all actions that he caused. The problem was someone had locked the herald of Death in that young man's soul."
She looks to the side, her eyes growing distant.
"He took me into his world and accepted my help, and I saw the many masks that he wore as he ventured to understand why shadows of the soul were devouring the will to live of the people in the mortal world. He was tricked however and Death's herald was released."
A glowing tarot card appears in her hand for a moment before she flicks it away.
"He refused the option laid by the herald to forget and have an era of oblivion ushered painlessly in, and gathered all 22 arcana together, weaving his soul into a new barrier that trapped Nyx and allowed her to return to sleep."
She then looks down and closes her eyes, shaking her head a bit.
"Then came my second guest, the clockwork woman who wished to forsake her humanity. She split her feelings from her and they formed a second being who petitioned my Master to help again as they wandered the Abyss of Time. Ultimately seeing why the young man gave his soul to do what he did, seeing the beast that claws at the wall he made."
"They defeated the beast but it can not die. It is born of despair, and feeds on humanity's wish for oblivion. I knew I could not properly serve another guest as long as my first's soul was trapped in a wall that was constantly being battered down by such a beast so I left in the night to find out how to kill the monster."
"My brother.... I believe he understood why I left as he had a guest that suffered a similar fate of mine, yet my sister had never had a guest, she only had her duty to the master. I am told that has changed but I am not to return home till I finish my goal for I too now am bound by that same contract. I must bear responsibility for every action I cause."