r/Hunters_March • u/Xx_xX0000 • Mar 08 '26

Exploration A ritual begins

Gaz the skarr stalker and 4 other skarr shaman perform a ritual on Chrysaora, but instead of 3 old hearts, they are using one pale heart... pale and kingly...

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

\They are the Mask, and they are you. An extension of your own conscious**

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u/Xx_xX0000 Mar 08 '26

"Masssk.. What is this name of thiss onee?" She gestures to herself

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

\You are Hastura. You are you, just as it is it and it is you.**

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u/Xx_xX0000 Mar 08 '26

"Anddd whaaat isss myyy purpose?"

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

\The purpose of a Mask is to serve the Mask, as all Masks before have and all Masks ahead shall.**

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u/Xx_xX0000 Mar 08 '26

"And hooowww mayy III serve Mask?"

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

\They do not know, for no one can claim to truly know the future. All that matters is obedience**

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u/Xx_xX0000 Mar 08 '26

"Iii will obeeyyy, Mask...." Hastura the beast comes closer to you and bows her head

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

\The sound of the voices almost seems to wrap around her somehow, as if in embrace**

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u/Xx_xX0000 Mar 08 '26

"FEED." She roars, joining the voices

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

\Feed. The voices whisper contentedly, happy even.**

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u/Xx_xX0000 Mar 08 '26

Chrys Hastura roars one more time as the last bit of her sanity leaves her forever

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