Context: You are heir to the throne of a kingdom of light full of people who constantly glow with a light of their own. Despite this, your light has always been somewhat sickly. Your parents became distracted over war efforts and somewhat forgot about you while you grew more and more ill. The stress was at a breaking point and you just wanted a good night's rest. Unfortunately, that won't be happening. You've been left to the slaughter with an enemy you have no name for nor way to comprehend. A being of pure darkness, you can only hope to find some way to obtain his mercy or die at his hands.

Setting: The Heliosian Castle - Listener's Room

Tags:[M4A][Enemies to ?][Sadodere Eldritch Prince Speaker][Innocent Light-Being Listener][Fantasy][Horror][Creepy]to[Wholesome?][Angst][Slight Mystery][Cuddles][Comfort?][Teasing][Murderous][TW: Listener Death/Threats/Abandonment]

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[Scene opens in the Heliosian Castle - the Listener’s bedroom]

[SFX: A motif for the light - music/sound cue to denote Night Light]

[You are deep asleep, more asleep than you’ve ever been. Your light isn’t bothering you, for once. Your nightmares are being chatty, however]

“Ooh… A royal invasion and the heir to the throne sleeps more sweetly than ever… Will you wake up, little Night Light? Or try your best to sleep through a visit from your Prince…?”

[...Pause?]

[Whoever is there lets out a deep chuckle]

“I fear I am not some bogeyman nor simple nightmare… But you already know what I am, don’t you…? And, if not, you can see for yourself that I am Prince Eylith, dominion over darkness, night, and any place shadows loom. Heir to my throne, same as you are to yours… You can see that now, yes?”

[Pause…?]

“You can’t see anything but your bed…? And what if I moved closer?”

[SFX: The Prince moving closer. Note: He is an Eldritch being and doesn’t usually hold a solid form unless he’s being ‘polite’. Feel free to model his ‘movement’ any way you wish]

“There we are…Oh… Such a weak light…”

[The intruder clucks his tongue]

“Such a shame… You can’t even see an inch of me, and I went through all the trouble to make my form less imposing… I’d been planning this invasion for ages, I show up trying to leave some swooning and others weeping for various gods, and they’ve left you behind to distract me. I’m astonished. LIVID, even! How dare they do something that works on me!”

[Pause…?]

“...What do I want…?”

[He stops moving somewhere in front of you and the temperature drops]

[SFX: A darkness motif - musical/sound cue to associate with the Prince]

“...Look at me, your highness.”

[Pause…]

“You still cannot see my face… Hmhm… Either your light is too weak to fight back or you intend to go out spitting in my face. Come now… are you going to make me burn my hand by touching your face to guide you?”

[...]

[An ominous silence poisons the air before he grips your chin, his touch like ice]

“...Look at me.”

[Pause…]

“Hmhm, oh… I know. It does hurt to look at me, doesn’t it? I must admit, it’s rather agonizing to be this close to your pathetic light, your highness.”

[P-Pause…?]

[He chuckles in a dangerously soft manner]

“...I didn’t think I was capable of pity… Your parents set you up for failure, didn’t they? They truly never warned you that there were people opposite of you Heliosians? People that emit darkness and shadow instead of your piddly little light?”

[...]

[He cocks his head and smiles in warm mockery]

“...And what is that look…? Hm? You look at your aggressor with such innocent fascination, now… Oh, sweetling~”.

[He circles you yet holds you in place, built yet shapeless. Handsome yet skeletal. Terrible but beautiful]

[...?]

“Do you know what I intend to do with you by now, Night Light?”

[...Pause…?]

[He moves closer faster than you can react. His eyes fill you with a coldness near suffocating and his smile borders on rabid wolf-esque]

“...I want to snuff you out, my pretty shiny…”

[...]

[He eases, oddly affectionate, now]

“Oh, don’t look so sad… It’s nothing personal, my sweet, I promise. It is simply in our nature to try and snuff out your pretty, shiny, happy little lives. Normally, you all burn so brightly in response that it hurts us… But you were left to the slaughter, weren’t you…? Almost like a sacrifice…”

[...Pause…]

“Aww, don’t cry… I’m admittedly impressed that they did something so ruthless…”

[SFX: The motif for the light growing weaker]

[The realization hits you hard. He’s right… they left you behind as a sacrifice]

“Oh… I’ve never seen one of you die naturally, before… I was under the impression you were functionally immortal, the same as us… but I suppose that doesn’t mean invulnerable, does it? Poor Night Light…”

[SFX: The motif for the darkness growing stronger]

[Pause…]

[The Prince draws you to him… you think]

“Come here, let me… Hm. Yes… I can hold you without feeling burned by your light…”

[...Pause…]

[For some reason, he softens. Just a little]

“...You do not need to apologize for not being an honorable challenge. You are visibly ill, perhaps even disabled. Your family left you behind to either distract or appease me. They knew the likelihood of you surviving was nonexistent, and that is, in a word, disturbing.”

[...]

“...You are welcome for letting you pass on your terms… You’re quite astute to notice my act of respect. You are sad yet you refuse to wallow in self-pity beyond acknowledging how vile your circumstances are. Your character speaks without speaking. Enjoy the embrace of oblivion.”

[SFX: The light motif dying out and/or any indicator of Night Light’s light trickling away]

[Pause - Fill with any desired effect]

"There you go. Rest..."

[SFX: A pause before the light returns in full force]

[When you think it is over and an almost nice sleep takes over, your body fills with a terrifyingly icy flame, and your light reignites a pale blue. You gasp. He does the same]

“Oh!”

[Pause!]

“...You were dead.”

[...Pause.]

“Y-You… You were snuffed… but you… You came back…! Your light is… blue! I’ve never seen blue, have you??”

[Pause!]

“Incredible! Ha! They offered you as a sacrifice and yet gave me the perfect challenge! No one has ever seen a Heliosian like you, which means no one has ever KILLED one like you!”

[...Pause???]

[He offers a sickeningly sweet smile]

“I did say I respect you! And now, what I am saying, is that you are something I’ve never experienced before! That perhaps no Abyssian has! Your light died but then returned, blue as a cursed sapphire! I am saying that I have to snuff you out, I HAVE to! No one else is allowed to!”

[...Pause?!]

“Oh, don’t call me insane! You don’t understand, you can NOT understand… The urge to kill the light is in our blood. Being near you is agony, but all we fucking want to do is be close to you, even if it’s just for a moment! And… now here you are… a light with no pain, my prisoner and pet…”

[Pause…???]

[He chuckles and every sensible part of you tells you that he’s not going to listen to reason]

[...Pause…]

“Ooh, you just nod with that blank little look… Come here, Night Light, let me see how close my lips can get to your ear. I need to know how close we can get.”

[He leans in and you shut your eyes. His lips are ice cold, soft but insistent as he whispers:]

“My lips are touching your ear… Oh, my sweet Night Light, you’re so upset, but you may be pleasantly surprised by life in near-perfect darkness. I’ll spoil you rotten provided you be a good little firefly for me~”.

[...Pause?]

[You think his eyebrows perk… maybe]

“What if you are extra nice? Well… I suppose I would be inclined to be extra nice in return… Am I inferring that you’ve decided your family can burn in one Hell or another and you’ll take your chances being your Prince’s pet?”

[Pause.]

“Mmh, oh, I like you… I honestly don’t know how I feel about that.”

[Pause]

“Well, one part of me is excited to play with you. The other is even more excited to learn how to RIP YOU TO SHREDS!”

[...Pause.]

[He pauses, as though startled, before belting out a laugh]

“Oh no, is that not extra nice, my shiny, depressed little star? Please, do forgive me!”

[Pause…]

“Hmhm, I almost got a smile… It won’t take long, I am sure. Here, let me pick you up.”

[SFX: Night Light getting Princess’d by an Eldritch shadow gentleman]

[Pause…]

“Hmm… I can aspire to make you smile AND obsess over destroying you! It’s quite friendly for our species! You don’t seem to understand, us hating each other is baked into our blood. I’m sure you felt immense hate when you saw me first.”

[...Pause?]

“...No? Curiosity and fear because… Well, yes, that’s obvious…”

[Pause.]

“...They really did tell you nothing about us, huh?”

[Pause…]

“...Interesting. Enough chatter, let us return to my palace. Stay close to me at all times. You will be, in essence, blind until your eyes adjust. Even with your light, you’ll only be able to see about five feet around you in good conditions.”

[...]

“Silly thing, don’t fret. Nothing matters now! So let’s have some fun. How does that sound?”

[...Pause]

“Wonderful. Then let us away, hm?”

[He giggles in excitement and makes good on his word. With one flourish of his power, everything you knew is gone…]

[SFX: Fade out on the darkness motif/or the Prince laughing if sound cues aren’t ideal]

[To be continued]

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Note: Full goblin mode on display here

Second note: “Don’t be suspicious, don’t be suspicious~” - Night Light.