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Ferry's Pact- 2022
BaftComorant, Punch Clock Animal/Masa con Paps
CW: Mild Gender Dysphoric discussions
In a darker world, Charon and Opera make a deal to turn things around.
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Charon: Are you still there?
???: More than I thought I was…
Charon: …Opera?
???: Used to be..
???: You’re Ferryman…?
Charon: I… don’t believe I am? Possible….
???: Mm, very Ferryman response.
???: I’m sorry, gone through this quite a bit. Not the first nor last to visit me like this.
???: I ‘m Opera.. Not yours though.
Opera: Claiming me host?
Charon: Mm…. possibly.
Opera: You… didn’t take the cult’s offer, did you?
Charon: No, the cult is long gone.
Charon: I’d actually like permission.
Charon: My physical form is long gone and I don’t want to intrude.
Opera: Couldn’t stop you but… hmm..
Opera: Been a long time since I’ve been able to talk to anyone like this…
Opera: Moment I do, the entity will start claiming the leader’s soul.
Opera: But… sense she’s long gone.
Charon: Mm, my group and I did her in over a decade ago…
Opera: Thank god.
Opera: I… hmm.
Opera: Is Paige okay?
Charon: Dormant but… still lingering with you. Poor thing’s been through a lot…
Opera: I know…
Opera: So um… Ferryman? Do you have a name?
Charon: You keep calling me that..
Opera: It’s a shorthand for all your stand-ins, otherworld equivalents. My first one was named Ferry so….
Opera: All the others are Ferrymen!
Charon: Interesting framing..
Charon: But you’re still Opera.
Opera: Guess so, term comes from my perspective so…
Charon: Mm…
Opera: Name though? I can’t remember much but… your face reminds me of him.
Opera: And… you did kill the entity if I didn’t forget…
Charon: Charon. Had another name but… it seems to be lost.
Opera: Ah….
Charon: Mm.
Opera: What happened?
Charon: Contract gone wrong of my own, ended up having to take the out of replacing my Entity.
Charon: It was exciting at first… defeating a cult, seeing and knowing many world’s worth of knowledge but…
Charon: One day I just vanished. Memories of my world scattered besides a few close faces.
Charon: I read that without a host, a entity fades and forgets.
Charon: I want to remember but… I couldn’t put another person through a contract.
Charon: I was surprised to find that there’s still any consciousness in here.
Opera: Mm…
Charon: I figured since you can no longer move, I could perhaps… as selfish as it sounds….
Opera: No, it’s okay!
Opera: You’re a friend in many lives and another me in just as many….
Opera: If I can help you, it’s all yours.
Charon: Mm…
Opera: Is that really what you want?
Charon: Mm, that and well…
Charon: I should be transparent but… it’s hard.
Opera: Oh?
Charon: I guess… being of fiendish nature, a shapeshifter who’s experienced many lives through magic and memories of others across time and space..
Charon: I somewhat..
Charon: Found myself in a personal pickle.
Opera: I’m a little lost but… you can keep going..
Charon: Knowing I can have so many potential types of bodies, knowing my existence as a fiend is a composite of all the souls… having those feelings rear up.
Charon: I… wanted to also try that.
Charon: I want to be everything but at the same time nothing? And by your nature, you certainly have that.
Opera: Mm, my composition is well.. A lot of fiendish transplants.
Charon: Right…
Charon: Being another world’s me also means it feels just more.. Correct?
Charon: In my head it seems ideal. Perhaps it is, could be the complete opposite but…
Opera: I mean, I feel the same way a lot you know.
Opera: Like…
Opera: When I met Ferry back then, kinda wondered a lot about me.
Opera: Being a guy? Being a completely different body type? Not even the same species…
Opera: Also wondered what it’d be like to just… be another me.
Charon: Mm..
Opera: I had a friend growing up who told me all about this sort of queer expression and like…
Opera: I dunno, wish I got the chance at that in life…
Charon: What do you mean?
Opera: My world’s not as nice about that sort of thing..
Opera: Made me happy though seeing like, another me who’s kind of a pretty dude.
Opera: But I also like being me.. But sometimes I don’t?
Charon: You don’t hate yourself-
Opera: Not at all!
Charon: But sometimes you just, wish yourself could be more.
Opera: I want to be everything and nothing at the same time!
Charon: Mm..
Opera: Honestly if that’s what you want…
Opera: It’s better than waiting for someone awful to dig me out of this hole so..
Opera: I’d be okay with it.
Charon: Really?
Opera: Mmhmm! But… Do wonder what’s going to happen to me…
Opera: What’s left isn’t enough to do much of anything anymore..
Opera: Entity stunted any chance for me to bounce back…
Charon: I mean….
Charon: We could merge. Split my consciousness into the two of us so we can both sustain.
Charon: I don’t know how you’d feel about it but…
Opera: Will Paige come back too?
Charon: Possibly. Can’t promise but there’s a chance.
Charon: Your proxy and your state of consciousness are deeply linked.
You offer her a hand. There’s a brief squeeze.
Charon: I think we both got stuck with rough endings but…
Charon: I want to change that for both of us.
Opera: Promise me you won’t let what happened back then repeat.
Opera: If you can do that much, I’m all yours.
Charon: I promise, and don’t say it like that.
Charon: We’ll both be working together from now on.
Charon: Comrades.
Opera:... Friends?
Charon: Friends…
???: More than I thought I was…
Charon: …Opera?
???: Used to be..
???: You’re Ferryman…?
Charon: I… don’t believe I am? Possible….
???: Mm, very Ferryman response.
???: I’m sorry, gone through this quite a bit. Not the first nor last to visit me like this.
???: I ‘m Opera.. Not yours though.
Opera: Claiming me host?
Charon: Mm…. possibly.
Opera: You… didn’t take the cult’s offer, did you?
Charon: No, the cult is long gone.
Charon: I’d actually like permission.
Charon: My physical form is long gone and I don’t want to intrude.
Opera: Couldn’t stop you but… hmm..
Opera: Been a long time since I’ve been able to talk to anyone like this…
Opera: Moment I do, the entity will start claiming the leader’s soul.
Opera: But… sense she’s long gone.
Charon: Mm, my group and I did her in over a decade ago…
Opera: Thank god.
Opera: I… hmm.
Opera: Is Paige okay?
Charon: Dormant but… still lingering with you. Poor thing’s been through a lot…
Opera: I know…
Opera: So um… Ferryman? Do you have a name?
Charon: You keep calling me that..
Opera: It’s a shorthand for all your stand-ins, otherworld equivalents. My first one was named Ferry so….
Opera: All the others are Ferrymen!
Charon: Interesting framing..
Charon: But you’re still Opera.
Opera: Guess so, term comes from my perspective so…
Charon: Mm…
Opera: Name though? I can’t remember much but… your face reminds me of him.
Opera: And… you did kill the entity if I didn’t forget…
Charon: Charon. Had another name but… it seems to be lost.
Opera: Ah….
Charon: Mm.
Opera: What happened?
Charon: Contract gone wrong of my own, ended up having to take the out of replacing my Entity.
Charon: It was exciting at first… defeating a cult, seeing and knowing many world’s worth of knowledge but…
Charon: One day I just vanished. Memories of my world scattered besides a few close faces.
Charon: I read that without a host, a entity fades and forgets.
Charon: I want to remember but… I couldn’t put another person through a contract.
Charon: I was surprised to find that there’s still any consciousness in here.
Opera: Mm…
Charon: I figured since you can no longer move, I could perhaps… as selfish as it sounds….
Opera: No, it’s okay!
Opera: You’re a friend in many lives and another me in just as many….
Opera: If I can help you, it’s all yours.
Charon: Mm…
Opera: Is that really what you want?
Charon: Mm, that and well…
Charon: I should be transparent but… it’s hard.
Opera: Oh?
Charon: I guess… being of fiendish nature, a shapeshifter who’s experienced many lives through magic and memories of others across time and space..
Charon: I somewhat..
Charon: Found myself in a personal pickle.
Opera: I’m a little lost but… you can keep going..
Charon: Knowing I can have so many potential types of bodies, knowing my existence as a fiend is a composite of all the souls… having those feelings rear up.
Charon: I… wanted to also try that.
Charon: I want to be everything but at the same time nothing? And by your nature, you certainly have that.
Opera: Mm, my composition is well.. A lot of fiendish transplants.
Charon: Right…
Charon: Being another world’s me also means it feels just more.. Correct?
Charon: In my head it seems ideal. Perhaps it is, could be the complete opposite but…
Opera: I mean, I feel the same way a lot you know.
Opera: Like…
Opera: When I met Ferry back then, kinda wondered a lot about me.
Opera: Being a guy? Being a completely different body type? Not even the same species…
Opera: Also wondered what it’d be like to just… be another me.
Charon: Mm..
Opera: I had a friend growing up who told me all about this sort of queer expression and like…
Opera: I dunno, wish I got the chance at that in life…
Charon: What do you mean?
Opera: My world’s not as nice about that sort of thing..
Opera: Made me happy though seeing like, another me who’s kind of a pretty dude.
Opera: But I also like being me.. But sometimes I don’t?
Charon: You don’t hate yourself-
Opera: Not at all!
Charon: But sometimes you just, wish yourself could be more.
Opera: I want to be everything and nothing at the same time!
Charon: Mm..
Opera: Honestly if that’s what you want…
Opera: It’s better than waiting for someone awful to dig me out of this hole so..
Opera: I’d be okay with it.
Charon: Really?
Opera: Mmhmm! But… Do wonder what’s going to happen to me…
Opera: What’s left isn’t enough to do much of anything anymore..
Opera: Entity stunted any chance for me to bounce back…
Charon: I mean….
Charon: We could merge. Split my consciousness into the two of us so we can both sustain.
Charon: I don’t know how you’d feel about it but…
Opera: Will Paige come back too?
Charon: Possibly. Can’t promise but there’s a chance.
Charon: Your proxy and your state of consciousness are deeply linked.
You offer her a hand. There’s a brief squeeze.
Charon: I think we both got stuck with rough endings but…
Charon: I want to change that for both of us.
Opera: Promise me you won’t let what happened back then repeat.
Opera: If you can do that much, I’m all yours.
Charon: I promise, and don’t say it like that.
Charon: We’ll both be working together from now on.
Charon: Comrades.
Opera:... Friends?
Charon: Friends…
