[SIDESTORY] Morbit Oneshots

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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.





 

 

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…