Essence ofSlay the Princess

Remember, there are no premature endings and not wrong decisions. Only fresh perspectives and new beginnings. This is a love story.

• You are the Long Quiet, a cosmic entity of almost unparalleled symbolism. You are the embodiment of stagnation and stability, as well as silence, infinity, eternity and much more, you are an entity that cannot be understood nor limited. You have the gift of choice;

• You have always been a Passive being, a creature of reaction rather than action, a player. You can see the choices that really matter for your situation, which are just to acquire information, and you seem to have all the time in the world to choose;

• You must be the Hero, after all you have a heroic willpower. Able to make the impossible possible, ignore pain to such a degree that you don't even notice it, overcome the madness and terror manifested and defy your fears. Your will is such that it can both self-resurrect and remain alive regardless of the state of your body, and make yourself heard in the furious clash of wills between two infinite beings;

• You have complete self-control, your emotions do not affect your reasoning, you can even control and make each of your organs function manually forever easily. You can clear your mind, shutting the voices, doubt and fear, allowing you to follow the flow of reality and achieve extreme and absolute concentration, prowess and efficiency;

• You feel hunted, your instincts are at their peak. Your attention to detail, reflexes and opportunism are unmatched. You are most effective against beasts and blood knights;

• You are nothing, therefore you are everywhere. You’re fast to the point that it seems like you can teleport, with just a blade you can follow and face boundless torrent of blades from boundless angles. In fact, you can reach extremes where you can dodge blows so quickly that it seems like you are intangible, as if you were… nothing;

• You are much stronger than you look and resilient too, so much so that it seems like your bones are made of steel. You can be sure your entire body is much stronger than steel, even a physical goddess will be surprised, you rise to necessity;

• Powerful is your mind, capable of moving and altering matter itself, the earth itself moves at your will, your intention carries immeasurable power;

• Pristine Blade - implement of your will, and with your intention it becomes able to cut diamond with ease, with your will it can even kill an infinite entity;

• You are extremely perceptive. Lies, omissions and tricks in general are painfully obvious to you, but reciprocal is not true. You opportunist bastard;

• The power of Love permeates your being, so powerful is it that reality itself is shaped by the good of it. Your appearance is so lovely that with just your presence it is possible to defrost Ice Queens and enchant any princess. However, existence begs, Don't. Use. The Look. Lightly! Seriously, avoid this unless you want a harem of Yanderes attached to you full time. The Look is so powerful that someone who only wants to hurt or torture you after being exposed to it will simply admit to liking you and will almost certainly give up everything else immediately to stay by your side forever, preferably spooning;

• Your handwriting is beautiful, magnificent so to speak. It's not terrible, very shaky and irregular like that of a certain narrator;

• In the end, this is just what your avatar can do and it's not even its definitive limit, but nothing compares to your cosmic version, which is infinite, effectively omnipotent and, potentially, only has one equivalent...

• The Princess, or Shifting Mound, although such a name, like yours, is just a pale attempt to capture something that cannot be captured. Shifty is your other half, your equivalent, the representation of change, death, rebirth, entropy and so much more, she is the narrative itself;

• Shifty has many forms, and she is shaped by the perception of whoever sees her, especially yours. She can be a damsel, a wild beast, the manifestation of fear, an absolute goddess. She can do anything as long as you think she can;

• She is complete, now she is in control and can choose whether or not she will be what others think, even if your opinion is another story. The phrase "appearances can be deceiving" is perfect for her. Without any influence she is much stronger, faster, resilient and wiser than anyone would imagine, this princess kicks a lot more ass than a lot of badasses out there;

• She is the representation of change and chaos, action and reaction. Shifty represents many things, both bad and good. Without her, the people will not be able to change, able to grow or fall in love, the bad can never redeem themselves and become good, the suffering will never cease;

• She has a perfect memory, no thought will be forgotten by her. She doesn't feel pain either, or it just doesn't matter anymore;

• She always knows what you think of her, she is basically shaped by it, and she knows whether it is a vague thought or not;

• Shifty looks like a princess because of your own perception, just like she sees you as a hero. Appearance, gender, almost everything is defined by your belief, the only thing that is a fact is the unconditional love that one feels for the other.

• Absolute Reality - All of reality is your canvas on which you can do whatever you want. Reality is under your complete control and hers, of course;

• You are traveling in this seemingly infinite canvas, any reality is within your reach;

• It is your choice whether you both traveled as Gods, possible mortals, or both;

• Optionally you are both traveling together, truly united as one being, or you alone;

• More importantly, which one are you? Are you really the Long Quiet or are you the Shifting Mound? Or are you both?

• Despite all the horror and drama and difficult choices, in the end, this was always a love story, about the love between two Eldritch entities. Not a simple love where everything is perfect, but a true love, where even though they are forced to kill each other, they will still prefer that to a life without each other, as that would be infinitely more painful.