Episode Six: "Monsters"
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Well, folks, once again we have some more scenes that might be really upsetting to people and that some may want to skip entirely. As before, they have been marked on the CW list with * and will have non-triggering summaries at the end for those who want to skip them but still know what goes on in the scene! There will be additional warnings/reminders of the summaries at the beginnings of those scenes, for your safety! But first:
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE:
Qatra Salacia - KAH-trah (really sharp on the first syllable) sah-LAH-see-ah
Qatya - KAH-tee-ah
Qalliya - KAH-lee-ah
Luista - loo-IHS-tah
Iba du Dahg - EE-bah dooh DAHG
Aleketur Furidra - AH-leh-KEH-tur (tur like turn); foo-REE-druh (druh like drug)
Aobura’dahga - ah-oh-BOO-rah-DAH-guh but it’s another one of those where the first two syllables get mashed sometimes so it becomes like ow-BOO-rah-DAH-guh
Aleaza - AH-leh-AH-zuh
Note: pretty much any time someone speaks Xo (indicated in italics) it is written out as phonetically as possible in the story because Xo is so formless and mushy that none of the “words” have exact spellings, which is why I don’t always put the Xo words in the pronunciation guides. They’re, for the most part, pronounced like they’re written.
Nashtal - nawsh-TAHL (nawsh like squash)
Rux (can’t remember if I already added in his name previously) - RUKS
This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
CONTENT WARNING LIST:
Scene 1: A Trainride North
- imagery of bruises and blood
- mention of nudity
Scene 2: The Beast Wakes
- blood
- honestly I’m not sure why I keep mentioning when there is blood in scenes bc idk how anyone can read this story if they can’t read about blood, everyone is bleeding constantly in this bish lmao. But better safe than sorry
* Scene 7: Thunderclouds
- Richard and Belle in bed, though nothing sexual happens. I’ll still summarize this scene even though no plot really happens, just in case
Scene 10: Curse-sick
- addiction
* Scene 12: A Day that Went Missing
- Richard
- Coerced physical intimacy
- Memory loss due to trauma
Scene 14: Scrying
- Very brief mention of Richard and Belle in bed together—if you want to skip it, just skip the first paragraph
Scene 16: The Mines
- gore/body horror/decomposition
Scene 17: Unsafe Haven
- blood mention
Scene 18: Coyote
- blood and gore kinda
Scene 19: Hands
- body horror, blood, gore
Scene 21: The Calm
- mention of body horror
* Scene 22: Orange and Ash
- this one is pretty tame but it does still have Richard being icky with Belle so I will summarize just in case for those who might want to skip
Scene 23: Flesh
- gore, body horror
Scene 24: The Hunger
- gore, body horror
- violence
- brief non-sexual nudity
Scene 25: Forever Altered
- alcohol