"Well hello there beautiful." She was gushing over the monster clawing at an invisible wall set some dozen fee away from the hut. The monster was human like in a loose sense. You see the body twisted and crouched more like a beat than a human. It's limbs were skeletal thin yet it could tear you apart with how violently the barrier shook from each wild swing.
"I don't know if I should call you lucky or unlucky! That is a Revenant and going by how it looks, it's way older than 100 years! The eyes are abyss black and it have no intelligence anymore. This is a human killer alright and a powerful one with how my barrier is struggling to keep it." The witch, who calls herself Nani, continues to gush over the Revenant as if it was a puppy. The whole situation is surreal to you, a witch, a revenant, and you being in the middle of it all.
"Anyway I can help you out, you did give me food and brought such a unique challenge to get me out of my slump. But there is a problem with getting rid of such an old revenant even if all it's intelligence is gone." A shiver runs down your spine. You are getting help, but there is a stipulation.
"What's the problem then?" Nani smirks at your question.
"Well revenants are life hating creatures, the more they eat humans and the longer they live the denser the negative energy gets. At this point trying to seal the Revenant would fail within a year. Killing it would spread so much negative energy that the area would spawn all sorts of baddies. Demons, Ghouls, Liches, and more. The thing is a walking bomb that can't be killed or sealed by regular material means." Wait, material means? Does that mean-
"But you are blessed by luck to have met me, Nani the corpse witch! Material based prisons won't hold a monster, but a organic prison like a soul trapped in a body will definitely hold it! But even that comes with flaws and it's own upkeep." If your emotions weren't in a roller-coaster ride you would have clapped for the show she was putting on. The rapid swings between emotions and gesturing make it seem you are watching a play and not a witch who plays with forces you never knew.
"S-so what can we do?" You whisper in worry. If Nani can't solve the problem then you will be screwed so badly not even words could describe it.
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"Well sealing the Revenant in a body is easy and works well. The issue arises when the person that has the revenant needs to be loved and fed affection, or else the soul will build negative energy and the barrier separating the the two souls will be destroyed and the Revenant will take over again. Maybe this time even gaining back it's intelligence. I don't think I need to tell you how bad it will be if the Revenant gets smarter, right?" You two walk back into her hut as she explains the resulting failure of the seal.
"Then all I need to do is to love the revenant? How do I do that?" She sighs at your failure to grasp her cryptic explanation.
"Have you ever watched Nar*to before?" You nod, "Nar*to has a tailed beast sealed inside of him, we are just going to do the same with a dead body and a soul I have stashed about."
"Why not seal it in me? Why in another person and why does it need love?" She sighs in frustration.
"Just like in Nar*to the beast has it's energy be filtered by the prison, with a Revenant like that you need a way to filter the negative energy to be better destroyed. And why love? Love is positive energy, like plant or sun magic. Love is the best way to combat long term negative energy, and I'm not talking about just putting a stick in a hole and calling that love. As for not you? You are alive and would make installing the Glyphs and enchantments onto your soul and skin a pain in the ass and not makes this whole thing not so fun anymore." She crosses her arms and stares at you, pressuring you into trying to argue with her judgment. You give a shaky nod back.
You walk into her ritual room, limbs hang from hooks, eyes and other organs in glass containers filled with strong smelling fluids. The rooms seems so stereotypical to imagine a necromancer or an evil witch to use.
"So do you want to choice, gamble, or let me choose the body and soul?" The question catches you off guard. Pick a soul and body that you will have to love and show affection to while it houses the soul of the Revenant. It fells impossible to make, your mind clouds in anxiety of each option.
You bite your hand to wake you up. The pain grounds your thoughts and allow you to think clearly, the options are easier to compare now. None of the options are good, the 1st option means you are playing god pick who needs to suffer. The 2nd leaves it all up to chance while the 3rd gives power to Nani, who sees your plight as entertainment or a passion project rather than a problem.
"The 2nd one." She nods and snaps her finger as a nearby head covered in ritualistic carvings snaps up and bellows out.
"SOUL 21K5! BODY 21K5!" You flinch back at the voice. Nani laughs lightly at the results.
"Well I guess you are blessed by luck to get the same body and soul from the gamble. Be sure to treat Maria Montoya well, she is your new lover after all." The Cheshire grin on her face causes your blood to freeze. You wonder if you made a mistake alrighty.