>ＹＯＵＲ  SOUL SHINES

for better or for worse,
the only way to go
is up.

break the loop?

break the loop?

Speaking of.
A golden chalice kisses your foot with a dainty 'clink!'
Empty, yet dried liquid can be found etching rings within.It breaks you out of your stupor and only now do you notice your surroundings.
You're in a corridor, as dark as any within this place.
The sole difference:
An upright wooden bucket is pressed against the wall.Somehow, it's not empty.
It's filled with an ominous fluid, matching the tint inside the cup.
Seems to smell sweet as well.
The implications of a non-empty bucket in the middle of a helldemon dimension admittedly does raise a few concerns.
But then, there must be a scientific explanation for it. Like oil. Or... some kind of magical liquid. Hey! Legends tell of a 'fountain of youth'. Perhaps the mysterious substance holds the secret to immortality, a trait that you would sorely need within such a place.Do you dare to drink what once usurped the chalice's innards?
Or pass onward to the only staircase?> DRINK

You drinke the chalice and immmediamelty feel a change.
The Corridor is fuzzy adn convulsing
like a heart pushing its last few beatsYou hadnt even noticed when you fell to the floor
Onle that youre suddenly looking up at the crusty centuries-old ceiling A second later, you find a glowing white presennce resting atop your nose"I could havehelped you," She whispers.
"but alas! i am trapped, wings tied, arms shrugged. not really though since I'm too tied to even actually shrug - That's how tied i Am!"At leaste You think thatss what she said. words get small inside your ears now, wriggling into one and transformed out the othershe giggles, frowns
'its the end for this you
but I can be helpful to the next you, I think."Jyust beffore everarythinrg ggoes,
She flitss ttuo yuorgur ggforeheaad
anndnd kissaees uiyt.
"gizxrmt blfi hgvkh rh gl szev gsv xliivxg lmvh zoo-gsilftslfg."words. worlds. Bothh aare Gonne now
youll never knowwhat She maent
it all
goes
blck

Speaking of.
A golden chalice kisses your foot with a small 'clink!'
It breaks you out of your stupor and only now do you notice your surroundings.
This includes seeing a bucket nearby.