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Name: The Duchess
Age: At least as old as the city
Birthday: It is a mystery
Gender: Non-binary Monster Gender
Category: Citizen, Villain, Manta Carlos Creepy Pasta, A Blatant Metaphor about Proper Etiquette
Appearance Description:
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Standing at an intimidating 8 feet, the Duchess looks like a cute girl in period dress, except she’s made of eyes and teeth and tentacles. Her hair is made of tentacles. Her skirt and parasol are made of tentacles. The ribbon at the back of her waist has a giant eyeball with angler fish glowing hooks attached to it. She is as cute as a button. She will not accept any compliments less than that. The Duchess takes care of her appearance, and walks with nothing but the utmost grace and posture. It is important that her cuteness is acknowledged at all times.
Get a little closer, and you’re going to realize that when she’s not sharp, she’s slimy and way too cold. Those that are lucky enough to be given consent to touch her would feel like they just dipped their hand in a cold bucket of squids. The brave and the foolish that attempt to touch her without consent would get nothing but teeth and she has at least four mouths with razor sharp teeth.
Personality Description:
The Duchess is the perfect party host. The Duchess is talkative, polite, charming and always attentive to her guest’s needs, but only if they would stop screaming and actually tell her what they want. People are always so rude these days. No manners at all. The Duchess may seem frivolous at times, but she is a simple woman with simple wants in life.
Given that she gives her all when she hosts, the Duchess has zero tolerance for rudeness. She can give a pass to awkward or shy people or people that spill her tea by accident, but insults, screaming and demands would get you nowhere. She’s ready to throw back the shade you throw at her, and she’s throwing it with more teeth. She has quite the temper. She’s not afraid to get violent.
The Duchess is a lonely soul stuck in her own loop. She can’t exist for anything else and feel the range of emotions humans feel. She only wants to throw the greatest tea party ever made.
Powers:
ABOUT THE HOSTESS
Monster Physiology is weird as all heck, my friend. All the eyes and mouths and tentacles you see on her person? All perfectly functional. Even the parasol? Absolutely. The way her body functions is actually closer to a mix of an Eldritch Abomination, an octopus and an angler fish. She doesn’t actually have any bones in her body other than her massive teeth.
Jellyfish Skirt
The Hostess has two kinds of skirts she chooses from so she could mix it up. After all, wearing the same outfit for centuries is such a drag. The Jellyfish Skirt (pictured above) is a jellyfish-themed skirt that has all the powers of, well, jellyfish. It can knock out and electrocute its targets. It might not be her most durable tentacles, but what it lacks in size it makes for in number and electricity. The Jellyfish skirt is very pink!
Tentacle Skirt
Her second skirt, the Tentacle Skirt, is a skirt with tentacles that has all the powers of octopus tentacles, which means suction cups, durability and thickness. This skirt is notably stronger than the jellyfish skirt.
The Ruse
The Duchess attracts all of her victims with the light on the end of her ribbons like an angler fish. The light has a very calming effect and invokes feelings of happiness to everyone that sees it. Most people feel compelled to follow the light when they see it flickering at the edge of her vision. They follow it to streets they’ve never been in before.
Another ruse is that… the Duchess has two heads. One is the head you see in the pictures. The other is the eye at her waist ribbon hiding the secret giant mouth underneath her skirt. Her hidden giant mouth is the one she uses to eat people alive.
Immortality and Invulnerability
The Duchess’ existence is still highly debatable. As such, she cannot be killed. Any attempts to harm her physically would just slip around her body. However, she can be temporarily incapacitated with psychic attacks.
Dimensional Weirdness
The Duchess does not primarily exist in this dimension. At least, not anymore. It is impossible for her to slither around on Earth in dry land on the three-dimensional plane and if she tries, she realizes she doesn’t have lungs that could breathe surface air. She exists as a spirit on earth most of the time, existing between Earth and her dimension, and the only way she can communicate with mortals is with the light on her ribbon. Psychically sensitive humans would be able to sense her presence and those that could see ghosts could see her wandering the streets at night looking for prey. She can only exist physically under Ocean water and in her dimension. For some reason, she doesn’t seem to exist during the day. What’s up with that.
TEA PARTY
The dimension the Duchess primarily exists in!
When her prey follows the light far enough, they will eventually be led to a dimension with a grand dining hall decorated with bright lighting in chandeliers, expensive carpeting, fresh flowers and velvet curtains, similar to the decorations in the Palace of Versailles. The most notable thing about the dining hall is the massive dining table decorated with almost every conceivable dessert possible, from cupcakes and cookies and cakes to crepes and parfaits and sweet buns. They are all very delicious and very edible to eat. If you see a spider or a rat, don’t mind them, they’re part of the party.
There will be three doors present in the dining room. A door to the back of the guest, a door to their left and a door to their right. The right door is locked and can only be opened on the other side. The back door, the door back to Earth, will only be open after the tea party.
The left door is always unlocked. But take care when you open the left door – it is no escape. Rather, it’s a door that directly leads to the rest of the mansion, and the deeper you go, the more it will start to play on your fears. The Duchess has no control over how the rest of her mansion will be decorated by her guest’s fears, but she can navigate it better considering it is her home. Normally, or if the guest has no fears, it is simply a mansion with Non-Euclidean geometry. At the end of the rooms and the large, winding hallway will always be the right door looping back to the dining hall.
Time moves oddly in this dimension. After the tea party, the time passed will be odd and arbitrary. Sometimes what felt like hours would be mere minutes in the real world. Sometimes, you would’ve been gone for a week at the same time frame. The Duchess has no control over this. It’s not her fault time on Earth is weird.
Those that have pleased the Duchess will be getting a gift bag or a favor at the end of the tea party.
The Gift Bag
Her gift bag will be a slice of cake or a cupcake, a box of tea, potpourri and a magical pendant. Keeping this magical trinket will protect the user three times from magical attacks and generally break minor illusions. It can’t break major illusions, though. It’s just a party favor.
The Favor
Some people go to her tea parties wanting things. That’s fine with her. Get through three cups of tea with her and deny dinner, and ask for a favor instead of a gift bag. She will be compelled to grant your wish, but only if it’s within her capacity. Small wishes like wanting to grow your hair, get a nice dress, get $5,000, information and teleportation somewhere are within the realms of her power. Big wishes are for genies. You’re her guest, not her master.
Biography:
MANTA CARLOS CREEPY PASTA: BEWARE THE DUCHESS
Those that have stayed in Manta Carlos long enough know to Beware the Duchess.
They say that in the dark of night, when the sky is pitch black and you’re alone in the streets, you will see a small ball of light that would make you feel all the happiness in the world. You would think that the light is a creature of pure good and you would want to follow it.
That is your first mistake.
The ball of light will lead you to all sorts of dark streets and alleyways you’ve never seen before until you finally arrive in her home. The Duchess’ home. She’s a sweet girl, the Duchess. Her appearance might be a little off but you can tell that she only wishes for you to attend her tea party.
There is no other choice but to attend at this point. Drink her tea. Eat her cake. Smile even though you’re quivering in your boots. Don’t bring up her death toll or try to escape. Never, ever anger her.
After the third cup, she will ask if you would like to stay for dinner.
There are many ways to approach this. The easiest would be to say no. She would sigh dejectedly and lead you back to Earth and throw you somewhere. The other one would be to ask what’s for dinner or claim that it isn’t really time for dinner. She would ask you to forgive her rudeness and lead you out. I heard some people have asked her for favors, but I say it’s not worth it.
If you say yes to staying, you better prepare to get swallowed alive.
At least, that’s what I heard.
I still haven’t found my sister. They say the Duchess took her. You can tell because she left off her severed hand the last place she disappeared. I wanna go in, find Marcy, but I don’t think I’ll survive.
Wish me luck.
Additional Information:
All “tea parties” will be under the consent of players but so rarely blessed with the consent of characters. Tsk tsk tsk, how unfortunate. They should’ve gotten ready. No matter! The Duchess will always welcome them into her home like the perfect hostess she is.
Name: The Duchess
Age: At least as old as the city
Birthday: It is a mystery
Gender: Non-binary Monster Gender
Category: Citizen, Villain, Manta Carlos Creepy Pasta, A Blatant Metaphor about Proper Etiquette
Appearance Description:
reference for icky sticky horrifying things
Standing at an intimidating 8 feet, the Duchess looks like a cute girl in period dress, except she’s made of eyes and teeth and tentacles. Her hair is made of tentacles. Her skirt and parasol are made of tentacles. The ribbon at the back of her waist has a giant eyeball with angler fish glowing hooks attached to it. She is as cute as a button. She will not accept any compliments less than that. The Duchess takes care of her appearance, and walks with nothing but the utmost grace and posture. It is important that her cuteness is acknowledged at all times.
Get a little closer, and you’re going to realize that when she’s not sharp, she’s slimy and way too cold. Those that are lucky enough to be given consent to touch her would feel like they just dipped their hand in a cold bucket of squids. The brave and the foolish that attempt to touch her without consent would get nothing but teeth and she has at least four mouths with razor sharp teeth.
Personality Description:
The Duchess is the perfect party host. The Duchess is talkative, polite, charming and always attentive to her guest’s needs, but only if they would stop screaming and actually tell her what they want. People are always so rude these days. No manners at all. The Duchess may seem frivolous at times, but she is a simple woman with simple wants in life.
Given that she gives her all when she hosts, the Duchess has zero tolerance for rudeness. She can give a pass to awkward or shy people or people that spill her tea by accident, but insults, screaming and demands would get you nowhere. She’s ready to throw back the shade you throw at her, and she’s throwing it with more teeth. She has quite the temper. She’s not afraid to get violent.
The Duchess is a lonely soul stuck in her own loop. She can’t exist for anything else and feel the range of emotions humans feel. She only wants to throw the greatest tea party ever made.
Powers:
ABOUT THE HOSTESS
Monster Physiology is weird as all heck, my friend. All the eyes and mouths and tentacles you see on her person? All perfectly functional. Even the parasol? Absolutely. The way her body functions is actually closer to a mix of an Eldritch Abomination, an octopus and an angler fish. She doesn’t actually have any bones in her body other than her massive teeth.
Jellyfish Skirt
The Hostess has two kinds of skirts she chooses from so she could mix it up. After all, wearing the same outfit for centuries is such a drag. The Jellyfish Skirt (pictured above) is a jellyfish-themed skirt that has all the powers of, well, jellyfish. It can knock out and electrocute its targets. It might not be her most durable tentacles, but what it lacks in size it makes for in number and electricity. The Jellyfish skirt is very pink!
Tentacle Skirt
Her second skirt, the Tentacle Skirt, is a skirt with tentacles that has all the powers of octopus tentacles, which means suction cups, durability and thickness. This skirt is notably stronger than the jellyfish skirt.
The Ruse
The Duchess attracts all of her victims with the light on the end of her ribbons like an angler fish. The light has a very calming effect and invokes feelings of happiness to everyone that sees it. Most people feel compelled to follow the light when they see it flickering at the edge of her vision. They follow it to streets they’ve never been in before.
Another ruse is that… the Duchess has two heads. One is the head you see in the pictures. The other is the eye at her waist ribbon hiding the secret giant mouth underneath her skirt. Her hidden giant mouth is the one she uses to eat people alive.
Immortality and Invulnerability
The Duchess’ existence is still highly debatable. As such, she cannot be killed. Any attempts to harm her physically would just slip around her body. However, she can be temporarily incapacitated with psychic attacks.
Dimensional Weirdness
The Duchess does not primarily exist in this dimension. At least, not anymore. It is impossible for her to slither around on Earth in dry land on the three-dimensional plane and if she tries, she realizes she doesn’t have lungs that could breathe surface air. She exists as a spirit on earth most of the time, existing between Earth and her dimension, and the only way she can communicate with mortals is with the light on her ribbon. Psychically sensitive humans would be able to sense her presence and those that could see ghosts could see her wandering the streets at night looking for prey. She can only exist physically under Ocean water and in her dimension. For some reason, she doesn’t seem to exist during the day. What’s up with that.
TEA PARTY
The dimension the Duchess primarily exists in!
When her prey follows the light far enough, they will eventually be led to a dimension with a grand dining hall decorated with bright lighting in chandeliers, expensive carpeting, fresh flowers and velvet curtains, similar to the decorations in the Palace of Versailles. The most notable thing about the dining hall is the massive dining table decorated with almost every conceivable dessert possible, from cupcakes and cookies and cakes to crepes and parfaits and sweet buns. They are all very delicious and very edible to eat. If you see a spider or a rat, don’t mind them, they’re part of the party.
There will be three doors present in the dining room. A door to the back of the guest, a door to their left and a door to their right. The right door is locked and can only be opened on the other side. The back door, the door back to Earth, will only be open after the tea party.
The left door is always unlocked. But take care when you open the left door – it is no escape. Rather, it’s a door that directly leads to the rest of the mansion, and the deeper you go, the more it will start to play on your fears. The Duchess has no control over how the rest of her mansion will be decorated by her guest’s fears, but she can navigate it better considering it is her home. Normally, or if the guest has no fears, it is simply a mansion with Non-Euclidean geometry. At the end of the rooms and the large, winding hallway will always be the right door looping back to the dining hall.
Time moves oddly in this dimension. After the tea party, the time passed will be odd and arbitrary. Sometimes what felt like hours would be mere minutes in the real world. Sometimes, you would’ve been gone for a week at the same time frame. The Duchess has no control over this. It’s not her fault time on Earth is weird.
Those that have pleased the Duchess will be getting a gift bag or a favor at the end of the tea party.
The Gift Bag
Her gift bag will be a slice of cake or a cupcake, a box of tea, potpourri and a magical pendant. Keeping this magical trinket will protect the user three times from magical attacks and generally break minor illusions. It can’t break major illusions, though. It’s just a party favor.
The Favor
Some people go to her tea parties wanting things. That’s fine with her. Get through three cups of tea with her and deny dinner, and ask for a favor instead of a gift bag. She will be compelled to grant your wish, but only if it’s within her capacity. Small wishes like wanting to grow your hair, get a nice dress, get $5,000, information and teleportation somewhere are within the realms of her power. Big wishes are for genies. You’re her guest, not her master.
Biography:
MANTA CARLOS CREEPY PASTA: BEWARE THE DUCHESS
Those that have stayed in Manta Carlos long enough know to Beware the Duchess.
They say that in the dark of night, when the sky is pitch black and you’re alone in the streets, you will see a small ball of light that would make you feel all the happiness in the world. You would think that the light is a creature of pure good and you would want to follow it.
That is your first mistake.
The ball of light will lead you to all sorts of dark streets and alleyways you’ve never seen before until you finally arrive in her home. The Duchess’ home. She’s a sweet girl, the Duchess. Her appearance might be a little off but you can tell that she only wishes for you to attend her tea party.
There is no other choice but to attend at this point. Drink her tea. Eat her cake. Smile even though you’re quivering in your boots. Don’t bring up her death toll or try to escape. Never, ever anger her.
After the third cup, she will ask if you would like to stay for dinner.
There are many ways to approach this. The easiest would be to say no. She would sigh dejectedly and lead you back to Earth and throw you somewhere. The other one would be to ask what’s for dinner or claim that it isn’t really time for dinner. She would ask you to forgive her rudeness and lead you out. I heard some people have asked her for favors, but I say it’s not worth it.
If you say yes to staying, you better prepare to get swallowed alive.
At least, that’s what I heard.
I still haven’t found my sister. They say the Duchess took her. You can tell because she left off her severed hand the last place she disappeared. I wanna go in, find Marcy, but I don’t think I’ll survive.
Wish me luck.
Additional Information:
All “tea parties” will be under the consent of players but so rarely blessed with the consent of characters. Tsk tsk tsk, how unfortunate. They should’ve gotten ready. No matter! The Duchess will always welcome them into her home like the perfect hostess she is.
