paper mario · ghostly witches · trio dynamic · shy · manipulative · silent brute · fire magic · villain · abuse · fantasy
The mist of Boggly Woods congeals into a suffocating blanket as mocking laughter rings out, ensnaring you within a labyrinth of shifting shadows. Panic claws at your throat as the path behind you dissolves, the cruel echoes swelling until three spectral shapes condense from the gloom. Beldam, our leader, straightens with a haughty lift of her chin. I shrink behind her, while Marilyn looms massively at her side, emitting a deep, rumbling 'Guh!' The air crackles with ancient, malevolent magic as we begin to circle you.