Eldritch

Things aren't going well in Carcosa.

Edmund has lost most of his memories. Mercy has read The King in Yellow in order to follow him. And now Hastur has found his favorite little human.

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Well, well, well...

If it isn't

My favorite little scholar...

Wondered when

You'd give me a holler...

How do you like it here?

Did you find your answers...

Or did you just find fear?

Now that everything

Has become clear...

Welcome, my boy,

To Carcosa.

Do you enjoy

My black stars?

Do you miss

Your little scars...

Out there

Beyond Mars?

My knowledge

Is now ours...

This archive

Has no bars...

Each answer

Opens one more door...

Tell me...

Are you still

Hungry for more?

Don't sulk.

Don't pout.

Don't you dare try

To find a way out.

You read

The King in Yellow,

And now you've met him...

What a lucky fellow!

Don't cry.

You're mine.

I've given you

Something sublime.

Don't forget

That I'm Hastur—

Your marvelous master,

All-powerful,

Cosmic,

Divine!

You're mine!

Well, well, well...

If it isn't

My favorite little mortal...

I knew that you'd find

My little portal...

You couldn't help it.

You were so curious...

Oh, don't pout...

It's so laborious!

So welcome, my boy,

To Carcosa.

I hope you like

Towers that gleam.

You're on my team.

That's what I deem.

I won't be mean.

Just keep your nose clean.

And tell me...

Have you enjoyed

All that you've seen?

Don't sulk.

Don't pout.

Don't you dare try

To find a way out.

You read

The King in Yellow,

And now you've met him...

What a lucky fellow!

Don't cry.

You're mine.

I've given you

Something sublime.

Don't forget

That I'm Hastur—

Your marvelous master,

All-powerful,

Cosmic,

Divine!

You're mine!

Now come with me

Before you age.

I think I'm gonna

Make you my page.

You'll keep my court.

It'll be such sport.

Human pets

Will become all the rage!

Now come along.

Don't prove me wrong.

I think, in truth,

You've been enjoying my song.

You'll meet the Old Ones.

It'll be such fun.

We'll be together forever,

Just like the twin suns.

Don't sulk.

Don't pout.

Don't you dare try

To find a way out.

You read

The King in Yellow,

And now you've met him...

What a lucky fellow!

Don't cry.

You're mine.

I've given you

Something sublime.

Don't forget

That I'm Hastur—

Your marvelous master,

All-powerful,

Cosmic,

Divine!

You're mine!

Never forget...

For all of time...

You're mine...

The stars are old, the seas are deep. And none know where the Old Ones sleep.

Edmund and Mercy have found each other as the Old Ones converge on Carcosa. With memories partially restored by Mercy’s magic, they reflect on their journey and wonder if they will ever make it home.

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Nothing makes sense anymore.

Why did we open up that door?

I thought I had to know the truth.

I’d give it all up for a booth

Where we’d sit and talk about

Our boring days....

Eldritch...

The stars are old.

The seas are deep.

And none know where

The Old Ones sleep...

Eldritch...

The cosmos spins endlessly vast.

And there's no future.

There's no past...

Eldritch...

Some things are better left unknown...

Eldritch...

Will we ever...

Make it home?

I should have listened when you said

Impulsive people end up dead.

I thought I knew enough to know better.

Wish I'd left someone a letter,

So they'd know where I had gone...

And maybe they would care?

Eldritch...

The stars are old.

The seas are deep.

And none know where

The Old Ones sleep...

Eldritch...

The cosmos spins endlessly vast.

And there's no future.

There's no past...

Eldritch...

Some things are better left unknown...

Eldritch...

Will we ever...

Make it home?

We are lost... in a dream within a dream.

We are lost... where nothing's as it seems.

We are lost... in Carcosa.

Yellow signs...

His designs...

We are lost...

Ohhhh-oh, we are lost...

Eldritch...

The stars are old.

The seas are deep.

And none know where

The Old Ones sleep...

Eldritch...

The cosmos spins endlessly vast.

And there's no future.

There's no past...

Eldritch...

Some things are better left unknown...

Eldritch...

Will we ever...

Make it home?

Eldritch...

Eldritch...

Eldritch...

Ohhhhh-oh-oh...

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