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1. a high stakes game of pretend by butthulu

   Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   10 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel/Original Character(s)
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
   • Hornet (Hollow Knight)
   • The Knight (Hollow Knight)
   • The Pale King (Hollow Knight)
   • White Lady (Hollow Knight)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Self-Insert
   • Isekai and Transmigration
   • Self-Deprecation
   • Panic Attacks
   • Dissociation
   • Dehumanization
   • They/Them Pronouns for The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
   • It/Its Pronouns for The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
   • The Knight is Called Ghost (Hollow Knight)
   • no beta we die like Tiso
   • Self-Sabotage
   • Mental Breakdown
   • the main character is Mentally Ill(TM)
   • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
   • Original Character(s)
   • Major Original Character(s)
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Child Abuse
   • Past Child Abuse
   • listen just because they dont KNOW that the MC is a real person doesnt make it not abuse

   Summary

   The Pure Vessel might be the worst possible bug for someone to reincarnate into.

   At least their gender dysphoria is cured.

   Now they just have to pretend to be hollow until they're strong enough to take on the Radiance.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,968

   Chapters:

   4/?

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