Flowers of Heaven: sensitIV

[idolpro]

Something nudges at your ankles.

When you look down, you see you’re being headbutted by… a number of fluffy white, red-eyed rabbits that, unsettlingly, seem to have small human hands for front paws. They're doing their best to herd you toward an arched doorway that has opened in the thick brambles and leads to a winding path beyond.

Once you cross through, a gate closes behind you, and the voices of your fellow idols fade from your ears. It seems as if you’re on your own, now.

❀ ❀ ❀

Here, the brambles that surround your path have bits of torn lace caught in their thorns. Some of the fabric is splattered with what appears to be fresh blood.

It seems that the rabbits are carrying some things for you: a collection of sixteen different flowers, a small lantern of blue flame, and a wreath woven from gorse, Star of Bethlehem flowers, and water lilies.

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THE SECOND OBSTACLE

[idolpro]

The path continues, the brilliance of the blue flame dying out with the last of the burnt flowers.

You're not sure how long you've been walking when you reach the stone doors. They have a heavy, ancient look to them, and are inset into an equally ancient-looking stone wall. At the center of the doors is what is probably a pair of massive handles... but they're densely overgrown with wickedly thorny briar roses which grow up along the stone, reaching even over the top of the wall.

The rabbits look upon the doors mournfully, inspecting them for any way to pull away briars, but it seems beyond their ability, despite their opposable thumbs. Once again, they offer the blue-flame lantern, the collection of flowers, and the wreath: something must be sacrificed.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

[Sekhmet is different as she proceeds along. Quiet, sullen, smoldering. She's glaring at everything around her, looking like she could snap at anything around her.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[crystallinelore]

Seven hells... That was already so many...

Re: DISCUSSION

[bondsofsuffering]

...Give the crown to Persephone or Lucifel. That way we can at least protect two from burning out.

[But... that's hardly much reassurance.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[crystallinelore]

...Yes, either should do.

Re: DISCUSSION

[devilmightcare]

Okay so that was a shitty round.

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

Oh, really, you think so?! Shit for brains.

Re: DISCUSSION

[devilmightcare]

[ uhh

stares at her ]

You got a problem with me?

Re: DISCUSSION

[backstory]

That didn't go as well as I would have liked.

[ HE'S SO TROUBLED ]

The flower crown must immediately go to one of those who has already lost one of their flowers at the very least. And if it crosses over with someone else's still, then all the better!

Re: DISCUSSION

[heavenlyvisitor]

-- Give it to Persephone, choose water lily. I'll be fine-

Re: DISCUSSION

[backstory]

But I am worried about you too!

I don't mind if it goes to you or him... both of you are precious to me, but claiming that you are fine right now is clearly a lie! You must also think about yourself!

Re: DISCUSSION

[nihilmancy]

I don't need your pity.

[There is something dangerous smoldering in Sekhmet's eyes.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[forgottenmercy]

[please hold, he's trying to pull himself together and think.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[sancrimony]

[ sorry were you saying something he seems to be in space ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[crystallinelore]

Lucifel?

[i mean he saw you get wrecked but]

Re: DISCUSSION

[devilmightcare]

.. Hey, Lucy?

Re: DISCUSSION

[forgottenmercy]

Lucifel...? [pulling himself together enough for this]

DECISION

[idolpro]

The scroll unfurls further, and this time thirteen drawings appear in the new section; the last vial is labeled, but... illegibly? This time, however, the drawings are partially filled in with bright blue ink to the following degrees:

LiliS: 12.5%
sensitIV: 25%
pep!pep!: 8.33%
BAD END=DEAD END: 0%
Taisho Roman Revolution: 10%
☆ZRAEL: 7.14%
future is now: 8.33%
WILD CITY: 12.50%
Heart Soldier Senshi: 10%
AlcheME!: 12.50%
avante en garde: 16.67%
BARiTONES: 0%
░░░░░░: 50%

Re: DECISION

[bondsofsuffering]

Protect: Persephone (Water lily, acacia formerly)
Burn: Water Lily, Vervain

ETA

[idolpro]

taisho's at 0

RESULTS

[idolpro]

Re: RESULTS

[idolpro]

[ Regardless of which flowers you placed in the lantern, the following flowers suddenly go up in vivid blue flame:

Vervain
Clematis
Chamomile
Wild Rose
Hollyhock
Mimulus
Water Lily

The fire has an unnatural feeling to it; when it leaps to the roses twining around the handles of the door, they aren't so much burned as unmade.
And the path carries on. ]

@LEVI

[idolpro]

[ A searing pain wracks your body, spreading white-hot from the center of your chest—perhaps you clutch at your chest, or double over, and there, over your heart, is a gout of flame, the same unnatural bright blue as the lantern. The faint image of CLEMATIS and HOLLYHOCK can be seen within the flame, and the pain only intensifies as they curls in on themselves, wither, and then catch alight, burning bright before charring and crumbling to ash.

And then they’re gone. ]

@DANTE

[idolpro]

[ A searing pain wracks your body, spreading white-hot from the center of your chest—perhaps you clutch at your chest, or double over, and there, over your heart, is a gout of flame, the same unnatural bright blue as the lantern. The faint image of CHAMOMILE can be seen within the flame, and the pain only intensifies as it curls in on itself, withers, and then catches alight, burning bright before charring and crumbling to ash.

And then it’s gone. ]