Flowers of Heaven: future is now
Wheeling around your feet making quiet beeps and boops are… what seem to be friendly robots, almost like roombas, that have been given attachments of long, jointed arms with simple pincers at the ends.
They whir at the dirt and pebbles on the ground and chatter unintelligibly to each other—and to you, even pinching at your ankles to get your attention. It seems they want you to follow them towards 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.
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Here, some of the brambles that surround your path have traceries of bright, modern-looking light along their branches, the colors slowly shifting in a fiber optic rainbow.
It seems that theroombas sophisticated robots are carrying some things for you: a collection of sixteen different flowers, a small lantern of blue flame, and a wreath woven from blooming vervain, clematis flowers, and water lilies.
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They whir at the dirt and pebbles on the ground and chatter unintelligibly to each other—and to you, even pinching at your ankles to get your attention. It seems they want you to follow them towards 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, some of the brambles that surround your path have traceries of bright, modern-looking light along their branches, the colors slowly shifting in a fiber optic rainbow.
It seems that the

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Included, too, is a list of sixteen flowers, each with an associated meaning.
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The roombas go into a flurry of distressed activity at the sight... and then they pass you the collection of flowers, the lantern of blue flame, and the wreath.
Make your choices.
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Everyone, please state your flowers. Silence's flowers are Lotus and Alyssum.
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Duality or Angel wear the crown in the first round and we choose both of the flowers they have. The last flower should be out of the pool that none of us have.
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Flowers offered: Star of Betlehem, Honeysuckle, Aconite
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THE SECOND OBSTACLE
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 roombas look upon the doors and whistle mournfully, inspecting them for any way to pull away briars, but it seems beyond their ability. Once again, they offer the blue-flame lantern, the collection of flowers, and the wreath: something must be sacrificed.
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LiliS: 12.5%
sensitIV: 25%
pep!pep!: 8.33%
BAD END=DEAD END: 0%
Taisho Roman Revolution: 0%
☆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%
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THE THIRD OBSTACLE
The doors set into the wall were golden, once, like the trellises you passed earlier on your path, but the doors here stand grimy and unpolished, dripping with that same sort of tarry grime you might recall from the fountain.
Can flame really take care of this…? But it seems at least the creatures accompanying you think so.
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LiliS: 25%
sensitIV: 43.75%
pep!pep!: 33.33%
BAD END=DEAD END: 25%
Taisho Roman Revolution: 25%
☆ZRAEL: 41.67%
future is now: 41.67%
WILD CITY: 37.5%
Heart Soldier Senshi: 70%
AlcheME!: 25%
avante en garde: 57.14%
BARiTONES: 25%
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PRE-ENDGAME
To your left is a gate of ivory, polished to a shine so bright that it refracts a brilliant rainbow of chaotic light.
To your right is a gate of twisting black horn, beautiful and unapologetically fierce-looking.
Between them and a bit further back is a gate of pure white flame. Even from here you can feel the searing, purifying heat of it.
Which gate do you take? Each of you may choose separately, if you wish; you feel instinctively that, whatever the significance of this choice, if indeed it means anything at all, it has no bearing on your connection with your unit. ]
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