idolpro | Flowers of Heaven: Heart Soldier Senshi

There’s a peeping and chattering overhead.

Fluttering down to greet you are a number of small and colorful creatures—almost like fanciful stuffed animals, except definitely fully alive and somehow capable of flight despite most of them not being winged. Cooing in a way that is unarguably adorable, they circle around your heads curiously before heading towards an arched doorway that has opened in the thick brambles, leading to a winding path beyond. They then chirrup at you insistently, waving their tiny stubby arms for you to follow.

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 seem to hide the distant glitter of stars in their shadows, and some of the thorns have been replaced with colorful plastic.

It seems that the magic creatures are carrying some things for you: a collection of sixteen different flowers, a small lantern of blue flame, and a wreath woven from lotus flowers, blooming Star of Bethlehem, and stems of wild oats.

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[ . . . Oh.

Just crumples then. ]

[ she's at his side in seconds flat. ]

[ nononononono. ]

KING!

[ He looks up slowly once the fire is done burning out, eyes unfocused -- and when he does look at her, he doesn't seem to see her.

Which is why he scrambles back in alarm. ]

[ don't mind her looking confused and, more importantly, hurt. ]

K- King?

[ and there goes her rock. it's crumbling. ]

[ His hand is over his chest.

Where the tree flower was. ]

--Stop.

I- I'm not doing anything!

You're--

[ His fingers claw at the front of his shirt, then press in hard, like resisting something--

But they press against nothing.

He sucks in a sharp breath, blinking hard a few times, like he's trying to clear his vision -- maybe he is. ]

[ ! ]

N- No. [ oh god she's going to be sick. ] No, I'm... I'm not...

[ backing THE FUCK UP as she tries to keep from losing whatever's left of her mind. ]

[ He continues staring, until his gaze actually seems to focus properly. ]

--D.Va?

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King-san!!

[Immediately rushing to his side]

[ SHIT SUCKS.

He glances up once the fire finishes burning out, but his eyes are unfocused, like he's not really all there. ]

K, King-san, hey, can you hear me?

[ There's a looooong pause.

Too long.

Actually there's just no answer to the question asked at all. ]

. . .

Why . . . ?

Why? King-san, c-can you tell me what happened? What do you need right now?

Why are we back in--

[ He freezes. ]

No. You weren't there.

...I'm here now. Where do you think we are right now, King-san?

Don't- Don't you recognize it?

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Pharaoh!

[FUCK]

[ His hand makes a familiar clutching motion at his chest, over the burning flower.

Whatever he's looking for isn't there, obviously. ]

[What does he do. What can he do? He also makes some motions with his hands, like there's some tool that will help him here.

Eventually he kneels down to put a hand on his shoulder.]

Pharaoh...

[ "Pharaoh," he says. ]

. . . Where are we? The gardens don't look like this.

[fuck]

...No. We're not in Egypt.

What do you remember...?

. . . ? What do you mean, what do I remember? Where else would we--?

...I'll explain later.

The important part is that this is a game in which people's souls are on the line. We need to make sure you don't take any more damage.

What? What kind of-- . . . game . . .

[ Hang on.

He presses his hand to his face, shaking his head.

. . . ? ]

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