Glory Ideal World

[idolpro]

As you come to consciousness, you hear narration in your head. For some reason, this seems perfectly natural.

Welcome to Glory's Ideal World!

You'll find you have a gun at your side. You'll use this to interact with the things and people in this world. Don't worry, though! This is not a normal gun, and it doesn't fire real bullets! No things or people will be harmed by being shot with them. In fact, they won't do anything at all unless you shoot at weak points—actually, let's call them key items or key concepts. In order to break through to reality, you'll need to identify which of them are true and accurate representations, and which are illusion or delusion. Destroy the delusions, and strengthen the truths! However, be careful—if you strengthen a delusion it will make it harder to escape this world, and if you destroy a truth it will be harder to escape with Glory and yourselves intact!

You have two kinds of bullets - "Affirm" bullets and "Deny" bullets. If you think something is true and should be reinforced, shoot it with an "Affirm" bullet! On the other hand, if you think it's false, shoot a "Deny" bullet! You'll find out what other effects this has as you go! You've even been given one special skill to help you out!

Of course, you can always leave things alone. But if you don't want to be trapped here forever, you'll need to make some decisions. So don't be shy. You've got unlimited ammo.

There appears to be an almost ghostly pistol at your hip, hovering attached to nothing. It's a revolver with two settings, easy to pick up and fire, and the bullets themselves are even more incorporeal - shadows that dart through the air and disappear without a trace on impact.


(OOC: Key items and concepts will be bolded in descriptions and dialogue, and your character will be able to sense they seem important as well. You can shoot any of them you see at any point. How do you shoot a concept? Don't worry about it. Just say what you're shooting in your action tag, and whether you are AFFIRMing or DENYing. In addition to doing damage to or reinforcing the ideal world illusion, shooting these may cause mental or physical effects. These affect everyone in the vicinity, not just the person who fired the bullet.

Otherwise, you can assume the guns have no effect on anything.

You can check your character's individual skill and their starting area in the signup sheet. Skills are one time use.)

STARTING AREAS: WORLD P | WORLD 1 | WORLD D

Comments

WORLD P: COURTYARD

[idolpro]

It's a sunny morning, and you're standing in the courtyard of an apartment building. It's situated by a lake, and there's a city visible in the distance.

The sculpture in the center of the courtyard looks a bit strange; there's a lever in it that looks like a gear shift. It has four settings: P, 1, D and R. There appears to be a piece of metal welded in place such that it can't move to R, though. It is currently set to P.

There's a door that appears to lead inside the main building. Attached to a corner of the building is a small coffee shop, and you can smell chocolate and coffee wafting from the open windows.

Re: WORLD P: COURTYARD

[avestan]

[good smell :o

following it into the coffee shop!]

Re: WORLD P: COURTYARD

[constellationprize]

[ eyeing the gear shift briefly, but -

before she goes to mess with that she's interested in this coffee shop - trailing on in there first. ]

Re: WORLD P: COURTYARD

[worldlyafflictions]

[Glancing curiously toward the coffee shop, but he'll see if he can get into the main building first.]

Re: WORLD P: COURTYARD

[idolpro]

When you return to the courtyard, the metal preventing the lever from moving to R appears to have been melted away.

WORLD P: COFFEE SHOP

[idolpro]

Inside, the shop is cozy, with only a small coffee bar and a few tables. The most impressive thing is the pastry case, which is well-stocked with various sweets. There's no one behind the bar at the moment.

Glory(?) is sitting at one of the tables with a book and some papers laid out in front of her, chewing on a pencil.

Re: WORLD P: COFFEE SHOP

[avestan]

[taking a seat next to her]

What're you working on?

Re: WORLD P: COFFEE SHOP

[constellationprize]

Glory!

[ not quite sitting down yet but immediately walking up, waving ]

What are you doing? Are you writing something...?

WORLD P: LOBBY

[idolpro]

You enter a welcoming lobby area. There are some overstuffed couches and a fireplace as you come in. Straight ahead is an elevator with a floor-select screen in front of it, and further down there's a heavy-looking set of double doors, painted red.

Re: WORLD P: LOBBY

[worldlyafflictions]

Eeh.. is this the sorta place she'd wanna live?

[Checking out the floor selection]

WORLD P: ?

[idolpro]

The ground rumbles and shakes under you, and there's a sound like fabric ripping from outside. If you look at the sky, there's a dark jagged line across it that occasionally sparks when you look at it too long. Or maybe that's just an optical illusion...? They disappear once you blink.

Things settle after a moment, but the rip in the sky remains.

Re: WORLD P: ?

[worldlyafflictions]

[Concerning]

WORLD P: BREAK

[idolpro]

The ground shakes violently, and anything not well-secured falls or flies across the room. Then, after a moment, the air around you gives a final shudder, and the fissure in the sky opens into a broad crack. It now looks more like a painted surface overhead than a real sky, and through the crack is pitch blackness. Down at the horizon, the view looks even more unreal, like a painted mural on a wall not more than a few hundred feet away. The longer you look at it the more it seems to both crumble and get closer.

After a few moments, there's also a loud metallic grinding sound that seems to be coming from the courtyard where you first arrived.

Re: WORLD P: BREAK

[worldlyafflictions]

[Well, gonna go inspect things, starting with the fountain]

WORLD 1: COURTYARD

[idolpro]

It's a sunny morning, and you're standing in the courtyard of an apartment building. It's situated by a lake, and there's a city visible in the distance.

The sculpture in the center of the courtyard looks a bit strange; there's a lever in it that looks like a gear shift. It has four settings: P, 1, D and R. There appears to be a piece of metal welded in place such that it can't move to R, though. It is currently set to 1.

There's a door that appears to lead inside the main building. Attached to a corner of the building is a small shop. The windows are all stacked with card and board games, but you can see some motion inside.

Re: WORLD 1: COURTYARD

[carnivorouscarnival]

One of these games, huh?

[ the small shop seems like a good place to start. he'll take a peek inside. ]

WORLD 1: GAME SHOP

[idolpro]

Inside, one half of the shop is shelves piled high with various games - though there don't appear to be prices on anything, and by the counter there's a sign that says "Consider others, please return games when finished!", so maybe it's more like a rental desk than a shop? Either way, the counter itself is currently unstaffed.

The other side appears to be more of a game lounge, the wall plastered with posters for various events, and small tables lined up in a row. Glory(?) is seated at the table nearest the window, and seems to be sorting through some cards.

Re: WORLD 1: GAME SHOP

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ he'll just breeze right in and walk up behind Glory, then. ]

Yo. Whatcha got there?

WORLD 1: LOBBY

[idolpro]

You enter a welcoming lobby area. There are some overstuffed couches and a fireplace as you come in. Straight ahead is an elevator with a floor-select screen in front of it, and further down there's a heavy-looking set of double doors, painted red.

Re: WORLD 1: LOBBY

[deicider]

[Cardinal is going to move over to the fireplace, gauging how much it's really been used. Then they're going to glance at the floor select, checking how many floors. And last of all, they are going to peek through the double red doors, just to see what's there.]

WORLD 1: BEDROOM

[idolpro]

This room is lit only by low mood lighting, and it looks like it would be better suited to a love hotel than a classy apartment building. The bed in the center of the room could hold at least four people. One wall is hung with bondage gear, and the other has ornate knives.

Re: WORLD 1: BEDROOM

[deicider]

[Honestly is going to take a moment to observe all this, then shoot everything in the room AFFIRMingly.]

WORLD 1: ?

[idolpro]

The ground rumbles and shakes under you, and there's a sound like fabric ripping from outside. If you look out at the sky, there's a dark jagged line across it that occasionally sparks when you look at it too long. Or maybe that's just an optical illusion...? They disappear once you blink.

Things settle after a moment, but the rip in the sky remains.

Re: WORLD 1: ?

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ IS THAT GOOD OR BAD IN THIS SCENARIO??? ]

WORLD 1: BREAK

[idolpro]

The ground shakes violently, and anything not well-secured falls or flies across the room. Then, after a moment, the air around you gives a final shudder, and the fissure in the sky opens into a broad crack. It now looks more like a painted surface overhead than a real sky, and through the crack is pitch blackness. Down at the horizon, the view looks even more unreal, like a painted mural on a wall not more than a few hundred feet away. The longer you look at it the more it seems to both crumble and get closer.

After a few moments, there's also a loud metallic grinding sound that seems to be coming from the courtyard where you first arrived.

Re: WORLD 1: BREAK

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ well, shit?

rushes out into the courtyard to see what the hell is happening. ]

WORLD D: COURTYARD

[idolpro]

It's a sunny morning, and you're standing in the courtyard of an apartment building. It's situated by a lake, and there's a city visible in the distance.

The sculpture in the center of the courtyard looks a bit strange; there's a lever in it that looks like a gear shift. It has four settings, P, 1, D and R. There appears to be a piece of metal welded in place such that it can't move to R, though. It is currently set to D.

There's a door that appears to lead inside the main building. Attached to a corner of the building is a large garage. The shutter door is open, and from inside you can hear clangs of metal on metal.

Re: WORLD D: COURTYARD

[softlyfalling]

[ oh, it's pretty here...

who all's here. she's going to wander toward the garage, though? since there's a sound ]

WORLD D: GARAGE

[idolpro]

Inside is a large area that appears to be a combination garage and workshop. There are a few motorcycles in here, one of them which appears to be mid-work. There are tools and parts strewn across the floor. The far side has... a very large array of weapons, on racks, in cabinets, and mounted on the wall—swords, of course, and a lot of blades of shorter lengths, and guns, but also plenty of other things. Spears, crossbows, axes. There's even a chainsaw in there.

Glory(?) is sitting at a workbench sharpening a knife. She also appears to have some large piece of equipment behind her, and a pile of mail on the table beside her.

Re: WORLD D: GARAGE

[softlyfalling]

Oh—hi, Glory.

Sorry, I didn't realize you were busy...

WORLD D: LOBBY

[idolpro]

You enter a welcoming lobby area. There are some overstuffed couches and a fireplace as you come in. Straight ahead is an elevator with a floor-select screen in front of it, and further down there's a heavy-looking set of double doors, painted red.

Re: WORLD D: LOBBY

[auguryofinnocence]

[He'll go look at the floor select screen first.]

WORLD D: BEDROOM

[idolpro]

This room is lit only by low mood lighting, and it looks like it would be better suited to a love hotel than a classy apartment building. The bed in the center of the room could hold at least four people. One wall is hung with bondage gear, and the other has ornate knives.

Re: WORLD D: BEDROOM

[gigadevilbreaker]

[IT TAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SELF RESTRAINT NOT TO YELP AND SLAM THE DOOR SHUT

Blushing furiously, Nero's gonna... inspect the knives?? Maybe float some, for kicks]

WORLD D: ?

[idolpro]

The ground rumbles and shakes under you, and there's a sound like fabric ripping from outside. If you look out at the sky, there's a dark jagged line across it that occasionally sparks when you look at it too long. Or maybe that's just an optical illusion...? They disappear once you blink.

Things settle after a moment, but the rip in the sky remains.

Re: WORLD D: ?

[gigadevilbreaker]

[DID I DO THIS]

WORLD D: BREAK

[idolpro]

The ground shakes violently, and anything not well-secured falls or flies across the room. Then, after a moment, the air around you gives a final shudder, and the fissure in the sky opens into a broad crack. It now looks more like a painted surface overhead than a real sky, and through the crack is pitch blackness. Down at the horizon, the view looks even more unreal, like a painted mural on a wall not more than a few hundred feet away. The longer you look at it the more it seems to both crumble and get closer.

After a few moments, there's also a loud metallic grinding sound that seems to be coming from the courtyard where you first arrived.

Re: WORLD D: BREAK

[softlyfalling]

[ UH

HM

IS THIS GOOD OR BAD

..........actually, maybe she should check this out? was the grinding maybe the statue with the lever ]

WORLD R

[idolpro]

The world falls away around you.

What's left afterwards is... some kind of courtroom? The whole perimeter of the room has stained glass windows, letting light through in an eerie array of colors. There is no door. In the center of the room are sixteen podiums arranged in a circle, and a raised chair as if for a judge to watch the proceedings.

Glory still is beside you, though she is now wearing only a bra and underwear. But there's another figure that looks like Glory at one of the podiums... this one, however, appears to be a literal cardboard cutout. At three of the other podiums, there are portraits on stands. If you recognize them, they are C and X of AlcheME, and Medusa of future is now. The other podiums are empty.

(OOC: All characters find themselves alone once they're here, unless you especially want to be there with someone else, in which case go for it. Player choice.)

Re: WORLD R

[softlyfalling]

[ UH

UHHHHHHHHHH ]

What's... going on?