☾ >> your character instinctively knows the goal, maybe a fairy whispered it to them in their sleep idk ☾ >> powers are on ☾ >> corruptions are on ☾ >> magic is REAL here and "anything you wish for can happen" (within reason don't be wishing for leo to magically believe you it doesn't work that way, you can wish for like a mojito or something though) ☾ >>>> the magic thing is not known to your character immediately they'll have to learn that on their own ☾ >> there is a special way to get around this ideal world ☾ >>>> this also is not known to your character immediately ☾ >>>>>> if they can't figure it out on their own someone might come to help them along ☾ >> leo is very likely to pop in and out of a scene, especially if you push too hard. this is just how he is. there's npcs to talk to i'm sorry he's like this. ☾ >> i only made like 4 areas so if another area comes up you'll have to give me a second please have mercy i haven't slept ☾ >> you can basically assume there is constantly piano music playing unobtrusively in the background
SCORING DEPENDS ON ☆ breaking stuff just a little, as a treat ☆☆ convincing leo this world is fake ☆☆☆ convincing leo to leave even after he knows that this world is fake
Somehow you've found yourself lying on your back in a bed of grass surrounded by patches of white lilies and castle walls. It's cold, but not unpleasantly so, though your back may feel a lingering dampness from the grass as you sit up. Hopefully you're not wearing white.
You're not alone in this courtyard-- as will be immediately apparent as soft melody plays somewhere within hearing. However you might have felt upon waking up on the ground, as you hear this music you are filled with a sense of warmth and contentedness. It just washes over you like something familiar, something... filled with love.
The source of this music is not too far away-- in the middle of the courtyard encircled by lilies, playing on an immaculate white piano, is ... well, whatever you call this guy.
His eyes are closed as he plays, and he doesn't quite seem to notice you at first. Little white lights float around him and the piano, as if gathering just to hear him play... it's as if he's in his own little world.
But perhaps more notably, he looks... different. He looks normal? There's not a single crack or tail on him.
[ since she doesn't try to draw attention to herself he just keeps playing, his fingers gliding over the keyboard with such ease and fluidity that it's like he doesn't even need to think about it.
the glowing lights are fairies, upon closer inspection. just little wisps of vaguely human-shaped light and air upon fluttering wings.
one of them flutters over to brush against Shishiou's cheek, and lingers as if to whisper and draw his attention up. ]
-- oh, Rai! When did you get here? Actually, aren't you early?
What you don't remember? I can't believe Rai of all people would forget something like that! [ in a tone that clearly conveys he finds this more amusing than insulting ]
But since you're early I haven't gotten done setting everything up. Actually-- to tell the truth I forgot entirely, wahaha!
The long hallway checkered in black and white and lined with red carpet leads to an empty throne. Surrounding the throne are four giant chess pieces cracked with age, and littered around are several smaller and visibly less important pieces. A few of the smaller pieces have fallen over or been broken as if captured in a game, and others are simply missing entirely.
The walls are covered with sprawling measures of music written in gold, and they seem to glow and shift and change as if being written and rewritten before your very eyes. If you listen closely to the walls you can even hear the faint whispers of a melody.
The boy you followed in here is nowhere to be seen. Instead, there are four Knights .... just kind of fucking around, to be perfectly honest.
The red haired knight is the most animated, pacing back and forth in front of the throne in an agitated manner.
The silver haired knight is leaning against one of the larger chess pieces with his arms crossed over his chest, less animated but no less agitated.
The golden haired knightis sitting on the bottom step of the stairs leading to the throne, alternating between checking her appearance in a hand mirror and checking her cellphone fussily.
And the black haired knight. ................. is just lying face down on the ground.
The doors you came through are now closed behind you. There are no other doors to be seen.
[ lmao jk leo is actually here, he followed Shrike in... though the moment he enters the throne room the red haired knight is immediately heading towards him ]
"Leader...! Where did you run off to at a time like this! You know that we can't come to a final decision without you!"
[ leo, for his part, immediately ducks behind Rai ]
There's no Leader here, I'm on break! Come to a decision on your own if you're going to be so pushy!
"Leave him alone. It's obvious he's not going to be any help with this, so I don't know why you bother." [ the silver haired knight sighs from where he stands, clearly already giving up ]
[ Sena gives a curious glance at Shrike like he's not sure if he remembers ever meeting her, but it doesn't much matter because the redhead is way more engaged with this entire conversation ]
"Of course, thank you for asking! You see, our King has composed a new song for us to perform-- of course it's a work of genius, but I'm afraid it's a song composed for five people and of course as you can see there is only four of us Knights. So we are at something of a crossroads, either we find a fifth member to perform with us or--"
"I say Suu-chan should just perform two parts on his own... do your best, Suu-chan~" [ the knight on the floor speaks up.
Leo is... probably somewhere around here. But before you can find him a very soft, very... tiny voice pipes from somewhere unseen.
"B... Beware! Turn back! T..th-this is the realm of the Dark Fallen Angel Queen, a.. and trespassers will be devoured-- no, I mean! Their souls will be devoured--!!"
This isn't in the castle at all? Not only that, but there's no one around as far as the eye can see... the desert is vast, and the sky is even vaster. There's no music here, either. And without that familiar sound, whether you noticed it before or not, you feel... lost. Insecure. Like your feet don't even touch the ground, like you're floating directionless without any clue where to go from here...
And then you feel something huge and wet lick the back of your neck. It's a camel.
"Well I'll be... aren't you a little far away from where you're supposed to be?"
Well—I guess I'm really just a guest there, but—you're a friend of Shishiou's, right, if you're here?
[ "here" like. in the ideal world. this is a normal sentence structure ]
Or Leo's, if that's what you know him by—but it seems like the performance his knights want to put on needs a fifth person, and they were talking about asking someone else...
"Is that what you're here for? To fix the problems of a bunch of squabbling Knights?" [ it's not said unkindly, as he slides himself off the back of the camel and pats its neck in thanks. ]
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OOC Information
☾ >> powers are on
☾ >> corruptions are on
☾ >> magic is REAL here and "anything you wish for can happen" (within reason don't be wishing for leo to magically believe you it doesn't work that way, you can wish for like a mojito or something though)
☾ >>>> the magic thing is not known to your character immediately they'll have to learn that on their own
☾ >> there is a special way to get around this ideal world
☾ >>>> this also is not known to your character immediately
☾ >>>>>> if they can't figure it out on their own someone might come to help them along
☾ >> leo is very likely to pop in and out of a scene, especially if you push too hard. this is just how he is. there's npcs to talk to i'm sorry he's like this.
☾ >> i only made like 4 areas so if another area comes up you'll have to give me a second please have mercy i haven't slept
☾ >> you can basically assume there is constantly piano music playing unobtrusively in the background
SCORING DEPENDS ON
☆ breaking stuff just a little, as a treat
☆☆ convincing leo this world is fake
☆☆☆ convincing leo to leave even after he knows that this world is fake
capo
Somehow you've found yourself lying on your back in a bed of grass surrounded by patches of white lilies and castle walls. It's cold, but not unpleasantly so, though your back may feel a lingering dampness from the grass as you sit up. Hopefully you're not wearing white.
You're not alone in this courtyard-- as will be immediately apparent as soft melody plays somewhere within hearing. However you might have felt upon waking up on the ground, as you hear this music you are filled with a sense of warmth and contentedness. It just washes over you like something familiar, something... filled with love.
The source of this music is not too far away-- in the middle of the courtyard encircled by lilies, playing on an immaculate white piano, is ... well, whatever you call this guy.
His eyes are closed as he plays, and he doesn't quite seem to notice you at first. Little white lights float around him and the piano, as if gathering just to hear him play... it's as if he's in his own little world.
But perhaps more notably, he looks... different. He looks normal? There's not a single crack or tail on him.
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...it's beautiful, isn't it. she could stand to stay here for a while...
...but she does eventually sit up, and wander over to the piano. she doesn't say anything quite yet, though. ]
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the glowing lights are fairies, upon closer inspection. just little wisps of vaguely human-shaped light and air upon fluttering wings.
one of them flutters over to brush against Shishiou's cheek, and lingers as if to whisper and draw his attention up. ]
-- oh, Rai! When did you get here? Actually, aren't you early?
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...early for what?
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But since you're early I haven't gotten done setting everything up. Actually-- to tell the truth I forgot entirely, wahaha!
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Quit that immediately.
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What? ... is that you, seventy-two? [ he's stopped playing but the music is constant. it's everywhere. you have no choice but to feel Happy. ]
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It's Five.
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the knights
The long hallway checkered in black and white and lined with red carpet leads to an empty throne. Surrounding the throne are four giant chess pieces cracked with age, and littered around are several smaller and visibly less important pieces. A few of the smaller pieces have fallen over or been broken as if captured in a game, and others are simply missing entirely.
The walls are covered with sprawling measures of music written in gold, and they seem to glow and shift and change as if being written and rewritten before your very eyes. If you listen closely to the walls you can even hear the faint whispers of a melody.
The boy you followed in here is nowhere to be seen. Instead, there are four Knights .... just kind of fucking around, to be perfectly honest.
The red haired knight is the most animated, pacing back and forth in front of the throne in an agitated manner.
The silver haired knight is leaning against one of the larger chess pieces with his arms crossed over his chest, less animated but no less agitated.
The golden haired knight is sitting on the bottom step of the stairs leading to the throne, alternating between checking her appearance in a hand mirror and checking her cellphone fussily.
And the black haired knight. ................. is just lying face down on the ground.
The doors you came through are now closed behind you. There are no other doors to be seen.
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"Leader...! Where did you run off to at a time like this! You know that we can't come to a final decision without you!"
[ leo, for his part, immediately ducks behind Rai ]
There's no Leader here, I'm on break! Come to a decision on your own if you're going to be so pushy!
"Leave him alone. It's obvious he's not going to be any help with this, so I don't know why you bother." [ the silver haired knight sighs from where he stands, clearly already giving up ]
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Oh, it's Sena from before! Hello—
[ that is clearly the most important takeaway ]
Er... what's being decided on, though...?
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"Of course, thank you for asking! You see, our King has composed a new song for us to perform-- of course it's a work of genius, but I'm afraid it's a song composed for five people and of course as you can see there is only four of us Knights. So we are at something of a crossroads, either we find a fifth member to perform with us or--"
"I say Suu-chan should just perform two parts on his own... do your best, Suu-chan~" [ the knight on the floor speaks up.
Suu-chan just... sighs. ]
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...you're not going to perform your own work?
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the fairy
The garden itself seems to be enclosed somewhere within the castle, but where is difficult to ascertain considering how you got here. It's quite a large area surrounded on all sides by stone walls and down the middle is a man-made waterway complete with a rowing boat and beautiful floral fixtures.
Leo is... probably somewhere around here. But before you can find him a very soft, very... tiny voice pipes from somewhere unseen.
"B... Beware! Turn back! T..th-this is the realm of the Dark Fallen Angel Queen, a.. and trespassers will be devoured-- no, I mean! Their souls will be devoured--!!"
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Um—I was a little bit looking for someone, though...
[ she crouches down, like—where is this person ]
...are you all right?
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[ the source of the voice is... still nowhere to be found. ]
Rai? [ oh thank god leo is actually here, he's sitting near the water way. his shoes off and his feet in the water. ]
You took so long to get here I didn't think you were coming... oh, have you met my little sister? She's so cute, you can't miss her!
"O... Oniiichaaaaaaaaaaaaan!!"
[ there's a furious flutter of wings. it's little sister! she is very little. like, no bigger than your hand little. ]
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[ she sketches a formal bow. knightly-like. ]
I guess I ended up on a little bit of a detour, but I think I know my way around a bit better?
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which leo just laughs at, full of fondness ]
Wahaha~! Don't worry Ruka-chan, Rai is a friend! [ he leans back on his hands as he looks up in Rai's direction, beaming ]
Aren't the doors cool? I never get lost anymore like this!
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the wanderer
This isn't in the castle at all? Not only that, but there's no one around as far as the eye can see... the desert is vast, and the sky is even vaster. There's no music here, either. And without that familiar sound, whether you noticed it before or not, you feel... lost. Insecure. Like your feet don't even touch the ground, like you're floating directionless without any clue where to go from here...
And then you feel something huge and wet lick the back of your neck. It's a camel.
"Well I'll be... aren't you a little far away from where you're supposed to be?"
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oh. there's someone here to see her jump like a foot in the air out of alarm. ]
—you're the Wanderer...?
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[ on top of the camel is... this guy, sitting cross-legged with a carefree grin ]
"Howdy! Shouldn't your sort be back at the castle? What brings you all the way out here?"
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[ "here" like. in the ideal world. this is a normal sentence structure ]
Or Leo's, if that's what you know him by—but it seems like the performance his knights want to put on needs a fifth person, and they were talking about asking someone else...
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"What do you think they should do, Miss Shrike?"
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