idol simulator 2kxx » round 02

[idolpro]

For a long, suspended moment, you don’t know where you are.

And then, you find that you do.

Opening your eyes, you’ll find that wherever you were a moment ago you’re now in an unremarkable room in an unremarkable building, dressed in unfamiliar clothes.



You are understood to be human
You have your cell phone
You have no weapon
You cannot use unit powers
You can call and text one another
Retained corruptions are cosmetic

Welcome to the music industry, probationary idols. You’ve got a lot of work to do.

Comments

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[softlyfalling]

[ hesitantly, because this feels instinctively dangerous to say for some reason— ]

...Aya, you mean?

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[wefoundwonderland]

I suppose that may be it. I'm afraid I don't remember.

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[softlyfalling]

You... seem like you've been here for a long time.

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[wefoundwonderland]

Maybe. I've been here since the trees grew...

Well, one of us has to be.

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[softlyfalling]

...since the trees grew?

What is this place?

[ and she places her hand very gently on the woman's shoulder. ]

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[wefoundwonderland]

[It feels like touching a cool current of air.]

Here? It's everything she wouldn't let go of. They couldn't use it, so they shut it away.

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[softlyfalling]

...ah.

What... happened to you? Your neck...

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[wefoundwonderland]

It's an old wound. They didn't want her remembering those, either.

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[softlyfalling]

[ give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy give her mercy ]







...this is supposed to be a happy dream, but—wounds like these are hard to forget.

[ subconsciously, she traces her thumb across her abdomen, in a vertical line. ]

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[wefoundwonderland]

Mm...

How else would you give an unhappy person a perfectly happy dream? They'd have to forget. There's no way around it.

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[softlyfalling]

I really... should have known, shouldn't I. She's gentle, but she's not found herself in a gentle world.

[ she climbs up on the edge of the fountain to reach up to the tree—trying to pluck a flower or two. ]

Do you want to leave here? Can you?

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[wefoundwonderland]

I think we both do, on some level. She has to know this isn't right. She didn't want to forget any of this.

But I'm not the one you have to save.

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[softlyfalling]

[ after a moment's thought, assuming she was able to reach them, she tucks a flower in her own hair. ]

Is it all right if I keep looking around in here? I was hoping there might be something that would jog her memory...

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[wefoundwonderland]

Of course. There are many things here that would serve to do that.

But... please, be careful. This place is not what it was, but it's not without danger. Fortunately, there are many things here you could use to protect yourself, too.

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[softlyfalling]

I'm probably most qualified to do something dangerous out of everyone here, so...

[ well, for now she's going to borrow a couple of those iron spars to use as weapons, and check out the heavy wooden doors. ]

Re: talk to h̢̜̬̬e̛̟͇r̜̦͘

[wefoundwonderland]

You now have a wrought-iron bar that came loose from a banister. It’s rusty and covered in flaking white paint, but is long and weighty enough to do some damage if swung.

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