☆ your hibiki wataru's amazing (♫ ideal ♫) world ☆ (2)

[idolpro]

Welcome!

The OPENING is where to start, but there are a couple things to note.

Your characters will find that their powers only work near the end. I'll let you know when powers will start to work! Characters will be given both a mask and a lightstick—if you try to get rid of either, they will be replaced within a second. They will also have whatever items they brought in with them.

Secondly, this will be ICly apparent fairly easily and also very early, but your character will be able to find many different characters. I won't be able to NPC them all so we might get a little vague!! You are free, and a little encouraged, to go look around.

Characters will be told ICly in the OPENING what they need to do, but they won't be told about how things will sometimes feel wrong. This will be a sudden, very noticeable feeling, in red! Generally, what they need to is get Wataru to say goodbye. Having him willingly leave will work too, but that's the better outcome. This will be ICly known once you're out of the opening area.

Also there is a sense of urgency ICly with regard to timing, but don't worry about that OOCly!

Finally, tags are going to come from both stagename and regale don't worry about it.

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OPENING.

[stagename]

[ Wake up and smell the roses.

Literally. It’s the first sense you regain, the faint smell of roses everywhere. When you open your eyes, they’re also the first thing you see. Arrayed in every direction, in every imaginable shade, it looks like they go on forever and ever. The sky is shimmery and bright, faint colours of the rainbow spreading across it--it doesn’t look anything even close to natural, and the clouds all look like cotton candy, wafting across the sky.

The only place spared roses is a brick bridge and, at the end of it, a castle.

You’re not alone, though. There’s someone else with you, holding a clipboard and a long, long scroll--so long it falls off of the clipboard and rolls across the ground. The person with you is fairly tall, but their features are simple and forgettable. The only exceptional part about them is that they’re wearing a mask. It doesn’t cover a lot of their face, so their expression is pretty readable.

They are smiling, but also they look like they have a job to do!

The bridge happens to be leading across… an abyss of rainbows, to end up on the doorstep of an equally colourful castle. For some inexplicable reason, it is lightly raining feathers across the sky.

You can hear faint music that sounds like … it sounds like pop music, actually? Coming from the castle. There’s also the occasional light reflected on different parts of the castle or against the clouds, as if there’s some kind of show being held within.

Anyway, the person with the clipboard is talking to you, shoving a glowstick into one of your hands and a colourful mask into your other hand. ]

Welcome! Welcome one and all to the greatest show on earth!

Oh, you're late, but that's okay! The main event might have ended already, but there should be enough time to get you up to the stage if we hurry!

Here, here... let me check... there's only a few names left unchecked, so that must be you! Okay, give me your name and we'll get started...

Re: OPENING.

[neverbeentogeorgia]

[ The hell is with that level of enthusiasm, ]

.... Senpai. What exactly was the main event?

Re: OPENING.

[stagename]

Senpai... senpai... I wish someone would call me a senpai...!

[ They seem to be looking through the list, and then making sure that he gets his mask (it can be whatever you want) and his glowstick, then gestures behind them, towards the bridge. ]

It was a live! Actually, I think it's still going, but you definitely won't make it in time. Anyway, you're here for a different reason! You've got to make the big center stage guy say goodbye, alright? Actually, as long as he leaves here somehow it's fine, but you'll do a lot better if you can manage that.

Re: OPENING.

[hissterics]

[ Oh this place is her NIGHTMARE. ]

. . . No. No way.

Re: OPENING.

[stagename]

Yes! I know you! Sabre, Sabre, I don't need your name, you're an expected one!

[ GESTURING TO THE BRIDGE. ]

I'm trusting you on a mission, okay? You have to make the guy in there say goodbye! Or just leave, if you can't manage the first part.

Re: OPENING.

[sunflowering]

[ This is a lot... it's colorful and musical and it definitely seems... dreamlike.

She holds the items given to her, while trying to follow along with everything. ]

Oh... what am I supposed to do on the stage?

[ That didn't exactly give her name but give her a moment. ]

Re: OPENING.

[stagename]

Ummmm, well that'll be up to you. Are you any good at improv?

Here's the thing, you'll do just fine if you make the person you're performing for say goodbye. Getting him to leave this place will work fine too, but that's the big one.

THE CASTLE.

[stagename]

[ Inside, the music is definitely louder, though it still sounds like it’s blasting through a wall. By now the melody might sound a little familiar, like you’ve heard somebody humming it before.

There’s a lot of people around. Every single person is wearing a mask and a smile; it’s a joyous occasion! Some of these people might even be familiar to you, but they’re on a mission so you’ll have to try a bit harder to get their attention.

While the outside of the castle is quite fantastical, the inside is much, much more modern. There are many hallways and paths to take, filled with people that are equipped with different coloured lightsticks--the kind you take to idol concerts, of course.

There’s a large set of stairs, closer to the source of the music. ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[sunflowering]

[ She looks around as she walks, attempting to locate any familiar faces...]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[stagename]

[ There's probably a bunch from Imeeji, too! This is an ideal world, of course everyone Wataru has met and liked is there!!

That said, a bunch of them probably disappear into the crowd, or a different room, before they can do any more than wave at her. ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[hissterics]

[ Clamping her hands over her ears as she wanders in, tail flicking a little irritably. LOUD . . . of course it is!

She eventually wanders over to someone with a glowstick and snatches it out of their hands. These are obviously batons for beating people so she must have all of them. ]

Hey. You seen a noisy guy with long blue hair running around here?

Re: THE CASTLE.

[stagename]

[ sabre ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[stagename]

[ The person she runs into is a very serious looking boy in blue. He lifts an eyebrow, then looks back toward the stairs. ]

That guy? He's probably just finishing up the first live. If you go up the stairs... well, that's the way to go, but you probably won't like it.

Re: THE CASTLE.

[sunflowering]

[ Noticing another familiar face and trying to decide if she is part of the dream or...

But then she steals a glowstick. ]

. . . Um...

[ Which cat is this one... ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[neverbeentogeorgia]

[ just watching all of this ]

Oh is that where we are this time?

[ That

suddenly explains everything. ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[neverbeentogeorgia]

[ This place... is a lot to take in. Like a carnival meets a masquerade meets... ]

Another concert?

[ ... Fuck. please just tell him he's not going to have to perform this time.... Senpai's heading pretty much straight up the stairs. ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[stagename]

[ :) That's up to you, isn't it?

Keep on going straight~~~~~~~ ]

THE MAZE.

[stagename]

[ Up the stairs takes you into a huge area; something about it is kind of strange, though. You went inside, but this looks like the outside? And it doesn’t quite seem like you’ve gone back outside. But not only that… you’re very clearly at the edge of what is a maze. There’s a cute little table to the left of the entrance with a booklet of some kind on it, and there’s still quite a few people milling about, drinking tea and occasionally just disappearing into thin air, as if they’re going through doors you can’t quite see. Somehow, the music is a bit louder here. A few of the familiar faces you saw earlier might be here, taking a seat!

You can take a seat yourself, take some tea, or take a nap. Whatever. There’s a big clock near the front of the maze that tells you that it’s 7:30PM.

If you want to look at what’s on the table, it seems like today’s schedule is there. Otherwise, it seems like it’s time to brave the maze. ]

Re: THE MAZE.

[stagename]

[ btw you're all forced into rainbow caterpillar outfits now ]

Re: THE MAZE.

[neverbeentogeorgia]

[ oh god he was just thinking that Cheshire would make a good nickname for Sabre and NOW, ]

I'm stuck in Wonderland Hell.

[ dressed as a rainbow caterpillar no less. ]

Re: THE MAZE.

[sunflowering]

[ Sometimes you get stuck in a weird costume and it's sort of weird.

But it's almost worth it when you get to see the other two in the same weird thing. ]

Maybe we should talk to some of them at the tea table...?

Otherwise... I wonder if I was to stand on someone's shoulders if I'd be able to see over the hedges of the maze?

[ How tall is it... ]

THE STAGE.

[stagename]

[ By the time you get to the doorman at the end of the maze, the music seems to have quieted. The person checking tickets takes one look at you and lets you through the doorway. Hey... isn't this person the same one who checked the guest list? Hm. You don't get much time to ponder it before you're rushed through.

The stage is empty now that fine is finished with it, and the modern lighting suitable for an idol group has dimmed and the curtain has dropped, preparing for a different kind of show. There’s probably a way to get backstage if you really want to…

But also, the seating is expansive, and kind of at odds with everything else. The outside of the castle was, well, a rainbow-y castle, and if you prodded around you might have seen some modern looking halls, as well as a full tea garden maze, but this is much more intricate. Hmmm, well anyway. Some people have filed out, but there’s still many inside, ready for the next show. There’s a bunch of people in the galleries above, too. You probably recognize a lot of people here. Here’s some notable things:

An old man and an old woman are sitting together near the front row.
There is an entire row with placeholder cards on each chair that say RESERVED FOR ☆ZRAEL.
There is a set of stairs you can take upstairs to go to the smaller rooms; there’s a few different ones, but notably there’s one with a door that says fine on it.

You should take a seat and wait for the next show to begin, but you could always do it sitting next to someone you recognize! ]

Re: THE STAGE.

[hissterics]

[ Okay . . . but WHERE IS NOISY?

She scans the stage, then the crowd -- and if she can't spot him anywhere, then she's absolutely going to try to break into the backstage area. ]

Re: THE STAGE.

[sunflowering]

[ She has ridden Keito the entire way here. To which, when she gets to the end, she will pat his head. ]

Thank you. You did a good job.

[ And now that she's here, she will explore a little... she notices the seats for Zrael, which makes sense. But for now, she'll speak to the old couple upfront. ]

Waiting for the next performance?

Re: THE STAGE.

[neverbeentogeorgia]

[ ... Naw. If he's the one that's been performing, then presumably he's in some kind of intermission. Heading to the backstage area. ]