Imeeji Idol Productions ([personal profile] idolpro) wrote2020-08-07 04:24 pm
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Lucifel's Ideal World, v.2

—The world is ugly, he once declared.

Chaos is inevitable in this world. Pure good can’t be achieved, and pure evil breaks down. And these two extremes are always incompatible with each other. There is still some evil in a good world. That is how the world is, and it is what continues to create ugly things. Evil sneers at good, and good rages over evil. But, in a world where good and evil oppose each other, there is a group that is far more numerous that always appears.

That is ‘grey’. Neither good nor evil. A group that drifts through life haphazardly and merely exists. They don’t believe in goodness and are simply proud that they aren’t evil. Even though they affirm evil acts, they deny evil intentions. They happily say that ‘I am not evil, I am a good person’ and pardon all forms of cruelty.

They kill people while sneering. They kill people out of contempt. They kill people as part of a game. They use the excuse that they can’t restrain their desires—That’s how humans are. That’s how the world is.

Yes—this world is extremely ugly. Neither dyed by good nor fallen into evil. Unable to decide on a color, the wills of people continue to waver. As long as such evil intentions and such foul-smelling corpses aren’t destroyed.



The world will surely continue to rot eternally.

While wrapped within a curse-like fog in darkness frozen to its core.

He thus concluded.

Powers are off.
Corruptions are off.
Carry-on Weapons are not available.
Other carry-on items are available.

『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-07 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ You stand in Tokyo-F. . . or, maybe not.

It's certainly modern Tokyo of some sort; the skyline is different, insofar as government buildings are completely missing—the Game Tower, for example, is just gone from your sight—and while there are a few tall business buildings, they seem to be for malls and shopping centres and areas of business. Otherwise, the only other tall buildings seem to be for residents . . .

. . . Of which there are many. This might be Tokyo, but this isn't Imeeji's Tokyo—there are people everywhere, bustling and chattering as they walk around, or in some cases, bike around. There's strangely no sight of cars anywhere about, nor any indication that cars even really exist—there aren't any parking lots or garages, for example.

Well, it's. . . time to explore?

You see a path running snaking down to the ocean cliffside, as well as to a house nearby it.

From the distance, you can see what seems like a snow-capped hill, with a bright light. ]
irregular: (well that doesn't look right)

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[personal profile] irregular 2020-08-08 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Hmm

[Exploring sounds good. Are there any bicycles he can immediately steal if he's supposed to be going to the quest marker over there?]
Edited 2020-08-08 01:49 (UTC)

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-08 01:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ There are bicycles! They are also completely unchained. In fact, there's just A Bicycle Rack that you can just take from, it seems to be a communal one. ]

[ Down the street, there seems to be kids playing some sort of card game. Sparkles and giant holograms show, of a swordmaster and a halberd-wielder—the halberd-wielder is struck down immediately. How does that work. . . ? Perhaps the cards you have with you might have to do with this? ]
irregular: (call me cute again and i will break you.)

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[personal profile] irregular 2020-08-08 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Right. Yoink. Taking a bike.

[He probably doesn't need to get on it right now? K wheels it down the street to go and check out that card game and how do they have like hologram card games and not... cars?

[This is weird.]
Edited (forgot to pick an icon, whups) 2020-08-08 02:04 (UTC)

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-08 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ No cars!!!

The card game is cool. The first child draws a blue woman with a bow, striking the swordmaster, and then the second child calls forfeit—it looks like the kid is out of cards—and both of them huff at each other before the second child offers something to the first. It looks like candy.

Where are you headed, champ? ]
irregular: (i had no idea)

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[personal profile] irregular 2020-08-08 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah that did look cool, actually! Do his cards do the cool hologram thing?

[And... well, if the quest marker's like, a long way off.. it makes sense to go to the house first, right?

[Before that, though, he should probably make sure that he's not missing anything obvious around here. Is there anything odd about the people?]

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-08 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ They probably could! You'd need to have a partner to battle though, obviously.

There's nothing odd, per se, about the people—at best it's just that their features are hard to remember, like they're indistinct people in a crowd. Besides that though, they do just seem to be regular people going about on their regular day. ]
irregular: (can't you go to hell for that?)

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] irregular 2020-08-08 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, slightly... odd? Less so than 'why are cars not a thing' and 'what happened to half the buildings', though...

[Well, he's just gonna head to the house.]

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-08 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
crossmyheartandhope: (Cast from trees)

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[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2020-08-08 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Man. Been a while since I seen this place so busy.

[He keeps an eye out for a bicyclist passing, even as he scans the city]
Edited 2020-08-08 03:30 (UTC)

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[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-08 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ and cycle they do, just going about their day. it's cool.

Down the street, there seems to be kids playing some sort of card game. Sparkles and giant holograms show, of a swordmaster and a halberd-wielder—the halberd-wielder is struck down immediately. How does that work. . . ? Perhaps the cards you have with you might have to do with this? ]
crossmyheartandhope: Knock (You'll only hear the knock knock)

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2020-08-08 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[...huh]

[Card game. Are they still playing?]

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[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-08 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not for very long. The first child draws a blue woman with a bow, striking the swordmaster, and then the second child calls forfeit—it looks like the kid is out of cards—and both of them huff at each other before the second child offers something to the first. It looks like candy. ]
crossmyheartandhope: (That's for the restless)

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2020-08-08 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Drifting a little closer...??]

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[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-08 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ ????

They seem to be making up, insofar as it seems like there were some hurt feelings and now they're talking it out, but they stop when you come closer.

"What's up, mister?" ]
crossmyheartandhope: (Just shine a light into the wreckage)

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2020-08-08 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, uh.

Any of you guys know someone we can borrow a bike from?

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] maidenheaven 2020-08-08 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ One of them points to a rack near a lightpole—there are just bicycles there, unchained.

"If ya need one, ya can take one! If yer done, put 'em back!" ]
unbr8kable: a baking powder? (exsqueeze me?)

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2020-08-08 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
...For free?
unbr8kable: (really now)

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[personal profile] unbr8kable 2020-08-08 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Still feels weird, though... And not just how there's no busses or scooters or nothing.

You wanna find that guy's house or you wanna jack somebody's bike?

[Or play YGO???]
Edited 2020-08-08 03:32 (UTC)
crossmyheartandhope: Knock (You'll only hear the knock knock)

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[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2020-08-08 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, we were gonna go visit glowy hill, yeah?

[He's watching the card game a little, though]

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[personal profile] unbr8kable 2020-08-08 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Mm...

[Watches him watching cards]

Maybe you could beat those kids and steal their bikes.
crossmyheartandhope: (Cast from trees)

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[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2020-08-08 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
Or we could see if someone one'd let us borrow one.
unbr8kable: (shruggo)

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[personal profile] unbr8kable 2020-08-08 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Ain't that basically what I just said?

C'mon, go kick their asses.
crossmyheartandhope: (I'm like a loser)

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[personal profile] crossmyheartandhope 2020-08-08 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
Eh, guess I can see if anyone wants to play.

[Drifting over that way]
unbr8kable: (sky high)

Re: 『A Place of (Un)Familiarity』

[personal profile] unbr8kable 2020-08-08 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Do it, befriend the children like Gamera]