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Requiem's Ideal World run #1

It's dark... and a little cold.

Oh. You have a text-- wonder what that's about?

...

...

?

Hey, there's some junk in here that's not in the right spots. Take a good look around and fix that jazz. Everything's got a place or whatever.

No sense in hiding from yourself, right?

... what is this, a text for ants?

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They look at each other. "Wrong...?" Hurricane says thoughtfully, then seems to remember something.

"Ah, yeah. I found this recently; ain't mine and ain't one of the candy peoples', so maybe you can find something better to do with it." He removes a tiny journal from his pocket and hands it over to you.

“Where’d you find this...?” She takes it and looks it over—gives it a casual flip through.

"Just out while I was doing my rounds."

When you pick the journal up to flip through, you find it's empty, until a yellowed flap of paper falls out, looking older than you might expect.

You unfold it to read and find that it's a page of... obituaries? haphazardly glued together into one piece; every mortal friend, family, or lover Requiem has ever known is listed here, having lived a full, happy life and died peacefully and surrounded by the people they loved.

Reading it makes something deep in your chest ache, but you desperately want to push it away and pretend it doesn't exist. ... this doesn't belong here.

There are so many...

With a breath she stuffs it back in the journal, and stuffs the journal into her bag—not far enough but...hopefully far enough to not have to feel that pain, though there’s a separate ache at having to give these back at some point...one that she’ll have to deal with later.

Eventually, she turns back to the others. “Uh—thanks. I know who this belongs to.” She looks around the square again. “I’d better keep moving... You had any other giant troubles or something you need looking into?”

Hurricane seems happy to have helped! He says, "Thanks dude, I knew you would."

Bonnie seems contemplative for a moment, before turning to Hurricane and saying, "Actually, could you run the perimeter for me? Make sure the Guards aren't just playing cards or nothin'."

"Oh, sure?" He pauses a moment to close the gap between you and him, so he can tug you a bit closer by the arm and press a kiss to your cheek and say, "See you at home!"

And then he's off.

Bonnie waits until he leaves the castle before turning back to you, with a frown. "So you realized, huh?"

Wow, everyone in this world is a menace... Nemesis clears her throat before looking back to Bonnie proper, making sure she understands what she’s hearing. “I did? —I mean, I did, but you did?”

"I've got like, crazy science brains, of course I did."

She shrugs, with a lopsided, awkward smile. "It's a nice dream, right?"

Looks at her, and then looks away. “Yeah, it is.“

She shifts again, also awkward. “You...Ah. You guys made up?”

"Oh, totally."

She pauses, then gestures to the door Hurricane went through. "Would you be jealous? The part of this dream that's you means you're as happy as she could manage to make you, as well."

Considers; goes a different tack instead. “...And the way it’s all set up, she’s happy with that, too?”

Gestures at the location. “Like—some things’re pretty obvious. But other things seem kinda...funny.”

"Funny how?"

"Like... Howcome she's got like seven girlfriends and don't live with none of 'em? If this's s'posed to be some kinda paradise, why not go all out? Why's the city look all super evil? I ain't even been there and it's all villain clouds and stuff. And that's where she works? Like--trying to ditch bad memories, I get that. But the other stuff don't make sense."

She takes a breath after all that, folding her arms around her middle and bowing her head. "I don't wanna ruin her happiness--any more than I already have. But--is she really happy here? That's...what I gotta know before I do anything."

"I mean, the city's all dark cuz it came that way, I dunno," Bonnie says, shrugging.

"But uh, more importantly, where you gettin' seven girlfriends from? I won't say she doesn't love Sabre or Ashley but they got their own stuff to worry about, she knows that. And you... well, she loves you." A pause. "Her happiness isn't dependent on possessing anyone, you know. She's totally aware that Hurricane comes first for you. You being happy makes her happy."

"I know. And..." She trails off, since what can she even say that's worth saying anyway?

"...What about you, then? Even I know you're important."

Bonnie shrugs, with a helpless smile. "She doesn't remember enough.

I might be important, but-- well, she's a vampire, and I'm immortal too. I'll be here long after the rest of you pass on whether I'm her friend or not."

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Nemesis nods, expression muted. "...Just figured if this was supposed to be a fantasy, it'd be less--pragmatic. Guess it don't really matter..."

Edited 2020-08-09 21:39 (UTC)

"Well, a perfect world and all," she says. "All our friends are happy, they love her back, she gets to live out their lives with them and then finally die as a human.

Her last adventure."

"Ah..." She looks down. "Can't really argue with any of that."

She sighs, looking down. "Anyplace else I should look before I head back to her? I gotta-- I wanna spend some time, before. Uh."

"Find a few more of those things," she says, gesturing to the bag you put the journal in. "Sorry I can't tell you where they are-- I'm not gonna help ruin this for us."

There's a long pause before she continues, soft, "... you don't have to either, you know. You could stay-- be happy. Live a good, long time, having adventures with everyone.

Be loved the way you deserve."

Looks at her, curve of her mouth a little crooked. "In real life I already got better than I deserve."

And she drops her gaze again. "Anyways, I ain't the only person in here. So--it ain't all up to me. But...if I got the stuff, at least I can kinda--control it, maybe. At least...that's the plan."

"Well, you're free to do whatever you want," she says. "Have at it."

"Yeah, well. Sorry in advance, I guess."

And she hooks her thumbs in her pockets and makes to leave, probably to check out whatever part of the castle grounds she hadn't seen yet, then back towards scary city, since it seems. Ominous.

You head out into the Candy Kingdom streets to wander first, then.

the further you go, the more things start to look decrepit and ruinous-- you can smell the acrid tang of smoke, see the flames reaching over the edges of the building. you can see the sickly green clouds curling higher and higher, towards the sky, the howling faces of miserable spirits screaming in unison as they spread over the land.

huh, that was weird! when you blink, everything returns to normal. sure some of the candy buildings are a little crumbly, but it's a bit much to expect the gumdrop people and banana guards to keep up with this when they have other things to attend to.

Uhh. Seems bad?

She takes a little closer look through these obviously run-down scarytown areas, since. This.

Just looks like a normal building that hasn't be renovated in a couple years!

The locals are still pretty cheery though.

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