☆ your hibiki wataru's amazing (♫ ideal ♫) world ☆ (3)

[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.

[syncintohell]

[ this is a little garish. but in such a way that's familiar and he's pretty sure he knows whose dream this is, despite his amnesia. ]

Itsuki Shu.

[stagename]

[ LISTEN UP SHU ]

Great, great, I knew you were on the list, aaaah, where did you go... oh, here!

[ They're pointing at a name as if it's meaningful. ]

Take your mask and the light stick, then head on past me here when you're ready. You've got a speeeeecial mission to accomplish today!

Re: OPENING.

[tradesecret]

Mm.... Yvette is the closest thing to a name I have, but since I have no real name to give, you're free to assign whatever you wish.

Re: OPENING.

[stagename]

[ Looking through the list. ]

No need, there's an "Yvette" here! But if you want... You're Yvie now!

Okay, Yvie, please take that mask and light stick and go on past me when you're ready. You've got a super special mission to accomplish today!

Re: OPENING.

[fromthedepthsof]

[Leisurely straightening up and sticking these presents up his sleeve.]

Come from the deep blue sea, I am Shinkai Kanata~

Re: OPENING.

[stagename]

Oh, the wet one! There you are, yep... okay!

[ They seem to confirm something on the list, then step to the side and gesture past them. ]

You go up this way. You've got a big mission to accomplish today, alright? Don't get sidetracked.

Re: OPENING.

[constellationprize]

I-I'm sorry...

Um, it's Aradia!

Re: OPENING.

[stagename]

Sorry? Uhhh... well it's okay, you're here! "Powerful Aradia!" Must be you!

Okay, take your stuff and go on straight past me. You need to make the guy on stage say goodbye, orrrr just leaving will be okay, but you really should try for that.

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.

[fromthedepthsof]

[Drips on forward! By which I mean he is completely ignoring everything to go straight, other than holding his hands up to his ears. Noisy in here, huh.]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[stagename]

[ Straight leads up the stairs—is that where you want to go? ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[syncintohell]

[ well, he was advised by a mask-wearer to head straight so he will do so

Are the stairs straight ahead?

He doesn't remember exactly what fine's music sounds like so he's not as grumpy as he might be about the music. ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[tradesecret]

[ Putting on her mask, because everyone else has, and follows the music to the stairs ]

Re: THE CASTLE.

[constellationprize]

[ heading on right ahead, she recognizes that tune. she's pretty sure. ]

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.

[syncintohell]

[ yeah, shu is going to stop at the entrance to pick up that booklet and look inside ]

Re: THE MAZE.

[tradesecret]

[ Checking out the booklet ]

Re: THE MAZE.

[fromthedepthsof]

[Continues strolling straight forward without so much as a "hi" to any NPCs, or... any regard at all for the fact that there's a maze coming up. What if he just heads forward until he is physically stopped by a wall?? Because apparently that's what he's going to do.]

Re: THE MAZE.

[constellationprize]

[ huh.

let's snag a booklet first ]

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:

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.
There’s five oddly coloured seats along the back; they seem to be occupied by two people, but there’s belongings in four out of the five.
There’s a small door kind of hidden away in a dark corner. It’s labeled BACKSTAGE.

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.

[fromthedepthsof]

[Should he? It doesn't seem like the show is about to start just yet. What if he just keeps going on forward, down the theater?]

Re: THE STAGE.

[syncintohell]

[ ... five seats, are there

Goes over to there, to see which two are occupying it ]

Re: THE STAGE.

[tradesecret]

[ Going to snoop on the ☆ZRAEL section! ]

Re: THE STAGE.

[constellationprize]

Hokuto -

[ she will just,

in true dia fashion, fuss over him all the while up until they reach the stage. if he fucks off once they make it there she'll trail over to the zrael seating first ]