??? Explora Session 3: 9AM PST/11AM CST/Noon EST Start

[idolpro]

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THE GATES | THE COURTYARD | THE FOUNTAINS | THE GARDENS

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Re: THE GARDENS

[420blazeit]

[ shhhh. shhhh. shhhh.
only tree hugging now. ]

[ hugs the tree,
and therefore... hugs herself. ]

[ or something. ]

I hope you continue to grow here and that you find somebody that will take care of you. [ pat pat pat. ] Because we both know we can't do it on our own. [ gives the tree a lopsided smile and then turns away from it. ]

[ is there anything else here or can she just leave the garden? ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

Well.

You have me, right?

[ But turning away from the tree, the only place to go seems to be toward the endless horizon, or back to the flower garden, where there stands the bright white gate, open. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[420blazeit]

[ she chuckles and heads to the flower garden. she's going to see if she can't find the same flowers that sprout from her skull ( the mugunghwa ) and pick one... because she hasn't done enough damage to herself. CLEARLY. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ Looking for a specific flower is hard, in this garden of every flower, each realer than real in some way—

roll 1d20; if you roll a 20, you can find it. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[420blazeit]

[ 10. ]

[ looks like that's a nope. ]

[ are there any flowers that call out to her? ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ There are plenty that call out to her; even though she doesn't know the names, meanings appear in her head, somehow. Adventure and despair and longing and racing video games and Doritos. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[420blazeit]

[ that doritos flower seems sus. ]

[ she'll head over to the one that's calling out with longing and kneel down before it. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ Its petals open, delicate and light pink; the fragrance fills your head, in a perfectly crisp scent. It's vibrant and beautiful, and in a way, it feels like a part of you—almost like the tree did. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[420blazeit]

[ she's going to dig around it and see if she can't, like, uproot the entire thing without murdering it, since she expects that to hurt. she learned her lesson! maybe... ]

[ she still sort of wants to take it with her though, so let's see how far its rooted and if she can take the clod of dirt its roots have claimed as its own, so she can bring it home. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ In a way, trying to pull up the flower—a single flower on a single plant—feels like it's tugging at your heart. Like something that's taken root there. You could uproot it—but isn't it already a part of you?

Where do you think you are, D.Va Meka of Heart Soldier Senshi? ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[420blazeit]

... [ alright. she's not going to force it. instead, she sets her hand on it and pats it. ] If you'd like to stay here, then fine. I'm not going to make you come with me. I guess it's really nice here, among all your friends. [ she reaches up to her head and braces herself and... rips out the flower... setting it next to the *other* flower. she's bleeding, because OFC, but it's fine. ]

How about a new friend then?

[ she cracks a small smile and gets up, heading back to the gates. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ You gently plant the hibiscus next to it in the ground; maybe it might somehow take root here. Who knows?

But it feels peaceful here. Which is, somehow, a strange feeling for you, isn't it?

As you pass through the gate, it's as though a heaviness lifts from your chest—some terrible weight that you hadn't realized you'd been carrying. It had felt like terrible anguish, but now you can hardly remember it—it's as though it was a dream.

You find yourself in front of a fountain, with no way to cross back to where you were before. This time, of course, there's more idols and yelling. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[420blazeit]

[ :) ]

[ she did good. ]

[ time to check out wtf all that screaming is about. ]

[ fountain ho. ]