idolpro | Vergil's heart game r4

You feel weak, your body won't move no matter how you try, and you are falling, away from everything you know and love. Away from everything you need to accomplish. If you could just reach out, maybe you could hold on to it, claw your way back. But it's a useless endeavour, you fall unconscious, and your mind goes blank except for poetry and a familiar voice.

O mother Enitharmon, wilt thou bring forth other sons?
To cause my name to vanish, that my place may not be found,
For I am faint with travail,
Like the dark cloud disburden'd in the day of dismal thunder.

My roots are brandish'd in the heavens, my fruits in earth beneath
Surge, foam and labour into life, first born and first consum'd!
Consumed and consuming!
Then why shouldst thou, accursed mother, bring me into life?

You wake on the ground in a cave, cold, wet, and sticky. It smells of rotting flesh. Your objective is clear, but you can't recall a name or face. Nothing else about your memory of him is changed, but for some reason the name "Vergil" just won't come to you, and you couldn't describe how he looks if your life depended on it. But at least your body starts to respond to your will, slowly regaining enough strength to carry on.

Unless you're Glory, in which case the rest is the same, but you wake in a library.

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[Well if Vergil seems excited about it—]

Sure, I'll try it.

He hands Yamato over, and somehow you don't botch this mission. You style on that statue so hard, as if it's entirely instinct, all the cool moves come to you naturally, things that shouldn't even be possible for you without demon powers?

The statue bursts into a geyser of blood -- crystallised into faces twisted in screams. You feel really stylish.

Looks like you got a sticker and 1000 red orbs. You know, assuming you want them.

[NICE.

And yeah she'll take red orbs. They're probably good for something.

More importantly though she'll stick the sticker on her lapel like a badge of honor.]

Hell yeah. What else do you do with a style rank sticker!

Vergil grins, clearly impressed. "Fun, right? Told you."

Surprisingly fun. It usually doesn't feel like that...

"That's because Yamato is the best, obviously." New heart theme: Yamato is objectively the best weapon and you must all recognise this fact.

He takes you over to the other statue now though.

A statue that appears to be made of gold and stained nickle. It depicts a woman with a lion's head, carrying a giant hourglass upon her back like Atlas. There is no sand in the hourglass, but something does seem to flow within it. The words inscribed below read "The Watcher of Time". When you approach it, a voice rings in your ears.

Those who desire to acquire the ancient ways of war shall offer the blood of monsters in exchange.

Vital Star +1 Perseverance. 500 red orbs
Devil Star Increases demonic power. 500 red orbs
Tail bow a big red bow, you know, for your tail. It's very charming. 100 red orbs
Monocle is this...true power? 100 red orbs
Arm need a hand? It's a right forearm. Like, from a person. 100 red orbs
Painting it looks like it's of Yamato. 100 red orbs
Flowers a bouquet of regular, non-demonic flowers. 100 red orbs
Journal leatherbound and full of poetry. 100 red orbs
Violin surely this is self-explanatory. 100 red orbs
Robes for the Master of Ceremonies, Ligrev. 100 red orbs

You have 1000 red orbs.

Ah... hmm.

[HMMM. What are the most important things to spend her budget on... Should she keep some orbs?

Nah. She buys:

- Devil Star
- Tail Bow
- Monocle
- Painting
- Flowers
- Journal]

Devil Star There's a far off rumbling noise...
Tail bow You feel extremely embarrassed. Do you have a tail? Maybe someone else wants it.
Monocle You don't feel any different. Except maybe a little silly for even thinking about wearing a monocle, who the heck does that? Although there is a sort of aftertaste of needing to prove yourself...
Painting You feel proud, despite being completely out of your depth. Someone might be looking for this.
Flowers You're terrified. Or is this just how it feels being deeply in love? Maybe both. It might be difficult not to cry for a moment. But it's kind of lame to just give yourself a bouquet, sure you paid for it but are you just going to keep it for yourself?
Journal It's all hand written, and the writers the pieces are attributed to have some odd names. DMX? Tupac? Are these poems? Are we going to debate the validity of rap as poetry? No we're not, they're poems and you're going to appreciate them and the work put into getting this journal together. Well, maybe you won't that's your choice, but someone certainly would.

Don't worry, we're working on video game logic here, you can carry all this just fine. Congrats on built in bag of holding.

...Ah.

[That is so many emotions. Most of them very familiar, except for maybe the monocle one.

And really, she is a danganronpa character so filling her inventory with a bunch of weird items to give to people seems about right. She turns to look at Vergil again.]

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Every video game character knows that's just how things work.

Vergil watches you, unaware of the feelings share. "Hm...the monocle's wrong, but seems like that's okay. That was definitely the gate opening. You can probably go through."

...Then we should head back there, I guess.

[...]

Would you like any of these...?

He shakes his head. "They should probably go back home. ...I can't go there with you."

...You're staying here, then?

"Yeah. It won't let me go there, so I'd better stay here." He pauses a moment, looking sullen, before he wraps his arms around your waist.

[She wraps hers around him in return for a tight hug, and also kisses the top of his head.]

...I'll make sure everything works out.

"...Thanks, Glory. I'll miss you. I really...like having you around. As family."

...Yeah. I... feel the same for you.

[one more hair ruffle]

Thanks for coming with me.

"Thanks for taking me. I really don't like being alone." This time he smiles a little for the ruffling. Okay fine, you're allowed.

Me either. And I think we did well together. We should do something again... later.

Oh, he beams! "That would be nice, I'd like that a lot."

...Good. It's a plan, then.

[reluctantly, she pulls away]

He smiles, and decides to wander back to the books. What else is he going to do now.

And when you return to the cave, if that's what you're doing right away...

The ground rumbles beneath you, not enough to throw you off balance or disrupt anything around you, but it is distinct.

Vergil's heart game r4

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