Wednesday's Heart Game » Session One

[idolpro]

At first, there is nothing.

And then there’s a voice, saying:

I need your help.

     … look, I don’t have time to explain. Hold this.

And something, ready or not, is thrust into your hand. Maybe it’s a pen, or a brooch, or a watch or a phone, or anything at all so long as it’s small enough to hold, and looks too important to lose.

Maybe you try to object, but a small, winged creature wreathed in iridescent sparkles darts into your view, and clasps your hands, and curls your fingers tight about the object in them.

     You’re just, the creature says, going to have to trust me. Now: raise your hand, and say:

Power of a Dreaming Star – Metamorphose!!

Maybe you know these tropes, or maybe you don’t.
Maybe you’re about to protest that no, you couldn’t possibly, this is ridiculous and you’ve got the wrong person—

But you can’t resist the call. Nobody ever can.

And then?

     Then? It’s not dark any more.

         And an awful lot seems to be happening at once.

[ ♡ ooc information & combat rules ♡ ]

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BOSS ACTION

[wefoundwonderland]

Enough!

[She draws herself upright again, stretching out an imperious arm in a grand sweep.]

Chronos Bane--!!

[She misses Cobalt this time, but Serenity is not quite so fortunate. An ornate hourglass materializes around Serenity, trapping her in the lower globe. It doesn't hurt, it's just annoying... but she will find herself growing gradually weaker the longer she is trapped inside.

[You might be able to break the glass with an attack.]

[we_meet_again]

Serenity!

[Shit! His first instinct is to break the hourglass and free Serenity, but maybe defeating Sword Lady will do the same thing.]

Let me see your face!!

HEAVENLY FLASH SALVATION TIMES TWO!!

[5*+6+2]

Re: BOSS ACTION

[overworker]

[ Ah-- trapped. She cannot attack directly from in here, but she can try to break the glass herself in order to get back out there and help Cobalt. ]

Sparkling Star Aura!

[ (5* + 4 + 6) ]

BOSS REACTION

[wefoundwonderland]

[The glass shatters.

[She drops the sword.

[Those are the first signs. The second is that she catches fire.

[It all burns, and too quickly at that: the woman, the mansion, the flowers. The fire creeps up the stairway, it licks at the walls, at the statues on their plinths, but you cannot feel its heat, and it does not touch you. It burns with a clear white flame, and the smoke smells sweet and heady as incense. She stands, and she burns, and though her body twists in the flames, and shrivels, and blackens, and turns to ash, she doesn’t make a sound.

[And there’s light on your face, all of a sudden; if you tilt your head back, you can see it as the sky splits in two, bathing the ruined grounds in brilliant day.]

[rip you absolutely trashed her. you are beasts]

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[we_meet_again]

Oh...!

Oh wow.

Serenity, are you okay?

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[overworker]

Oh--! We did it...

[She's stunned for a few seconds.]

We did it!!

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[we_meet_again]

We did it!

I didn't have much time to look around before — what is this place?

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[overworker]

Honestly, I didn't get much of a chance to look around either before I noticed she was here. But I saw the flower growth from outside and though there might be something here.

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[we_meet_again]

Hopefully that helped. It's pretty bright now!

Maybe we can poke around not that there's nobody trying to put swords in us.

[Time to SNOOP. What's around, now that everything burned up in purifying fire? What does this area look like now?]

Re: BOSS REACTION

[wefoundwonderland]

[You can indeed!

[The walls, crumbling and smoke-blackened, are almost all that remains of the place. Charred struts of still-smoldering wood hint vaguely at the superstructure of a roof, and a mess of twisted metal is all that remains of what must have once been a massive stained-glass window, now nothing more than a memory. Shards of glass and chunks of rubble crunch and shatter beneath your feet as you walk, and the air hangs heavy with smoke.

[You cannot see any trace of the woman's body, but you can see smoke-blackened statues lining the hall.]

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[we_meet_again]

[What do these statues look like?]

Re: BOSS REACTION

[wefoundwonderland]

[You examine the smoke-blackened statue. A soot-begrimed figure, sat on its haunches and bristling with spikes, it is both vaguely equine and frankly monstrous. Its lips are pulled back in a snarl to reveal a mass of razor-sharp teeth and a coiled, serpentine tongue, its clawed front feet resting on the guard of a broadsword. Its long, muscular, whiplike tail is wound about the base of the plinth.

[Maybe being set on fire was not such a bad fate for this thing.]

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[we_meet_again]

[Is this who I think it is]

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[wefoundwonderland]

[It is exactly who you think it is. Yes.]

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[we_meet_again]

[Is this a real sword? Can he pull it from the statue?]

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[wefoundwonderland]

[It's in an awkward position, and the creature's hooves seem to be pressing down hard on it, but even with all the soot on it it's definitely a real sword. You can probably work it loose if you try.

[The edges are blunt, though, so you won't cut yourself trying to remove it from the statue. Symbolic, yes, possibly lethal to thoughtless bystanders, no.]

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[overworker]

[ Since Cobalt has things here, she's going to go back outside to check the mansion garden! ]

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[wefoundwonderland]

[There’s not much left to see here. A broken statue similar to the one Cobalt is examining lying on the flagstones; a damaged but still functioning fountain, somehow escaping the worst of the blaze; the remnants of proud turrets; smoldering topiaries. A footpath twists about the wreckage of the house and through a wrought-iron arch.]

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[overworker]

[ Well, the least she can do is a bit of clean up. It really seems like this could have been a lovely place, if it weren't for the corruption. But if there's nothing else here she'll keep following the footpath to see the whole area. ]

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[wefoundwonderland]

[You'll find that the flowers come away easily now. It's like the appearance of the sun has dried them out, and they can be stripped from the statues and topiaries with almost no effort at all.]

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[overworker]

[ Oh good. With those cleared out she'll check the working fountain. ]

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[wefoundwonderland]

[You examine the fountain. The vines that were wrapping about it seem to be very slowly withering away.

[It looks rather nice in the sunlight, actually. With the vines withering up, you can see what the statue in the centre is of: a woman with a trident, fighting a sea serpent. She resembles Wednesday, and she appears to be winning.]

Re: BOSS REACTION

[wefoundwonderland]

[All of a sudden, Michelle appears to you in a cloud of sparkling light.]

There's no time for that! You have to come quickly--!!

There's a rift forming in the Quiet Street, and we're going to need your help!

Re: BOSS REACTION

[overworker]

Yeah. I think that's a good sign. I'm going to check the garden outside. I don't think there's anything else dangerous here. But just in case-- if anything happens, just yell.

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[we_meet_again]

Sounds good! I'll catch up in a minute!