idolpro | Wednesday's Heart Game

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.

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...is this about the being a vampire thing, because...

Vampire?

I'm talking about the darkness...! You're the ones who've been letting it through, haven't you?

...never mind that, then.

Rather, it's been getting brighter, hasn't it?

Maybe here. Where do you think that light came from...? Why do none of you ask where it's from?

It showed up after we defeated that plant creature in the shrine.

But, pardon, it seems we have some kind of misunderstanding.

No. No. The light - that's from my world. She's taking it from me. She's taking everything.

So—hang on, who are you?

Star Pearl.

Aya.

I'm... I suppose I'm the rest of her.

Edited 2021-01-31 04:06 (UTC)

You conceive of yourself as completely different people? Who you are now, and who you were?

We were both 'Aya' - Aya Maruyama. An idol. She was brought - there, we don't know how. And she saw some, she saw terrible things and so, to cope, she thought... maybe, for now, she should just be 'Wednesday', and when she escaped and came home, then she could be Aya again.

But she hasn't escaped. She's just been stuck there. And now she isn't sure how to be me again, or even if she wants to, and - and what if she doesn't? What happens to me? What if she never goes home?

[ oh,

well, it's like the division between "the girl" and "the monster," so she can sort of understand that. ]

Ah—

Well, first of all—I'm sorry that she, and also you had to go through that. Because even though compartmentalizing is a way to protect yourself, it still hurts the part of you that's being held back, after all.

I'm—not very good at hugs, but... if you'd like one?

You'd do that?

[Her eyes are suddenly stinging, and she blinks back tears.]

You'd... do that for me, even though - even though I caused all this trouble, and you--

[She breaks off.]

But you're not her friend, are you? She's - not in a bad way. You just, you don't know her very well yet. You're...

[Maybe, this time, it isn't just about her.]

Well—let's just say that I know what it's like to have something that... cracks your life right down the middle, where there's a "before" and an "after," and you're not quite sure you can ever be the same person that you were before.

But you can still be kind to who you were, and to who you've become, and who you will be. So I'd like to be kind to you, too.

I don't know what you're called.

You - you're being so kind, and... I don't know what you're called.

Oh—

...goodness, I'm so sorry, I got entirely distracted by thinking the rest of this through. You can call me Hope.

Hope...

[It's so on the nose it makes her laugh through her tears.]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry! It's just so, so appropriate...

You're the first person who's said that, honestly. All my unitmates want me to go by things like "Attack and Dethrone God" and who knows what, but—

In the face of what this world can throw at us, isn't it the most radical act there is?

It's a beautiful name.

Hope-san... Thank you.

[ she's just going to—gently, almost a little hesitantly, fold Aya into her arms. ]

Any time.

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