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Nemesis and Hurricane's Ideal World: Session 1
[The sky above is a deep, unnatural crimson, filled with roiling clouds and creatures that are a sickly oil-slick black. They writhe and wriggle like something out of a Lovecraftian nightmare; they have entirely too many eyes, and entirely too many wings, and when they open their mouths, they have entirely too many teeth]
[Below them, the city of Tokyo is half-shattered; above the rooftops, mechanized suits the size of people hover in the air, darting in out of the chaos, laser blasts and explosions and wickedly sharp blades fighting tirelessly against the endless onslaught]
[Until finally, the last creature falls]
[All at once, civilians flood the streets of the city; the lights come on in all the buildings, which somehow have become whole again, safe and unharmed. A cheer goes up from the crowd. Overhead, a stunning fireworks display paints the night with light and color]
[And they all lived happily ever after]
[The end]
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...actually. You know what, I'll take your word for it. But, I did find out something, when I went to the rescue... I don't know if there was anything in the lab.
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His mom was in the lab. And weapons. [He has some New Tech. And a birdie.]
A mom who loved and paid attention and believed in her son, except she could never say it properly, which tracks. Some things you can't lie to yourself about.
What happened at the rescue?
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Well, there were a lot of kids there, and they were nice, but—one of the smallest ones wanted to say something about "the last time strangers were here" that one of the older kids shushed him about.
It seems like something bad happened, but they wouldn't tell me what—so I don't know if we might be able to bring it up to Hurricane and Nemesis, since they care about the kids.
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Either they got made into child soldiers, or it was worse.
We're gonna open the padlock. There might be a guy with a really long sword behind it. He may also come from the ceiling, so be ready.
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[ she frowns. ]
...I don't think they were child soldiers. I think, probably, it was... something else. But—mm. Got it.
Ready when you are.
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It gets a lot worse from there.
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[ ... ]
The world is unkind.
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Theirs was especially unkind.
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Experienced some of it.
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...the dream is beautiful. I hope... someday, they get to live in a place where they really can have...
[ what's the phrase on the tip of her tongue... ]
...a peaceful slumber.
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They will.
They actually have a lot of options.
[Its just their world that might not be helped.]
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Mm... when you can put children to bed, and—while their day might not have been perfect, while they might get into arguments and have to eat their vegetables, and fail at things... they can still sleep easily.
I don't know what kind of hope they have ahead, but I hope they hold onto it with both hands.
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...but being able to sleep peacefully would be good for them.
[He knows Hurricane rarely does. He doesn't know for sure about Nemesis.]
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[Because they won't think this is possible One Their Own.]
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[ and now... the menacing wizard. ]
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