idolpro | Nemesis and Hurricane's Ideal World: Session 1

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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...a lot of the kids had injuries. I wonder if—

[ 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.

...I'm pretty sure out of all the options, child soldier was the kindest.

It gets a lot worse from there.

I know.

[ ... ]

The world is unkind.

It can be.

Theirs was especially unkind.

I think... I've probably seen most of his memories of before this place, without meaning to. So I have my guesses.

Seen enough.

Experienced some of it.

Regardless...

...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.

...slightly grim sounding way to put it.

They will.

They actually have a lot of options.

[Its just their world that might not be helped.]

Ah—is it? I think... the person who gave that phrase to me... meant it to mean something like...

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.

It does sound a little like death.

...but being able to sleep peacefully would be good for them.

[He knows Hurricane rarely does. He doesn't know for sure about Nemesis.]