Skylark's Ideal World | Session 1

[idolpro]

Once, there was a maiden...
...who was driven from her land.
Great black stags chased her, and their eyes shone blue.
Monsters scrambled after her through the bush, though they found her not.
Stumbling on a log, she fell and thought to surrender, and end the torment of the hunt—

... ... ...

You're so, so tired.

Why carry on?

... Surely, it's okay to take a break—

Comments

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[quickpersuader]

[Settling down also for an Actual Explanation Please.]

Are you... a personification of them, or simply a person who represents those things from his past?

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[intheshade]

"Hmm...it's complicated, so let's go with 'both'."

Yeah, that sounds about right.

"The 'me' who existed in reality was someone powerful, and he stands to eventually reach something similar. One needs power to achieve their desires, but having power also means you bear responsibility, too. So you could say I personify those feelings because he considers me representative of them."

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[quickpersuader]

Could you explain more about who you were in reality, then?

[At this point they're maybe just curious about the whole thing.]

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[intheshade]

"My, you're quite curious..."

She doesn't say this like it's a bad thing, however. If anything, she sounds more thoughtful. "I can't tell you anything he himself doesn't know, of course. It's probably a rather incomplete picture, if that's something you're fine with."

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[quickpersuader]

There's so much I don't know about him, I don't think the story being incomplete will make that much of a difference.

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[intheshade]

"Fufu, very well!"

She seems to be debating exactly how much finicky detail she wants to get into; there's no need to explain absolutely everything to understand the gist, after all.

"Whee he's from, the gods are provably real, and they can bless mortals with a shard of their power. The Unconquered Sun is among the highest of gods, and his Chosen are called Solars. The 'real' me was one of them who lived over a millennium ago, and the fledgling ended up inheriting her blessing in the present."

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[quickpersuader]

Blessings being... her responsibilities and her powers? What sorts of responsibilities would that be?

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[intheshade]

"Her powers specifically, he's not too sure what her actual responsibilities were. Though, I suppose he wouldn't be surprised if for some reason he ended up having to deal them, too."

"For the time being, the only responsibilities he knows he inherited from her are the kind people talk ethics about, when you have a lot of power."

Re: CW: Dead body,,,

[quickpersuader]

You have a duty to ensure your power isn't used unjustly, I suppose... that's what people would hope for at least.