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Nemesis and Hurricane's Ideal World: Session 2

[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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[ His ears twitch as he takes in the surroundings. ]

. . . Another game, then? [ And his ears go flat. ] Like being inside those hearts I suppose.

[Everything is calm. Everything is peaceful]

[There's no indication that this place is anything but what it seems]

[ He will follow Zhongli and a few others into the house then. Hmm. ]

[he can enter!]

[ He's got some serious deja vu happening, but it's not — helpful, it just makes him antsy about the time, which maybe he would've been anyway. ] [ Also hello Tsukky, too much crisis and too much inside-someone-else's-dreamscape for the ears to bother him, so. ]

You've played a heart game, huh?

[ He nods, turning toward Lupine. ]

I ended up inside Tenshouin-oniisama's heart. It was right after I first arrived, so I did not understand all that much. Naturally, I was at a complete loss. But somehow, despite duck taping a sword to a rumba, we did alright?

[ Yeah... ]

[ .................. ]

So. Lots of follow-up questions. [ He'll bring flan to make it up to you. ] But right now, I think: we split up, we try to find Nem and Hurry, and we yell if we get in trouble or find something that seems important but that we don't understand.

Work for you?

Indeed. That is a solid plan. I will begin by at least peaking inside the house. It feels somehow disrespectful and amiss not to at least see what we might learn from the occupants.

Do our phones work?

[ Checking his to see if he is able to text or not. ]

[ ...Tiniest chuckle. ]

Tsukky, no one here is a real person. They're just gonna be — figments. Shadows. Memories. Be rude to them if you need to, I promise Nem and Hurry will forgive you when we wake them up.

[ But he's very attentive on that experiment. ]

Perhaps. But you have heard the expression before that you will get more bees with honey than vinegar, haven't you? I believe that we might find the occupants a little more agreeable if we probe gently.

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[ ...Isn't it flies...? ]

Sure. But I think we're also on a clock here, and we can't tell how much time is passing in the real world.

We'll move fast then. Will you be going inside?

Heading for the woods with Ali.

[ Giving Tsukasa a once-over. ]

You following Caeli in?

[ See, it's like asking if you'll be okay, but without actually asking that. ]

I plan to, yes. There is no need to worry. I'll find whatever duck tape and rumbas are inside this game, too.

[ That's a joke, but he intends to do his best, so try not to worry. ]

[ SO. MANY. FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. ]

Good. Text us if you need anything, okay?

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[The phone seems to work as it usually does. Who (if anyone) is he trying to text?]

[ He's going to attempt to send a mass text to LUPINE, NEMISIS, and HURRICANE. ]

Suou: Can you see this?

Being inside a heart...? I do not know if I understand.

[ A nod. He lifts a hand up to his chin, wings settling behind him. ]

I am not entirely sure I understand much of it myself. However, I wound up in a strange place... it was connected to his heart. It was his heart, but something like a dreamscape created by his feelings and emotions and the turbulences that lie within.

I see.

Such a thing is not unheard of, but I do not believe I ever recall stumbling upon such a thing by accident.

... I cannot even begin to imagine this being a common occurrence back home. And yet here we are.

What will you do...? I was thinking of going inside to see if I can find any adults.

Inside the house seems the most likely place to find someone who might know what is going on.

[ That and Childe has already dashed inside. ]

Let us look inside then. We shouldn't leave any stones left unturned, afterall. Nemesis-san is my dear unitmate... an important individual to me and one of the last individuals who greeted me on my unit upon my arrival. I will never leave her behind.

And Hurricane-san is truly a wonderful friend. My heart aches at the mere idea of them remaining locked inside a fantasy which is no more than a cage.

[ That earns a soft smile. ]

I'm glad to see they have such good friends.

I am sure they have many. They are the sorts who attract others to them. But if we desire to find them, we must move with haste. Let us venture inside. ♪

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