Nemesis and Hurricane's Ideal World: Session 2

[idolpro]

[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]

Comments

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

[ Arriving in style with Ali, he touches down lightly on the outskirts of the party and releases her immediately. ]

—Well. Definitely an atmosphere upgrade.

Re: THE PARTY

[unbr8kable]

[Waves from the refreshment table]

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

[ Annnnd heading on over! ]

Hey, Nemesis.

[ Sure does have some photos in his possession of horrifying deaths and your tombstones. :|a And Ali has video footage of you and Hurry being tortured. So, this is fine, ]

Re: THE PARTY

[unbr8kable]

Finally made it, huh. You're lucky the old man didn't eat up all the snacks!

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

Yeah, sorry, we got a little waylaid. [ Beat. ] At the church in the woods.

Re: THE PARTY

[unbr8kable]

[Frowns again]

That ain't real. That's just your imagination running away with you.

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

[ .......Well, ] [ Lupine takes his phone out and finds the part of the camera roll where. You know. ]

You sure about that?

[ It's a very decent photo of the man in front of the church. We're — starting slow. ]

Re: THE PARTY

[unbr8kable]

[Don't like that, and her eyes go wide before her hands clench]

Where did you--

[But then, something is happening]

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

[ WELP. ]

—Don't worry. We've got this.

[ OFF HE GOES. ]

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[offontherightfoot]

Dude! Hey!

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

Hey, Hurry.

[ Sliding an arm around your shoulders! All companionable-like. ]

Sorry we're late, this creepy old man really wanted to know if we'd heard the 'good news'.

[ Complete with airquotes! ]

Re: THE PARTY

[offontherightfoot]

Wait, what old man?

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

Oh, you know. The guy out in front of the church in the woods.

[ Beat. ]

With the graveyard.

Re: THE PARTY

[offontherightfoot]

Wait - wait. The guy with the beard?

He ain't supposed to be here.

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

He looked kind of unalive, but it wasn't stopping him from preaching at us anyway.

[ Watching Hurry's expression carefully. ]

Re: THE PARTY

[offontherightfoot]

He's - he ain't supposed to be anywhere anymore.

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

Yeah, I wouldn't want him in my dreamworld, either. Seemed like a jerk.

Re: THE PARTY

[scattershot]

That's one way to put it.

[No matter how pleasant it seems (it seems), it's still more than a little jarring.]

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

[ Right? Mood whiplash. ]

We should go through all the texts, make sure we didn't miss anything anyone else found, and then... get to talking to them, I guess.

[ This is gonna Suck, but it's a kind of suck he's ready for. ]

Re: THE PARTY

[scattershot]

[She nods.]

This place is broken, Lupine. They can't stay here - they simply can't.

Re: THE PARTY

[at_heart]

And we won't let them.

[ Firm. Bolstering. ]