Persephone's ideal world session 1

[idolpro]

In the flicker of a candle-flame, in the stir of still water, in the fluttering of flower petals, there is a voice.


Once, there was a maiden...
...who was the living embodiment of everything right in the world.
While she lived, no real harm could come to anyone. Oh, wounds, disease, even death, sure. But she stood between the world and anything worse.
"Except," she said, "I'm going to die." And no one listened.
"I'm going to die tomorrow," she said. And no one heard.
Into the silence, she said: "There's always an ending, after all."

Comments

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[Valor winds up wandering a bit, since while he managed to mostly remember the map, he still has backtrack a couple wrong turns along the way. He might be slightly distracted by thinking about the Whispers, too.

He won't follow the shape when he spots it, but he does stop.]

Uh...hello?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

...hello? [it's a child's voice. same person as the singing in the pond, but as a child.]

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Who're you supposed to be?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

[they do say a name, but it...statics out. whatever it is, you can't make it out very clearly.]

K̷̙̟̽͗̀̃̊̆̒̍̕a̸̮̦̝͎̩͇̳̖͕̙̘̗͐̈͜͠ͅë̵͕͎̠̥͙̤́̇̀͛̆̎͋̏̏͆́̓̐̚d̶̛̞̻̦̝̘̬͖̩͍̣͇͆͑é̵̪͕̱̳̗̹̹̓̓͋̀̎̐̎͆͠͠
̸͔͕̘̇́͊̌̈́̅̀̌͊̂̒̆̋͝͝

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

............Nice name.

So, what're you doing out here, kid?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

The shrine priestesses told me that I should take a walk when I wasn't busy...

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Shitty place for a walk. Unless you like wisteria, I guess. Are you headed anywhere in particular?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

It's quiet here...no one really comes here besides me.

[and shakes his head]

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Yeah? Is that why you come here? You like the quiet?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

[nods] It's less lonely with the flowers than with the other children.

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Awww. Other kids don't like you or something?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

It's not that. It just became...different, after...[gestures at the shrine maiden outfit.]

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Ah. Yeah, I guess it's hard for kids to cut loose around a shrine maiden. Even a tiny one.

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

[nods] ...it's okay. I knew it would happen.

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

So why'd you do it, then?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

Someone had to. And I could do it, so I did.

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Seems like a shit deal to me. Really scraping the barrel if a kid was the only one who could do whatever the fuck it is you can do.

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

I don't mind. It's only a little lonely and tiring, sometimes.

And don't grownups say that you have to give up things in order to get what you want? Something about letting go?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

Well, sure. But if you're gonna do that, then you better make sure you get a good fucking deal. How's being the tiniest shrine maiden whose only friend is a bunch of fucking flowers working out for you?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

My family is safe. The village is safe.

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

I didn't ask how it was working out for everyone but you.

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

That's what I wanted.

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

For it to work out for everyone except you?

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[dreamingophelia]

A little loneliness is fine. I can let other things go.

[ahead is the sound of flowing water: a river?

...also like, a lot of petals just dropped off the wisteria. twice.]

Re: katabasis: the wisteria maze

[carrionmywaywardsun]

[that's a good sign, probably? since everyone's supposed to be wrecking the illusion world and all. Valor still doesn't know what he's doing or if he's on the right track at all, so he's just going to keep on talking to Ǩ̵̢̧̭̰̳͈͓̼̘̳̻̙å̶̩͖͎̯̠̰͎̱̗̙̱̖̹̣̬̯̃́͑͜ḝ̶͍̹̯̲͉̟̹͓̅́̏͆̈́̐̈́͊̌͘͘ͅḑ̷̭̫͋͌̈́͂̎̉̕e̴͍͕̖̤̹͑͋ until they reach the river.]

Do you want to, though? Or... I guess a better fucking question would be...is it worth it?