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Nemesis and Hurricane's Ideal World: Session 3
[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]
THE HOUSE
[When you open your eyes again, you find yourself standing before a house]
[It's small but welcoming, and warm yellow light spills from the windows, seeming to promise somewhere safe and warm against the oncoming twilight. The smell of something savory cooking drifts on the breeze]
[A rope ladder leads up to the rooftop; surely from there, you'll get a good view of the surrounding area. But more importantly still, when it's dark, doubtless it will be the perfect spot for stargazing]
[In the front yard, a gaggle of small children squeal with laughter, engaged in an elaborate game of tag with two very excited dogs]
[Buried safely in your pocket, your phone beeps. If you chance to look at it, you will discover that a simple objective is displayed:]
[Find Hurricane and Nemesis, and convince them to return to the place where they belong.]
[From here, you can ENTER THE HOUSE, ENTER THE WOODS, GO TO THE RESCUE, or CLIMB UP ON THE ROOF]
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[He will look at his phone if it beeps because communication can be Important, okay.]
...ominous.
[Well, the most obvious place to look for them is in the house???]
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[ have a woman in avante clothing, dipping her head in a shallow bow of greeting ]
I'm sorry; if we've spoken before, I don't clearly recall it. But you're from pep!, aren't you.
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I am. I'm Rufous.
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Do you recognize anything of this dream?
Those machines; the sorts of weapons they wielded...
[ she sounds a bit overwhelmed, speaking of them ] ...I've never seen their like.
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The machines, no. [But most machines are either Close To A Magic Equivalent, or fully foreign.] But I guess that's how humans make up for not having magic. [Because he has seen fights like those.]
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—Nor do we have any shortage of demons and worse to threaten us, though even I have never witnessed such things in these numbers.
[ a pause, and she checks her phone, brows furrowing as she reads ]
...If this is indeed Hurricane and Nemesis's dream... I knew they piloted warstriders, but not that their warstriders were so... powerful, even by standards of legends from the First Age.
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My world, its an oddity to not have magic, but humans also aren't native. That level of skill is less common. It takes a lot of hard work, talent, or usually both to achieve.
It makes sense, doesn't it? Just seeing all the stuff back in Hell. They have machines that go to speeds that can be safely ridden, control hot and cold, display recordings, all without the use of magic.
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To be honest, I imagined that such things were only possible because of the power of our captors, who only seem to abide by normal laws of craftsmanship when it amuses them to do so.
[ pausing again, head slightly tilted as she considers ]
In contrast, your own world sounds more like my own, even without humans. After all, in theory any mortal might awaken her Essence, if only through decades of training.
[ a shrug, and a sigh ]
But I am distracting us; we surely don't have much time. I am good with children, so I plan to ask them for information about this place first. Perhaps you would do well to choose a different route, to make the search efficient.
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Teaching is necessary for control, but having access usually doesn't. There's always been incidents of toddlers causing problems on various scales depending on their natural power level.
I was going to head inside.
I'm probably not good with kids.
raksha = fairies, except from outside reality
Fun.
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What the FUCK was that THAT.
It wasn't the battle with the monsters that has left her looking still slightly shell-shocked (that much is easy to grasp, even without recognizing their ilk), but the sheer extent of the tech involved in that fight.
So, for the first minute or so, she's just processing the sight, not even checking her phone yet. ]
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Can she catch up to them in their game? ]
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[But they spot her coming - giggle, and point, and take off running down the path toward the Rescue, as though she's in on their game of tag]
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So, as long as things still seem like they're in good fun, she will continue to give chase. ]
Wait, wait— how can I play if I don't know the rules?
[ keeping her voice light and friendly, though the hope that they'll pause for her is genuine.
Important question before she proceeds further: Where does it appear that heading down the path to the "Rescue" actually goes? ]
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[The children, giggling harder now, don't respond to the request for rules - but she can make out a whispered, "Go, go! She's gonna catch up!" before they carry on to the rescue, bright-eyed and rosy-cheeked]
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[ polite head dip ]
Do you... recognize anything of this dream?
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It's all a bit overwhelming, I admit, seeing just how different it is possible for a world to be.
Perhaps expertise as a craftswoman will be of use here, in that case. Personally, I was going to see if the children might tell me more of this place's recent history.
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How good are you at tag?
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or just like go harass Amaranth. either way she's instantly forgotten the objective because obviously mechs are more important than dragging Hurricane and Nemesis back to hell ]
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[Though the bulky red one did in fact looks especially familiar, since she's worked on a replica of it recently]
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