Kino's Heart Game - Session 5

[idolpro]

Somehow,
You feel like you’re about to start
On a journey...
♪💿♪

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Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

[At the sound of flowers rustling, the singing stops... only for Kino to sit up, looking in Saffron's direction.]

Oh... there was another traveler here.

Are you losing your lunch?

[A beat. And then:]

"Losing my touch?"

Yeah, that!

I don't think so...

[Please hold while they stand up, dusting the petals from their long, brown coat.]

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

Sorry to disturb you! I kind of expected you wouldn't mind, though.

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

I don't mind. It was just a little unexpected.

Kino? Do you know her? Hey, wait, more importantly, stand me up!

Oh- right, hold on.

[Obligingly getting Hermes stood up again.]

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

[ pause ]

...oh, right. It's nice to finally meet you. Hermes, right?

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

Nice to meet you, miss!

Are you just starting your journey?

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

I guess you could say that. Though I don't really know where I'm going, so I'm not sure if I could say that's a "journey."

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

If you're traveling, that makes you a traveler.

That's right!

But if you aren't sure what to do, would you like some advice?

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

Honestly, I'd love some.

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

Hermes can only carry one person, so you'll have to travel on foot. But in that case, the most convenient way would probably be turning the page, right?

Yup, yup! That's how you normally progress through a good story, isn't it?

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

...wait, you know this is a story?

[ wait

looking down. is she still holding the book ]

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

[She has the satchel! Which still contains the book, yes.]

Life is pretty much one long story, isn't it?

It's your own story!

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

...I don't think this is really my story, is it?

What happens if I just skip to the end, though?

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

It wouldn't make any sense, would it? But I guess you could.

It seems like a waste of a life, though.

There's no point if you don't enjoy the journey to the end... or something like that. Right, Kino?

Right.

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

Hm. All right, then. So, in order it is.

...do you have advice for... enjoying it to the fullest, then?

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

Just do whatever you think you should do. And...

Make sure you don't die, either.

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

"Whatever I think I should do—"

Well, not dying—I think I can handle that. Thanks. I think... in that case, I'll be off, then.

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

Good luck.

Bye!

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[identitypolitics]

[ time to turn the page. ]

Re: Prologue: “Amidst a Crimson Sea” • b ─Blooming Prairie • b─

[quickpersuader]

There was the sound of a roll of film coming to an end. And beyond it lay...