HEARTFORGE - pep!pep! (Session 2)

[idolpro]

You are in the heart of a massive forge. In front of you are tools, and your objective is clear - to use them to channel the strength of your heart and create.

What are you creating? Who can say. Only you - and only you'll know if - and when, it's good enough. The stories before you are not yours right now, but you'll make them yours soon enough.

And you will survive.

Comments

ROUND 1

[idolpro]

STORY

[idolpro]

[ The townsfolk outside tell a story - they ask for salvation, to be protected from the coming storm. Only you and your compatriots can save them. An item of offense is what they need, and the story they tell reflects the refuge they seek - you need only fill in that which is left unspoken. ]

There was once an ordinary, {emotion1} girl. She worked hard at {memory/event1}, and tried her best to be {emotion2}. She was surrounded by friends, a loving family, and even had someone she liked.

One day, {memory/event2} happened. It all fell apart after that. Her friends betrayed her, her family abandoned her, and the person she liked wouldn't even look at her anymore. She thought if she worked harder, she could fix it all.

So she threw herself into her work. She wouldn't rest until everything was {emotion3} again. Until the world made sense again.

But in the end, that day never came. When she looked behind her, all she saw was {memory/event3}, and all she had to console her were the regrets of those who crossed her.

You may also share additional memories/events or emotions independent of the story to bolster your object.

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

Re: TURN-IN

[thisismagrave]

[Weapon is fire glyph carved into stones to SET FIRE TO THE STORM.]

Emotion2 and Memory/event2

[thisismagrave]

Her best to be 'dutiful.'

[He understands why its the Golden Guard who has to be the coven head, not Hunter.]

One day, a conflict of goals happened.

[Sometimes you think its great to recruit your friends to a cult and they call you out for being an asshole for it.]

Re: TURN-IN

[identitypolitics]

Emotion 1: Is dutiful an emotion? We're pep!pep! and we don't know how real feelings work
Memory 3: The one where Saffron waits a long time for her parents, only to be informed that they've been executed.

Re: TURN-IN

[warningbells]

{memory/event1} - fire that protects

{emotion3} - orderly

will update with links once I put r2 up okayokay

RESULT

[idolpro]

There was once an ordinary, dutiful girl. She worked hard at protecting those she watched over, and tried her best to be dutiful. She was surrounded by friends, a loving family, and even had someone she liked.

One day, a conflict of goals happened. It all fell apart after that. Her friends betrayed her, her family abandoned her, and the person she liked wouldn't even look at her anymore. She thought if she worked harder, she could fix it all.

So she threw herself into her work. She wouldn't rest until everything was orderly again. Until the world made sense again.

But in the end, that day never came. When she looked behind her, all she saw was her parents' execution, and all she had to console her were the regrets of those who crossed her.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

[ squints ]

This kind of thing again...?

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

[THIS STORY IS EXTREMELY RUDE.]

Usually weapons aren't for storms. Takes a pretty big offense to make weather obey.

EMOTION 1

[identitypolitics]

..."dutiful" seems like it fits here, but it's kind of awkward to express a lot of things that would go in these stories, huh.

But—I haven't said it before straight-out because it didn't seem necessary, but I consider everyone on this unit my first responsibility over everything else, while I'm here. There's nothing else I'll prioritize over the rest of you.

MEMORY 3

[identitypolitics]

[ it's this memory, which you may or may not have seen before ]

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

[It is a memory of duty. A study of a strange house with a dangerous house demon. He knows the house demon can get wherever it wants for a rather large radius if given motivation, but it can only sense so far and that's what he wants to study. So what if a few scouts are traumatized?]

[He studies the inhabitants once he has a safe range, a feeling of bitter disappointment towards Lilith, and an intense curiosity when he sees Luz using glyphs that is pushed to the side for his observations.]

[Until he's giving his report to the Emperor. He's in a good mood. He's allowed some sense of familiarity with the man. He feels more like an uncle then his Emperor today and he's allowed to hover close by.]

[There is surprise at the talk of promotion, a feeling of pride and satisfaction with himself, right up until he learns its the Golden Guard whose the coven head. Not himself as an individual. He...]

[Understands the reasoning. He does. It promotes unity. And its not like he cares for personal fame.]

[But as he's left alone, he can't feel like he's not enough. The Golden Guard is perfect, but he's not. To have people know him would just threaten that perfection.]

[...its something he needs to make peace with.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

[Sometimes you take a memory because you're kind of expecting another betrayal memory, and you hope its not as charged as the other two girls.]

[Rufous shouldn't bet.]

[The memory starts with him so excited. The amount of pure joy he feels is...a rush. He's sure that they will be as happy as he is, as the memory starts with him declaring how they're all going to be part of the Emperor's Coven and can play Flyer Derby.]

[The kids are shocked.]

[So sure he is of this, he gives his name to them because of course its fine to tell THEM his name, and clarify he's the Golden Guard. Willow asks if he's the same as Luz told them amount and he confirms, complete with magical girl transformation. Then scouts appear to grab the others, to his surprise, but Darius apparently sent them. Unexpected, but he's all too happy for this.]

[Then there doesn't have to be a delay in branding them and taking them away from their friends and family forever. Because that's clearly okay for what they're going to get in return! This is a good thing!]

[They do struggle, a lot, with Skara punching Steve, and the kids have to be shoved into a cell for now. Steve and Hunter keep an eye on them while waiting for Darius and what follows is a very....odd conversation.]

[Hunter genuinely, and truly, believes joining the Emperor's Coven is the best thing possible. They keep all their magic, free room and board, and they can even play Flyer Derby on their day off! Which...is fifty two weeks away. They get one a year. Which is clearly a great boon!]

[They don't care. They don't want this!]

[Hunter insists they will eventually. They can trust him, he's their friend. And he genuinely MEANS it. He is so incredibly fond and HAPPY for them because this is great for them!]

[Gus says friends don't stab each other in the back.]

[Hunter counters that of course they do. The coven heads do it all the time. This is Normal and Fine. He's sure Captain will understand and he asks her.]

[And Willow...is having a bit of a break down. She thought she could be good at this, and Hunter doesn't understand. Why doesn't she think she's good? She's amazing! But she continues that they're there because she made a bad call. She's just Half A Witch Willow.]

[And that. Is not something said lightly. He understands that feeling. He understands the helplessness, the failure, the self hatred that comes in those words, and he doesn't understand why. This. Is good. This is a good thing. Why is she so hard on herself...?]

[They're teleported away and Hunter realizes its Darius, eagerly going outside to talk to Darius. Bragging about finding recruits. Asking if he can wear a symbol on his cloak with pride, looking for validation, looking for approval, because he did as asked and he did it well. But for others Not Hunter, its very clear Darius is not impressed with anything that's going on, and is only handing over the cloak to get Hunter off his back. The only bit getting through to Hunter when he asks if he really can wear it with pride, understanding that Darius had...doubts? But why....?]

[Then Steve comes out, not envying the kids, and Hunter brushed off the seriousness of basic training. Steve is incredulous, because it involves Witch's Duels, deadly mazes, and being left alone on a mountain to survive, which he feels a fondness for. That was fun! It'll be easy. Hunter is sure this will work out, they'll see.]

[Until Steve brings up Belos taking away people's palismens. And then there's a bucket of ice dumped in his veins. The memory doesn't contain WHAT happens, but whatever the Palismen collecting is, its Not Good. And its then Hunter realizes that]

[Maybe he has actually hurt them in a way they won't recover from.]

[Basically, Hunter is in a literal cult and is only just recently starting to question things because other then a few points, its the best thing EVER.]

ROUND 2

[idolpro]

STORY

[idolpro]

[ The townsfolk outside scream in terror - they are under attack! No matter how strong the item you made before was, it could never prevent the forces arrayed against this land from descending as a violent maelstrom...but all hope is not lost. With what you've made, they can fight. They need only one thing from you - an item of protection to guard against the weapon of hearts that has been brandished against them.

This time, they do not just tell you a story. They also tell you what you are facing. What you must overcome. What you must protect them - and yourself from. If your hearts are not strong enough...

...You will suffer. ]

Did you know?
You can throw me off a cliff and cage me and kill me, but I'll feel no fear.

I know.
A long time ago, there was someone who set me aside. He was very dear to me.

He was very distant and he never hung out with me. He only pat my head once.

Whenever I find myself alone, I'm reminded of that time.
If only I could see you one more time...

This is Stormbreaker, a legendary airship. It is covered in fans and turbines and menaces with spikes of blood. It is encrusted with skulls.. It was forged by a lonely, injured heart. It is engraved with an image of an idol being neglected, abandoned and killed. It exudes a sad aura, haunted by a spirit of pain.

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

Re: TURN-IN

[thisismagrave]

[A feeling of isolation and loneliness. Of their first friend going away.]

Re: TURN-IN

[thisismagrave]

[A feeling of blood! And pain and injury and its cannibalism, it kind of covers all of red.]

Re: TURN-IN

[identitypolitics]

here are some memories of:
- abandonment and also anger
- fear
- pain
- more pain
- abandonment/loneliness

Re: TURN-IN

[warningbells]

fear and injury + pain + blood

RESULT

[idolpro]

This is Bloodsolitude, a legendary airship. It is forged from a heart that contains great pain and pain and pain and pain and fear and fear. It is engraved with images of lonely idols being abandoned. It exudes a bloody aura, haunted by a spirit of injury.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

...okay that's a lot of stuff we need. Time to get the tools, I guess.

[ ok well

time to hit some things symbolically with a hammer to forge stuff and remember abandonment:

In this memory, a woman is sitting at a console, one of many people seated at similar workstations on the bridge of an enormous star cruiser. It's easy to tell that's where she is, because there's an enormous window looking out on the void of space—and also, on a battle that's raging outside between this ship and a number of smaller warships and fighters.

The Admiral, an older man in a crisply-pressed uniform, listens to her report—that something has gotten inside the ship and is destroying the engine cells from within. She gives the recommendation to surrender; however, the Admiral refuses to risk the flagship falling into Rebel hands, and initiates the self-destruct sequence. He offers to give her use of one of his escort craft as he escapes, but she says she'd rather stay to the end.

Inside, she is fuming, enraged, horrified. But no fear; she has a plan.

Also for some reason there's no Saffron? There's just this woman with very short black hair and some beauty marks that Saffron doesn't have. Weird. ]