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HEARTFORGE - sensitIV (Session 4)

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.

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I think this host is trying to bully you...

How kind of them to give me such attention.

I suppose we should give them a good response, then.

I suppose so.

[ . . .

sighs. to the rest of the unit: ]

How shall we do this? Obviously, I have plenty of ammunition for this sort of story—if you all would like to reserve your own resources for the next round, then I can handle this.

Of course, there are six things to provide, and we have six people, so naturally we can divide the workload up as well, if we'd like.

I think we should, ah, divide it up, if possible. I, too, have much for this as well.

Then . . . shall we pick straws on who does what?

That would, ah, be perhaps fairest...

[too bad he can't rig the straws to make himself get the hardest.]

[ wait ]

. . . That's right. This is one of those games. . .

We might as well split them all up. What kinds of emotions or memories do we want for each slot?

[ bitterness says random ]

I think that question should be best left for others to answer.

Let's at least try so we can all survive, okay?

I don't want to see us hurt because we failed.

[Because he is tired of seeing them all eat shit!!]

................................................................... That's right, this does come with material punishment.

[ GUESS WHO WAS JUST SO ANGRY ABOUT THE PROMPT HE FORGOT ABOUT THAT PART ]

Of course—I shall only do my very best.

Thank you. It's much nicer to survive with everyone than die together.

[And he is, actually, grateful to be trying at least.]

Re: DISCUSSION

sancrimony - 2022-04-10 02:08 (UTC) - Expand

I also have quite a bit of suitable material.

And--

[ hm ]

--No objections to sharing it, as preserving these stories is a storyteller's whole purpose.

[ —pauses, the bitter sort of DESIRE FOR RANDOM CHAOS TO MAKE A SHITTY NONSENSICAL STORY dying down in the face of genuine curiosity ]

. . . In your opinion, as a storyteller, is even a nonsensical, incoherent story one worth preserving?

Edited 2022-04-10 01:48 (UTC)

Ah . . .

For preservation, perhaps not. That isn't to say that such stories have no value; only that they exist for other purposes entirely -- entertainment, or perhaps soothing hurt . . .

[ mMMMGHHHhghghhhh ]

. . . I'll take it seriously.

Re: DISCUSSION

outofoffice - 2022-04-10 02:37 (UTC) - Expand

Sir, you shouldn't take this on all on your own!

After all, I think we all have things that could suit, and many hands make light work.

Ah—it wasn't a real suggestion. I know how this unit is.

[ it would have been a real suggestion if this unit didn't operate the way it did but ]

That is the wiser choice.

We're people who understand this kind of story, for better or for worse.

It doesn't have to be all terrible things in the story, though. Everyone can pick something they think they can manage.

Mm, of course.

[ with the tone/bond of "that's very nice other sensitIVs should do that in fact" because he does not actually care how much he overshares or overextends himself with this stuff

there's a pause as he realizes something though ]

. . . Well, I'd say I would give it my all, but this sort of story—doesn't need all of my story.

I'll give it my best.

Re: DISCUSSION

proceedwithcautus - 2022-04-10 02:24 (UTC) - Expand

I'd rather split it up. But I'm not sure what we would be putting in... it sounded like it could just be anything.

[Too much freedom is suffering.]

I suppose it depends on whether we want a coherent story or not.

[ which he would not have cared about but venti mentioned being a storyteller so now he's waiting for venti's onion ]

Mm... I suppose we could just leave it up to "them" by selecting random memories... then they really couldn't complain.

[The function is right there and even free for today.
Nyx will also wait on what the others have to say, though.]

[ wait izanagi reminded him this is a trauma game ]

Ah, wait, wait, wait a minute. We should try, in this game. . .

[ pinching the bridge of his nose. goddamnit ]