HEARTFORGE - pep!pep! (Session 4)

[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 once was a woman who sought revenge above all else. Someone had stolen her {memory/event1} and her {memory/event2}...

In time, the woman got her revenge by sealing her target, along with her own {emotion1} in her weapon. The woman was safe, and over time she began to feel {emotion2}.

But unwilling to let her enemy go, she held onto the accursed reminder. She would never forget {memory/event4}.

Not until the day she died, filled with {emotion3}.

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

Memory/Event 1

[thisismagrave]

Someone had stolen her 'gift to her friends.'

[He is doing something totally awesome for these friends he totally adores and he's just gonna focus on those feelings this time. Sometimes memories have two things going on!]

Emotion3

[thisismagrave]

Filled with 'existential uncertainty.' [Pink added the existential.]

[Sometimes you are trying to figure out if letting the small bird into your room is going to result in your death, but also its the sweetest thing ever and you want to give it nice things, and it means you are very uncertain on some Big Truths you've been told. Also what the fuck is a flapjack or pancake.]

Re: STORY

[identitypolitics]

memory 2: dignity

Re: STORY

[identitypolitics]

emotion 1: doubt

Re: STORY

[worldlyafflictions]

memory/event 4: the devastating social awkwardness

emotion 2: confidence/shamelessness

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

[worldlyafflictions]

WEAPON: A lightsaber

STORY:
There once was a woman who sought revenge above all else. Someone had stolen her gift to her friend and her dignity...

In time, the woman got her revenge by sealing her target, along with her own doubt in her weapon. The woman was safe, and over time she began to feel confident/shameless.

But unwilling to let her enemy go, she held onto the accursed reminder. She would never forget the devastating social awkwardness.

Not until the day she died, filled with existential uncertainty.

There once was a woman who sought revenge above all else. Someone had stolen her <b>gift to her friend</b> and her <b>dignity</b>... In time, the woman got her revenge by sealing her target, along with her own <b>doubt</b> in her weapon. The woman was safe, and over time she began to feel <b>confident/shameless</b>. But unwilling to let her enemy go, she held onto the accursed reminder. She would never forget <b>the devastating social awkwardness</b>. Not until the day she died, filled with <b>existential uncertainty</b>.

RESULT

[idolpro]

There once was a woman who sought revenge above all else. Someone had stolen her gift to her friend and her dignity...

In time, the woman got her revenge by sealing her target, along with her own doubt in her weapon. The woman was safe, and over time she began to feel confident/shameless.

But unwilling to let her enemy go, she held onto the accursed reminder. She would never forget the devastating social awkwardness.

Not until the day she died, filled with existential uncertainty.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

Oh, come on.

SHARING GOES HERE

[identitypolitics]

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. ]

There was once an ordinary, hopeful girl. She worked hard at busting illegal drug rings, and tried her best to be happy. She was surrounded by friends, a loving family, and even had someone she liked.

One day, press conference 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 the hum of an endless void again. Until the world made sense again.

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

This is Heatdeath, a legendary sword. It is made from a heart that contains great hope and happiness. It is encrusted with nothingness. It is engraved with an image of an orderly idol at a press conference. It has a blank aura, haunted by a spirit of void.

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

Press Conference

[thisismagrave]

[A press conference and an industry presentation (like you'd see at conventions) isn't so far off. Complete with exerting authority over hiring the specialized security and discouraging private army business!]

Void

[thisismagrave]

[The feeling of being a magicless witch. With a future that has no hope, void of possibility. At least under normal circumstances.]

Re: TURN-IN

[identitypolitics]

Happiness
Order

Re: TURN-IN

[worldlyafflictions]

Nothingness
Hope

SHIELD

[worldlyafflictions]

A FIRE THAT PROTECTS, aka a firewall.

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

I. What?

There's a lot to unpack in this thing.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worldlyafflictions]

[This feels familiar]

MEMORY/EMOTION SHARES

[identitypolitics]

put them here