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

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

Yeah, I'm just not keen on getting our asses kicked if they don't give us something that matches the right mood...

But it's pretty easy to fill in. Based on the story, it should be two memories of precious things, then a positive emotion, then a negative emotion...

Then a memory of something bad happening that works as a reason for getting revenge, then another negative emotion.

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

I'm not sure that matters. This is just our attack. Its the defense that we have to be careful with.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worldlyafflictions]

[Pink is also here just kinda ?????????? taking in the context]

Eeh...


So, but.. if the attack is weak it'll get countered, right?

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

Ah, I see you've also been volunteered for this. Congratulations.

It seems like it might still be to our advantage to at least have a good weapon, if not the best one...

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

Maybe. If we're worried about counter, then what we'd want to do is choose emotions we think others wouldn't want to share.

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

...well, it seems to be skewing toward negative ones, so that's what people are going to think of, but which ones, specifically...

I don't know. I get the impression people don't like talking about the things that make them feel sad, or the things they hate, here, apart from the ones that everyone can agree on.

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

Hate, sadness, weakness.

Regrets, doubts.

Distrust.

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

Probably, since people tend to be considerate, a lot of things that they think would make other people feel bad...

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

There is that. Threatens the stability of their relationships too.

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

...so, we bully everyone else.

As long as we're willing to share those things, being the operative.

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

....Pep has seen some of the worst stuff anyway.

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

I don't think anything anyone here can say could really hurt me, anyway.

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

I don't know think I could say anything to hurt you anyway.

A few things that could maybe hurt Pink, but that's...history.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worldlyafflictions]

Oh no, that logic's actually pretty sound... [DON'T LIKE THAT]

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

[Shrugs.] Its how it was last round.

This one, we can choose whatever emotions we want. To defend, we had to share specific things prompted from the story. So, the only way to make a hard counter isn't how good the story is, but how willing people are to share the prompts.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worldlyafflictions]

Though I feel like with how traumatized the people are here there's so much material for everyone ta work with even if it's tough........

[Trying to think of intense feelings/experiences that aren't common........]

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

Everyone can empathize with something, no matter how strange someone is.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worldlyafflictions]

I dunno, I always get the feelin' people ain't got much experience with the mundane...

[OK, time to pull back on the OH NO OH JEEZ DREAD feelings, we're not doing that, gotta think things through from more angles--]

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

Mundane has many definitions.

Re: DISCUSSION

[worldlyafflictions]

Right but it's like.... the ratio of people who've ever felt a chill in their life vs people who've got shit goin' on constantly...

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

I mean, stuff is usually going on?

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

We could try to go for "embarrassing" and "awkward" instead...

Re: DISCUSSION

[worldlyafflictions]

--YES

Re: DISCUSSION

[thisismagrave]

You two would have to do the heavy lifting for that.

[You can't be embarrassing and awkward if you don't realize how often you are either of those things.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[identitypolitics]

Oh, no, no. We need you to talk earnestly about your feelings for one of these, Rufous, so we can use that emotion.