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HEARTFORGE - ☆ZRAEL (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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[ 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. ]

In the woods there once lived a witch. She was very {emotion1} and had dreams of {memory/event1}. Her life was perfectly {emotion2}.

One day, though, everything changed. {memory/event2} happened, and her dreams were shattered. In {emotion2} she brewed a {object} that would take the pain away.

When it was ready, she took it. And for a time, she felt better. She could go back to the things she wanted to do. She could be the person she wanted to be. She could {memory/event3}.

And then, like always, it got worse. She felt {emotion3} And then she gave up. She didn't want to be better anymore. She wanted to make everything worse.

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

[ At least this time Aliza's starting off in a better mood. She's wearing the backless cocktail dress from the Spy Game and is just the right sort of pleasantly tired. Nothing like your closest friends throwing you a party, conspiracy-minded though they are. ]

Forging a weapon? Right up my alley. [ She's even greased up for the feelings bond thanks to Lupine and his temporary HSS abilities. ]

[ seems a bit pale at the description of the story, fingers laced tightly together in front of her, but - ]

- Mm, well - let's try to do our best, okay...?

[ Hmm, that doesn't look like she's comfortable. ]

Don't worry, if there's one thing I know it's weapons. We'll manage just fine.

Of course - with the two of you here, that part will definitely be fine, won't it...?

But what sort of story should it be...?

Nothing to worry about. I know just how to handle this.

There once lived a witch. She was very Extremely Pretty and Intelligent and Great and had dreams of wealth befitting her incredible stature. Her life was perfectly great and she used her intelligence to amass her wealth, met and married several very attractive suitors and lived happily ever after. The end!

Well... maybe it's just my reading of it, but it seems like a witch who was happy at first, and then something happens and she gets hurt and thinks she makes a way out of it, but then everything gets worse and in the end she's pretty broken.

Not a very happy story, unfortunately.

Unbiased though that clearly is, I think they're looking for something a bit more involved. The story doesn't have a happy ending.

First things first, what should we make? The witch seems vengeful at the end, so what about something intimidating like a morning star or a set of yuanyang blades?

... That would be really nice. But -

We can't use every part of that story either, can we...?

[She crosses her arms and puffs her cheek out. She's pouting.]

Very well. I suppose I can use my creative powers towards a tale fueled by spite, instead.

I suppose our witch really wants to mess some poor shmucks up, so it should be something that strikes fear upon sight, yes. Yuanyang blades can do that.

....I want her to be able to separate the individual sections into their own separate blades with magic and control them. So she can have the pointed blades flying around trying to stab her enemies while she still has the main curved blade in her hand.

Our witch is a multi-tasker, I'm fairly confident.

[She puffs her cheek out.]

I can't believe this. I'm being creatively stifled.

Now you're speaking my language. [ Blades and projectiles, very much her wheelhouse. ]

So I suppose she starts out content, and then someone does something to disrupt her happiness? My own memories and emotions tend more toward the latter end of the story, but if I include experiences here I'm sure I can come up with something a little more even-keeled.

[ In the meantime, she puts some steel into the forge, stacks of different types that will need to be heat-welded together, flattened down and then shaped, quenched, and ground down sharp. ] Good thing I have a strong arm and a lot of stamina. And I do a lot of my own blade maintenance so I know a bit about this.

[ reaching to pull her into a hug, gently ]

It's okay - it was a really wonderful story, wasn't it? It would be really nice if it was possible for things to go that way instead, wouldn't it?

In the woods there once lived a witch. She was very {emotion1}

and had dreams of {memory/event1}

Her life was perfectly {emotion2}.

One day, though, everything changed. {memory/event2} happened, and her dreams were shattered.

In {emotion 3} she brewed a {object} that would take the pain away.

When it was ready, she took it. And for a time, she felt better. She could go back to the things she wanted to do. She could be the person she wanted to be. She could {memory/event3}.

And then, like always, it got worse. She felt {emotion4} And then she gave up. She didn't want to be better anymore. She wanted to make everything worse.

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