HEARTFORGE - AlcheME! (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

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

[S t o r i e s]

Isn't your heart absolutely racing with excitement?

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

S...sure. . .so this is a game, huh?

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

Normal man! You must be so very excited! You finally get to join us for a game!

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

I'm gonna do my best. This seems easy enough at least.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

[Welcome to the empathy bond. I's current feelings are summed up quite well as more of a hum.]

I'll do my best to help as much as I can as well then. I'm sure with all our efforts combined, we'll be victorious for sure.

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

[;;;;;; is this what television static feels like. Not commenting on that yet til he gets a feel for the game, tho on P's end it's complete and total Normal Man Neutrality with a just a Twinge of 'gotta do my best!!' anxiety]

Eheh. . .right! It's just telling a story, how hard can that be?

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

See? So let's just do our best. No matter what, it can't be so bad!

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

Right! Okay! Soooo. . .we should go in order? What should the girl be like?

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

Perhaps an every-man type like yourself? Isn't that sort of story the most uplifting?

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

The word you're looking for is underdog. An every-man kind of story is boring. It's more accurate, but underdogs are who readers like to root for.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

So you admit you're an underdog then! Excellent. Give us your feelings, underdog P!

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

Gkk--[EMBARRASSMENT but he's just!! gonna wave that off]

I--I guess so! Alright, an emotion for an underdog. . .well, everyone needs hope, right? Just an ordinary, hopeful girl? A confident one. Or hell, just happy! [lowkey buzzy HAPPY HOPEFULNESS OF NORMALCY]

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

[...The sense of endless falling slows as he focuses in on the feelings coming across the bond, expression blank as though someone flipped an off switch. This is fine.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

[oh! is that. good? That's probably good. Is starting to get into this though, and nudges him with a shoulder]

C'mon, W says we should aim for a sword. So let's start forging!

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

Mm, a sword it is then.

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

[WE'RE MAKING A SWORD WE'RE MAKING A SWORD. Eager happiness!!]

I'm gonna buy a memory next. We'll make sure she has a good job.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

A good job... So one where she's happy or one where she makes a difference or perhaps both then? What makes a job good?

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

Anything where you enjoy what you do. Love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life. It's like. . .when I make coffee. That doesn't feel like work to me. And seeing how much it warms everyone up. . .well, I think that counts as happiness, right?

[take these WARM FUZZY HAPPY COMFY FEELINGS bug man. TAKE THEM.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

...

[It may just be a drop in a very, very, very large bucket....but it manages to tamp down the constant background feelings of pure hatred that constantly thrum just under the surface.]

And yet you chose another path, Mr.Con. Is happiness not enough?

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

Hmm...who knows? I only have one memory, after all. [getting the tools and starting on this. emotion sword?? weird.]

For all I know, I'm a barista that does conning on the side as a means of survival. Even if it's just a little happiness, I'll savor it. It's just one spice in a blend of many, after all.

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

At the end of the day, the goal of all things is to survive.

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

Heh, not wrong. But what's the point of surviving if life is boring?

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

Are you saying you would rather die?

Re: DISCUSSION

[darkroastbean]

Nah. I was hoping you'd have another reason. [shakes his phone and grins]

So, wanna see a memory?

Re: DISCUSSION

[morelikefakespeareamirite]

[T o r n. On one hand voicing a preference, on the other hand, getting to see a memory...]

If you played one, I would watch it.