HEARTFORGE - avante en garde (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

AVANTE: CIRCLE UP!!

[worthathousand]

—Everyone!

Let us gather and share our ideas by reading through the tale. I believe Hades has proposed a "dutiful warrior," and I'd like to suggest that, in the end, "All that matters is love."

That would leave us four more "blanks" to fill, plus as many other emotions and memories we can give to bolster our steel and jade.

[ jade is a totally normal weapon material, obviously. ]

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[daios]

[Jade seems normal to Hades! But you know. Same world.]

We should also try to decide what they are fighting against... Does anyone have any suggestions?

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[unbr8kable]

Friends. Former allies. Somebody mind-whammied. Their best interests...that always makes a good story, don't it?

Or just like monsters or whatever, I guess. End of the world, blah blah.

...Or something real random, like math.

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[daios]

It might be nice for it to not have to be something life and death, hm?

Though maybe not as dramatic of a story.

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[unbr8kable]

[Shrugs, either way]

The guy does die though, don't he? Not that homework can't make that happen either...

What you think for the second memory thing, though? That's the one I ain't really sure how to think about...

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[daios]

Hhhmmm it feels like in the absence of their warrior, the people need to come together to fight a common enemy...?

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[unbr8kable]

...I guess? Any ideas on how that works?

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[daios]

No. I mean, I imagine it happens in real life now and then. When you lose someone you expected to win a war for you, so you and everyone you know simply has to pick up your swords and come together...

[Shrugs! He doesn't have that many memories.]

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[unbr8kable]

...Think they'll let you buy a freebie if you think you remembered something like that. I dunno that I got that kind of memory in there somewhere.

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[daios]

I don't know. I can try?

[He definitely does not have a memory like that, but how would he know?]

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[unbr8kable]

[Shrugs]

It's free? I mean, if you wanna know about the type of person old you was. You don't gotta.

[And this is honest]

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[unbr8kable]

Guess the question is, should this threat they're fighting be something hard or soft. Since that'll determine what weapon we gotta make, and how the hero beefs it later.

Like--it's different going up against tentacle monsters and going up against...having too many cats or something.

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[worthathousand]

Personally... [ thoughtful, subdued ]

If our warrior must die, then I say: let it be against something worthy. Something hard, whose defeat made a great difference to their people.

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[unbr8kable]

...So, the third one should be about people being saved, or learning to fight back, or something like that...?

And the first one can be something real [awful-scary-] dangerous, I guess.

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[worthathousand]

Yes, I think so. I think that would be a very good tale.

[ a pause; then, careful, clearly remembering something (spoilers it's Nem's heartgame) ]

...Is that the sort of thing you'd be comfortable providing a memory for?

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[unbr8kable]

[Shrugs, the answer is no but she will do it regardless,]

I can do that much. Plus...means we can have a power suit as the weapon.

[Is there a way to forge such a thing? She's looking for it,]

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[worthathousand]

Power... suit...? [ temporarily distracted from her own concern ]

—Oh! You mean the warstriders that you and Hurricane piloted?

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[unbr8kable]

Yeah, something like that. Super armor, extra mobility... Can have other weapons and stuff, too.

[There is surely a................okay only Hurricane remembered how those things were built, but there's probably one of them or a 3-D printer, and Nemesis starts punching things in,]

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[snowbirds]

[jade is honestly normal idk what you mean]

For the story you wish to tell, I can only perhaps add emotions at best.

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[worthathousand]

[ glad we're all in agreement! ]

Are you sure? This is also a rare chance for you to reclaim many of your memories at no cost; I do not wish you to deny yourself the chance.

It seems like you know much of duty, from what you have told me already.

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[snowbirds]

As it stands, I do not worry so much about the cost as Gold-san had given me a generous amount before I had left. I admit it is silly, but it feels selfish to take a memory for myself, but I would not feel the same if another here did the same.

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[worthathousand]

Well, it seems that more memories may forge a stronger blade, so you need not hesitate for that reason alone.

But I also do not want to pressure you to remember more than you are ready for. It can... be a hard thing, truly.

Memory 03

[snowbirds]

Well . . . I suppose I would rather us have a chance to have a stronger blade so . . . please do not mind me.

[And so she receives a memory!

Which seems to be a moment of extreme gratitude towards someone named the traveller (a girl in her timeline!), whom she considers a friend, a rarity for herself, and deciding to repay the traveller with a private fan dance performance.

It's very pretty! And filled with thankfulness, happiness, a little bit embarrassment, and just a slight tinge of sadness as it feels like a special memory would soon be over (though the reason why is unknown from this memory alone).]

Re: Memory 03

[worthathousand]

[ !!!!! wah... talented daughter.... ]

You dance almost as beautifully as my son does—and I hope you will believe that it is high praise indeed.

Re: Memory 03

[unbr8kable]

Wow... Nice moves.

[Understatement; Nemesis is obviously impressed by the graceful control]