HEARTFORGE - WILD CITY (Session 5)

[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. ]

I'm fighting. Every day I'm fighting. Every day, all for {emotion1}. What else could I have done? I was {memory/event1}.

People got hurt. But I still couldn't stop. You know that, right? It's all because of {emotion2}. It's all because of {memory/event2}. It's all because -

You'll forgive me, right? I just need someone to forgive me. Please, that's all I need. Just once, before tomorrow. Before it's all over...! Before I have to face {memory/event3}!

I fought. Every day I fought. Every day, all for {emotion1}. And now, I'm nothing more than {emotion3}.

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

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

(emotion1)

[childeishly]

PLEASURE.

Childe fighting in the Labyrinth and having an absolute blast.

(event1)

[childeishly]

FIGHTING THE GODS.

[ it's a memory from last supper. following the death of wild city's heart childe and the rest of WC went berserk. during the intermission he fights zhongli. ]

{emotion2}

[onlydeadends]

Emotion 2, solidarity.

[In this memory, Larry tells Bagel about how his father disappeared, and how he killed a rabbit, which left him cursed. Bagel tells him that it's not his fault, and that they'll break the curse]

[Also, apparently, there are ghosts and a demon in their apartment building]

[Surely this is fine]

{memory/event2}

[onlydeadends]

Needing to stand up to face something, even though you don't know if you're strong enough.

[Facing down Alizarin in Last Supper]

{memory/event3}

[onlydeadends]

"Before I have to face what I've done."

[This memory is very short. Bagel is standing in a doorway. There is a knife in his hand, and there is blood on it. He is crying.]

[In the distance, there are sirens.]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

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. ]

Once upon a time, there was a very hangry man. He couldn't stand the idea that there were people out there who had fullness and nice naps in the world when he had nothing.

So he took up a weapon, and thinking of a tasty lunch he set out to take from others what he never had the chance to have.

But it wasn't worth it, in the end. Even though he got everything he wanted, and even delicious desserts...

...In the end, he was still sleepy.

This is Hatesleeps, a legendary pillow. It is forged from a heart of great lethargy and greed. It menaces with spikes of chocolate. It is encrusted with sugar. It exudes a low energy aura, haunted by a spirit of gluttony and rage.

TURN-IN

[idolpro]

DISCUSSION

[idolpro]

{emotion2}

[onlydeadends]

[In this memory, Larry tells Bagel about how his father disappeared, and how he killed a rabbit, which left him cursed. Bagel tells him that it's not his fault, and that they'll break the curse]

[Also, apparently, there are ghosts and a demon in their apartment building]

[Surely this is fine]

Re: {emotion2}

[childeishly]

[ hm! ghosts a demons... ] Is that normal? [ he knows that because of the ley line disorder back home ghosts can appear, but demons are another story. people can summon them using questionable methods, but... ] I'm guessing you don't know if you were able to help your friend?

{memory/event2}

[onlydeadends]

Needing to stand up to face something, even though you don't know if you're strong enough.

[Facing down Alizarin in Last Supper]

Re: {memory/event2}

[childeishly]

[ bagel is just going to get a hug. ]

[ he hates that he hadn't been able to interfere and stop that from happening... ]

{memory/event3}

[onlydeadends]

Before I have to face what I've done.

[This memory is very short. Bagel is standing in a doorway. There is a knife in his hand, and there is blood on it. He is crying.]

[In the distance, there are sirens.]

Re: {memory/event3}

[childeishly]

[ he has questions! but he know bagel might not have the answers. ]

[ he doesn't bother asking for context and instead just attempts to tug him close, trying to use the bond between them to flood him with feelings of security and comfort. ]

(emotion1).

[childeishly]

[ doot. childe stumbled into a monster filled labyrinth, and though most people might not have a good time he's loving it. the memory is of the preceding cutscene, but pretend the next bit follows him through until the end - battling through hordes and hordes of monsters! ]

Re: (emotion1).

[onlydeadends]

You were really good at that.

event1.

[childeishly]

[ following the loss of their heart in the last supper childe loses his mind. he attacks zhongli of heart soldier senshi during intermission - doot. ]

Re: event1.

[onlydeadends]

I'm so sorry.

That must have been so hard.

(emotion3).

[childeishly]

[ it starts following the completion to a puzzle and then you're falling and fighting a monster in the abyss... though eventually the taint gets to childe and he transforms, becoming the true (final) boss. ]

Re: (emotion3).

[onlydeadends]

[Quiet for a long moment or two, considering]



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