Angel | Heart Game

[idolpro]

As soon as you start to fall asleep, the world of Imeeji is engulfed by a bright light.

It’s strange, isn’t it? You have fallen asleep, and yet your consciousness is awake. You’re simply floating, waiting to remember what it’s like to exist. However, as you wait, a growing fear clutches at your chest. What if you don’t remember? What if you will always be empty? What if you never find what it is that you are looking for? What if you die? W̛̮̩̰̫̝̫̱h̰a̪̦͖t̲̘̘̺̀ ͉̭̬͎̪̹͘i̺͍̭͙̹̪f̱̥̻͠ ͝t̼̘̬h̶̫̰̮̦͓̖̣e̳̖͔̜̮͢y͇̻͡ ̙̹͎̗͉͍̬d҉͓̮͓͉i̢e?̺̥͎̖̬̹͞ ͇̻W̺̠̫̤̖͈͉h͇͖̣ͅa̮͍t̛ ̛̙̰̻i͚̖f̡͓ y̴͍̥o̳̜͔͈u̴̥̻ w̰͍͕̥͢i̶̻̫l̬̥̖l͔͙ ̱̻͘ne͕̹͕͕̞̹v͢e̻̪̪͎͈͚͕ṛ̛ ̧̫̹b̘e̖̖̰̣ͅc̢͍om̨͍̘̻̫e̺̘͎͓̮ ̟͉͞w͏̟̖̠̩̜̟h̴̼͈̭̪o̸̹̬̣̳͉̠ ̼̠̯̖̫̜́t̫̘͠h͇̙ͅe̱͡y̭̥̱ͅ ͕̼̭̥̟͎w̜̖̞̲ͅḁ̩͙͚̤̟n̲̳̠̠t̛̲͔̲̜͔ ̟͍̼͖̼ͅy͎͇̘̲o̹̞̜u̻̫ ͙͓͓̲͈ͅț̷͔͎̩o̸̝̝̙͉ ̜͇͓̗̣̦͠b̰̠͡ḛ̛?̢̻̗̹̬͖͇̮ ̖̺̦̻͕̬͔W̨̺̝̰̝̲h͈̥̖̦͖a̴͓̼t ̺̤̪̻͔̯͞w̵i̮͕͜l̤̕l̞ ͞yo̴̯̝͔̜̝͍u̹͕̭̗͚ͅ ̸̟d̲̹̣͇͍̞o̶̼͍̠̦̩?̀Wh̼o ̮̼̱a̟̼r̫͎̘e͟ ͓̪̠͟y̷̫̲̖̱͕̤o̤̪̲̤̪̟͘u͏͈̞?̛͔͚͖̟͉ ̰͓͔W̜̯̗̻̼̥̦h̳̲a͏̘̗̜t̵̬̖̥̠̺͕̹ ̼̰̞͇̯͙̹c̛̝̬̙̱͖ͅa̩͟n͈͙ ̺y̞̰̳̹͈̙ͅo̭͈̭̥̱̱͜u̘̲̦͢ ̫̜ḍ̺͉̳̠̻̜͢o̢̦?̻̞̗̰̩͍͜ ̧͔͈͈͈̲̰͕̣̙͇
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. . . ♫ . . .


You aren’t sure, but you swear that you just heard someone singing . . . the words are incomprehensible, but it makes you feel something familiar . . . a feeling that makes you feel like you’ll find what you’re looking for . . . and that everything will be alright in the end . . .

What is that feeling?

. . .

HUUUH?!

You don’t know?? Wowee . . . well, don’t worry! Since we're friends, I’ll tell you!

It’s hope, of course! !

Comments

The Stage (Intro)

[idolpro]

When Angel’s voice fades, you recall yourself. Your person. Your identity. You’re awake now! The world is before you, and you can feel a growing sense of adventure flooding into your heart.

You’re standing on a circular platform facing a stage.



It is wonderfully bright and colorful with cheerful music playing all around you. The audience is cheering though you can't see their faces, but they're waving various colored glow sticks at you, creating fanchants with your name in it. Something beeps on your person, and you can find a phone lit up with a basic profile. This information is probably important to remember!

If you walk down the path and onto the stage, you'll find that there are two ways you can go.
► On the left, you see a long corridor, enclosed and semi-dark.
► On the right, you can see what looks to be a bright light that opens up to a familiar scene of the Imeeji Hotel Doors.

Behind you is just the white light that you saw at the beginning. It seems like the rest of the stage scene just fades out as if someone didn't finish painting the canvas.

Re: The Stage (Intro)

[malignstar]

[ Was more than a little wigged out by that slam of feelings during the white-out so he's not sure how much he trust the cheerful music around him. But... that sure sounded like Angel? He's going to try calling to her before anything else. ]

Angel?

Re: The Stage (Intro)

[idolpro]

[There is no answer. The audience seems to like that name though!]

Re: The Stage (Intro)

[malignstar]

Hey, you guys know Angel?

Re: The Stage (Intro)

[asonoficeandfire]

[he stands very very still for a moment, a little blindsided. and then he looks around]

Angel...?

Re: The Stage (Intro)

[idolpro]

[There is no answer. The audience seems to like that name though!]

Re: The Stage (Intro)

[asonoficeandfire]

[he regards them for a moment, before stepping closer to the edge of the platform]

Is Angel here?

Hotel Lobby

[idolpro]

You find yourself walking into the Imeeji lobby.



The lobby has a desk with a map behind it that shows the location of each unit's floor and stairs to the video room. There is also a guestbook that you can sign with plenty of pencils. The kitchen and dining room are blocked off by police tape and a sign that says, "Dangerous. If allowed in, will potentially poison everyone by accident. My cooking skills are no joke, wowee!"

By the entryway into the building, there's a seating area for you to loiter in, if you don't want to be in a unit only area or in a dining space. There's only one elevator nearby and another door that leads to the outside.

It seems the elevator can lead you to wherever you want to go, just like normal:
► All of the team rooms
► Strangely, at the very top is the game tower.

Re: Hotel Lobby

[malignstar]

[ Going to start by slipping through guestbook ]

Re: Hotel Lobby

[idolpro]

On the book itself, it has the word "Friends" on the very front.

You can see all of the various names from the people in Imeeji since the beginning, in order of arrival. The first name is a whole sentence:

"Hi! My name is Angel or QW5nZWw= but you can call me Angel! That's what most people do!"

If you make it to the last page, you'll find something else printed directly:
" . . . do you grow attached to people easily, Angel?"
"Of course. Everyone is wonderful in their own ways."
"Well! I have no intentions on leaving anytime soon."

But written beneath it:
"We probably won't see them again, will we?"
"Not unless we find a way to go to them, no."

Re: Hotel Lobby

[malignstar]

[ Oh, he's starting to slowly gain an idea of what's going on...

Going to lean over to sign his name and add "Don't give up on them. We'll find that way." ]

Re: Hotel Lobby

[asonoficeandfire]

[going to peer into the dining room, not disturbing the police tape]

Re: Hotel Lobby

[idolpro]

The dining room is quite pretty. It is cool in temperature, and most definitely a winter theme. Though the original is normally a lot more smaller, this somehow feels cozier. You feel like you'd enjoy having parties here.

But you're also immediately greeted with a foul stench. And the center of it all seems to be a large cauldron with a green goop bubbling over the rim. Is this alive . . . ?

Something is peeking through the green goop though. Hm.

Re: Hotel Lobby

[asonoficeandfire]

[...can he step over the tape to enter the room? he's gonna do that, to inspect the goopy thing]

Future is Now

[idolpro]

As one would expect of a unit named future is now, their dorm is all modern futuristic-- white with silver chrome. The furniture is all geometric shapes, as if drawn up with a very crude 3D modeling program, and all the lights are glowing cubes (that you can change the color on!). There is a sheep ottoman and also a couch. Their central table just a silver cube, with several smaller white cushion-topped cubes for chairs clustered around it. Beds in the bedroom touch only one wall, and don't touch the floor at all. Truly, the future is now.

However, there are changes around this place. All along the ceiling lie a bunch of origami, a thousand to be precise, with a bunch of different colors. One in particular seems different from all the rest, but for the rest of it, they seem fairly uniform. Plants grow along the wall and wrapping themselves around some of the chairs also. And though the light is artificial, it feels like the sun is basking down on you.

Despite the clean, slightly cold nature, that FIN is suppose to be, it is surprisingly very warm when you step in. For a moment, you can feel the rush of honest feelings overcome you.

You trust this world.

From here there are three doors:
► One seems slightly small to ward off tall people.
► One seems to be a shiny, technological lab door.
► One seems plain.

Re: Future is Now

[malignstar]

[ Going to set Blobby at the entrance and go check out the odd origami first ]

Re: Future is Now

[idolpro]

[It seems to be a dragon of some sort!]

Re: Future is Now

[malignstar]

[ Oh, he recognizes this! Going to pick it up! ]

Intensity's Lab

[idolpro]

It seems like it was going to reject you and something bad was gonna happen, but something (or someone?) overrode the system.

Inside the room, you find something that looks like a laboratory. Like the rest of the dormitory, it's all done in white matte and silver metal. Across from the entrance, on the far wall is a singular table— a silver slab that hovers mid-air, locked in place unless the height is deliberately adjusted. A similar white slab chair also will float, seat wherever you choose to put it. Silver robot arms for holding things-- be it projects worked on or tools can be retracted or extruded from the walls. Despite how space-age the rest of it is, the tower computer that sits beside the desk seems pretty 90s, though it does come with a slick modern monitor.

Uh. But there is uh. One thing that seems different from what you might expect.



The entire room is just covered in all sorts of Intensity merchandise and objects. Toys, dolls, stands, posters, clothing, the giant golden, Intensity statue, wallpaper, playing cards, cake, you name it, it’s probably there. There are probably stuff to find underneath all of this merch, but it might require some digging to see what you can find.

On the monitor, it is currently labeled Lessons to Remember (In progress). There is a search function similar to google where you can use the keyboard to type in keywords and see what you can find, it seems.

Re: Intensity's Lab

[malignstar]

[ Isn't sure whether this is cute or unsettling but either way, it is INTENSE! Sure, he'll check out what lessons Intensity has imparted to Angel ]

Re: Intensity's Lab

[idolpro]

[You'll have to input a subject and see what you get!]

Re: Intensity's Lab

[malignstar]

[ He'll put in units okay ]

SHO (and Infinity)'S FUN LAB

[idolpro]

Welcome to the FUN LAB. You enter through 5'10" door that slides seamlessly into the wall to be assaulted with more color than you see anywhere else in the dorm. The spacious room's floor lights up reminiscent of what you'd find in an 80's disco club, all the colors always matching the position colors of the current members of fin. Laser lights and the disco ball add to the chaos, though those can be turned off. Fog is piped in through tubes and empty beakers sitting on a wooden table bolted to the floor for that extra sciency feeling that maybe an experiment has gone wrong somewhere and the room is still smoking. There's some not empty beakers too, filled with colorful liquid that replenish themselves, but all the liquid is carbonated water with food coloring rather than anything useful for scientific experiments.

Whiteboards are set into the walls with colored pen dispensers for you to scribble scientific theories or your passwords for the last set of levels you completed on the arcade machines-- the best part of the fun lab. There's a cluster of arcade cabinets, all with retro atari games, but if you get anymore games on your phone or purchased from the shop in general you can load them into the machines.

There are a lot of plush dolls lying on individual beds, representing every Future Is Now member that they've had which is about 18 of them:
Intensity, Toaster, Two-Dub, Angel, Three, Shogun, Infinity, Bell, Duality, Dere, Makashima, Somebody Someday, Aerxes, Moreau, Shine, Erika, Silence and Song (the last two just look the same).

Re: SHO (and Infinity)'S FUN LAB

[malignstar]

[ Going to play with every plush!]

Re: SHO (and Infinity)'S FUN LAB

[nohalation]

[I don't have every single one of those written up so I'll copypaste the ones I've already done and plz clarify if there are any others BUT THEY ARE MORE OR LESS THE SAME ANYWAY:

When you pick up Angel's doll, you feel a sense of responsibility.

You must take care of everyone, mustn't you?

You must make sure they're popular.

You must protect them from harm.

You must rescue them.

---

With Intensity's:

You are suddenly filled with OVERWHELMING TRUST and TERRIFYING FEAR.

You know he will not leave.

You know he will still be here.

You know that he will help save everyone.

...

But what if they take him anyway?

YOU CANNOT LET THEM.

--

With Sho's:

You feel safe. You have been so worried, but you are starting to trust he'll be here by your side just like Intensity.

You want him to stay.

You want to protect him too.

You feel less lonely when he is around.

But it's no good to feel safe.

When you start feeling safe, people leave.

--

With Erika:

You are suddenly filled with CONFUSION and HOPE.

Can you trust her? What if she is a spy?

Oh.

It does not matter, right?

You feel such guilt for feeling suspicious.

She is part of your unit.

It doesn't matter where she is from. What she has done.

You love them.

You won't forget.

You don't want her to experience that horror a second time.

--

With Shine:

You feel nostalgia.

Someone used to be kind to you like this.

His words make you feel protected.

You can rely on him.

You can trust him.

You have to protect him though.

You don't want him to leave, too.

--

For probably Silence:

You feel a sense of FAMILIARITY and RELIEF.

You are not alone.

She is like you, you think.

You are very similar.

It means you are not weird or strange.

Maybe you and her can learn to understand one another.

Before she leaves.

--

For Song:

You feel a sense of nervousness and excitement.

You want to meet her!

But you are afraid to meet her.

What if you like her?

Why do you keep liking everyone?

When they leave, it hurts.

But you must take care of them.

You want Song to feel loved too.

Silence would want that.]