Nine-Nine Heart - Run 1

[idolpro]

[It's time for a new an exciting place, right? A land of adventure and fun and excitement!

Wait? Then why does this look like Tokyo-F. Like a Tokyo-F that has seen better days.

A dark purple haze has settled over the city, thick and suffocating, oppressive and heavy. The sky above is filled with yawning teeth and blinking eyes stare back at you. Buildings lie in tatters and their remains litter the landscape.

A few proud buildings still stand tall! The most prominent one among them - THE GAME TOWER. Though it is sporting more of an evil villain castle vibe than you remember. And it certainly used to be taller and not leaking out that purple smoke filling the air. Nonetheless it stands as a beacon in the city, the focal point in the ruin around you.

A voice echos in your head. "Find the Dark Master."

GAME START!]

Comments

[rollwithdisadvantage]

I'm sure they appreciate it. I can sense that you have no small skill as well.

[forgottenmercy]

I was, ah, a necromancer in my old life.

...May I, ah, ask some questions?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Of course.

[forgottenmercy]

...who, ah, are you?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

You saw my true form even it was only in a game.

[forgottenmercy]

...so which were you? The, ah, 99 that appeared in the game, or the...demon... that was summoned?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Both.

[Don't you love Yugioh manga, it doesn't make sense.]

[forgottenmercy]

[look, Persephone comes from a world where demons are both their own existences and part of multi-souled beings. this makes sense.]

...so, ah, aspects of you?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

You do really understand when no one else does. Do you miss your powers? The grasp you had over the cosmos itself.

[forgottenmercy]

[he doesn't know that he was an Exalt!]

I miss, ah, being able to speak with ghosts...?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[WHOOPS! You can pretend he didn't say that.]

Ah. Yes. The truly tie us down.

[forgottenmercy]

[it's fine, he'll just assume evil 99 was Being Overly Grandiose.]

...you, ah, had a lot to mourn, didn't you.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[He looks as if he wants to speak but it is unable. He doesn't look sad, so Persephone can guess that they weren't his to mourn or he didn't care about them.]

[forgottenmercy]

...ah, I see.

[then they're 99's ghosts, then.]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Tell me what you see? You've always been more perceptive then you've let on, Persephone.

[forgottenmercy]

...how long have you two been, ah, fighting? [not what he was talking about, but.]

[rollwithdisadvantage]

At least until this place brought us here. We were more agreeable before.

[forgottenmercy]

...so losing memories, ah, split you, then.

[rollwithdisadvantage]

He forgot why he came to me.

[forgottenmercy]

...ah. But you, ah, remember?

[rollwithdisadvantage]

Yes. I remember everything, but am bound by the rules of this place.

[forgottenmercy]

I, ah, see.