Heart Game: Sol [#05]

[idolpro]

Note: please be as cryptic as possible regarding any specific actions your character takes when discussing them in the game channel to avoid influencing everyone else!

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[bluerosestyle]

[The tunnel is long and cold, but Okami walks fast-- and when he finally reaches the light at the end of it, the world on the other side of the cave looks as if there were holes in the very fabric of its reality.

Does this sound familiar? Well, it should! This cave tunnel leads outside of Shinjuku Station, and Okami is now looking at Imeeji as was right before the trial. However, he is not flickering, or in pain, or even in monochrome. The rest of the world is.

He has not stepped outside of the cave yet.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Is it still cold out here because he's probably freezing in alarm? ]

[bluerosestyle]

[Yes! The hat should help though. Is he leaving the cave?]

[furrytailprince]

[YES]

[bluerosestyle]

[The moment Okami steps through the cave, his body flickers. It stings, but the cold is the worst part of this, even if he's not feeling it as much as he should.

Your Life decreases by 5.

Behind him, if he turns around, that is, he'll be able to see a purple board materialize in the air, back in the cave. It’s similar to a Stacia Window but much larger, and round. On the inside, someone... something...? appears to survey the place until he finds Okami and fixes his gaze on him. His eyes are like glass marbles.]

Singular Unit Detected. Tracing ID. Coordinates Fixed. Report Complete.

[The window vanishes entirely.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Time to run back inside the cave and go for the left path this time ]

[bluerosestyle]

[YOU CAN DO THAT but on your way there, you'll see something glowing in a light blue color on the ice, where the goblin used to be! Pick it up y/n]

[furrytailprince]

[ ... Yes? ]

[bluerosestyle]

[It's an innocent door key!

Item: Door key

Now, back to where we were! The left tunnel is long and dark, to no one's surprise, but there are no goblins here and there's no balance check to roll here, yay! You can see the end of it after a few twists and turns.

When you reach it, you can see a garden on the other side. There are roses everywhere.

You have not set a foot outside the cave yet!]

[furrytailprince]

[ I want to see the flowers! ]

[bluerosestyle]

[(Once again, please ignore the characters in that screencap!)

You step outside the cave. There are roses of many colors here! You can also see a tower in the distance.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Going to smell them and sc them

Oh and also sc his hat and ax ]

[bluerosestyle]

Unit type: Flower/Rose
Unit ID: UWRF 7115 Class: Divine Durability: 400/400

Unit type: Clothing/Hat
Unit ID: UWTH1085 Class: None Durability: 300/300 Effect: Protection against cold weather

Unit type: Weapon/Axe
Unit ID: UWWP7112 Class: 10 Durability: 550/700

[Also, they smell like normal roses, but richer!]

[furrytailprince]

[ Going to touch then ]

[bluerosestyle]

[They feel a little different than normal roses! And there seems to be a small glass-like ball nested between the petals.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Going to try to pick out that ball ]

[bluerosestyle]

Item: Sacred Power Fruit

[It's fragile, you can crush it between your fingers very easily if you're not careful.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Carefully wrapping it in sash, also sc fruit ]

[bluerosestyle]

Unit type: Sacred Power Fruit
Unit ID: UWSP2122 Class: None Durability: 100/100 Effect: Spatial Resource

[furrytailprince]

Ah, guess that means he'll need to be extra careful about that imagination thing...

Going to keep going then ]

[bluerosestyle]

[It doesn't take you long to realize that this is... a maze.

Do you go on, or go back?]

[furrytailprince]

[ Go back to take final path... ]

[bluerosestyle]

[Very well! You may have to be careful with every step you take, because this tunnel is so cold it's not just ice-- there is frost on the floor for added difficulty. It’s also completely dark. And long. None of which is news by now, but I still have to say it! Especially since Okami will find himself slipping on the ice this time...

You fall, and your Life decreases by 200.

After a while, you see a very low light further ahead. Once you get there, you can see that it’s actually coming from a door-- the one that glows in a light blue color, though it's fading in real time.

There is another door next to it. This one is frozen solid.]

[furrytailprince]

[ Nope, he's just going to lie here for a bit because that was fucking terrifying! ]

[bluerosestyle]

[THAT'S FAIR... But even while you're resting, you can hear steps walking down this tunnel. They're getting closer but whoever it is doesn't seem to be in a hurry. They walk slowly and with confidence.]