Heart Game: Sol [#07]

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Level 1

[bluerosestyle]

[bluerosestyle]

[When your eyes finally adjust to your surroundings, you find yourself standing next to a road paved in stones, and surrounded by nature. The air is clean but chilly, the sun is bright and shining down on you... but it still doesn’t feel warm. This seems to be an extremely cold Winter day.

If you weren't wearing them before, you find yourself wearing gloves and boots!]

[we_meet_again]

[...Oh! Wow where am I?


He's going to take a moment to take in his situation.

First of all, what is he wearing? Are these his normal clothes from Imeeji? Is he carrying anything like a weapon or a bag?

Second of all, he checks out the surroundings, looking up and down the road. Where does it lead? Are there people around? Etc.]

[bluerosestyle]

[He's wearing the same clothes he was wearing back at the library! He has no weapon, and no bag.

There's no one around! In fact, the only sounds you can hear are those of the birds and the rustling of leaves. Left from where you're standing, the road leads uphill. You can't tell where it leads in the other direction because the road takes a turn left not too far away from here, and the trees block your sight.]

[we_meet_again]

[This is actually... very pleasant. Even the chill feels pretty good. Refreshing.

He's going to walk uphill and see if he can get a better lay of the land from a higher perspective.]

[bluerosestyle]

[He'll have to walk far to do that, but the sights will be even more beautiful in that direction. If it wasn't for the road, it would seem that as if this place is untouched by civilization. It's also getting chillier.

The road leads to a river, crosses it, and then takes a sharp turn to the right. At this point, if you look down, you still can't see much. The forest still blocks your sight. But if you look up, you can see big, icy mountains blocking the horizon, and... Is that a cave?]

[we_meet_again]

[Uwaaaaa enjoying the scenery for a moment. He's actually never seen a mountain like this before, all snow-covered and rocky. It looks like a picture from a book, but here it is in real life, and bigger than he could have ever imagined!

Please hold. He has to commit this to his memory.





After a good long oogle, he thinks it would be a waste to not explore a mountain when he has the opportunity. Let's go see what a cave is like!]

[bluerosestyle]

[You walk! And walk! as you follow the river upstream until you finally reach the entrance to the cave. The higher you go, the colder it gets. This is no longer just chilly-- soon you can see your own breathing. I hope your clothes were always warm enough for this!



(Please ignore the characters you see in the picture). Anyway, it’s not too hard to realize that the cave itself seems to be the source of the cold.

It is also completely dark.]

[we_meet_again]

[He's wearing some layers, since it's winter in Imeeji these days, too. And he is pretty tolerant of the cold, anyway.

He is not, however, tolerant of the dark. At All. This... could be... a dealbreaker.

Nobody left a lantern around here, did they?]

[bluerosestyle]

[The goblins may not be very bright, but they are bright enough not to take the paved road. So, no, you won't see them! Who knows, maybe they got lost too?

You're back where you started! Do you follow the road all the way downhill?]

[we_meet_again]

[Yeah, let's keep going before it gets too dark. Go go go fast fast fast]

[bluerosestyle]

[You're going so fast you don't see or hear anything strange on your way there! But on the upside, you're there very quickly. It's not completely dark yet. You see people, not goblins. Success!

There is no one guarding the entrance to the village, though.



It’s late, but there are several people outside, and all of them are heading towards the direction of the main square, talking between themselves and laughing.

You can also go right, or follow the smell of bread.]

[we_meet_again]

[Thank all six gods, it's human habitation. he didn't want to spend the night in the woods, sob

He shifts the way he's holding the axe so his hand is up near the head, to make it obvious he's not, like, brandishing this in a menacing way.

He's going to try approaching one of the people walking toward the square]

Hello! Excuse me, please!

[bluerosestyle]

[a man who's walking next to a woman and three children turns around with an affable grin. He glances at his basket first, then at his axe.]

Oh, a lumberjack? You're out late with that, good work today!

[we_meet_again]

Ah... thanks!

Say, have you seen any, uh, law enforcement wandering around? I need some help with something.

[bluerosestyle]

[the woman tilts her head. the man frowns]

Law enforcement?

[we_meet_again]

[wow he's hecking this up right away]

Ah... Sorry, I'm not from around here. Who should I talk to about [fuck, what are they called] .... ah... oh my gosh, I forgot the word for them. Big green humanoid guys with big claws and teeth, who walk hunched over like this?

Level 2

[bluerosestyle]

[bluerosestyle]

[The cave is Dark, and you can't see anything for a long time. There's ice everywhere, and you are, in fact, going to slip and fall at one point-- but even if you let go of the stalk of grass, it's still glowing. Your Life is affected, but you won't know that unless you Sc yourself at some point! I'm still going to say it, though.

You fall, and your life decreases by 200.

When you look up, you can see a light blue glow ahead...! It's still far away, but it's there! This is good, because you can't see any sources of light back where you come from. Do you go on?]

[we_meet_again]

[ouch!

...Well, he's come this far. Time to commit a sunk cost fallacy and continue toward the light.]

[bluerosestyle]

[You follow the blue light, and eventually it leads you to...



The floor in this space is covered with thick ice and there is a big skeleton with bones made of blue ice as well-- it's a dragon’s skeleton. There are assorted items and weapons around and under the dragon. (Once again, please ignore the three people in the picture!)

There are three other tunnels connected to this dome-- from where you're standing, there's one behind the dragon, one to its left, and one to its right.]

[we_meet_again]

[Uwaaaaa look at THIS place!

It seems like this room is glowing on its own, so he doesn't need his grass right now. Since he already knows the grass'll stay lit without him touching it, he's going to leave it here on the path so he can find his way back when he's ready.

For now, he's going to check out the dragon skeleton and the items around it.]

[bluerosestyle]

[There are many weapons of many types! Swords, maces, axes, greatswords, daggers... Nothing for long-range combat, sadly. There's also coin, and... a basket... books... a Taisho hat... what seems to be a sketched drawing... pocky... instant pasta...

Also, I forgot to say it , but the dragon skeleton is not actually made of ice, now that you're looking at it closely. It looks very similar, but it's much sturdier.]

[we_meet_again]

[wow, look at all this stuff. Not too shabby! Hopefully nobody minds if he takes a few things... If magic is going to consume a bunch of items, maybe if he carries some junk to feed it, he can avoid using up useful objects like gloves or his own shirt or something.

He takes the basket and adds a few things - mostly coins, but also whatever other lightweight items he can find. Pocky and pasta, of course, in case he gets hungry.

He'd like to investigate this sketch, too. What's it a drawing of?

Finally, he's going to pick through the weapons and find one that he thinks he knows how to use, picking some of them up and hefting them a little to test the balance. Unless anything really stands out, he's going to grab himself an axe.]

[bluerosestyle]

[Good job taking measures to avoid losing one limb or two in exchange for miracles, Cobalt!!

It's a sketch of Sol smiling brightly. You've seen Okami's sketches before, so you might recognize this as his work.

Many of these weapons are Too Heavy for Cobalt to lift. They don't look it, they all look like they should weigh the same, but they don't. But he'll eventually find an axe he can lift.]

Weapon: Axe