Angel | Heart Game (part 3)

[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?̻̞̗̰̩͍͜ ̧͔͈͈͈̲̰͕̣̙͇
Ẁ͖̰͚̙̣̯͉̙̕h̺̻͕͕͈̥͖͜ͅa̟̮͕̬͞t̙̮͔̙̙̞̯ ̶̧̧͇̫̫͈͉̤i̯̫̕f̮̥̲͇ ̛̯͈̞̦̀͝y̫̩͉͈͙̻o͕͎͎̱̤̖ͅͅu̶̞͓̪͔͉̕͜ ̵̖͖͙̣̭̳f̗̪̜͎͎͇̩̟͜ͅa̲͔̘̮í̛̪͈͇̻͍̹̯̭l̗̖̝̪͞?̶̥͚͙̭̫̩̙͙̱͟ Ẁ͖̰͚̙̣̯͉̙̕h̺̻͕͕͈̥͖͜ͅa̟̮͕̬͞t̙̮͔̙̙̞̯ ̶̧̧͇̫̫͈͉̤i̯̫̕f̮̥̲͇ ̛̯͈̞̦̀͝y̫̩͉͈͙̻o͕͎͎̱̤̖ͅͅu̶̞͓̪͔͉̕͜ ̵̖͖͙̣̭̳f̗̪̜͎͎͇̩̟͜ͅa̲͔̘̮í̛̪͈͇̻͍̹̯̭l̗̖̝̪͞?̶̥͚͙̭̫̩̙͙̱͟ Ẁ͖̰͚̙̣̯͉̙̕h̺̻͕͕͈̥͖͜ͅa̟̮͕̬͞t̙̮͔̙̙̞̯ ̶̧̧͇̫̫͈͉̤i̯̫̕f̮̥̲͇ ̛̯͈̞̦̀͝y̫̩͉͈͙̻o͕͎͎̱̤̖ͅͅu̶̞͓̪͔͉̕͜ ̵̖͖͙̣̭̳f̗̪̜͎͎͇̩̟͜ͅa̲͔̘̮í̛̪͈͇̻͍̹̯̭l̗̖̝̪͞?̶̥͚͙̭̫̩̙͙̱͟
W̷̴̶̖͔͈̝̦̺̻̥̼̮̝̺̝̥͖̣͔̼͜͡h̖͉̘͉͉̖̟͚̜̬̫͙̼͖͉̯̤̦͕͠a̺͎̺̘͟͡t̶̸̺͙̰͙̻̗͔̹͍̯͚͠ͅ ̡͓͔̮̘͈̝̻͈̳͍͉̹̗͘͟͠í̬̟͎̻̬͓̦̪̘͟͜f̶̴̯͇̳͉̣͓͉͇̲̠͉̠͚̞͝ ̡͎͎̤͓͔͚̥̕͞y̴̵̢̧̨̱̭̯̤̘̞̩̻̲͙͔͞█̵̨̛̦͉̺̝͔͇͢͠ ̰͓̳͝͡█̴͉͈̝̲̝͕͖͙͔͙̰́́ͅ ̡̖̙̘̪̗̞̪͘͞█̴̶̵̛̩͕͚̣̥̺͡ ̶̢̢̛͙̟̮̯̥̹͎̼͔̻ͅ█̴̧̧͙͎̖̘̥̠̪͉̫͍̯̻̥̟͔̥͇̙ ̛̯͓̣͎̤̟̟̀█̴̵̧̣̮͓̻͍͔̱̘̣̜̞͙̰̟̬̠̩̀͠ͅ ̴̵̨͉̻͇̮̣̼͜͟█̵͉͔̝̺̗͔̯͓̪́ ̴̨͇̱̹̳͍͙̝͟█̢̙͕̞̭͇̣̼͔͟ ̡͕̼͙͙̗̥̱̭̪͙̥̹̮̱̬̥̪̗̹█̴̶̴̫̱̞͟ͅ ̷̧̡̻̭͉͖̻̲̰̦̮͓̜̹̩͎█̶̡̢̗͖͎̘̙͍̜͖̩͉̥̩̞̭̀͜ ̷̴̶̡̛̘̲̤͈̦̣̹̻█̸́͜҉̘̫̝͈̻̳͈̙̪͚̬̥̗̥̺̼̠ ̴̛͇͙̥̫̪̘̩̫͉̙́͜͠█̷̴̛̥̫̳̣͈̭͈̗̗̪̯̬̪̣̻̮̗͘͞ͅ ͏̷̜͇͉͕̯̫͎█͢͏̻͍̦̙̭̭̣̥͓͔
̴̵̨͉̻͇̮̣̼͜͟█̵͉͔̝̺̗͔̯͓̪́ ̴̨͇̱̹̳͍͙̝͟█̢̙͕̞̭͇̣̼͔͟ ̡͕̼͙͙̗̥̱̭̪͙̥̹̮̱̬̥̪̗̹█̴̶̴̫̱̞͟ͅ ̷̧̡̻̭͉͖̻̲̰̦̮͓̜̹̩͎█̶̡̢̗͖͎̘̙͍̜͖̩͉̥̩̞̭̀͜ ̷̴̶̡̛̘̲̤͈̦̣̹̻█̸́͜҉̘̫̝͈̻̳͈̙̪͚̬̥̗̥̺̼̠ ̴̛͇͙̥̫̪̘̩̫͉̙́͜͠█̷̴̛̥̫̳̣͈̭͈̗̗̪̯̬̪̣̻̮̗͘͞ͅ ͏̷̜͇͉͕̯̫͎█͢͏̻͍̦̙̭̭̣̥͓͔
█̴̶̴̫̱̞͟ͅ ̷̧̡̻̭͉͖̻̲̰̦̮͓̜̹̩͎█̶̡̢̗͖͎̘̙͍̜͖̩͉̥̩̞̭̀͜ ̷̴̶̡̛̘̲̤͈̦̣̹̻█̸́͜҉̘̫̝͈̻̳͈̙̪͚̬̥̗̥̺̼̠
█̶̡̢̗͖͎̘̙͍̜͖̩͉̥̩̞̭̀͜








. . . ♫ . . .


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

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Wow. What do you do when faced with a crowd of adoring, faceless fans?




.......................... Waves awkwardly at them.

NAILED IT. ]

Re: Intro

[idolpro]

[THEY SEEM TO SWOON, one of them passes out.]

KYAAAaAAaa~ King! King! King! King!

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

[ oh god ]

Ah...

Thank you for your support.

Re: Intro

[idolpro]

WE LOOOOOOOOOOVE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Well eventually after all the showboating, he's gonna head right, towards the hotel. ]

Re: Intro

[idolpro]

[its familiar]

Re: Intro

[liftoft]

[ abruptly drapes himself over King's shoulders, grinning widely, and waves energetically at the crowd ON BEHALF OF THE BOTH OF THEM ]

C'mon man, they just wanna see you look as cool as possible!

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

[ wao where did you come from ]

I guess... but I wonder what kind of show they're expecting, exactly.

[liftoft]

[ Not rebuffed so he stays there where he's draped, grinning and making a smug, pleased noise--he has to lean in pretty close to make himself heard over the crowd, not wanting to have to shout; apparently a bunch of adoring fans makes X easy and flirty ]

Right now I'm not sure they're expectin' anything but you lookin' cool! You do look pretty cool, y'know? Show it off, a little!

[puzzlekeeper]

[ This is the less sullen ygo who takes no issues with draping

He glances down at his clothing for a moment, then back across the crowd. ]

That's true... I guess it's not much different than interacting with the usual 'audience' would be.

[ Lifting his hand a little higher in more confident greeting to them this time. X pep talk yields +10 charisma. ]

[liftoft]

Yeah, you get it! Besides, a guy named King has gotta be good at this kinda stuff, right?

[ he takes half a step to the side, one arm still wrapped around King's shoulders, and does a slightly more showy version of King's pose, to make them a symmetrical unit.

The audience probably loves it, but possibly not as much as X does ]

[puzzlekeeper]

[ The crowd is loving it for sure, which means it's time to GOAD THEM.

To the audience: ]

Louder! I want to hear both of our names!

[idolpro]

X! KING! X! KING!

THAT'S! THE! SONG! WE! SING!

X! KING! X! KING!

THAT'S! THE! SONG! WE! SING!

X! KING! X! KING!

THAT'S! THE! SONG! WE! SING!

[liftoft]

[ yesssss this is amazing let's do this forever ]

Re: Intro

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Might be laughing at your expense]

Stage fright, Your Excellency?

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

[ - IMMEDIATELY SCOFFS ]

Of course not.

[ (Maybe) ]

Re: Intro

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Surely you've worked a crowd before.

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

Obviously. That's part of being a ruler, after all.

Re: Intro

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[And using bullshit technokineses powers to shine the spotlight on King]

Then by all means.

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

[ BASTARD

But goading his pride is a successful tactic, so he's straightening up and walking toward the edge of the stage with much more confidence this time.

POINTS AT THEM ]

Louder! I couldn't hear you the first time!

Re: Intro

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[What are you talking about? This is well worth the tiny effort it took to fire King up]

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

[ Well now that he's gotten started it's easy, (especially with a crowd this easy), so after working the crowd up into a frenzy for a bit... ]

Are you just wallflowering, or are you planning to participate?

Re: Intro

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[You may see him pull this stunt as he tries to figure out what exactly the audience is]

Re: Intro

[puzzlekeeper]

[ You're just like this huh

The audience being incorporeal is a little unsettling, though... ]

Re: Intro

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Right. We'll he has no need to explore Imeeji. Plus dark paths are more his thing so---

Heading left. Catch you later, King]