Angel pt 4

[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

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: Intro

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Can he convince any of the fans to give him a glow stick?]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ blinks, sticking out his arms and observing the new outfit he's been placed in

??? ]

I look like I belong on Avante.

[ but after examining his clothes and checking his phone, he strides up to the stage ]

Re: Intro

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Looking down at his clothes - then at the phone, to poke through it until he finds his profile.]

Daedalist, huh?

...man. I don't even know if I'm saying that right.

The 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 a sign that says, “Dangerous. If allowed in, will potentially poison everyone by accident. Her cooking skills are no joke!”

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, and strangely, at the very top is the game tower.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ checks out the sign on the kitchen and huffs a laugh ]

Didn't know she had such a dangerous weapon at her disposal.

[ then he heads for the elevator and hits the button for FiN's floor ]

The Labyrinth

[idolpro]

You find yourself entering a labyrinth.

No matter where you go in this area, you’ll find that there is always a ceiling above your head. There IS a sky sometimes, but it's artificial. You might see a sun or moon and there are definitely stars, but you get the feeling that they aren’t exactly real physical things that you can visit in space. Likewise, you are almost always surrounded by walls of some sort. It might take you some walking, but you'll eventually run into that wall. That feeling of confinement is definitely real.

For a moment, you can hear Angel’s voice speaking: “Memories are like getting to visit your friends for a brief moment even if they aren't here . . . and I cherish them so very much.”

You feel happy to be here. It is home.


The door opens to an old pool area encompassed by trees, shrubbery, and plants. Flowers lay in bloom atop the murky water, flowing serenely with help from the piano fountain that pours in.

This is what said piano looks like.


► The exit lies on the opposite side of the room, past the pool.

Re: The Labyrinth

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[He can't help but smile. He remembers her saying something similar to him if not that exact phrase. And it was impactful.

He sits on the edge of the old pool and looks at his reflection.]

Re: The Labyrinth

[crossmyheartandhope]

...whoa.

[He stands there staring for a couple of seconds, just taking it in - walks by the piano, idly, and runs his fingers under the water.]

[If this is a labyrinth, does that mean he can daedalize here? ...what even does a kernel look like?]

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!). 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.

Despite the clean, slightly cold nature, it is surprisingly warm when you step in. For a moment, you can feel a rush of honest feelings overcome you. You trust this world.

There is a sheep ottoman and also a couch.

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.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ hmm. uses Verticality to float up towards the ceiling and grab the one origami that sticks out from the rest. ]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ after leaving the crane he just made with the rest of the cranes, he tries Intensity's lab ]

Re: Future is Now

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Glances around a little, then stares up at the ceiling to admire the origami for a second or two.]

[What's up with the different one?]

Throne Room

[idolpro]

You find yourself in what looks to be a throne room of meager setting. There’s not much here! A table surrounded by seven chairs, one being a throne labeled “Ruler”. Five other chairs are labeled “Oracle, Knight, Ninja, Vizier, Servant,” respectively and one is blank. They are all around a single wooden table that has a bowl of plastic fruit on top.



The bowl itself has something written on it:
"You made choices that were true to you, and you stuck to them. And then you accepted the consequences with both pride and dignity. Yes, you did very well today."

There is also a giant hole in the floor for some reason, but it’s so dark, you cannot tell where it goes. You can also hear children laughing outside of the nearby window.

There are two doors up on the north wall:
► The Left door is SHINY.
► The Right door is SPARKLY.

There is also a door on the south wall:
► This door doesn’t seem friendly.

► There are also stairs on fire a little bit. Hm!

Re: Throne Room

[crossmyheartandhope]

Whoa - whoa!

[Please hold. Before he does anything, he's dumping the fruit out of the bowl, taking the bowl, and ducking back the way he came to grab some water and try and put those fire stairs out!!]

Re: Throne Room

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Sitting in the Vizier spot and picking up a plastic apple. He throws it hard at that south room door.]

Blank Room

[idolpro]

[Welcome to Angel's Room!

A blank white room that is filled with paint, material, a phone that has a shopping list, all sorts of crafty things, you name it, it's there! It seems that this room is "under construction" though nothing has been started yet.

If you stare at one of the walls, you can read every single letter Angel had received if you so choose. The extra toys and merch are there also of course.]

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ hmm. grabs some colored paper and a pen, if he can. ]

Intensity's Lab

[nohalation]

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.

[carnivorouscarnival]

. . .

[ well ]

Wow, he redid the decor.

[ after just kind of taking that in for a moment, he'll go over to the monitor and type in "True Heart" in the search bar.

look it's worth a shot. ]

Cinderella's Castle

[nohalation]

You find yourself in a ballroom on fire. Although actually, you can't feel the heat at all. Things seem to be burning pretty good though.

Along the walls, strangely there are chalkboards with several riddles on them, and it seems like someone’s been working very hard to solve them.There is a plastic mannequin mountain in one corner, and a glass tube halfway filled with water in the other.

There doesn't seem to be any doors although there ARE windows.

Re: Cinderella's Castle

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Trying to pour the water on the fire.]

Karaoke Room

[nohalation]

Welcome to the Karaoke Room! It’s got comfy seats and everything, strobe lights making the walls light up, and of course, a machine where you can input any choice of song that you would like directly onto the giant tv. There are snacks you can eat, and even alcohol but for some reason, your only choices are a mudslide, STRONG ASS WHISKY, and a mystery concoction that is bubbling in mysterious colors and sparkles.

Next to the screen, there is a button labeled, “Press if you need Attendant.”

Re: Karaoke Room

[crossmyheartandhope]

[Helps himself to some snacks, and also the bubbling mystery drink, the presses the button for an attendant.]

???

[nohalation]

It is just a simple place compared to INTENSITY SHRINE. Here is where you’ll find just a tiny room with a bunch of blankets scattered on the floor, pillows thrown everywhere. There are a few soft string of lights that were hung by hand to light up the small room. But beyond that, there's nothing else here.

And against a wall, you’ll find Intensity and Angel, just sleeping. Intensity is resting with his arms crossed while Angel is using his shoulder as her new pillow.

There are two paper cranes, one by each of them.

[carnivorouscarnival]

[ ah...

just stares at them, for a moment, before moving closer to inspect the paper cranes, trying to move quietly enough not to wake them. ]

SHEEP LAND

[nohalation]

You find a bunch of sheep. A whole lot of sheep.



There are a ton of these everywhere. Thousands of them. Some are real sheep, some are fake sheep, some have angel wings, some have Intensity's face, you might even find one with YOUR face.

Oh. And there is one chicken.

In the distance, you can see a large hotel and also a castle covered in snow . . .

[nohalation]

For 99, you are coming from that castle, jsyk.

The Stage

[nohalation]

[You have found the greatest stage of all!



Or at least, you found the stage made out of colorful cardboard. You're in a bedroom where there is a cute fluffy princess bed and tons of plush toys scattered about. Posters of people dressed up in cute outfits line the wall. You can find toy instruments, also.

And most importantly, there is a VERY SMALL CHILD wiggling on the stage with a toy microphone, singing nonsense into it.

There is also another door.]

Re: The Stage

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[DO I HAVE TO GET ANOTHER SHEEP? No, it will probably actually hurt her.

He sits in what would be the front row and claps.]

The Kotatsu Room

[idolpro]

This is a room with a kotatsu in it! It is a warm, inviting room, but it's fairly simple. There is a bowl of oranges right in the center, and also a very nice potted artificial plant.

The only really unique thing about this place is that there are a lot of empty photo frames hanging on the wall, but scattered about the room are various drawings which include:

A buff man, an orange, half-naked santa, a pile of dead bodies, a bowl of fruit, Angel and a wolf boy with music notes, a picnic scene, fire, a karaoke machine, cards, an angel, axe body spray, a bowl of vegetables, an older woman that looks like Angel, a boy with blonde hair and golden eyes, and a cute looking girl with scales on her face.

It seems there are no other doors in this place.

Re: The Kotatsu Room

[rollwithdisadvantage]

[Well, hate to break a good tradition. Trying to peel and eat an orange. ... Actually it's questionable if he even peels it.

He takes the picture with Angel and the wolf boy with music notes and finds a frame that would fit a family photo and put it in.]

SHO (and Infinity)'S FUN LAB

[nohalation]

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

[crossmyheartandhope]

...wow.

[He just stares for a couple of seconds, because there is a lot happening here. It takes him a few, but he heads over to check out the plushes, Angel in particular.]