Wako's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

You are standing in the middle of the main street of a sizable downtown area.

The early morning sun hangs low in the east. The air is salty and fresh – and oh man is your nose sharp! You can smell the people who came in here with you from yards away! Other stuff smells that strong, too! There is a spring breeze in the air. How do you know it’s spring? You just do. It’s the vibe here. Tropical trees and flowers grow in window boxes and small gardens. There are fairly standard shops (a movie theater! A book store! Small clothing boutiques! And so on), with trucks, cars, and bicycles parked at the curbs. There are no people or animals in sight, but there’s birdsong hanging in the air. It seems to be coming in every direction.

Oh. And you’re dressed like stripper clowns.

(( OOC at #zerotime ))

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DOWNTOWN (FIRST STAGE)

[dramatispersonae]

[ This is your opening mingle. ]

Re: DOWNTOWN (FIRST STAGE)

[iwantyour]

[poking the screw things on his chest]

What the hell.

Re: DOWNTOWN (FIRST STAGE)

[pitching]

[takes one glance, and then slowly turns his head away. I didn't see anything.]

Re: DOWNTOWN (FIRST STAGE)

[pitching]

This is some cosplay.

[what is my life]

Re: DOWNTOWN (FIRST STAGE)

[iwantyour]

At least you didn't get screws.

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[identityformations]

[considering]

I think our coats match.

Re: DOWNTOWN (FIRST STAGE)

[identityformations]

[GO FIRST GAME]

[..........]

...do I have a giant spade behind my head?

Re: DOWNTOWN (FIRST STAGE)

[iwantyour]

... new guy. Very quick rundown. You're in someone else's metaphorical representation of their heart. Changes done here actually affect the heart's owner. Don't break anything.

Re: DOWNTOWN (FIRST STAGE)

[myninjaway]

W-W-W-W-W-WHAT AM I WEARING?!

[oh god what is this]

SHINDOU HOUSE (SECOND STAGE)

[dramatispersonae]

[ Your bus drives away. As soon as it starts, moving, the view through the windows changes to rolling dunes, sand, and the sea. ]

Re: SHINDOU HOUSE (SECOND STAGE)

[identityformations]

Whoever this is has a good-looking heart, at least.

SOUTHERN CROSS HIGH (SECOND STAGE)

[dramatispersonae]

[ Your bus drives away. As soon as it starts, moving, the view through the windows changes to rolling dunes, sand, and the sea. ]

Re: SOUTHERN CROSS HIGH (SECOND STAGE)

[pitching]

[I'm not gonna question the missing bus driver. Hikaru's sitting up in the seat to get a better view out the window]

Whoaaa, look at all the water.

PORT (SECOND STAGE)

[dramatispersonae]

[ Your bus drives away. As soon as it starts, moving, the view through the windows changes to rolling dunes, sand, and the sea. ]

Re: PORT (SECOND STAGE)

[myninjaway]

[ooooooooh stuck to the window, what are buses this is awesome :'D]

Whoa!! It's moving!

ZERO TIME (THIRD STAGE)

[dramatispersonae]

[ You are in a sphere. The sphere is walled in glass screens, presenting a 360-degree view of a dome-shaped world. To the horizon are cotton-candy clouds, swirling softly. Above is a gradient rainbow sky dotted with faint stars. There is a large gold clockwork contraption at the very center of the top of the dome; there are circular clockwork gears filled with blue light at the heart of it, and spinning gold diamond shapes like chains criss-cross the multi-colored sky.

It’s some pretty amazing scenery porn.

And then there are robots.

They’re spread out across the dome – one for every other person in the heart. If you look closely, you’ll see that there’s a glowing sphere where the heart would be in each of these giant humanoids. Look even closer, and you’ll see human shaped forms in each of those spheres.
Yeah. It’s pretty likely that you’re in a giant robot, too! ]

Re: ZERO TIME (THIRD STAGE)

[iwantyour]

This is simultaneously the coolest and gayest thing that's ever happened to me.

Re: ZERO TIME (THIRD STAGE)

[identityformations]

[.............................]

What the...

Space armor?

Re: ZERO TIME (THIRD STAGE)

[myninjaway]

Eeeeh, what's this?!

[testing testing, moving his arms and legs]

Re: ZERO TIME (THIRD STAGE)

[pitching]

WHAT?

[I'm just gonna...gonna, yeah. This is a magical flailing robot over here.]

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[preteinder]

[*_*

momentarily stunned by scenery. and then looking around, looking into the spheres to see who got which robot. ]

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[springtime]

A floating pink bubble materializes at about the same height as your bubble-cockpits, dead in the center of the dome. Wako is inside it, dressed in a pink sweatshirt over a striped top and miniskirt. She recoils visibly at the site of all those robots. ]

No! Not all at once--!

Re: ZERO TIME (THIRD STAGE)

[iwantyour]

HEY LISTEN UP! We're gonna fight until there's only one robot usable! Get on it!

TRUE HEART

[dramatispersonae]

[ Your robot explodes, but you’re left in the pink bubble. Wako’s robot disappears, too, and she’s left in a bubble beside you. From within Zero Time, it looks like acid is eating the multi-colored skydome. An electric, red-tinged line of energy spreads away from the center of the dome with a wild crackling noise, letting in the spring sunshine. In a matter of seconds, the whole dome has been eaten away, leaving the two of you hovering above a beautiful traditional shrine at the edge of the sea.

Your bubbles descend lightly. The two of you are standing at the top of a long series of steps. The shrine is behind you. At the bottom is the beach, and a beautiful cove. Sticking out of the water is a large hand made of rock – it could be a giant robot hand. The blue-haired boy and the redhead are standing ankle-deep in the gentle surf.

There’s no birdsong, but as the crackling noise disappears, you’ll hear that Wako is finishing a song. ]

Re: TRUE HEART

[springtime]

And so, the world is reborn...