הניאל ([personal profile] rosetograce) wrote in [community profile] imeeji_frontstage2022-08-07 12:02 pm

Flowers of Heaven II: Star of Bethlehem

Who: lost(?) idols
Where: ???? a mysterious courtyard
When: day 490

[ You awaken to the feeling of cool stone at your back, and a night sky overhead.

All around is a courtyard—a wide circle of marble tile, alternating black and white, interspersed with stone benches and flowerbeds and ornamental trees, all lit by the lambent gleam of strangely vivid starlight.

It is beautiful. And it is decaying. The stone is cracked; the flowers wild and overflowing between the cracked stone; the trees bent and twisted with age, the ground around them littered with fallen fruit. There is a fountain in the center of this space, but it too is broken-down: the water sits stagnant, and nothing remains of the design except a basin and the shattered base of a once-golden sculpture.

—And surrounding it all are not walls, but dense mounds of kudzu, climbing over itself until it towers as high as any watchtower.

How did you get here?
The last thing you vaguely recall is a sudden fit of drowsiness. There’s no sign of any guide or host around, and your powers don’t currently work either. In fact, if you have any corruptions, whether mental or physical, they too are … gone? No, perhaps that's not quite it; you can still feel them—faint, like a phantom limb. Invisible, and unable to affect you.
But there is one notable exception to the rule: all wings, corruption-induced or not, remain in place, as natural as the starlight.

There are other idols around you, all waking up the same way. Is this meant to be some kind of game…?
]
alchemechanical: (An irreplaceable story.)

[personal profile] alchemechanical 2022-08-08 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oya, it seems I'm not as trustworthy as I had hoped.
heavyliesthecrown: (Selfie time)

[personal profile] heavyliesthecrown 2022-08-08 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
It isn't very nice to make assumptions I suppose. And you have generously lent me your aid in the past. In my magnanimity, I ought to extend the benefit of the doubt.

Fufu. Then, in that case, you may rejoice. I shall agree to the idea. It sounds a little fun after all, too. ♪
alchemechanical: (You won't make it halfway.)

[personal profile] alchemechanical 2022-08-08 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Wonderful. Would you like to dine at AlcheME, or shall I bring it to you another place?
heavyliesthecrown: (How to keep your Tsukasa content)

[personal profile] heavyliesthecrown 2022-08-08 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
I miss visiting AlcheME, so I wouldn't mind coming over.

. . . If that really is alright.
alchemechanical: (Shake hands with those who ignored me.)

[personal profile] alchemechanical 2022-08-08 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'll speak with the rest of the troupe to be sure that it's fine.
heavyliesthecrown: (So happy)

[personal profile] heavyliesthecrown 2022-08-08 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
Uwah! I'm looking forward to it then! ♪
alchemechanical: (Those guys are weird.)

[personal profile] alchemechanical 2022-08-08 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
I shall prepare a snack with careful consideration then.
Edited 2022-08-08 08:02 (UTC)
heavyliesthecrown: (Feeding king is happy)

[personal profile] heavyliesthecrown 2022-08-09 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
I shall make sure to bring a gift in return. ♪