Arrival

[letsplayamod]

The moment is a bit different for everyone. Perhaps you were just minding your own business somewhere, others may have been in more... dire circumstances. Regardless, you were approached by a figure you can't quite picture, and they offered you an accord; in exchange for aiding them in the healing of a world lost to chaos, you would be granted something almost unheard of. Godhood.

And each of you said yes, more or less.

A blurry hand, shifting and rippling, reaches out to you. You feel a glow of warmth, unlike anything you've known before. As soon as you think you can describe it, you wake up.

The room you're in is plainly furnished, but it's about the size of a small flat. Plenty of room to stretch your legs. Don't get too comfortable, however. On the bedside table each room has is a letter; handwritten, it's wrapped around a bronze key. The lettering could only be described as the platonic ideal of 'neat and precise'.

If you are reading this, than our deal has been made. You've awoken in a place that will surely feel strange, so I want you to take some time to acclimate. Meet with the others. Breathe. I shall be along shortly.

-A

Whatever that means becomes more apparent as you step out of your housing and behold the world around you. The building you were in, and every piece of architecture you happen across, is blatantly pre-modern. Yet, something about it is otherworldly. Stone and iron and glass as far as the eye can see.

But above you was where the real questions were. It wouldn't be right to say the sun was shining on you now, nor would it be right to say it's the dead of night. Instead, the sky is a hazy mixture of both, wrapped in suffocating storm clouds that are threatening rain. Everywhere you look, into the horizon, it's the same.

Welcome home. Take your time and explore. Nobody ever said godhood was easy.

Comments

[yourheroine]

Knew it.

It means Aoi's from another world.

[atu709]

Oh! So am I. I've been through multiple worlds, actually.

[yourheroine]

Boop boop! Another heroine!

[She leans forward a little with genuine interest at this new piece of information.]

How many do you remember?

[atu709]

I suppose you could... call me that. Princes usually get that billing, though.

[ or groups of adventurers. ]

Every one. I've had to fight my way through much.

[yourheroine]

[Or protagonists.]

Aoi only remembers a few, but...there are a lot of games that have bad ends to get through, huh?

[atu709]

[ Games? Perhaps it's not only stories that live in the Neverafter. ]

Happily ever after is a nice thought, but then the story repeats.

[yourheroine]

That's how it's supposed to go, isn't it? Once the route's over, the game resets and a new Aoi takes my place.

[atu709]

And you're okay with that? You accept that story?

[yourheroine]

All of the routes lead to that end.

[Her voice is quiet, detached.]

[atu709]

... They shouldn't have to.

[ Hey wow her breath is starting to fog a little- ]

Destiny is the shackles laid still orange-hot from the forge around our ankles as penance for the sin of wanting. [ A beat. ] But perhaps this is not the place or time for that conversation.

[yourheroine]

...

[Aoi's eyes flicker with...something. Even she doesn't know how to fully place it.]

Maybe...Aoi doesn't know what to do with that.

[atu709]

That's understandable. You may even find you don't agree with me about it. You wouldn't be the first to find comfort in destiny.

[ She shrugs. ]

Either way, something as grand as destiny makes poor conversation for a first meeting, wouldn't you say?

[yourheroine]

[Aoi nods.]

That's a dialogue option that you need to get more affection points for.

[atu709]

Quite right.

[ She sighs. ]

So what is a cell phone, exactly? You have me curious now.