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[popdrop] H4: Vermillion and Hospitality

[The first thing you notice is how dark it is. It’s really, really stinkin’ dark. You can’t see anything. Even if you naturally have the ability to see in the dark, well, not anymore. Which may be the second thing you notice - any powers you have, any magic is gone. Silenced. You can’t feel it, similarly to when you’re in the theme park, with an additional sense of anxiety and loss surrounding the inability to tap into it. Even a heightened sense of emotion won’t bring them back, like it might in the theme park. If you have other powers of some kind, enhanced physical capabilities or the like, they’re either gone or significantly reduced as well. You feel extremely normal and it doesn’t feel good.]

[Whether you stay still or stumble along in the dark, at least it’s not too long. You eventually catch notice of something illuminating the darkness. You find yourself drawn to it. It's a small spherical glass object. Near the edges, it's black, but bits of purple and violet appear, gradually brightening and swirling together in a spiral shape at the center. The spiral at the center is bright enough to bathe you and the surroundings in a soft violet light. As you get closer, you can feel voices coming from the sphere. You can’t tell what they’re saying, but maybe if you were closer. You feel a deep desire in your stomach to just…reach out….]

What are you doing?

[The voice, a woman’s voice, comes from behind you. You didn’t hear anybody approaching, but you’re immediately filled with an intense sense of foreboding. You turn and look, but you can’t see anything. The darkness is once again overpowering, the violet glow from the object next to you being the only thing that isn’t swallowed up by it. All you can make out in the darkness is what may be someone’s face and…two eyes. With nothing in them. Pitch-black.]

You touched the Heart…

You touched MY Heart!?

[There’s a lot of anger and it’s not making that sense of foreboding go away. The darkness and the person(?) inside it advance towards you, slowly engulfing the violet glow around you. Just when you’re thinking you’re gonna have to decide between fight or flight, here — something moves.

Towards you.

You feel something punch into your chest and before you know it, you’re on the ground, searing pain running through your upper body. A few things briefly pass through your senses. You hear a loud scream. If you tilt your head up, you can see a long black spike…embedded in your own chest. And you can taste… …yup. That’s your own blood.

That’s about as far as you get before consciousness leaves you.]

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[Tata's Taffy Theme Park is an amusement park that reside on an island that's currently floating in the sky. Nothing seems to be keeping it suspended in the air, but judging by the low hanging clouds and a pink sun that feels unnaturally close, you can't help but get a feeling that yo—]

[Wait a sec.]

[You’ve somehow wound up back in the theme park. Except, it’s…a little different. For one thing, it’s much smaller, there only seems to be one road. In front of you is the Chocolat cottage, which is…the only cottage! The rest of them aren’t here, for some reason. Within walking distance, in the center of the park like usual, is the Fairy Ring. And further up the road on the other side of the park is the shops.]

“Greetings.”

[And you’ve been approached by a young man in Sorbet colors, who you…may recognize, as it turns out.]

[You are currently outside. You can go to Chocolat’s cottage, the Fairy Ring or the Shops.]

[Ah.....like a BTL. She's been through this kind of thing before.]

Oh. Hello. You're...Spectre, right?

I am.

The...real one ?

I do not believe so, no.

So a manifestation.

What are you doing here?

I believe I am here to serve as your guide.

I see. Well, as a guide,w here would you recommend I go?

In front of you is Chocolat's cottage, where Hex lives. Down the road is the Fairy Ring, where the fairies have us play games. Further down the road is the shops, where Hex spends...a considerable amount of time and money.

Ah....well, good to know about the shops.

I'll try the cottage first.

Good luck to you.

[Chocolat’s cottage looks the same as it normally does. The wine fountain is there. The Chocolat Bar is there. Javabot, Hex’s coffee-producing affront to God is there. Unlike outside, which was definitely the sparknotes version of the theme park, everything in here is pretty faithfully recreated, although when you go to see the bedrooms, it’s suddenly a little…off.

You can go to Scorpio’s bedroom, Raijuu’s bedroom, Vermillion’s bedroom, Hex’s bedroom or… …Hex’s…bedroom…?

Hex’s bedroom is there twice. The second one has a weird smelling purple smoke coming from underneath the door.]

[Huh, that's weird. The two bedroom thing.]

[But first thing's first!]

Oh, hello. Pardon the intrusion. [To Javabot.]

[.....listen, I feel javabot on a Spiritual Level.]

[Javabot knows not greetings. Javabot knows only coffee.]

[However, there is now a plate waiting for you that wasn't there before.]

[You acquired Espresso and Pastry.]

[She also feels that on a spiritual level. She will accept the expresso and pastry.] Thank you very much.

[Let's look at the weird Hex room.]

[Your hand touches the doorknob and...]

[It instantly bursts open, white bandages shooting out, grabbing you by the waist and dragging you in. The door slams shut behind you.]

[Hex is in her bedroom, sitting on her bed. Her....skin is purple. She has a pair of nubby horns on her head. She's sitting there in a nightgown and there's long white bandages hovering all over the place that appear to have come from her.]

Well, hello there.

[....nts, carry a fucking knife.]

Hello.

Is there a reason you're restraining me?

[But she has an amazing poker face, no matter how Concerned she is.]

Well, look at all of these. [She gestures to the bandages.] What else am I supposed to do with them besides indulge in a little bondage, honestly?

Ah.

So this is the sex bedroom.

Ding ding ding! You're correct! You win the prize!

Would you like to guess what the prize is?

Is it sex?

You're a genius.

[The bandages are reeling you in near the bed.]

[Getting reeled in because robot body doesn't have super strength and she's gotta think about this.]

I'm supposed to be helping you though.

And what part of this do you think isn't helping me?

....do I get one of your treasures this way?

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