In, you know. In the same way that everything isn't real. An unfortunate, inevitable way that zeroes out if you think about it long enough, because if nothing is real then what is meaningful must not be real, so there's still value in this dream. In the Reclaimers. In retrieving the relic, and....dismantling....
Experiencing Wonderland?
Right. To destroy something, you have to understand it, generally. And Erika mostly destroys things, so it's nice to take the time to thoroughly understand them first.
Understanding games. Find Erika immersed in one, rapt with fascination. Try to grab her attention for any reason. Watch her turn around and blink and stare at you for a long few seconds, like a computer booting back up. Hear the fans spinning.
She whips out a permanent marker and reaches for your arm.]
Hold still.
[2.5] hold still, she said
[The same ordeal awaits those who ride the tram with Erika. More likely than not, they come to halfway through her masterpiece. What's the subject? It depends.
Or maybe you deter her early. Choose your fate, and have your new temporary tattoo chosen.]
[3] seek time latency
[Mirror mirror on the wall.
In the spirit of exploration, Erika is here. The mirrors...are having...an interesting time with it.
Static, in her vicinity, creeping into your field of view. Squint hard enough, and the static is actually butterflies. Quelle fucking surprise. There's a lot of them, more than is usual for Erika even in her moments of least coherence, a deep and swirling endlessness that is puddling merrily across the halls in the world within the mirrors and nowhere to be seen without.
Erika is wandering at a snail's pace, because each cooperating mirror is showing her something a little different, and when you find her - if you find her - it could be any of a few things. Maybe this. Or this. Or this? Or maybe...well, if it's this one, she looks more than a little irritated about it. But maybe it's not any of those things?]
[4] wildcard
[hit me up @ hologramblue if you have an idea or don't. it's a wonderland of possibilities.]
no subject
[points at the nested toplevel. go there]
[2] reality check
[Wonderland isn't real.
In, you know. In the same way that everything isn't real. An unfortunate, inevitable way that zeroes out if you think about it long enough, because if nothing is real then what is meaningful must not be real, so there's still value in this dream. In the Reclaimers. In retrieving the relic, and....dismantling....
Experiencing Wonderland?
Right. To destroy something, you have to understand it, generally. And Erika mostly destroys things, so it's nice to take the time to thoroughly understand them first.
Understanding games. Find Erika immersed in one, rapt with fascination. Try to grab her attention for any reason. Watch her turn around and blink and stare at you for a long few seconds, like a computer booting back up. Hear the fans spinning.
She whips out a permanent marker and reaches for your arm.]
Hold still.
[2.5] hold still, she said
[The same ordeal awaits those who ride the tram with Erika. More likely than not, they come to halfway through her masterpiece. What's the subject? It depends.
Or maybe you deter her early. Choose your fate, and have your new temporary tattoo chosen.]
[3] seek time latency
[Mirror mirror on the wall.
In the spirit of exploration, Erika is here. The mirrors...are having...an interesting time with it.
Static, in her vicinity, creeping into your field of view. Squint hard enough, and the static is actually butterflies. Quelle fucking surprise. There's a lot of them, more than is usual for Erika even in her moments of least coherence, a deep and swirling endlessness that is puddling merrily across the halls in the world within the mirrors and nowhere to be seen without.
Deep, swirling, descending into flashes of monochrome, occasionally leaching color from around it, even from your...uh...your, uh....
Only occasionally, though.
Erika is wandering at a snail's pace, because each cooperating mirror is showing her something a little different, and when you find her - if you find her - it could be any of a few things. Maybe this. Or this. Or this? Or maybe...well, if it's this one, she looks more than a little irritated about it. But maybe it's not any of those things?]
[4] wildcard
[hit me up @