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Jit: /* The World of Forsaken Hope */

2024-05-05T08:53:36Z

The World of Forsaken Hope

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	Reality washes over them, as if they've jacked out. Ego-shattering hallucinations confront them.		Reality washes over them, as if they've jacked out. Ego-shattering hallucinations confront them.

	For [[Bunny Hop]], desperate for connection, affirmation, and love despite ~~no matter what~~ confidence she may have in her skill, the vision of herself, her meat, head-bowed and still. She sits in a chair on the surface of a vast ocean, warped as though by a fish-eye lens. The monotone horizon is curved tightly in all directions. She is utterly, the world-over, alone.		For [[Bunny Hop]], desperate for connection, affirmation, and love despite whatever confidence she may have in her skill, the vision of herself, her meat, head-bowed and still. She sits in a chair on the surface of a vast ocean, warped as though by a fish-eye lens. The monotone horizon is curved tightly in all directions. She is utterly, the world-over, alone.

	For poor [[Fennec]] in denial, she performs in an empty room. The show slows to a stop as she stares at the empty chat. Without them to shape her, she doesn't know who she is.		For poor [[Fennec]] in denial, she performs in an empty room. The show slows to a stop as she stares at the empty chat. Without them to shape her, she doesn't know who she is.

Ellehog: /* The Light From Distant Stars */

2024-03-25T13:35:41Z

The Light From Distant Stars

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	[[Bunny Hop]], however, takes her turn, and after placing an anchor in this world (a rabbit in the moon, a ''gyokuto'' like her namesake), is awash in feelings of bittersweet homecoming and a tentative, childish ''hope'' - and as she bathes in it, this warmth amongst all the world's chill, she feels her link to the outside once again take shape. She extends her hand to her partner, and [[Fennec]], unable to cling to the same hope for something better or a belief in something higher, but perhaps choosing to believe in [[Bunny Hop]] herself, feels her connection to the Portal strengthen as well.		[[Bunny Hop]], however, takes her turn, and after placing an anchor in this world (a rabbit in the moon, a ''gyokuto'' like her namesake), is awash in feelings of bittersweet homecoming and a tentative, childish ''hope'' - and as she bathes in it, this warmth amongst all the world's chill, she feels her link to the outside once again take shape. She extends her hand to her partner, and [[Fennec]], unable to cling to the same hope for something better or a belief in something higher, but perhaps choosing to believe in [[Bunny Hop]] herself, feels her connection to the Portal strengthen as well.

			The way out of the Foundation is hope. But looking through the telescope's eye, Fennec finds a familiar problem - she doesn't know what that feels like. She hasn't in years. When BHop extends a hand once more though - she decides that maybe she believes in that. Just a little. Just enough to go home.

	They close their eyes, and [[Fennec]]'s code is clever enough to slip between the cracks. She scatters into stardust, and returns home.		They close their eyes, and [[Fennec]]'s code is clever enough to slip between the cracks. She scatters into stardust, and returns home.

Ellehog: /* The World of Forsaken Hope */

2024-03-25T13:34:57Z

The World of Forsaken Hope

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	After a warning from Sir Bretton that the area is dangerous and actively patrolled by bandits, they agree to travel together - [[Fennec]] takes the young girl up and onto her shoulders for a piggy-back ride as they walk, apparently impervious to fatigue, until they are ambushed by several bandits, commanded by the Bandit King - and while [[Bunny Hop]] whispers ''shinto norito'' under her breath to guide her hand, [[Fennec]] has a thought.		After a warning from Sir Bretton that the area is dangerous and actively patrolled by bandits, they agree to travel together - [[Fennec]] takes the young girl up and onto her shoulders for a piggy-back ride as they walk, apparently impervious to fatigue, until they are ambushed by several bandits, commanded by the Bandit King - and while [[Bunny Hop]] whispers ''shinto norito'' under her breath to guide her hand, [[Fennec]] has a thought.

	This is a Foundation~~, ne?~~ These people ~~aren~~'t real. ~~They're just ''files~~''. ~~And you know what a Matrix fox goddess can do to files?~~		This is a Foundation. These people, their stories, their world - it's not real. Her will is supreme on the matrix. Right? So if she were to mimic something she's seen a real mage do - it would work. Without question. There's no doubt in her mind - there never could be.

	Smoke curls from [[Fennec]]'s persona and wafts toward a man in leathers wielding a club. As he breathes it, he convulses, and turns to his allies with a vicious and bloody betrayal, to their horror.		Smoke curls from [[Fennec]]'s persona and wafts toward a man in leathers wielding a club. As he breathes it, he convulses, and turns to his allies with a vicious and bloody betrayal, to their horror.

	[[Fennec]] faintly grins. ''Mind magic,'' she thinks. ~~She is a mage. She is a unstoppable~~. ~~She~~ is~~, with~~ a capital ~~letter~~ G, ~~Goddess of this world~~.		[[Fennec]] faintly grins. ''Mind magic,'' she thinks. Another way to impose her will. Proof paid to the fact that she is a capital G Goddess, with the strength and the vision and the willpower she'll need to create whatever she desires.

	[[Bunny Hop]] is too blinded by a childhood idol to properly see the radical depth of this realization. She sees something horrible, and is blinded to ignorance by the light she herself reflects off of her.		[[Bunny Hop]] is too blinded by a childhood idol to properly see the radical depth of this realization. She sees something horrible, and is blinded to ignorance by the light she herself reflects off of her.

Ellehog: /* The World of Forsaken Hope */

2024-03-25T13:33:27Z

The World of Forsaken Hope

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	For [[Bunny Hop]], desperate for connection, affirmation, and love despite no matter what confidence she may have in her skill, the vision of herself, her meat, head-bowed and still. She sits in a chair on the surface of a vast ocean, warped as though by a fish-eye lens. The monotone horizon is curved tightly in all directions. She is utterly, the world-over, alone.		For [[Bunny Hop]], desperate for connection, affirmation, and love despite no matter what confidence she may have in her skill, the vision of herself, her meat, head-bowed and still. She sits in a chair on the surface of a vast ocean, warped as though by a fish-eye lens. The monotone horizon is curved tightly in all directions. She is utterly, the world-over, alone.

	For poor [[Fennec]] in denial, ~~they stream their performance, and nobody is there~~ to ~~watch them do it~~. Without ~~an audience~~, ~~the fox has no idea~~ who ~~they are~~.		For poor [[Fennec]] in denial, she performs in an empty room. The show slows to a stop as she stares at the empty chat. Without them to shape her, she doesn't know who she is.

	Both stripped to bare essentials, they come awake in the middle of a vast dustbowl. [[Fennec]] looks as she always does - save that she now, definitively, is 'she'. An obvious woman, without ambiguity. [[Bunny Hop]], similarly, is fully exposed, her heart laid bare as a plain girl, one who could be her sister, one who could have been her.		Both stripped to bare essentials, they come awake in the middle of a vast dustbowl. [[Fennec]] looks as she always does - save that she now, definitively, is 'she'. An obvious woman, without ambiguity. [[Bunny Hop]], similarly, is fully exposed, her heart laid bare as a plain girl, one who could be her sister, one who could have been her.

	[[Fennec]], ragged in body and soul, is shaken by this revelation. Without her worshippers, the goddess is empty.		[[Fennec]], ragged in body and soul, is shaken by this revelation. Without her worshippers, the goddess is empty.

			[[Fennec\|The fox]] stands motionless - face blank. The world spins, her head spins, her feelings spin - and she allows none of it to surface. The void yawns wider when she has nothing to project over it. The body she stands in is only a small blip on the radar by comparison - if there is more there, she won't acknowledge it. It's only when she's managed to swallow all that pain fully, to tie it under another layer of denial, that she moves - glancing to [[Bunny Hop\|BHop]] to check if her hesitation was noticed.

	The two look at themselves in their rags, then at each other, and trade sad and wordless smiles.		The two look at themselves in their rags, then at each other, and trade sad and wordless smiles.

Ellehog: /* The Tomb of the Heavenly Host */

2024-03-25T13:30:15Z

The Tomb of the Heavenly Host

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	[[Fennec]], unconvinced, is wounded again by negligence and asks [[Bunny Hop]] if she's seen both his persona and his body. She slaps hands to her mouth again, and apologetically nods. "When he was recruiting for the Foundation dive, he showed me his persona during the interview. We meditated in person."		[[Fennec]], unconvinced, is wounded again by negligence and asks [[Bunny Hop]] if she's seen both his persona and his body. She slaps hands to her mouth again, and apologetically nods. "When he was recruiting for the Foundation dive, he showed me his persona during the interview. We meditated in person."

	Best for some rabbits to stop digging holes, ne? [[Fennec]] is left to wonder why [[Iron]] ~~would help~~ [[Bunny Hop\|Hop-chan]], but not them.		Best for some rabbits to stop digging holes, ne? [[Fennec]] is left to wonder why [[Iron]] likes [[Bunny Hop\|Hop-chan]], but not them.

	They continue in silence, up this rusting, creaking stairwell, until finally, breaching white and fluffy clouds, they ascend to a nested host that, at a staggering Rating 9, might be Heaven - or a place that might once have been called that, anyway. Birds - pigeon and carrion and corvid - perch and feast among the broken and untextured chains of what must have been a great beast. A large stone pillar with an inscription stands across from them. A quick look around ([[Bunny Hop]] aided by [[Fennec]] carrying her on their shoulders) reveals the birds are not part of the sculpting, but dissonant sprites. [[Bunny Hop]]'s heart sinks as she rises to look more closely at the inscription...		They continue in silence, up this rusting, creaking stairwell, until finally, breaching white and fluffy clouds, they ascend to a nested host that, at a staggering Rating 9, might be Heaven - or a place that might once have been called that, anyway. Birds - pigeon and carrion and corvid - perch and feast among the broken and untextured chains of what must have been a great beast. A large stone pillar with an inscription stands across from them. A quick look around ([[Bunny Hop]] aided by [[Fennec]] carrying her on their shoulders) reveals the birds are not part of the sculpting, but dissonant sprites. [[Bunny Hop]]'s heart sinks as she rises to look more closely at the inscription...

Ellehog: /* Fennec */

2024-03-25T13:27:02Z

Fennec

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	Wow! That was neat! Thanks for the fun sidequest, Hop-chaaaan~! Call me in anytime you want your Fennec-sama to come to your rescue~!		Wow! That was neat! Thanks for the fun sidequest, Hop-chaaaan~! Call me in anytime you want your Fennec-sama to come to your rescue~!

	'''Redmond Coffin Motel
	Time Unknown		'''Redmond Coffin Motel'''
	Multiple Sleepless Hours Later'''
			'''Time Unknown'''

			'''Multiple Sleepless Hours Later'''


	I feel hollow. Not the usual hollow, a different one. It's tiresome. Like, super tiresome!		I feel hollow. Not the usual hollow, a different one. It's tiresome. Like, super tiresome!

Ellehog: /* Bunny Hop */

2024-03-25T13:26:26Z

Bunny Hop

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	<small>I believe in you. Come home soon, 'kay?</small>		<small>I believe in you. Come home soon, 'kay?</small>



			===[[Fennec]]===

			Wow! That was neat! Thanks for the fun sidequest, Hop-chaaaan~! Call me in anytime you want your Fennec-sama to come to your rescue~!

			'''Redmond Coffin Motel
			Time Unknown
			Multiple Sleepless Hours Later'''

			I feel hollow. Not the usual hollow, a different one. It's tiresome. Like, super tiresome!

			I don't need to do that right now. Habits die hard I guess. Today, I feel like copying Iron-senpai and doing some self reflection. So - a foundation dive with Hop-chan. She's good, really good. Reliable, sharp-eyed, smart. Charming, cute, silly. Easy to get along with.

			Easy to take advantage of.

			She's weak, isn't she? I saw her face - sympathy for those wandering programs. Iron-senpai would be disgusted! I don't know how I feel.

			Well, yes I do! I feel great. Powerful. A new skill, a new way to control others, something to try someday soon, something to tell my favorite mage about~! She'll care, right? Or at least listen? I really hope so. Nobody else has really wanted me to be honest before.

			Like - Hop-chan! She doesn't wanna know. I saw her face - denial! De-nyaa-al. It's the normal reaction! The right reaction! But playing off shock is how I keep the views coming in~!

			I'm doing it again, huh. I can stop anytime I want. Right? Right.

			Views. I don't even have a ton of those right now, do I? I haven't kept up my streams like I'm supposed to. Less subs, less cash, less - people to - hmm.

			What am I without someone else to reflect? What am I if I'm not doing what someone else wants?

			I dunno.

			I don't really know who I am anymore, do I? Was I even real to begin with?

			Well, I know the answer to that one.

			I already died, right? So whatever happens next had better be interesting!

			... If I could just get my body to feel the same way, that'd be great.

Jit: /* The Tomb of the Heavenly Host */

2024-03-25T07:32:23Z

The Tomb of the Heavenly Host

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	The pigeon squawks at her, almost cackling. It tells them both to witness the work of its master, the Demiurge. More scrutiny of its data trails tells them that the last thing this little guy did was send a message, though they cannot pinpoint when, and scrutiny of the others reveals that what they feast upon are the rotting remains of a once-living persona.		The pigeon squawks at her, almost cackling. It tells them both to witness the work of its master, the Demiurge. More scrutiny of its data trails tells them that the last thing this little guy did was send a message, though they cannot pinpoint when, and scrutiny of the others reveals that what they feast upon are the rotting remains of a once-living persona.

	[[Bunny Hop]], sick with such proximity to dissonance and the reality of being far, far too late, grits her teeth and doubles down as the host sounds its alarm and sprites caw and swarm and IC begins to rez in. Maybe, in addition to her heartbreak ~~of only a little~~, the cocksure confidence of the ace hacker she's convinced she is helps her along.		[[Bunny Hop]], sick with such proximity to dissonance and the reality of being far, far too late, grits her teeth and doubles down as the host sounds its alarm and sprites caw and swarm and IC begins to rez in. Maybe, in addition to her heartbreak, the cocksure confidence of the ace hacker she's convinced she is helps her along with making a stupid decision.

	"Ne, Fennec," she asks, turns her head, and forces a smile. "You wanna see what happened here?"		"Ne, Fennec," she asks, turns her head, and forces a smile. "You wanna see what happened here?"

Jit: /* The Tomb of the Heavenly Host */

2024-03-25T07:30:33Z

The Tomb of the Heavenly Host

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	As they do, they chat. [[Bunny Hop]] mentions that she hopes this may be a way to the resonance realms, and voices her distaste for the possibility of ever needing to call on [[Iron]] for help again. [[Fennec]] is stunned - they ask, hurt, if [[Iron]] helped [[Bunny Hop]], knowing that he wouldn't help them, and [[Bunny Hop]], with her hands to her mouth as though she'd regretted speaking at all, has to confirm. He helped her commune with the Deep Resonance, though she hadn't quite been able to make it.		As they do, they chat. [[Bunny Hop]] mentions that she hopes this may be a way to the resonance realms, and voices her distaste for the possibility of ever needing to call on [[Iron]] for help again. [[Fennec]] is stunned - they ask, hurt, if [[Iron]] helped [[Bunny Hop]], knowing that he wouldn't help them, and [[Bunny Hop]], with her hands to her mouth as though she'd regretted speaking at all, has to confirm. He helped her commune with the Deep Resonance, though she hadn't quite been able to make it.

	"I ''still'' don't know what you see in him," she bargains, as though trying to mitigate harm. "He's an asshole who won't listen to anyone or anything.~~" [[Fennec]] is unconvinced. "He's just~~ a big dumb idiot, ~~just~~ like his persona."		"I ''still'' don't know what you see in him," she bargains, as though trying to mitigate harm. "He's an asshole who won't listen to anyone or anything. Just a big dumb idiot, exactly like his persona."

	[[Fennec]], wounded again by negligence, asks [[Bunny Hop]] if she's seen both his persona and his body. She slaps hands to her mouth again, and apologetically nods. "When he was recruiting for the Foundation dive, he showed me his persona during the interview. We meditated in person."		[[Fennec]], unconvinced, is wounded again by negligence and asks [[Bunny Hop]] if she's seen both his persona and his body. She slaps hands to her mouth again, and apologetically nods. "When he was recruiting for the Foundation dive, he showed me his persona during the interview. We meditated in person."

	Best for some rabbits to stop digging holes, ne? [[Fennec]] is left to wonder why [[Iron]] would help [[Bunny Hop\|Hop-chan]], but not them.		Best for some rabbits to stop digging holes, ne? [[Fennec]] is left to wonder why [[Iron]] would help [[Bunny Hop\|Hop-chan]], but not them.

Jit: /* Whither Hope and Flowers Bloom */

2024-03-25T07:23:18Z

Whither Hope and Flowers Bloom

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	This is, confirming their suspicions, the Master Node. The two of them ping it with information regarding the map of the Foundation, and discover the location of the remaining nodes. The Scaffolding node is an Observatory to the East, a place where long lost scholars went to study the lingering stars and sky - themselves the Portal. The Null node are all of the various dervishes, dust storms, and whispers of dark and painful doubts that pepper the landscape.		This is, confirming their suspicions, the Master Node. The two of them ping it with information regarding the map of the Foundation, and discover the location of the remaining nodes. The Scaffolding node is an Observatory to the East, a place where long lost scholars went to study the lingering stars and sky - themselves the Portal. The Null node are all of the various dervishes, dust storms, and whispers of dark and painful doubts that pepper the landscape.

	[[Fennec]] thanks the father and turns to leave, though [[Bunny Hop]] lingers. Bitter. Hopeful. Stricken with the sense of ''kuyashii'' that makes defeat so bitter and coming back stronger so sweet. Haunted by longing for a family she might have known and now never can. As he invites a question from her, she asks simply: "Can hope still bloom after ~~tragedy~~?"		[[Fennec]] thanks the father and turns to leave, though [[Bunny Hop]] lingers. Bitter. Hopeful. Stricken with the sense of ''kuyashii'' that makes defeat so bitter and coming back stronger so sweet. Haunted by longing for a family she might have known and now never can. As he invites a question from her, she asks simply: "Can hope still bloom after despair?"

	All he can say is that he hopes it can.		All he can say is that he hopes it can.
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	[[Bunny Hop\|Bhop]] shifts the paradigm. In a cylinder around the church, stretching from earth below to sky above, hope blooms. Lush flowers and grass burst from the ashen dust, and high above, as though blown away and dispersed, the clouds are pierced, and the night sky made clear once again to the naked eye.		[[Bunny Hop\|Bhop]] shifts the paradigm. In a cylinder around the church, stretching from earth below to sky above, hope blooms. Lush flowers and grass burst from the ashen dust, and high above, as though blown away and dispersed, the clouds are pierced, and the night sky made clear once again to the naked eye.

	The congregation murmur with hushed and reverent whispers. As they cautiously tread outside to see, for the first time, the stars above, [[Bunny Hop\|Bun]] cocks her head to the side and tells [[Fennec]] that she's ready to go home. [[Fennec]] agrees.		The congregation murmur with hushed and reverent whispers. As they cautiously tread outside to see, for the first time, the stars above, [[Bunny Hop\|Bun]] cocks her head to the side and tells [[Fennec]] that she's ready to go home. [[Fennec]] agrees.

	==The Light From Distant Stars==		==The Light From Distant Stars==