[]08[] PART 1 [Video]
[Your scene opens on a beautiful landscape, wild and mostly untamed. Vast forests stretch up into an absolutely massive mountain. There's a clearing where a small village can be seen. There's a tear in the earth, the area filled with steaming, boiling water. And a lake. A big lake, with a huge mansion nestled on the shores. In the distances, a massive field of sunflowers, an oddly colored graveyard, and even the hill upon which Hakugyokuro sits can be seen for those with the absolute keenest of vision.
Yes, folks. For those from the bubblerealm the view will be strikingly familiar - it's the view of Gensokyo as seen from far above the Hakurei Shrine. Nostalgic isn't it?
And then the scene shifts.
This time it's Mayohiga - late at night - but even for those that know what Mayohiga is and what it looks like, this is different. Everything seems... thicker. Strangely, the edges of everything seem to be pulsing, dark black. Occasionally there's the glimpse of an eye, searching for a view of nothing, of a clawed hand reaching out to grab at nothing and change nothing. The colors all seem... off, odd, separate in ways they shouldn't be. And even the sky itself is wrong - the horizon is a thick black mass of eyes and hands and other oddities - and the moon above? Looks twisted and distorted.
Yes, folks. This is how Yukari sees the world. Well, most of the time. When she's not bordering off her own abilities. She sees the edges of all things - the boundaries of objects, of colors, of reality and unreallity.
Then, the house at Mayohiga. Ever shifting, ever changing, ever different, the Yakumo abode seems to be small and pleasant this fine evening. Though there is still a creepy edge to everything - still glimpses of the almost terrifying things that seem to be lurking near the edges of everything. The view appears to be Yukari now, settling herself into bed for the night, or the week, or however long she plans on being out for this time.
She closes her eyes, and the scene shifts, warps, melts.
And another pair of eyes, the same color violet open. Now the scene is a tiny room, but it looks... modern. None of the old-stylings of Gensokyo's human village. There's even an electric alarm clock showing 12:15 am on the headboard of the bed.
And the girl stands - showing a young woman that's so similar to Yukari and yet... different. With her shorter hair and shorter stature and that lack of the aura of something that's lived for thousands of years. Still, the girl gets up quickly and rushes to a nearby table where notes and books are thrown haphazardly all over. The books appear to be physics books - and only Renko will know why it's odd this girl has physics books - and the girl digs into them. But it doesn't last long before her already antsy mood gets the better of her and she gets up, stepping to the middle of the small apartment. There are tears running down her cheeks and she seems to be whispering something softly to herself ; "I'm sorry... I'm really sorry. I'm so sorry Renko... I'm so sorry..."
And she shoves her hand forward. The air shimmers and distorts, but does not give. She lets a choked sob before withdrawing and doing it again. And again. It takes a number of tries before, finally, the air distorts, turns black, and tears open into a sukima. But it's not a normal sukima - this one has no ribbons tying the edges. It's just open - a hole in the fabric of reality.
Normally this would be a time of celebration for her - she got her border powers to work finally! - but in this case she just... keeps pressing. Shoving at the air again as though to push the gap out and down. And as she does, it begins to tear open. Once a relatively small sukima it just rips through the sky, picking whichever direction it fancies for the moment to spread.
"I need... I need to fix... I need to... I'm sorry... "
And spread. And spread, until it has twisted and wound itself all the way around the room. But still the girl pours more of herself into it, keeps trying to push it.
Then, finally, unregulated, it breaks, destabilizes, the entire sukima shifting and convulsing as though in pain before it begins to suck everything in the room in, almost like a vacuum.
Including the girl.
What happens next is an acid trip ride through colors that don't even exist, through twisting images and shadows of happiness and of the barriers of all things tearing themselves apart and down and everything merges together until there's nothing left...
The scene shifts again. To almost exactly the same shot as before. Except this time it's not high above the Hakurei Shrine, it's right on the shrine's hill. The view of Gensokyo remains - though different now. The bamboo forest seems less cultivated. The human village quite small, huddled almost as though cowering in the shadow of the great mountain. Youkai mountain isn't just massive now, it feels evil, like great beasts and monsters live atop it and among it, and as though at any moment it will move and become a monster itself. Hakugyokuro is missing - as is the tear in the earth with its boiling water.
The air shifts, shimmers, twists, distorts, and then tears open as the sukima from before bursts into existence in this place, and out from the gap tumbles the body of the girl. There's blood dripping from her ears, the corner of her mouth, her nose. Her violet eyes are dull and lifeless, and she's limp as a ragdoll laying on the ground.
The girl is dead. That is for certain.
And the guide just... records. It doesn't auto-shut off. It simply shows the face of the girl as she lays lifeless at the ground, the sukima behind her now calm and unmoving.]
[ooc: this is one of those see- only dreams. Trying to interact, even by force, is just met with a strong barrier. No messing around in/with Yukari's head, after all. And obviously you can't speak to the dead person (yes, she's dead). The guide will continue to record that exact scene, and only that scene basically until PART 2 of the dream begins. Which will likely be tomorrow. So you can assume your response is entirely DEAD PERSON]
Yes, folks. For those from the bubblerealm the view will be strikingly familiar - it's the view of Gensokyo as seen from far above the Hakurei Shrine. Nostalgic isn't it?
And then the scene shifts.
This time it's Mayohiga - late at night - but even for those that know what Mayohiga is and what it looks like, this is different. Everything seems... thicker. Strangely, the edges of everything seem to be pulsing, dark black. Occasionally there's the glimpse of an eye, searching for a view of nothing, of a clawed hand reaching out to grab at nothing and change nothing. The colors all seem... off, odd, separate in ways they shouldn't be. And even the sky itself is wrong - the horizon is a thick black mass of eyes and hands and other oddities - and the moon above? Looks twisted and distorted.
Yes, folks. This is how Yukari sees the world. Well, most of the time. When she's not bordering off her own abilities. She sees the edges of all things - the boundaries of objects, of colors, of reality and unreallity.
Then, the house at Mayohiga. Ever shifting, ever changing, ever different, the Yakumo abode seems to be small and pleasant this fine evening. Though there is still a creepy edge to everything - still glimpses of the almost terrifying things that seem to be lurking near the edges of everything. The view appears to be Yukari now, settling herself into bed for the night, or the week, or however long she plans on being out for this time.
She closes her eyes, and the scene shifts, warps, melts.
And another pair of eyes, the same color violet open. Now the scene is a tiny room, but it looks... modern. None of the old-stylings of Gensokyo's human village. There's even an electric alarm clock showing 12:15 am on the headboard of the bed.
And the girl stands - showing a young woman that's so similar to Yukari and yet... different. With her shorter hair and shorter stature and that lack of the aura of something that's lived for thousands of years. Still, the girl gets up quickly and rushes to a nearby table where notes and books are thrown haphazardly all over. The books appear to be physics books - and only Renko will know why it's odd this girl has physics books - and the girl digs into them. But it doesn't last long before her already antsy mood gets the better of her and she gets up, stepping to the middle of the small apartment. There are tears running down her cheeks and she seems to be whispering something softly to herself ; "I'm sorry... I'm really sorry. I'm so sorry Renko... I'm so sorry..."
And she shoves her hand forward. The air shimmers and distorts, but does not give. She lets a choked sob before withdrawing and doing it again. And again. It takes a number of tries before, finally, the air distorts, turns black, and tears open into a sukima. But it's not a normal sukima - this one has no ribbons tying the edges. It's just open - a hole in the fabric of reality.
Normally this would be a time of celebration for her - she got her border powers to work finally! - but in this case she just... keeps pressing. Shoving at the air again as though to push the gap out and down. And as she does, it begins to tear open. Once a relatively small sukima it just rips through the sky, picking whichever direction it fancies for the moment to spread.
"I need... I need to fix... I need to... I'm sorry... "
And spread. And spread, until it has twisted and wound itself all the way around the room. But still the girl pours more of herself into it, keeps trying to push it.
Then, finally, unregulated, it breaks, destabilizes, the entire sukima shifting and convulsing as though in pain before it begins to suck everything in the room in, almost like a vacuum.
Including the girl.
What happens next is an acid trip ride through colors that don't even exist, through twisting images and shadows of happiness and of the barriers of all things tearing themselves apart and down and everything merges together until there's nothing left...
The scene shifts again. To almost exactly the same shot as before. Except this time it's not high above the Hakurei Shrine, it's right on the shrine's hill. The view of Gensokyo remains - though different now. The bamboo forest seems less cultivated. The human village quite small, huddled almost as though cowering in the shadow of the great mountain. Youkai mountain isn't just massive now, it feels evil, like great beasts and monsters live atop it and among it, and as though at any moment it will move and become a monster itself. Hakugyokuro is missing - as is the tear in the earth with its boiling water.
The air shifts, shimmers, twists, distorts, and then tears open as the sukima from before bursts into existence in this place, and out from the gap tumbles the body of the girl. There's blood dripping from her ears, the corner of her mouth, her nose. Her violet eyes are dull and lifeless, and she's limp as a ragdoll laying on the ground.
The girl is dead. That is for certain.
And the guide just... records. It doesn't auto-shut off. It simply shows the face of the girl as she lays lifeless at the ground, the sukima behind her now calm and unmoving.]
[ooc: this is one of those see- only dreams. Trying to interact, even by force, is just met with a strong barrier. No messing around in/with Yukari's head, after all. And obviously you can't speak to the dead person (yes, she's dead). The guide will continue to record that exact scene, and only that scene basically until PART 2 of the dream begins. Which will likely be tomorrow. So you can assume your response is entirely DEAD PERSON]