MOCK ROUND INTRO LOG

[foundationmods]

Welcome to Rokkenjima. This island may just be a copy in the middle of reformation, but the Witch extends her greetings all the same. Please, relax.

This game is just a trial run, but please do not think you can sleep through this. The Witch fully intends to put the system through its paces, so please put up a good fight.

The difficulty level depends on you. Think deeply on your moves during this short play time.

You wake with a start - even if you don't remember falling asleep in the first place - and find yourself standing on the dock of what looks like an island. There's a noise behind you - and if you turn to look, you'll see a plain white boat taking off and leaving you all behind, not stopping for a second if you try to flag them down or scream at them.

It doesn't look like you can swim to shore, either - there's nothing but sea in all directions, and something tells you trying to swim out will end up badly. However, a small dip, if you were so inclined, would be fine. It's not like the weather is bad for it - it feels like it's summer, despite whatever it was when you laid eyes on the envelope.

...Speaking of, Every last one of you have an envelope in your hands, with a gold letter 'L' on it. It's the same letter you were reading before you 'woke' up here, after all. More than that, those of you who had supernatural or magical abilities will feel...strange, as if your abilities are being forcibly blocked. Try as you might, you just can't use them - though all of your physical abilities are intact, of course.

If you decide to head up the path, you'll find Goat....men? waiting for you near the doors to the mansion. Despite their bright red eyes, they merely bow politely and wordlessly bring you into the mansion, showing you your rooms and then stating that they will prepare food for you or anything else you should need whenever you want, in surprisingly deep voices.

As they leave, you can't help but wonder...

What did you just get yourself into?


Mock Round Calendar!
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Comments

[iblistriggered]

Technology? Well, we use a lot of technology, too! It's not like psychic powers are the only thing we have. [he tilts his head] Where... DO you come from?

[artificialhighness]

So there are creatures that walk and move normally, where you come from?

[No shade. Maybe a little shade.

But also how would she know, she hasn't met this variety of hedgewitch before.]

As for myself, I come from Earth, of course.

[iblistriggered]

Yeah, of course! Like I know a seagull, he can read minds and put thoughts in your head... but he has to walk everywhere.

[shade totally missed.

probably for the best???]

Earth? That's the name of my world, too!

[artificialhighness]

A woodland creature that flies, and a bird that walks. Truly strange.

[Probably for the best indeed.

She's guessing he's a woodland creature because everything here is wild mass guessing.]

I imagine they're very different, your Earth and mine.

[iblistriggered]

Yeah... it kind of sucks. Most of the bird people I know can't fly like real birds... they have arms instead of wings. They don't let it get them down, though.

[Silver nods]

I guess there must be a lot of worlds out there... I wonder how many of them are called "Earth"...

[artificialhighness]

I would think that anything bird-shaped would be able to fly. That is how our creators would have done it.

[It's a little sad, perhaps, to think of all these arm-birds sadly flapping around below.

There are a lot of seabirds here, probably, because of how Umineko works. Those are at least nice to look at.]

Earth is just a name. If this here is Earth, it's a much easier one to live in than any I've seen for a long time.

[iblistriggered]

It would probably make more sense... but life doesn't always make sense, does it. Wait... Creators?

[birds ARE nice to look at!]

[artificialhighness]

Humans, of course. And robots, once we got that far. Those are the life forms where I come from.

[iblistriggered]

Wait... are you... are you a robot?

[ :O!! ]

[artificialhighness]

Yes. One created by a human, some time ago.

[iblistriggered]

[he seems a little unsure, but he tries not to let it color his perception of her]

... I'm sorry. The only robots I know are were made by a really evil man, so they're all pretty evil themselves...

[artificialhighness]

Oh. It's all right -- even in our time, when robots have their own will, there are many who are still colored by the nature of their creator, and many others who have lost their way. They're like humans, in a lot of ways. So it's a good idea to be just as careful of a strange robot as you would of any other stranger.

[She's not sure how 'psychic woodland creature strangers' rate on this list, but she did stop herself from just saying 'human stranger'. Gotta learn the confusing multiversal lingo.]

As for myself, I was created to bring salvation to both robots and humankind.

[iblistriggered]

I see! So where you're from, robots have their own personalities and stuff... I know one robot kind of like that... he's um...

[Omega is. Well. He's someone, that's for sure. And that's not even mentioning Metal Sonic...]

Anyway... So you were created to bring hope to everyone? That's a noble cause.

[artificialhighness]

He's...?

[Now she's curious, given his general attitude here, so she's going to probe a little more. It's been a long time since robots were just drones or 1-2 step AIs where she comes from; they've gone far, far past that now. Perhaps a little too far.

There were many problems in my home, both created by and experienced by robots. There was always a lot to do. But there were many who worked for salvation.

[iblistriggered]

He's.... hm. He's very serious, for one thing... and he doesn't really have much of a personality outside of wanting to destroy everything that his creator made. But he seems to have his own will? Mr. Omega is a hard guy to pin down! But he seems to enjoy hanging out with Shadow and Rouge.

[Or so it seems? He seems to relax around them, at least... but it's hard to tell anything with an E-series...]

It sounds like robots were basically just another kind of person. That's pretty cool!!

[artificialhighness]

The technology was advanced enough that humans more or less created life.

[It's been a long time since then, but that gets a little bit too complicated for a quick robo-primer. She takes a moment to build the image of his robot-not-quite-buddy in her head...]

There are always those robots who rebel against their creator. They are either badly made, or something else happened to them -- almost the same as with humans. This Mr. Omega was a friend of yours?

[iblistriggered]

I don't know for sure what made Omega want to rebel against Eggman, his creator, instead of obeying his will... I'm really not that close to him. But I think it's that he wants to prove he's the best? [he laughs a little, sheepishly] He's not really my friend. Pretty sure he thinks I'm just a useless "meatbag". But the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

[artificialhighness]

So he's one of those robots you mentioned, who was created by someone evil.

[In their time, not all robots know their creators or even remember their creators anymore. They've become enough inhabitants of the planet that it's almost moot. Almost. You'd think.

There are a lot of things she thought she'd left in the far distant past that are echoing across this island. Interesting.]

Sometimes, even those robots who aren't malicious by nature will look down on humans and other life forms. The balance between us is hard to keep. But there were also many who were willing to live with humans.

[iblistriggered]

Mmhmm! He was created by Dr. Eggman... he makes pretty much all the robots I know about.

I guess it's just like anything else... people of all shapes and sizes can chose to live with one another... or they can find reasons to hate.

[artificialhighness]

No wonder.

[If the creator is extreme enough for the robot to want to destroy all his creations...

It's been a while, if ever, since she encountered a faction quite that extreme. In the old days, maybe. Now? Well.]

Even those who are alike can fall out, depending on the circumstance. I wonder how we will do.

[iblistriggered]

Eggman is pretty crazy... his plans have been responsible for almost destroying our world several times over...

[Though, at her musings, he pumps his fist enthusiastically]

As long as you have hope in your heart, I know you can do it! Oh! What's your name, anyway? I'm called Silver!

[artificialhighness]

The creators rarely thought their creations all the way through. They have a tendency to overreach; their hands run faster than their brains, I would say.

[Though she's verbally condemning the very humans responsible for her existence, she doesn't seem especially bitter or displeased about it.]

Of course, it isn't exclusive to humans.

[There's a brief, polite dip of her head.]

... Silver. I am Luna.

[iblistriggered]

Yeah. I don't really think Eggman thinks much further ahead than the end of his nose... I guess there's something to be said about living in the moment... that, or he just doesn't care.

[he isn't sure which! But in the end, the result is the same; Eggman's ego and greed would destroy their world if they let him]

Yeah... anyone can make those sorts of mistakes.

[he smiles brightly] Oh, like the moon! It's nice to meet you, Luna!

[artificialhighness]

[She smiles back, small and sweet.]

It's good to meet you too. I suppose we'll all be working together for a time, silver and the moon.

[Theme matchups!!]

I look forward to seeing what comes of that.