Intro Log

[progressmods]

Who: Everyone!
What: Your first magical day
Where: Progress City Tranport Center
When: Right now
Warnings: None planned!



[Today you found a ticket to a theme park. It seems relatively normal, except that it reads: Lifetime Parkhopper Pass to Progress City. ”The Most Magical Pocket Dimension in the Multiverse!” This is not a theme park you have ever heard of, if you live in a world where theme parks are of the norm.

For some reason you’re drawn to the ticket. There’s something… magical in this piece of paper, and you can practically hear it calling out to you, and you feel compelled to pick it up. It’s strange, but it’s a piece of paper, what’s the worst that could happen?

However, the moment you pick it up, you feel yourself being pulled. There is nothing pulling you but there is an overwhelming sensation that something is pulling you by the chest into the ground. You don’t have time to process what’s going on before you suddenly fall over, the strange feeling going away the moment you hit the ground.

It takes a few moments for you to regain your bearings, but as you look up you are suddenly hit with the fact that, wherever you were before, you certainly aren’t there anymore. It appears to be a transport station of some sort, and a very sleek and new one at that. Monorails pass by the station every couple of minutes, with small, slower moving vehicles consistently move in and out of the center.

The innermost wall, right behind where you stand, is lined with portals. It appears that you came in through this portal, but if you try to go back the way you came in, you’ll find that you are unable to enter it, no matter how hard you try.

While the realization that you are now trapped in this strange place, you will soon find that you also have a strange band strapped to your dominant wrist. No matter how hard you try to take it off, it seems like it’s stuck on there.

At least you’re not alone, along with a bunch of other people who arrived around the same time you did, there are humanoid people who seemed to be intrigued by your arrival. They’re all generally nice, but get confused if you ask them why you’re here and why you can’t leave. They will, however, happily tell you the name of the place you’re in if you ask:

Progress City.]

Comments

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[Oh this she can work with. Magic bullshit is way easier than memory loss shit because it means she can just tease and play and not have genuine emotional conversations.]

Ahhhhh timeline magic, of course. If it's this far gone dear, I highly recommend winging it. See what shakes from the ol' tree of life.

[ilovepuppies]

I missed almost a whole year of my life, though! Do you have any idea how disorienting that is!?

[Star honey]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

...An inkling, perhaps, but not a one-to-one scenario.

Still, you're certainly always going to find a surprise just around the corner. How thrilling!

[ilovepuppies]

The last time someone surprised me the universe almost ended.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

...You win some, you lose some!

[ilovepuppies]

Ya know, you still haven't told me who you are. You're my aunt or something, right?

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[.....]

Or something. Bit of a distant relative, I'm afraid.

[ilovepuppies]

[.....]

You're gonna make me puzzle this out on my own, aren't ya.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Psh, only if we could make a game of it. Shortcuts are way easier and vastly preferable.

If you've read your family tree, I believe I'm under Queen of darkness or something like that.

[ilovepuppies]

[Eclipsa's alive, and I made a deal with her.

If Toffee dies, Eclipsa goes free.

Star and Ludo just killed Toffee.]

...Ohhhhhhhhh.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Annnd there it is!

[She holds out a hand, very privately hoping this doesn't horribly backfire.]

Charmed to meet you again, Star.

[ilovepuppies]

[She looks at Eclipsa's hand.

She looks at Eclipsa's fluffy bunny slippers.

She tentatively reaches out to give a shake.]

You know, you don't seem quite as menacing as they make you out to be.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Well, that's my evil psychic powers brainwashing you to hide my nefarious goals.

[ilovepuppies]

[Fingerguns!]

Aayyyyy, I see what you did there!

[It's funny because she's evil]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

I'm practically a royal jester, aren't I?

I have to say, timeline mucking is a new high for you. That's some risky business there. Well done.

[ilovepuppies]

Whoa, hey, I can say with 100% honestly that was NOT my fault! I was kidnapped! It sucked!

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

Far be it from me to blame the victim, dear.

[Although, that sounds:] Please tell me this doesn't have to do with this blood ritual nonsense I'm starting to hear about.

[ilovepuppies]

Oh, it super had to do with blood rituals. We had to participate so we could unlock these four seals and unleash a flood of demons to erase the universe.

That, uh, that last part didn't happen, obviously.

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

[child no.]

Small mercies, I suppose.

[...She's really bad at emotions but.] And you're... alright, right?

[ilovepuppies]

I'm fine!

[Twitch.]

[allknowledgegoodknowledge]

...That's the spirit!

[Just repress shit forever, the healthy way!]