HSR Open Mingle: The Virtual World

[magisteriamods]

ooc: Welcome to the Special Interactive EMP/ATP quest! One special quest/log will consist of the Interactive EMP/ATP, in which a canon or universe is honored with an open log mingle which can double as thread samples (log or network), EMP/ATP, or just for fun! We're starting with HSR, or Honkai Star Rail. Ya mod just slayed it with HSR last night.

Consider this a celebration of the game, which features a lot of cool characters, including not just one but two purple-haired ladies.

This log takes place in an HSR-themed simulation world within Magisteria. Any characters, including guest characters who attend, receive 🎰 five hundred virtual coins towards the casino, 💥 50 skill points for the arcades, and the shadiest goddamn teddy bear ever from the Magisteria vending machine. The claw of the Magisterian toy machine reaches only into hell, it would seem.

1. Any player with a character from the canon can introduce any scenario, but please tag for spoilers.
2. Feel free to mix/match Hoyoverse and Magisteria-verse in the Virtual World. It's a Virtual World!
3. Other players/characters can tag in, too. It's an open mingle. They will just enter the Hoyoverse-world simulation.
4. If this idea takes off, we'll do it with more canons soon! Everyone will get a turn eventually!

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🎰 Casino(s) exist in Eden 6 and will be explicit on next TDM.
💥 HSR gave me the idea of Skill Points, even!

Comments

[thelifeofafaker]

She cocks her head to the side, smiling, too wide and poison-sweet. "Tell me a secret, venerable. And make it a juicy one."

[emet_sulk]

He frowns more deeply. He has an abundance of secrets, but...

"Are you going to keep it to yourself after I tell you?"

[thelifeofafaker]

"Mm. Probably. It's always interesting to know something no one else does." She's still smiling, the puddle of blood on the floor still smoking. "Just between us and the Laughter, venerable." And it's always fun to know where the buttons are. She's behind, in this world, without all her research.

[emet_sulk]

"You can have a decent secret if you swear to keep it one, or you can settle for something mediocre and flaunt it to shame me."

He crosses his arms, staring at her flatly. Your choice, girl.

[thelifeofafaker]

"Between you, me, and the Laughter, venerable. Swear on my mask." She smiles up at him, bright and winning.

[emet_sulk]

"I will hold you to that."

He purses his lips now to think though - what secret would satisfy her? He's offended her a fair amount. That means offering something worth the same amount of offence if used against him. None of the secrets he's keeping from Azem are appropriate - those could come out at any time. Withheld ancient knowledge doesn't feel suitable either.

"...I never liked sending the people of the Source to die," he finally says. "It felt like watching my own brethren perish over and over again."

[thelifeofafaker]

Her eyes swirl in pink fractals, and her voice echoes for a moment. "Guilt all the way down, aren't you, venerable?" Her eyes flash back to pink butterflies, and she grins. "That'll do for payment. Would you like to take the other five shots you've bought?"

(Man it doesn't work to catch an icon of but I'm picturing what happens in her ult with her eyes.)

[emet_sulk]

"No, let someone else take them. I'm satisfied with what I have. Consider it a forward payment for the next player."

He doesn't want to spend another moment here, dwelling on his own memories. So unless she has any objections, he's prepared to turn around and leave.