Deux ♔ Heaven’s BBS ♔ Video

[priforprince]

[ I. Sparkling Knight ]

Posted: June 21
From: Anonymous

[ It’s the most peculiar thing. Without anyone’s willing it, or any clicks on the thread topic, a window pops up on the BBS of its own accord.

At first, there’s just static. Then, a countdown, grainy and jittery on the screen:



Followed by…darkness. Pure, unadulterated darkness, for several seconds more. The darkness lingers, undisturbed and silent, for several seconds, and is interrupted only by - a voice. It’s not yelling, it’s not whispering. It’s simply speaking, as if you and it are sharing an intimate moment together. It’s a sultry, deep voice. Regal, too. ]

Stellar nurseries. Cradles in the darkness of forsaken galaxies. Nestled to their bosom, a single gleam is born.

[ A flicker of golden light flashes in the center of the screen, then twinkles out. ]

To this world deprived of true radiance - appearing, lo, now on stage.

[ A trail of purple sparkles and rose petals streams through the darkness. ]

A new era dawns.

[ Lights up! Music up, immediately - the ringing of bells, the sounding of trumpets.

And the show begins. ]

Watch on YouTube

[ Lyrics are here. ]

[ When the performance is finished, the lights go down again, replaced by a sign written in ornate letters, with a sunburst in the corner: CELEPARA TALENT AGENCY, by SHIKYOIN HIBIKI. NOW SCOUTING.

And then the video switches itself off. But don’t worry. As Hibiki's very first boon to the world as a god, it's listed on a message board.

You can watch it as many times as you want. ]

[ II. Private to Natsuru, Felicia, & Maria - From Apollo ]

[ Hibiki’s sitting at a desk with a laurel pattern on a door behind her. She’s got her crown of golden laurels tucked behind her ears, too, except instead of wearing her usual purple jacket and trousers, she’s wearing a business suit. ]

Senou Natsuru. Felicia. [ A pause. ] Maria Cadenzavna Eve.

I have something to discuss with all of you. Please accept my invitation.

[ And Hibiki sends along a little attachment. It’s a purple envelope with a pink heart on it that shows you a fancy invitation if you click on it. Apparently she wants you all to stop by this afternoon.

Also, since the “paper” the invitation appears on is monogrammed, it looks like Hibiki took the time to program this herself. ]

I await your presence.

Comments

Re: text ♔ from Apollo

[pure_radiantics]

Oh yes! It's one of the biggest productions I've ever seen!

text ♔ from Apollo

[priforprince]

I hope to stage even grander performances in the future.

It'd please me if you kept supporting them.

Re: text ♔ from Apollo

[pure_radiantics]

Supporting them? How do I do that?

text ♔ from Apollo

[priforprince]

Watch, and enjoy.

You're off to a magnificent start.

[pure_radiantics]

Oh! Well in that case, that's easy. I definitely will!

text ♔ from Apollo

[priforprince]

[ Excellent. Now to ensure it. ]

Your cheers are the warm sunlight towards which the flowers open their petals.

[ THAT SHOULD DO THE TRICK. ]

Re: text ♔ from Apollo

[pure_radiantics]

Oh my, thank you for the compliment!

text ♔ from Apollo

[priforprince]

It's no less than you deserve.

[ She is, herself, an endless fountain of absurd compliments. That one at least almost made sense. ]

[pure_radiantics]

You know, you could almost write those nice greetings for inside of cards for people. Or maybe I can! As a part-time job, I mean. I keep thinking about some ideas like that.

[priforprince]

[ The world's greatest Prince....writing greeting cards?

It's the...compliment that counts. She supposes. ]

Are you looking for work, then?

No Kairi don't do it

[pure_radiantics]

Yeah, kind of. I'm just not sure what yet, since it'd have to be something I can leave to help Roxas with anything whenever he needs me.

/dramatic hamster

[priforprince]

[ What a strange typo. Why, it almost looks like... ]

Roxas?

lmao

[pure_radiantics]

Well... yeah, he's my god.

[priforprince]

[ No reply on this end, not yet. Kairi's conversation partner is too busy dropping the cup of tea she'd been sipping with her free hand and then sitting there frozen in place.

Maybe one of you guys has a shaky Internet connection? ]

[pure_radiantics]

Uhm... Hibiki? Are you there?

[priforprince]

[ A longer pause. And then: ]

You possess a resilient soul.

[ Shinki to Roxas. And yet, for her to have remained so tolerable! The match must have been a caprice of the Heavens, but she's weathered it admirably. ]

[pure_radiantics]

... Thank you?

[She's lost the train of conversation completely.]

[priforprince]

Your unspoiled nature, I see, is a testament to the purity of your heart. A rose blooming in the wilderness. A swan among chickens.

[ A person she doesn't hate talking to who lives with Roxas. ]

[pure_radiantics]

... Well I am the only girl living with six guys if that's what you mean. They're like my brothers!

[She has no idea about Hibiki's beef with Roxas. They're sibling gods, aren't they? And she loves her "siblings".]

[priforprince]

[ ....Forget it, then. Hibiki doesn't believe in wasted effort. or effort, really ]

I trust they aren't impeding the job hunt.

[pure_radiantics]

Oh no of course not! They let me come and go just like them. We like to keep up over text message though.

[priforprince]

Rather ungentlemanly of them to make the lady search for employment.

[ She should really steer the conversation back to more fruitful, pleasant topics. Like herself.

But that sticks in her craw. Princesses are meant to be pampered. Even if shinki are, to some extent, servants, Roxas is going about this All Wrong! ]

[pure_radiantics]

... Roxas isn't making me do it though. I've been thinking about it a lot, that's all.

[She doesn't like to sit around and do nothing after all, and before Hakkai's school got finished, she could only train in the yard of the temple.]

[priforprince]

[ Ah, if it's of her own will, that's different! But Roxas is still at fault for something. Somehow. For making her feel it might be necessary, perhaps.

What an unpleasant sensation, dwelling on Roxas. This conversation needs to be steered elsewhere. ]

How conscientious. You truly are a refreshing spring lake.

[ The metaphor keeps changing. She doesn't notice. Or mind. ]

Would that I could sip from it but once.

[pure_radiantics]

[She doesn't understand the metaphor, only that if she is the spring lake and Hibiki wants to sip from it........

...]

I'm sorry, but this is really weird over text, so I have to ask... can we try to talk about this more in person next time I see you?