farfromgrace | momquest: a quest for moms

momquest: a quest for moms

[ It's another day in Tokyo-D, and the relentless cycle of content generation for the masses goes on; how long have you been filming this drama, exactly? And it's not that it's a bad show, per se, but the fact that it's really dedicated to showing the gritty realities of combat and using practical effects for it is... kind of a lot.

Also it can't decide if it wants to be a show about frenemies or about enemies-to-lovers-to-enemies. Cowards.

And besides, it's not home, is it?

It occurs to you on break at the really honestly lackluster buffet table set up for the actors and any surviving extras that... there's really not that much security on this show, all things considered, unless there's something you're not seeing... ]

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[ is this actually progress or did she simply start a new groupchat? unclear. ]

Cardinal—?
How many of you can hear me?

[ well

now there's a lot of avantes on this voice call.

Nero: ]

Uhh, I can go get Cardinal?

[ Of course there's Cardinal themselves speaking up: ]

Three including me that I can see. What do we need to do?

[ and then Shrike: ]

Amaranth—? I think Nero and I... but how is this—happening.

[ Kohime is now wide awake and scrambling off a cabinet, and Nem is also expressing her own confusion. ]

[ oh i am tired already

closes his eyes with a frown, lets all that just happen without comment ]

[ oh also Nem wants to know who the fuck is this ]

[ (new celestial phone; who is THIS?
—also it's Amaranth.) ]

[ success! ...or. some variety of success. successful groupchatting, in any event. ]

(Thank the gods.)
I'm not sure yet. I'm—
I know this will sound very strange, but I'm fairly sure I'm in Yu-Shan—that is, probably what most here call "Heaven." It's incredible, but there isn't a clear way back.

[ really obviously Kohime responding: ]

What? What are you doing there? It didn't exactly work out last time, it broke the world!

In my defense, a demon dared me to do it.

[ ....it occurs to her now that maybe this isn't the strongest defense. ]

More specifically, I was evading capture—to be clear.

[ VERY clear confusion now that there's other feelings happening what is even, ]

[ WHY are avantes so SHOUTY ]

Oh, um—sorry, whoever this is...

[ also: ]

Amaranth, are you a ghost.

Amaranth, did you die facing an army of demons single handedly?!!

Don't just jump to ridiculous conclusions!

[ you know who these are.

and also now cardinal's adding additional yelling. ]

Stop leaving Tokyo-F without me!!

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Well, I was trying to break out of the transfer in the first place, you know! But gods, I wish you could have been there—that fight would have been no contest.

[ pause. is that nero. do nero and shrike both think she died. ]

I didn't fall though; give me some credit. If even one of my powers had been functioning, I'm sure I could have stood against all three of them. Fortunately, that power can be sufficiently replaced by earplugs.

[ "is powers not functioning in Liar Hell a thing now" is... a fair question. ]

What were they like? They security or something? And-- how'd you go from fighting demons to landing in Heaven??

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Security, yes. "Cam, Badge 357"—a former angel, so the name is surely short for something. Simon, a former idol, with glowing markings beneath his skin, which he can wield as whips. And a winged woman—I never learned her name, but she's the real threat of the three.

She can summon sound so keen it's painful, and if allowed to sing, her voice paralyzes.

All of them work for Ramiel. He goes by "Furfur" now, but clearly some angels still use the old name.

Almost like Appel, huh. Good to know.

If one of them used to be an angel, how come he can't just follow you into Heaven?? I mean, he'd know where it is, right?

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Ah, I'm glad you're okay, but—

...how do we get you home from here? Or should we try to get there, somehow...?

Ayumu (Chrysanthemum) suggested that if prayer brought me here, it might also bring me back.

The River God gave his blessing before, but I can't imagine his power could touch Malfeas. So I tried... well, reaching out to the ones I should be with.

(ah, that sounds like so much... hopefully Shrike isn't bothered by it...)

I apologize for the interruption.

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Oh... well, maybe, we can certainly try...

...I mean, certainly, I'm glad you thought of us, too, in addition to LiliS. Since I'm always grateful to have your guidance, of course I'd want to help you as well. So it's no bother at all.

[ what is praying, in this case? who can someone like her pray to?

and really, isn't Amaranth almost a god in her own right, albeit not one of the celestial incarnae? so perhaps she just needs to believe in her. ]

[The mental equivalent of muttering,]

Man, I haven't prayed in years... I'm so rusty at it.

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[ and more specifically, a nem-shaped question: ]

--Heaven? Is there anybody there, like--someone really bright and loud? Or like--rooms full of pools of water?

Nemesis?

—Ah, no, it's entirely empty here. I'm at a watchtower by a courtyard where there must have been training drills, once. There are trees growing there too, with powerful golden fruit.

[ -- have you touched any of them? The fruit. ]

Shouldn't kill you. ...Depending. You never got any corruptions before?

You've seen them before, haven't you, Nemesis.

...But yes, I have. There are two in my bag, now, wrapped in paper to keep them cushioned. If there is going to be a problem, though, it is more likely to come from the fact that I tasted a drop of juice.

[ what's the worst that could happen, ]

And I went to the Dead Zone rather than allow the corruptions from fighting the colossal imps to remain. (It was worth death.) So I have none, currently.