1929/Whispers of Grey IV

Whispers of Grey IV
Date of Scene:	12 September 2016
Location:	Plot Room #1
Synopsis:	Prism Keepers and Friends go to Spectra to create a new Orange Chroma Prism... and upgrade thier own!
Cast of Characters:	Reiko Touyama, Yuzuki Amemori, Hoshi Kogane, Naru Osaka, Momo Akatsuki, Kunzite
Tinyplot:	Whispers of Grey

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Reiko Touyama has posed:
It took considerably longer than expected to prepare for the trip to Spectra. Roy and Biv didn't take into account just how /much/ the missing color of orange would slow it down--- and what Griselda has been doing- corrupting the color even futher to make these... 'Shadow' creatures from Shades didn't help matters either.

Regardless, in Seishou's Yard sits the lilac tree that used to be home to countless games of make-belive and friends enjoying themselves. Roy and Biv are doing last minute preparations. There's a heavy sense of magic in the air-- not the heavy weight of darkness- but of light and wonderment.

Things are going smoothly. No one's attacked. Griselda is nowhere to be seen, or sensed at the moment. The dimensional weather is stable enough for this trip-- hopping over one dimension that practicarly layers itself over Earth is easier than say. Trying to find a Mid-Childa, or travel back to Waldia, and the like. It's still taking plenty of preparation though.

Naru Osaka would had been asked to bring art supplies. They'll be needed. Likewise, The Prism Keepers, Hoshi and Momo, would had asked to bring thier Chroma Prisms- though that goes without saying, and an item that's important to them. One related to the color.

Others have been asked to come to this spot, at around ten in the morning. The time really isn't important- it's just when the birds think that they'll be done at the current rate.

The lilacs are glowing steadyily.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori has shown up early and is sprawled out nearby, being a mixture of lazy, relaxed and mentally preparing for the worst. What, if you're hopping dimensions, you get in the right headspace. She may have been reading a manga about a dimension hopping tank the night before too.

She has her headphones on and is wearing a sturdy pair of jeans, baggy, but tapped down around the ankles and knees, a hoodie with similar bindings and her cheaper headphones that she uses around town, because she doesn't like wearing her DJ headphones out in public. They're kind of expensive! She does sit up every once in a while to look around, watching for others though.

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
Hoshi is here, she's looking a little worried, and there's a little bit of embarassment on her face because of the massive yellow plushie she's brought along. It's a five-pointed star taller than she is, wearing a nightcap and with a pair of closed eyes and a happy smile.

It looks a lot like the stars that follow her along. There's two right now, one wearing a school uniform hiding behind her head, just peeking out from beyond her ears, and another that's floating in front of her wielding a sword and shield. "Hey everyone." Hoshi greets a little nervously.

Naru Osaka has posed:
On a normal day, Naru generally has a small selection of art supplies with her. Today, she's got a healthy selection tucked into her bag, paints and ink and of course The Pencil.

Travel time to the lilac tree is pretty easy when one goes to school at Seishou, and so she arrives, just about exactly on time, in her school uniform of course. Naru gives a wave to those gathering. "Morning."

Momo Akatsuki has posed:
Camera thunking right along-side her Prism around her neck, on separate strings, Momo approaches with a bravado so blatantly faked. To add insult to her acting, a very small camera floats behind her as if watching her back, shaking slightly as it does so.

She lifts her hand in a small wave to everyone and quietly looks for a place to stand while she waits.

Kunzite has posed:
Kazuo is there already, keeping a wordless watch over the tree and the birds -- far enough away not to trouble them, near enough to move to intercept anything suspiciously colorless that tried to interrupt them this morning. Most of the arrivals have gotten quiet nods from the white-haired teenager. Hoshi's greeting, he bows to instead.

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Gigi arrives with Momo, the tiny green parrot flapping it's wings and landing off into the tree! Gigi is excited! She gets to see 'home' for the first time! Also helped by the aura flowing out from the tree as Roy and Biv finish thier preparations.

"Okay..." he says. "We're ready. I want, you all to... circle around the tree. We'll be leaving very soon. Don't worry. Spectra is very safe." he insists. Biv nods matter of factly as if to back this up.

He waits for this to happen, for the people to gather around. "I need you all to concen----"

Grey, once orange, basketballs on the sports fields go completely obsidian black. So do some select bricks in the construction of Seishou. Momo, and Yuzuki, have seen this before. They have a hunch of what's coming.

Inky, black oozes from the black and flies into viscouous ball before it forms into some sort of terrible create resembling a Shade's base form-- but bigger, stronger- some sort of wispy tail and two long spindy arms with sharp claws. It /screeeeches/ and immediatly makes a bee line toward's the group. Here comes the Shadow.

"...We don't have any time left. Please.. just. Concentrate!" Roy calls out as a bright multicolor light engulfs the group around the tree- a pillar of dazzling multicolor wonder--- even including the color orange- it feels odd and weird.

They'll be leaving now.

Roy chirps. "...This may feel odd. Please try to keep on your two feet in the meantime!" he insists.

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
Hoshi helps concentrate, hugging her plush as much as she can, but is rather quiet. Letting the others do their things. And then the basketballs go black and they start flying towards them, and she hurriedly looks towards Kazuo, the only one here she thinks isn't absolutely necessary to help on the other side and trusts to take care of this. "Saito-san, please..."

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori sits up as everyone arrives, pulling her headphones down around her neck and standing up, brushing herself off. The sign of monsters forming, which as noted she has seen before gets her attention. She was about to reach out and deal with it when she suddenly feels that weird twisting sensation, or odd sensation. Was it more of a pulling? Either way, she's disoriented as they arrive, forgetting whatever it was she was about to say momentarily.

Naru Osaka has posed:
The arrival of inky black oozes grabs Naru's attention a moment as she moves to join the circle around the tree. "Oh that just is never good." She mutters softly and she too glances to Kunzite. Clearly he's not going to be bored waiting on them, that's for certain.

Multicoloured light prevents any further consideration, and Naru waits to arrive fully in the other place, glancing around to establish where they are.

Kunzite has posed:
"On it," Kazuo answers. "Go." A minimum of syllables; he's already moving as he says the last, something not quite like lightning flickering over him as he takes a place between the sports field and the tree. He draws his hands together and summons a beam of light, pink, Momo's color, to try to knock the attacker back and buy the birds a moment to work that first transit. His own shadows curl around the thing after, trying to keep it confined rather than keep the tree protected directly -- when color is important, casting the magic that touches on it into darkness seems less than wise.

It'll mean he'll be very busy, if this thing has friends. Maybe even if it doesn't. But they're the creators, the dreamers. It's in their power to repair what's gone wrong. The best he can do is make sure they have all the chance they need.

Momo Akatsuki has posed:
Momo glances towards the spots losing colour with a brief frown, but notes that someone else has been asked to deal with it and she can't stay to deliver to show black that pink is the new black. Instead she nods and continues with the others.

Taking up her position for focusing before stepping in, Momo unfortunately does over balance and fails to stay on two feet. Of course, she also entirely fails to stay up on even one of her feet and falls right on her bum into the other world.

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Kunzite interupts the Shadow in it's attack, meeting it with a pink barrier. It stops it from reaching the pillar, and then shadows curl around it. It doesn't like this very much- it's snarling and twisting and streching itself in all it's weird black inkyness to now try to battle him. Kunzite'll keep this busy for a nice long while-- and he's stopped it from touching the pillar. Who knows what'd happen then...

Maybe end up in the Grey Kingdom instead. Luckily. They'll never have to find out.

The ground beneath the heroes turns that vibrant multicolor of active 'tye-dye' before there's a suddering thump and a short feeling of vertigo. Kunzite'll notice the heroes, and birds are gone! The tree is still shining though.

The pillar gives away.

The group finds themselves on some sort of large, shining pink crystal platform- the surrounding area is swirls of weird color wisp. Small dots of light move in the wisps.

Likewise. Roy, Biv and Gigi are suddenly not birds. They are, brilliant specks of light- Red, Blue and Green respectivly. This is perhaps thier true form.

"Sorry." Roy says. "I'm sure that, you're friend will be okay." he urges.

He begins to float upwards at an angle and when he does, similar crystal steps form in different colors. Stepping on each one produces a tone. Like a piano. At the peak is an intricately carved stone door that Roy and Biv push open. The Green speck, Gigi, races after them. "We don't have very long here." says Biv.

Up the stairs and into the door- is a large chamber. Resting in the middle, is a well or small fountain, of sorts it seems- that swirls with what one might mistake for multi-colored swirling paint upon first glance.

There's some sort of large crysaline prism hovering over the well. It by all appearance seems to be a very large Chroma Prism swiling with all sorts of colors. Most noticeably, even grey and black.

"Greetings... Prism Keepers, and thier friends." it intones in a matronly like tone. "I am Aura. I apologize, if my speech is stilted. We don't get um..." mmmmm. "'Humans?' is that disrespectful? Erm... Mortal. That sounds more right. Mortal visitors really. Or. At all." she says.

The prism then shines into a light blue. "I know why you're here." she says. "The orange prism is shattered." she says. "I did not expect the ones that Nox chose to be able to. Do. That. Corrupt corruption further. But..."

"I'm sure this has been more difficult on you two..." it says, pointedly to the Prism Keepers. "Don't worry. We'll make this better." it says as it's color then changes to yellow, with a strangely pink highlight.

"Did... you bring an artist friend?" it asks. You get the distinct impression that it's looking between Yuzuki and Naru right now.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori looks around after the psychedelic explosion. There's a joke about tasting color in there somewhere, but she's trying to get her bearings before she talks. When that doesn't happen, she rubs her eyes, looks to the spots of light and asks, "Are we here?" while looking down at the crystal platform, trying to edge towards, well, edge to look down past it. "I wasn't sure what I was expecting, rainbow road maybe?"

She follows the motes quietly from here on, not wanting to talk in case they neat to be stealthy. Though they would have mentioned that at that point, wouldn't they have? She looks over her shoulder towards Naru at the question, then back at the big talking prism. "Wrong kind of art here, back there." She gestures to the one with all of the art supplies.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Kunzite is very capable, and he knows when to call for backup." Naru sounds confident in her friend's skills, at the very least as she replies to Roy, even when Roy is a red speck of light.

The entirely trippy nature of the place doesn't seem to phase Naru overly much, it seems pretty much expected for a realm that works in colour, all things considered. Naru follows up the stairs, to come up to that well, watching the colour there a moment. She lifts her chin, watching the prism full of light and colour and she nods politely. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Aura."

"Yes." Naru confirms with a little smile. "I am an artist. It is part of how I define myself, although I would argue that art is open to everyone, but I suspect such philosophical conversations are best for another time. How may I help you, Aura?"

Momo Akatsuki has posed:
Momo Akatsuki lifts her bottom from the crystal platform, rubbing at it. "Ow.". She looks around slowly and lifts her camera to her eye, snapping pictures left and right. "It's like Flatland... Except instead of shapes and flatness it's colours and... Um. Colours.".

As they progress along the coloured stairways, Momo's camera never leaves her hands and she snips every single moment something new appears. Once they reach the fountain room, she snaps several and then lets the camera rest on her chest again to let awe properly over-take her.

She moves her mouth as Spira speaks to her, but nothing comes out and she just limply lifts her hand in a very small wave.

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
Hoshi follows along, still quiet. It's noteworthy, ever since the whole mess happened, she's been quiet. Not incapable of speech, she does when necessary, but she doesn't speak unless she feels it's important to say something, which is quite unusual for her. She lets others do the talking.

Reiko Touyama has posed:
Aura seems to take note of Hoshi's silence. "I know... things are bad." it says. "But this isn't anyone's fault, except Griselda's, and Nox's." she says. She looks down at Momo as she takes pictures, they'll be captured easily enough. At least, she'll be able to show the coolness Reiko missed. (and Reiko is definitly gonna be a little put out she's missing this cool stuff. She'll think you guys are lucky!)

It looks toward's Yuzuki. "Different art...?" she seems to be examining Yuzuki closer. "Oh. Music! Wonderful. To create is... wonderous. Isn't it? We here in Spectra... can't create in such a manner." she says. "But we like to help others create, and in a way, that makes us happy, and fuffiled." she says.

"Hello Naru." she says. "Prism Keepers. Roy would have asked to... bring. Things? Things. Material things. Important to you." stilted speech, gods don't have much understanding of material things.

She looks toward's Naru.

"I need you... to draw new Chroma Prisms." she says. "To.. create. For the Prism Keepers. Because the one who would do that can't right now." she says.

"--and because, this threat. Is. Greater. Now-- with thier friend.. being taken by Nox. Like that..." she says.

She does indeed, call Hiroko 'a friend'.

"Keepers." she says. "Please present your items to Naru. They'll be needed for inspiration. They'll be needed to make the creation 'real'-- in what you value most." she says.

"Naru. Please... begin? Start?...work?" Aura says. "--and.. please work. With the Prism Keepers.. on what they think." she says.

"When. You are done. Let me know. Then...".

The giant prism goes back to glowing in multicolor silently.

Gigi sort of flies around in the backgroudn going 'weeeeeeee!'. Yeah. She's enjoying 'home'. Roy and Biv seem to be watching her, happily.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori crosses her arms, biting her tongue to keep from saying anything about the placement of blame. She thinks there's more involved there, but they're trying to help and pointing fingers at the giant floating color crystal probably won't help. Though it does guess that she does music, which is a touch surprising. "It is, yeah" she says evenly. Looking back over her shoulder to Naru, then back to the keeper, silent once again. Though she does step closer to the group in case anything is needed

Naru Osaka has posed:
"Ahh. No pressure there." Naru quips as she nods her agreement to the request to just .. create.. draw.. pull out of nothing new Chroma Prisms.

There's a moment of pause and then Naru turns towards the others and hmms softly, just the edge of a wry sort of look and she nods. "Apparently we have our orders." She moves just a little ways from the well, to find a spot to settle onto the ground, cross-legged and go digging into her satchel for her sketchbook and the Pencil. This is clearly the time to start with that, pulling out paints not so long thereafter.

"I can make art real, but it is the wrong sort of real." Naru comments generally to the Prism Keepers as she flips to find a clean page. "This is not about pushing my energy into the prisms that we are creating. This is about using your skills, thoughts, emotions, energy to make it right for you as a whole. I .. I can do that." She decides, only a hint of hestiation before she nods.

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
Hoshi nods, and half-smiles. "It's not that, it's just... I don't like seeing my friends hurt." She comments, and then turns towards Naru, presenting the giant plushy. "It's uhh... well, this is a plushy my dad gave me when I was feeling lonely after..." She doesn't finish that statement, instead going, "And we went watching stars after, so it's kind of where my love for astronomy started."

Momo Akatsuki has posed:
Momo slips her camera-strap over her head, untangling pink strands of hair from it. "This is my camera, ever since Mei-neechan left it has captured every precious moment. Even some of the sad ones...". She holds the camera out to Naru, an emotionally mixed smile on her face.

Reiko Touyama has posed:
The prism addresses Hoshi. "No one, who has a pure heart, likes seeing anyone get hurt. I can only help ease such hurt by helping humans through it with creation and positive ideas and thoughts- through motes." she offers. "It is all I can do." she says, a hint of sadness to her voice.

She looks toward's Naru. "Take your time. Listen. I do not think Roy and Biv would have asked you here, if you were not up to the task." she offers as helpful as she can.

'Weeeeeeee!' goes Gigi in the background still.

"Yuzuki. What kind of music do you create?" the prism asks curiously, while the others work together.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"No one likes their friends being hurt." Naru echos the prism as she pats the ground next to her, to encourage the prism keepers present to join her and help direct. She considers the star, the camera and starts to draw. "Sad moments are still important ones, just as much as the happy ones are. Tell me about what you think of when you think of Reiko, and Mei, Kaeru, and the others" She prompts Momo and Hoshi as she starts to fill in the lines on the page.

The pencil is soon enough abandoned in favour of a brush and paint. The palette might only hold what looks to be white paint, but there are colours settling on the page as she starts to paint, pulling emotion into visual form.

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori brushes herself off and looks around the area, wondering if it really is going to be this 'easy'. Not that it was, but she was expecting chaos, grey things, more umbrellas. That sort of thing. The question gets her attention and snaps her out of her wandering thoughts. Looking back, she offers the prism a curious look before replying, "Electronic and guitars mostly. I want to learn to play actual drums at some point, but that's it's own mess. Do you get music down here?"

Momo Akatsuki has posed:
Momo Akatsuki rocks on her feet, thinking for a moment. "Fun and laughter. I can remember that from the start, although Mei-neesan was mad at me. I've only recently started to get to know Mei-neesan... No, my friends again but it is still the same. Fun and laughter, to make precious memories.".

Hoshi Kogane has posed:
Hoshi nods softly, trying to think good and long before giving an answer, "When I think of Reiko I think about boundless enthusiasm, great art and koi. I think about magic and friendship." she starts, and then adds, "I think about hurt feet, and about clumsiness, too. But I dunno if you want to include that."

Then she continues with similar tales about the others, about Mei's roses and creativity, about Kaeru's frogs and so on. Each tale with glowing positives and some reluctant negatives.

Naru Osaka has posed:
There's slow nods from Naru as she listens to the descriptions of the Keepers. She smiles at the reluctant additions of the negatives and nods. "It's part of them too, and makes them more real and as much your friends as perfect versions. More."

The paint covers the page, setting forth less of a specific scene and more colourful elements tied together. The paint on her brush might be white, but touching it to the page brings out the colours in it, brilliant and lively and almost too bright to look at entirely. Much like the rest of their surroundings, there's a very tie-dye sort of trippy sense to it, but within the swirls of colour are the sense of each of the Keepers, a curl of paint into a koi, a brushstroke that looks much like a frog, a little twist of colours to carry cameras and roses, and others.

It fairly well thrums with energy by the time Naru sets her brush down, drawn from the Keepers and their temperments and hopes and dreams, rather than her own.

"Does this fit with what you wished, Aura?" Naru asks, turning back towards the well and showing the painting.

Reiko Touyama has posed:
The prism seems to be 'looking at it', but it's hard to discern because it does not have a face. Just a voice. "This picture tells a story. This will work very well." she says. "For replacing what was lost." she says.

The picture glows, and unless Naru tries to hold it back, it'll float out of Naru's hands and into the air near the giant Prism. "I'm sorry, for what has to happen next. This process. It... will. 'Engulf' the original. It's why it was simply not possible for me to... 'create a new Orange Chroma Prism'.. on my own. Because those drawings... that story. Was also brought to life." she says.

"This is not... the first time. In History. This has happened. Nox.. bringing things to life and... me... needing to ask... beesceeh others to help." she says silently. "But you are the first I've ever met in person." she says as the picture lowers.

It then is spun around aura as the well below seems to twist, and turn and churn- glowing rapidly. The picture spins faster before it becomes something like a golden light- looking like a ring around the prism.

Roy and Biv gather Gigi, and say that it's time to go. Gigi goes 'awwwwww' kind of sadly. The orbs of colored light gather near the rest of them.

"...and it was a honor to meet you both-- and it was a honor to meet you, too. Yuzuki. and Naru. I thank you for your help, Naru, with this. This was not an easy task for any of you." she says. "I also know of the other. Who made sure you got here. I do not know him. But. He also has my thanks."

"I wish I had more time to talk to you all..." she says. "But the point isn't opened forever- and the window is closing." she says.

"Thank you again, Prism Keepers. Your friend should be waking up from the 'Grey sleep' shortly after your return." she says.

People, wanting to say things, will need to be quick about it seems, as that pillar of colored light appears around them again, engulfing them and with a sudden flare of the golden ring bursting out....

They feel that vertigo like feeling again- and when the colored lights retreat, there they are. Back on Earth, near the lilac tree as before.

Following this, is a sudden orange flash- similar to the one that happened when the Chroma Prism was shattered. Though this one does the opposite. The orange bricks on the side of Seishou become orange again, the basket balls become orange again.

From the center of where the flash orginated, a New Orange Chroma Prism appears, before it lands down into the soft grass. It looks... similar. To what existed before. But it's a little brighter. Inside, one can see tiny abstract koi swimming around- perhaps not unlike the ones Naru drew. Similarly. Hoshi and Momo might find similar effects to thier Chroma Prisms-- and if they don't, they still feel.. different. Like somethings changed- though it isn't a bad feeling at all- or perhaps, they may feel something different all together.

As for Kunzite and the Shadow.... well the fight probably took them somewhere else- and even then- with Orange back, well there's no more corruption for it to subsist on. If Kunzite hadn't finished it off, it'll probably be screeching as it's ripped apart from the inside out.

Roy takes a deep breath as he rests on the tree. "There." he says. "There. We did it." he says.

"...Is everyone okay?" he asks.

Naru Osaka has posed:
"The honour was mine, Aura. Usually art holds a perfect moment still in time. This time, art merely provided the framework for so much more. There is no need for apology." Naru is very zen about the engulfing of the picture and she smiles with a little nod.

The ripple of light and colour and then there is Earth again, just as it was, save for the glorious addition of orange. Amazing how much orange there is in the world that no one really appreciated until now.

Naru turns to look for Kunzite, ensuring that he's not still fighting, and already as well. "I'm .. surprisingly tired, but fine. How are you all?" Her attention goes towards the various Keepers and their avian companions. She doens't make a move to retrieve the orange prism, it's not her place.

Momo Akatsuki has posed:
Momo lifted her camera in one hand and waved with the other, snapping a quick picture as they leave. "Bye! Stay um... Prismatic!". She giggles as she's pulled back to the lilac tree.

She blinks a little bit as they arrive back, looking at herself. "I feel tingly.". She shrugs though and goes over to lean down and peer at the crystal in the grass. "Oooo. Pretty.".

Yuzuki Amemori has posed:
Yuzuki Amemori rubs the back of her head as she says, "Nice... to meet you too?" seeming a touch confused as to the in and out of the details. Still, she'll at least be polite as she's tugged back out of the elemental plane of color, that's a good name for it right? That's what she's calling it at least. Back in the real world, she looks around and says, "I was expecting that to be more difficult."