A quest just for Iron!

[whatisreal]

[You start off in a familiar room that you'll remember from a previous adventure.]

[Once again, you'll find that you were much smaller than you previously were before.]

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THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

[Before you stands a well-crafted timemachine, with the dial set between Past and Future. Beside the machine stand two plain hackeysacks with the words "Reformed Bandits" sewn onto their fabric. One of them hops forward to approach you and begins to speak in a muffled voice.]

Sir Iron! Villains from the future are preparing to battle against us in the present! Bright Bravery the Strong went ahead to try and stop them, but we have not heard from him since.

Can you travel ahead and make sure that everything is all right?

Re: THE PRESENT

[swordhandled]

I will most certainly do so! I can not stand by when Bright Bravery might be in need of aid!

[ walking up to the time machine and looking at it a bit curiously ]

Re: THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

[The timemachine seems to be made of a flimsy material, and yet you know it'll still be able to hold up to the rigors of time travel. The dial seems very easy to operate as there's only two settings.]

[The Reformed Bandit bows down to you.]

Oh, thank you, Sir Iron! Please let us know whenever you're ready to go, and we'll send you ahead.

Re: THE PRESENT

[swordhandled]

[ turns back to the reformed bandit ]

Is there anything you can tell me about what danger Bright Bravery is facing?

Re: THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

The Villains are ones that seems fluffy, and yet is hard as rock. And they all speak in a strange, unrecognizable tongue.

[The Reformed Bandit shudders at the thought of the foul evil.]

We do not know much of it beyond that, I'm afraid.

Re: THE PRESENT

[swordhandled]

[ nods as he takes that in ]

I will remember that. [ and a small pause before nodding once more ]

I am ready.

Re: THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

[Both of the Reformed Bandits hop back.]

Wonderful! Step inside the time machine and we'll send you to the future!

Re: THE PRESENT

[swordhandled]

[ boop steps inside ]

Re: THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

[One of the Reformed Bandits flick the dial, spinning it to Future.]

Hold on tight. I heard the ride's bumpy.

[Then it smacks the slams the door shut and...nothing seems to happen. No flashes, no lights, not even dramatic shaking that one would expect from a journey between years.]




[But should you choose to open the door yourself anyway...]

THE FUTURE

[whatisreal]

[When you step outside the timemachine, you find yourself in a strange and unfamiliar room. Books line the shelves on the walls, but strangely the rest of the room seems empty...at least from your perspective on the floor. On the walls you can see four circular cubbies emitting soft lights in green, brown, yellow, and blue, though you'd have to climb up the bookshelves to look into them.]

[...Also, notably, if you look behind the timemachine, you'd notice that the door frame seems to be lacking a door, and you can look out into the plain white hallway. (Did the last room even have a door...?)]

Re: THE FUTURE

[swordhandled]

[ looking around at everything in wonder :o!

gonna take a look out into that hallway first ]

Re: THE FUTURE

[whatisreal]

[The hallway has similar circular cubbies lining the walls, yet no way to reach them.]At the end of it, you can see another doorframe on the left, also lacking a door, and a stairwell toward the right.]

[Things are still quiet, and there doesn't seem to be a single toy in sight...]

Re: THE FUTURE

[swordhandled]

[ before he heads down that hallway, gonna peak at the bookshelves and see what books are on them ]

Re: THE FUTURE

[whatisreal]

[The books have no titles...Though there seems to be faint outlines of where there may have once been a title, as though someone just picked off each the letters.]

[Most of the outlines are too faint to read, but there is one you can just barely pick out: What is Real?]

Re: THE FUTURE

[swordhandled]

[ gonna see if he can pull that out ]

Re: THE FUTURE

[whatisreal]

[With some wiggling and effort, you can pull the book out!]

[Looking at the cover of the book, you can only see the faintest outline of a rabbit. There may have been more, but it looks like the illustration had been scrubbed clean.]

[Do you open the book?]

Re: THE FUTURE

[swordhandled]

[ brushes his hand over the outline of the rabbit before openning the book ]

BACK TO THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

[The moment you step out of the time-machine you find a Familiar Rabbit flopped over your shoe.]

[...Though it's now almost as big as you and is flopped over both of your feet now.]

Re: BACK TO THE PRESENT

[swordhandled]

It is nice to have you to welcome me back!

Re: BACK TO THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

You c-came back...! I was worried...!

Re: BACK TO THE PRESENT

[swordhandled]

Worry not, for no adventure is too much for me to handle, especially when I had worthy companions at my side!

Re: BACK TO THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

[Bright Bravery hesitates a moment, then strikes a Dramatic Pose behind you.]

[Cutie Velvet doesn't seem that happy though.]

It's n-not that...You b-both went someplace you shouldn't have...The t-time machine wasn't supposed to t-take you there...

Re: BACK TO THE PRESENT

[swordhandled]

Where were we supposed to have been sent, then?

Re: BACK TO THE PRESENT

[whatisreal]

A m-more fun future, where all the t-toys have lights and m-make sounds and go wrrrr, wrrr...!

Instead you went t-to a future w-without t-toys...

Re: BACK TO THE PRESENT

[swordhandled]

Why were there no toys?