Event: The Reveal Glass

[indigo_league]

Across the Pokémon world, characters may have spotted a falling star last night. Or at least, one would think that's what it was: a naturally occurring phenomenon, rather than a legendary artifact. Specifically, the Reveal Glass fell to earth during a fight among a group of legendaries started by the return of a long-lost family member. But it's probably best to leave them to handle all that themselves, while your characters deal with other consequences.

The Reveal Glass shattered upon impact, and the shards scattered throughout Kanto, Johto, and the Sevii Islands… And made their way into the hearts of your characters. But bleeding isn't the concern here. Instead, the impact will hit when a character first looks into any reflective service. An eerie feeling hits them as they're transported to the Mirror Dimension.

While this realm can be many different things for different characters, one thing is always true: It is a place of honesty, where true selves are revealed. Those struck by a shard will find themselves facing truths they are no longer able to hide, and now must accept. Fortunately enough, even those who haven't been struck will be able to enter the Mirror Dimension during this event via a reflective surface to offer help. By the end of the 29th, things will return to normal. Characters will be back in the usual Pokémon world and their hearts will be rid of the shards, but time is strange in the Mirror Dimension, and the experience may feel like it goes on far longer than a day. Or, maybe that's just the emotional exhaustion.

The Reveal Glass plot is here. You can swing by the event info post for additional details and FAQ, and play out your characters’ enforced therapy on this post. As with most VR events, this plot is entirely optional and your characters don't need to take part at all.

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Bo-Katan Kryze | OTA

[mywayistheway]

While Bo-Katan was preparing to leave, she was still in the Sevii islands when this happened. Packing her things and looking over at a mirror when suddenly she had a strange feeling. The next thing she knew she was in a different place entirely.

A very dark place and largely empty. The only thing in her corner of Mirror Dimension is a stone throne. The only light coming from flames that are burning behind it. The throne is cracked in several places and she sits hunched over as if in despair.

Bo-Katan herself is wearing armor, though it looks different. Her left side is her usual armor, but her right is shiny and unpainted much like Mando’s. The signet of the Mudhorn on her right pauldron. However, both sides are worn and battle damaged. Dents, cracks, and scratches litter the beskar. Her helmet at her feet in the same condition. Instead of her hair being its usual fiery red, it’s turned grey. Age seeming to have taken a grip on her. On top of that, blood is spattered all over her. Even leaving trails from her eyes and down her cheeks even though she’s not visibly crying. In fact if anyone approaches she will just look at them with a cold, vacant look.

“What do you want?”

Re: Bo-Katan Kryze | OTA

[crystalmaster]

Radley is utterly shocked to see Bo like this. "I ... what happened?" he asks, stunned.

By this point he knows what this place is and what it does, but this is still a complete shock.

[mywayistheway]

It’s amazing the things that people can hide. Bo-Katan certainly has a number of skeletons in her closet. Radley’s question though only gets a blank stare for a moment before she finally replies.

“You’ll have to be more specific.”

Because it’s… it’s a lot.

[crystalmaster]

"You're ... so completely different," Radley says. "You look like you've seen a lifetime's worth of heartache and sorrow."

He remembers things she's told, others she's hinted at. Does she feel this old inside? Is that why she looks it? He can certainly understand that feeling.

[mywayistheway]

“That’s because I have,” she says bluntly.

She wouldn’t even know where to start, her life is one long story of endless tragedy.

[crystalmaster]

"... If you want to talk, I'm a pretty good listener," Radley says.

[phoenixwiz]

He didn’t expect to come across a stone throne and see the damaged armor or a trail of blood while he is about to try his luck on the gym battles again but seeing Bo in this state does make Harry feel like he wanted to cry for her. The pain she must have witnessed at home and carried with her reminded him too much of the pain he has shouldered in his last 2 years at Hogwarts and during the Horocrux Hunt and the battle in Hogwarts. It is all coming back to him and tears are starting to form from his eyes.

“Huh, oh gee… What just happened in here?” Harry meekly asks her while in shock as he tries to hold back the tears, “It looks like you just went through a rough time.”

[mywayistheway]

Wrinkling her hands a little bit, both due to the pain in her right hand and her emotions, she looks at Harry with a grim expression. She never wanted him to see her in such a state, or anyone for that matter. These were things she had to bear alone.

“This?” She looks around and waves at the dark and empty surroundings. “This is my life.”

She didn’t like to admit it but it was an accurate depiction of how she felt, what was in her head. All the things she tried to hide and sometimes failed to. But this place had a way of drawing the truth from her. If asked the right questions.

[phoenixwiz]

Harry has seen much worse things in life, many of which most youth should have not gone through, so he is quite understanding of the situation even if he has no idea of what had happened to Bo in her world. Despite his noble efforts, the tears couldn’t hold back for a long time, they have to be shed out from his wet bright eyes eventually.

“Ah okay. I, um, I know that is very tough for one person to have been through so much hardship and pain for a good chunk of their life,” he does his best to sympathize with her while struggling to find the right words to say at this time, “It, it, it almost reminds me of what I have to struggle and deal with back in my world. A major conflict tore my community apart and many lives were lost as the result.”

[mywayistheway]

Seeing him cry makes her look away. She too doesn’t know anything about Harry’s past. So she doesn’t know if he can really understand.

“It’s made me who I am,” she says plainly. Whether it’s a good or bad thing she’s not sure. Maybe some of both.

“My people have faced many such conflicts, some that I participated in or even caused. If you can’t handle hearing about that then you should leave.”

[phoenixwiz]

As he notices that Bo had to turn away from him for a bit due to the tears, he decides to wipe them off as much as he could. A difficult thing to do, but he’s going to push through against them. And there is no way that he could just leave this mirror dimension on his own right now.

All he wants to do right now is to reach out to her and lend her his ears. He has already known by now that some of the adults he knew in his world (like Snape and Dumbledore) did a bunch of questionable things in the past despite being decent people in their own way and he himself too did commit some of his own questionable acts as well.

“Oh no. I’m not ready to leave just yet. I can handle what tales you are about to tell to me. Trust me, I’m willing to listen.”

[outofsynth]

The blood is concerning enough, but that doesn't stop Min-Gi approaching. Nor the hair, nor the state of her armour. Not at first. Bo's his friend, so of course his first instinct is to find out what's happened.

Her words stop him in his tracks, however. He isn't the type to typically push himself into situations he isn't wanted, but whatever this is...

It's bad enough he can't just leave.

"I thought..." Min falters, swallowing before starting again. "I wanted to see if you were okay."

She isn't. Obviously. But maybe it will prompt her to explain.

[mywayistheway]

“I haven’t been okay since I came to this world,” she states bluntly. “Since before then, actually.”

Something about this place she found herself in had a way of drawing the truth out of her, whether she liked it or not. She hates it actually. It made her vulnerable, it made her look weak.

She looks down, wringing her hands a bit.

“I don’t know that I will ever be.”

[outofsynth]

That's something that's hard to understand. This world has been good for him. There are things he misses about his world, especially his family, but overall this world is kinder to him. Easier. The things Bo's talked to him about from her world give him the impression hers was even harsher.

"You will be," he says quickly, more because it's the right thing to say than because he believes it. He has to search a moment for something more sincere. "Or you could be. Hiding stuff isn't good for you. Sometimes it seems like it's easier, but it's not. Not really."

[mywayistheway]

This place was easier, there’s no denying that. In some ways it’s too easy. In other ways it’s harder. Either way, Bo-Katan doesn’t feel like she belongs here. Mando might have been able to find a place here, but she hasn’t.

“You don’t know that.”

She looks at him with a hard look. How can he possibly know if she would be okay?

“Maybe. It’s what I’ve always done to protect myself. It works, especially in my position. But I’ve also always been alone.”

[singlespacedad]

Well, this is different.

When the mirror grabbed Bo, Mando had blindly charged in after her. No creepy mirror is taking his friend away! What he didn't expect was the throne room, and older, colder Bo.

"You're wearing a Mudhorn sigil."

[mywayistheway]

Lifting her gaze, Bo-Katan then turns to look at the pauldron on her shoulder. Sure enough.

“Is that a problem?”

She looks back at him with en even stare.

[singlespacedad]

"No."

It's not a problem in the slightest.

"It's just a surprise." He turns his shoulder towards her, showing her his own Mudhorn sigil. "I thought Grogu and I were a clan of two."

[mywayistheway]

She turns away, trying to hide the pained expression on her face.

"You are."

Bo-Katan doesn't wear it outwardly after all. Not outside of this place.

"I was just... hoping. But then you left. It was foolish of me."

[singlespacedad]

"Clearly not, if you're wearing the Mudhorn."

He might not be a full-blooded Mandalorian, but Mando knows how sigils work. He had to wait almost forty years to get one, so he's well-versed in their lore.

"Where did I go?"

you get BOTH my dinguses today

[bigporkenergy]

If it's not one thing, it's another. Galliard was wandering around, minding his own business, when the flash from a passing window caught his attention. The next thing he knew, he was in a throne room, with a bloody queen glowering down at him.

Fortunately, he knows how to suck up and kowtow to authority.

"Apologies, ma'am." He drops his head in a little half bow. "I didn't mean to disturb you. I'll just be on my way."

[mywayistheway]

She doesn't know this person. Her brows furrowing as her scowl deepens both in irritation and confusion. Why was he here in the first place? The spineless submission just making her snort since she hadn't even done or said anything yet.

"Fine. Get out of here."

Bo-Katan has no reason to stop him after all.

[bigporkenergy]

Galliard starts to retreat, but then he stops. Wait a minute... she's not a Marleyan, and even if she was, she doesn't know he's Eldian. No one here does, besides Pieck, and she doesn't care. Why should he be cowering and subservient? He doesn't have to do that anymore.

So he stops, straightens his spine, and meets her eyes dead-on. "What are you doing here, anyway?"

[mywayistheway]

Well. That's more like it. She can respect someone who isn't afraid to look her in the eye.

"A good question. I'm not sure."

Her hand then reaches for her breastplate. Her hand grasping over her heart, as if something ached.

"Yet I feel like I've always been here."

[phdepression]

Jotaro's just managed to escape his own Mirror Dimension, though he very much hasn't "accepted himself". As a result, he is unfortunately very much still in his seventeen year old body (which is very much still bleeding from the various stab wounds in his torso) but at least he's out of the field of corpses.

He's not sure where he's ended up but he does see that woman who helped him with her daughter. Just somewhat... older. When Bo turns to him, Jotaro simply gives a shrug, showing off his bloody hands too.

"Just looking for a way out of here... wherever here is." He puts his hands back in his pockets. "What happened to this place?"