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HAWKS PALACE

The process of entering the palace is... smooth. Painless.

You are falling, but it's not scary at the speed you're going. You drop through the pre-dawn sky like a feather, light and easy on a breeze, descending towards a bright and multicolored island in a sea of dark trees.

When you land, you are somewhere new.

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The ticket booth stands as the only entry or exit point into what sounds like a very busy ... attraction of some kind. It's either a zoo or an amusement park, based on the sounds of humans and animals beyond the tall, solid fence.

In every direction outside the fence is forest. Thick, deep jungle forest. It seems to stretch on infinitely, in a way that is simultaneously inviting and foreboding.

Inside the ticket booth is a perfectly generic-looking human and perched directly on top of the booth is a bird the size of an elephant, made entirely of fire.

Hawks is nowhere to be seen.

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[ looks between the human and the gigantic fire hazard ]

Hi?

"Hi! And welcome to HeroLand, the only official Hero Experience theme park!"

... That's from the human, in a chipper customer-service voice.

The big ol' bird peers down at you.

Ah, so this is the nature of the hunt. Hello.

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[.............sure why not. going up to the booth]

One ticket please?

"Of course!"

The perfectly generic human hands over an admission ticket and a receipt (the fact that no money was exchanged doesn't seem to factor into this at all) as well as a park map with little blurbs of key attractions.

"Have a heroically good time at Hero Land!"

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[ Waving up at the big firebird ]

Are you the ticket seller? Are these tickets fire proof?

The bird peers imperiously down.

I keep watch over this place in the absence of its creator. This small creature controls admission.

The tickets are not fireproof.

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...oh maybe there's food here.

[time to check out the booth]

The ticket seller has a sort of vacant smile.

"Of course HeroLand has many acclaimed food service locations!"

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[He's just gonna go.

Gonna gonna go.

Towards the amusement.]

The ticket seller like, starts to give his Welcome to HeroLand speech but before he can complete it... an eel has escaped into the theme park...

[OKAY WE ARE HERE TO HELP PEOPLE oh no wait--]

. . .is there one of those rocketship rides?

"HeroLand is home to many internationally famous rides!"

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[gives a polite nod to the bird made of fire]

Hello...again?

[she isn't completely sure if this is the same bird she met or a different one, okay]

It is I yet again.

It poses.

I guard this place while its minder is absent.

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[Stepping up to the ticket booth, nodding at the human and the bird-]

Good afternoon.

Hello again.

The bird poses.

The generic human puts on a customer service smile!! "Good afternoon! Welcome to HeroLand!"

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[FALLING LIKE A FEATHER WAS ACTUALLY EXTREMELY SATISFYING!!]

[glancing up at the fire bird, blinking a few times]

. . . oh.

Hi.

Hello.

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[ oh wow a ticket booth!!! She's gonna go ahead and peer in excitedly. ]

Can I have a ticket?

"Of course!"

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"Have a heroically good time at Hero Land!"

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The temptation to go and lurk in the forest is so real...

[sighing and stepping up to the booth]

Is there a price of admission?

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No.

"As a special promotion, for today, guests are admissible free of charge!"

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Hey, what the fuck?

[ The Noomba rolls over towards the ticket booth ]

"Good afternoon! Welcome to HeroLand!"

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