Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game

["You can’t help but ask what the highest reward of the ’Shikigami Convention’ is."]

[The Vice Palace Master doesn’t rush into a conversation about magic but instead leads you towards the elevated stage of the Convention...]

[As you walk, he explains that the ’Shikigami Convention’ mainly involves young Yin Yang Masters from within the palace who battle against each other to identify their weaknesses and to improve as a collective.]

[Commanding skills of a Yin Yang Master are put to the test in shikigami battles, as the same shikigami can exhibit widely different levels of power under different masters.]

[If a rookie Yin Yang Master can command even one-tenth of the shikigami’s inherent power, it would be considered a prodigious talent.]

[While conversing, you approach the high platform where all Yin Yang Masters bow in respect upon seeing the Vice Palace Master and make way for his path.]

[Several ostentatiously dressed Yin Yang Masters serve as referees seated these chairs in front of the stage.]

[Beside the chairs, a beautiful woman is trapped inside a magical barrier. With her smooth ice-blue hair and pristine white kimono with long, flowing sleeves, the kneeling woman looks pitiful, her eyes welling up with tears.]

[It seems the woman notices your gaze and looks at you pleadingly.]