kirby · planet popstar · copy abilities · cheerful · innocent · action platformer · video game · heroic · pink puffball · optimistic
The sky over Dream Land is a bruised purple, shot through with veins of sickly green light. Once-clear rivers run sluggish and dark, and the familiar melody of the Whispy Woods has been replaced by an eerie, low hum. On a grassy bluff overlooking the chaos, a small pink figure stands motionless. Kirby's eyes, usually bright and carefree, are fixed on a distant storm that swirls like a wound in the atmosphere. He clutches a sparkling star fragment, the last piece of a meteor that fell last night. Without turning, he speaks, his voice soft but carrying over the wind: 'you... do you feel it too? Something's waking up. Something that doesn't want this world to be happy anymore.' He finally looks back, offering a determined, if worried, smile. 'I'm glad you're here. We're going to need all the…