[a heart field trip]

[antreegonist]

*you're back on the island of Mithos's heart, on the dirt path through the meadow. the sky's still clouded and glassy, but it's no longer storming: you've arrived in the middle of a sunshower.

the freestanding door is there in its pool. the surrounding fog has thinned to translucence -- you can see a couple of large, four-legged shapes moving in it.*

Comments

[antreegonist]

*it doesn't. you wake up sprawled with your arm stretched towards the scales, but there's only a thin layer of water and you managed not to land in it facefirst.

you are in a lot of pain.*

[brotagonist]

[I don't like that D|]

[antreegonist]

*what's to like, really. after a few more minutes it eases off enough that you can move, if with some difficulty.*

[brotagonist]

[...staying put for a while... is the water still rising... =_=]

[antreegonist]

*nope.*

[brotagonist]

[okay. that's fine then.



eeeeventually manages to lever himself to a sitting position, and see if he can't work his swords under either side of the scale to pick it up without touching it.]

[antreegonist]

*you can do that, yes.*

[brotagonist]

[gets up and puts it on the table!!]

[antreegonist]

*it sways crazily, never settling; the air feels tight and stretched, and the ground begins to tremble faintly.*

[brotagonist]

[...puts it back on the ground... :[a]

[antreegonist]

*it continues to sway, but the ground stops shaking.*

[brotagonist]

...where's it supposed to go if not on the table?

[takes an uneasy look at the water on the floor, finally]

[antreegonist]

*the water seems confined to this tower; the water in the lit tower is gone. if you touch it it feels like cool purpose.*

[brotagonist]

[well I was laying in it, so I assume I touched it, yes. looks around the dark tower unhappily.]

That's the nicest thing in here...

[antreegonist]

*:|a*

[brotagonist]

[...yeah I'm not sure what else to do with this... goes to look at the stairs]

[antreegonist]

*they are much the same as in the lit tower, and so are the windows -- just lightless.*

[brotagonist]

[climbs them and touches the door hesitantly]

[antreegonist]

*a furious scream comes from the door before it clicks.*

[brotagonist]

...Mithos...

[leans his forehead against the door for a minute, tiredly]

[antreegonist]

*it's quiet, and angry*

[brotagonist]

Geez.

[opens the door.]

[antreegonist]

*another round chamber.

Ratatosk's and Origin's windows are also dark. a copper tree holding a glittering box stands in the middle of the floor.*

[brotagonist]

[eyes the box]

This again?

[antreegonist]

*like the first one you found, it gives you uneasy feelings.*