[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]

*feels like grief.

faint images flicker in the blood.*

[brotagonist]

[LOOKS CLOSER!]

[antreegonist]

*seems to be a flickery recording of you two hanging out in Firebird's castle.*

[brotagonist]

[leans his forehead against the fountain a bit... oh, that made you feel better... but what about those cracks :X]

[antreegonist]

*the image shifts to a golden clock, like the one on the Tree, but with ordinary hands and numbers.

tick tock tick tock*

[brotagonist]

[oh. ...:X pats the fountain]

[antreegonist]

*hummmm.*

[brotagonist]

[looks at the pool... would it be bad to leave something?]

[antreegonist]

*doesn't seem to be an answer either way.*

[brotagonist]

[........I don't want to mess your balance up if I'm not sure... okay. pats the fountain again and steps back.]

[antreegonist]

*both bowls ripple at the same time -- it passes off their edges, and then over the surface of the central pool without a break.*

[brotagonist]

[wrrr? goes to look in the pool...]

[antreegonist]

*it appears bottomless, and reflects perhaps a little better than ordinary water would -- huh, your reflection's blue-eyed again.*

[brotagonist]

[touches his eyelid. unsureee]

[antreegonist]

*apparently that's just a thing.*

[brotagonist]

[were you trying to tell me something, water. . .]

[antreegonist]

*Mithos's reflection moves into view from behind yours.*

[brotagonist]

[l...ooks behind him...]

[antreegonist]

*no Mithos there bro*

[brotagonist]

[mouths "hello" at the reflection, instead]

[antreegonist]

*smiles slightly, touching fingertips to the underside of the water's surface -- causing another ripple*

[brotagonist]

[...touches the water on his side...?]

[antreegonist]

*your fingers won't quite meet. the water in this pool feels like deep, deep acceptance.*

[brotagonist]

[tugs his hand back when they can't touch :(a]

[antreegonist]

*hhhey :(*