[a heart.]

[antreegonist]

There's a moment of nothing but light and sensation. Someone's looking you over and the scrutiny prickles and burns – it's nearly a physical pain, like fine little hooks digging past your skin, into the very meat of you. I know who you are, it says, and I know what you are, and that you don't have any business here --

“But you do,” says Mithos behind you. He's a tired, steady voice in your ear, a light hand on your shoulder. “I don't know what Dream's thinking, but everyone is welcome here in my heart; just keep in mind it's a real mess right now.”

Your vision clears.

((assume your characters wandered in here through a dream. also join #ihateyouihateyouiwanttocuddle on irc if you can!))

Comments

Re: [center - truth]

[antreegonist]

He comes up the path, meeting you halfway.

Re: [past - mind]

[antreegonist]

Very slowly, very reluctantly, he half-stumbles, half-crawls out of the Great Seed.

Re: [center - truth]

[antreegonist]

They break off their staring contest to eye you. Meeting the hawk's stare makes you feel violently ill; meeting the cat's makes the illness go away. The hawk makes a disgusted little noise. The cat . . . actually talks.

"We're doing the opposite of that! I'm making sure he doesn't mess the garden up."

Re: [past - mind]

[brotagonist]

[takes his hand]

There. I knew no matter what you talked yourself into, you wouldn't really give up on caring that easy.

Re: [center - truth]

[bondingspirits]

[u-ugh ok not looking at the crow but the cat seems legit]

Ah! I see! I'm sorry for interrupting you. I'll leave you alone to do that.

[cat guardians.................]

Re: [center - love]

[unionoftheheart]

[oh...that's...trippy]

[just kind of stunned for a moment because...that's what my inner self feels like? w-wow]

[also. gosh. I should tell Mithos some stuff.]

[eventually going for those wooden keys as well]

Re: [center - love]

[performing]

["Heart," huh ... let's go left '-']

Re: [center - truth]

[featherfetch]

[bows!!1]

My name is Syaoran, it's good to finally meet you in person. I apologize for my intrusion.

Re: [center - truth]

[glorious]

...We're a loophole. We were brought in to push back the Darkness because they couldn't.

Re: [center - truth]

[antreegonist]

"Do you think you're still written in a story, then? . . . a Score."

Re: [past - mind]

[antreegonist]

He's fading as he moves . . . he turns away a little, hiding his face.

Re: [center - truth]

[antreegonist]

The cat twines around your ankles.

"It's fine, Winter, it's fine! You're helping me . . ."

Re: [center - truth]

[bondingspirits]

[ . . . ]

[ peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeets ]

[ my one true weakness '-' ]

Re: [center - truth]

[glorious]

...Sometimes it feels that way.

Re: [past - mind]

[brotagonist]

. . . hey. . . look at me. . . you don't know me, do you?

Re: [center - love]

[antreegonist]

The first one you touch.

Sharp relief -- getting his mana back after losing it for the game -- and then dere dere dere sparkles??? dere.

Re: [center - truth]

[antreegonist]

"We can certainly still get caught in them. Goodness knows this place is full of systems we labor under . . . I know we became part of a story in the process of trying to move away from it, recently.

I'm glad it's only sometimes, though."

Re: [center - love]

[unionoftheheart]

[o-oh no dere '^']

[leaving the keys and just petting his tree for a moment, then touching the Peridot key out of curiosity]

Re: [center - truth]

[antreegonist]

His smile's a little complicated. "Syaoran . . . it's good to see you here too. You're apologizing for helping . . ."

Re: [past - mind]

[antreegonist]

"No . . ."

He won't look.

Re: [center - truth]

[antreegonist]

purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Re: [future - heart]

[ganbareist]

[f...fuck

trying to get over there]

Re: [past - mind]

[brotagonist]

Come on, please. . . I'm Lloyd. The reason I know you that well is 'cause. . . we're friends. And we've got a lot in common. The stuff we care about, what it's worth to us in the end. . .

Re: [center - truth]

[glorious]

[stops]

What do you mean, we became part of a story?

Re: [roots]

[edgeofjustice]

Maybe we'll find something in this tree that'll speed that along.