[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: [roots]

[antreegonist]

"Tch . . . damned human . . ."

Re: [roots]

[hitlist]

[ another shrug! ]

Probably. At least the seven hells will be warm.

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

. . . he fades away.

There's a glass box leaking dark fluid on the sand, where he was standing; the lid's ajar.

Re: [roots]

[hitlist]

[ gonna go pick up that box now '-' ]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

A flash of pure rage hits you -- you want to destroy it and everything else.

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[hitlist]

[ THROWING IT AWAY AUGH ]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

. . . it . . . bounces! The lid doesn't come any looser, though drops of black fluid scatter over the earth.

Re: [roots]

[hitlist]

[ oh no that's probably bad :c she feels sorry automatically and then picks up the box again. can she take the path towards the silver tree?

the box is coming with her '-' ]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

Yes, you can! And the box comes quietly. I hope you fixed the lid.

You pass quickly through the roots and approach the trunk of the ghostly tree. It's so large that this close, you can see that climbing it the normal way is inconceivable; instead, the bark itself forms a rough, ridged path up, more than wide enough to walk on. It looks pretty twisty, if you glance up; the jagged wound in the trunk has damaged it in places. But it's still navigable.

Re: [roots]

[hitlist]

[ of course she fixed it!! ]

Whoa...

[ she's going to climb that! ]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

It's a long walk up and around . . . distance goes strange again, though. You reach the first branch of the tree much faster than you should.

There's a plain white wooden door set into the trunk here. The word BODY is written on it.

Do you enter or keep going up the path?

Re: [roots]

[hitlist]

[ she chooses to keep climbing! ]

Maybe I'll come back.

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

You make your way up to the second main branch. There's a door here that says MIND. You could also keep going even higher.

Re: [roots]

[hitlist]

[ hmmmm....yes this one looks acceptable '-' entering ]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

. . .