[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]

[performing]

[FINE jeeze Mithos]

[doing a narrow dodge and spinning to try and kick him in the face]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

YOU. YOU KICK HIM IN THE FACE. HE GOES FLYING.

He also stabs you in the leg -- there's no wound, but another flash of that rage hits you.

Re: [roots]

[performing]

[SU...CCESS????????????]

Ow, bloody stupid ...

[LIMPING OVER, pulling something out of his coat]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

HE'S STUNNED . . . what are you doing, Allen Walker . . .

Re: [roots]

[performing]

[puts an apple on his stomach '-']

[and THEN ......... heads off to more ghostly tree]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

Oh my god you.

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]

[performing]

[that's not so bad :|a LET'S TRY CLIMBING THAT, go go acrobatics]

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]

[performing]

[touching the door briefly, considering, then shakes his head to himself]

[let's keep going higher]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

You reach another branch. The door here says MIND.

Re: [roots]

[performing]

[glancing up; is there anything more above?]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

Yes; you can go higher.

Re: [roots]

[performing]

[leaving another apple then, and climbing higher '-']

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

The last door, on the third branch, says HEART.

Re: [roots]

[performing]

[well '-']

[KNOCKING]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

There is no response to your polite inquiry.

Re: [roots]

[performing]

[well I CAN TRY AGAIN JUST IN CASE :U but if it's still getting no response, trying the door]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

. . .