[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]

[bondingspirits]

[I...YES. THAT IS A THING. LETS GO FOR THAT BOX.]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

YOU GET YE BOX

There's a flash of rage when you touch it -- you want to destroy it, you want to destroy everything --

Re: [roots]

[bondingspirits]

[those feelings are probably emphasized thanks to slight empathy skills so yes, that will probably be overwhelming enough for him to let go for a brief second]

[but then he's going back to attempt to close the box . . .]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

The lid shuts with a click.

Mithos runs you through -- oh, but he's ghostly now, transparent and insubstantial, and so is his weapon --

Re: [roots]

[bondingspirits]

[oh god I think I died of a heart attack anyway]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

What if he just keeps stabbing you.

Uselessly.

Re: [roots]

[bondingspirits]

[ . . . ]

[ the heart attack seems to be going away ]

Ah . . . excuse me. I know this is probably an inconvenient time, but I think that might not work . . .

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

"Aaaaaargh!"

Re: [roots]

[bondingspirits]

...I'm sorry.

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

He keeps ineffectually raging at you.

Re: [roots]

[bondingspirits]

. . .

[<:|a] I can leave now I think.

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

Yes . . . probably . . .

Do you go left to the black tree, right to the ghost tree, or forward between them?

Re: [roots]

[bondingspirits]

[lets go between them]

[taking one last glance at angry Mithos before doing so though, feeling a pang of sadness in his chest]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

Oh, Natsume.

. . .