[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]

[unionoftheheart]

[slowly picking himself up]

[and then angry Mithos is getting silently air-hugged whether he likes it or not, because nobody should have to feel that 8(]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

He tries to ghost stab you uselessly while you do that.

Re: [roots]

[unionoftheheart]

[s-seems legit]

[...heading for the black tree when he's done]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

You pass quickly through the roots and approach the trunk of the black 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]

[unionoftheheart]

[p-poor tree 8(]

[climbing up carefully, agile and light on his feet; the last thing he wants is to chip off more bark]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

You feel pretty secure, actually, when you step on the path: it's still very solid, and someone's looking out for you . . .

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]

[unionoftheheart]

[soft smile at that feeling]

[touching that door for a moment, curious, and then entering, sure]

Re: [roots]

[antreegonist]

. . .