Heart Game

[digitalemperor]

You have the sensation of falling--no, drowning. Your lungs burn, you can’t breathe, you try to struggle but the current drags you down down down and just as you’re losing consciousness you know you’re dying...

You jerk, abruptly, the landing a little rough as you stand. Your clothes are dry and there’s no water in your lungs. You can breathe.

You find a bluetooth headset on your head, it crackles with static then goes silent.

((Join #sharkbait. Go ahead and start right here. Unless you're Nezumi in which case start here. If you're late check with me on IRC where to start.))

((POWERS: all combat and non-healing powers are ON in this heart. Status removing powers and items are off. Healing powers and items are almost completely ineffective at the start, I'll tell you if it changes. You have all your equipment.))

Comments

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[brotagonist]

I won't! Don't cut yourself up till you die either!

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ lol who's to say I didn't already? ]

I still have the ring...

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

--that's right! I still have the ring!

[ WHAT IF I AM PRESSING IT TO THE SWORD. ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

The sword and ring glow with a faint pink aura... The rust disappears and the sword feels... faintly warm. The rust is gone, and the ring disappears. But the sword instead carries seams of black corruption over it...

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[brotagonist]

What?! What about the ring?

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

It fixed the sword! ... kind of. It's still weak... there's this weird black corruption thing.

Maybe it's best if I got out of here. Especially if you guys are going to blow it all up to kingdom come.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[brotagonist]

I think I have to find more stuff first, this doesn't even look like a bomb part. Can you get out, or find anyone else—?!

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

Yeah, I'll try! Maybe one of the other NPCs can do something... like Masaomi! And I don't exactly have anything left on me that'd destroy mirrors anyway!

Talk to you later, alright?

[ KAZUKI OUT. ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

So what are you doing Kazuki?

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ I guess I'm talking to the katana. ]

It's okay. I'm safe now, you can go back to how it was before! Rest up! Lloyd's looking for another part of you too, if you'll be around that way.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

Your arm feels warm but at the same time it kind of hurts.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

Yeah, I know... this place is the worst. We'll get out of here and find a way to fix you, alright?

... I can't believe I'm about to do this...

[ It is kind of embarrassing!! But. L...ightly kisses the hilt of the sword. ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

Oh my god Kazuki you are so embarrassing. And cute.

////

It works though I mean, you feel the sword is... Warmer... More alive? It's still really weak and corrupted.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

Heheh. I'll do that whenever you start feeling down again!

[ FOR NOW, OFF WE GO. Trying to navigate out of the maze, back to the door. ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

Are you going to make out with a sword... Scandalous....

But trying to get out of here is hard. Maybe impossible. Where are you even? Are you sure you're not going in circles?

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ I'M REALLY NOT... THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING. ]

[ Is there anything around I can throw at mirrors... ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

You have. A sword?

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ I'm not throwing this at a mirror kthx. ONWARDS WE GO. ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

I'm afraid there's only mirrors and you. And your reflection--oh that's right. You don't have a reflection any more.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ And good riddance??? ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

Maybe but somehow it's even harder to find your way when there aren't reflections of you to tell you where the mirrors are.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ WHAT A PAIN :T He is being careful though, watching for the glassy quality mirrors tent to have, especially when they meet the ground. ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

You get paged...

You go along slowly and carefully then, but you have no idea if it's the right direction... And the sword still feels fragile, more so the longer you're here.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[virtuallyroyalty]

[ ... brushes his lips on the swords hilt again before picking up sdhbnkhcsdckn THAT'S REALLY EMBARRASSING. ]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

So bold Kazuki~ You feel a soft feeling of being loved but it's so faint it's barely a whisper of emotion.