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

[everfixedmark]

[...turns to look!?]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[sinkingship]

[nothing's there, but Nezumi's hand is flying up to his headset]

What are you guys doing? Be careful—!!

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

Oh, Blizzard's suspiciously close to Shark...

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

It's a scandal! ///

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[/// i no]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[sinkingship]

[MEANWHILE]

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.

Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[this heart has gotten weird]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

You're just now thinking that?

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[sinkingship]

[trees and bees]

[looking over at Shion . . .]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[Maybe I will be looking for tools while Nezumi recites poetry]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

You can find some! Screwdrivers, pliers, extra parts and all the needed fiddly bits for pretty thorough computer maintenance.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[Moving carefully around to gather them up and start to work on things. Zero mechanical skills, but he at least has an eidetic memory, which should help in recalling what things SHOULD look like...]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

You do pretty well. They aren't super computers and the mechanical components are easy enough to understand.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[when things look somewhat properly set up tries to connect relatively dry relatively undamaged cords where they appear to maybe go]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

You are fixing things! It appears to be succeeding! In fact some things seem... Better? Than some mere fixing could have resulted in, like they're self-repairing.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[That is in fact EVEN BETTER than repairing it myself!] Oh, good, Shark. I'm glad.

[keeps on with whatever hand he can lend to this]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

It's cool Shion, I'm usually self-repairing. Just things were getting trashed faster then my system could handle--and most of my repair tools were off line. You're helping though! And the more you do the more the room also improves on its own.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[sinkingship]

[quietly coming over to help after a little while, though he's keeping half his attention on the monitor and his GPS]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[smiles at Nezumi and keeps pulling things together]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[sinkingship]

[. . . staring at him when Shion's not looking]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[check it out, Shark, I think my quiet competence is making his heart go dokidoki]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

I ship it.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[sinkingship]

[I know :\]

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[digitalemperor]

This starts coming out of the speakers of one of the computers.

Re: Hall of Mirrors

[everfixedmark]

[After the music gets to the chorus... chokes and almost drops the piece he's working on]

SHARK.