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.

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((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: The Gallery

[supersensitive]

[shakes his head... and. also yawns.]

We haven't managed much. We know that the food on the table in the other room makes you fall asleep, and your portrait is with a bunch of other lit up ones further down the hall... I was going to see if I could move the couches to make the room less-- appealing... But Cub didn't want me to.

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

[haha. . .]

. . . we got rid of the food in the other room. Er, and the artwork, too.

And everything.

Re: The Gallery

[supersensitive]

[.......nods.]

That stuff was weird, yeah. Do you think we should move them anyway...

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

I dunno. I'm not sure what the puzzle in this room is yet. We had to destroy everything in the last room, but doing that here seems. . .

[trailing off]

Re: The Gallery

[supersensitive]

Yeah. It's only... some of his feelings... about his important people that are problems. I don't want to destroy them all. So, I thought the couches might..

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

Maybe we could start with the couches. Just to see what that does.

[. . . yaaaaawns]

I wouldn't mind getting rid of this stupid exhaustion, either.

Re: The Gallery

[supersensitive]

[l-laughs a litt-- yawns too. kdffd.]

I'm pretty sure I'm only not asleep right now because Kazuki called me right when we walked in... Well, when you're ready to move them, I'll help.

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

Sure, I'll--

[and then Mouse's announcement comes in]

. . .

Re: The Gallery

[supersensitive]

[...frowning 8(]

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

[also frowning. soooo not sure he likes this idea]

. . . our blond knight did tell Dandelion that we had to start by breaking things.

Re: The Gallery

[supersensitive]

...It feels wrong. But-- if that's what'll help...

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

[sets his jaw and nods]

I doubt Cub'll let us without trying to stop us, though.

Re: The Gallery

[sinkingship]

[talking to everyone in the Gallery currently]

According to Anri, destroying the pictures is going to help out Shark, and get Kazuki out of wherever he's currently trapped. It'll have a negative feedback on some of us, though, so be prepared.

Re: The Gallery

[everfixedmark]

...I see. There's a guardian here -- do you have any information on that?

Re: The Gallery

[sinkingship]

No.

Re: The Gallery

[everfixedmark]

It seems to be a lion. Kit called it "Cub".

Re: The Gallery

[sinkingship]

Damn. Don't do anything yet, then.

Re: The Gallery

[everfixedmark]

Okay, I'll wait and see what I can learn. I'll leave the device running so you can hear things if it can pick it up.

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

[jumps, startled at the voice in his ear, before responding]

All of them? But aren't these his relationships to us?

Re: The Gallery

[sinkingship]

You can talk to Anri yourself if you want.

How do they feel?

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

I haven't touched 'em yet. I was looking behind the couches for pieces of glass.

Re: The Gallery

[sinkingship]

Did you find more?

Re: The Gallery

[blackjacked]

Two more pieces in the art gallery. Dandelion's is still in the dining hall. We'll try to fit them together once we're done in here.

Re: The Gallery

[surefire]

Mm, there's some positive emotions in there, but a sense of protectiveness and obsession.

Re: The Gallery

[sinkingship]

That makes sense. If that's what's keeping Kazuki trapped in order to protect him.