restorefromsave | Early heart run.

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!aather,
!heart run

Early heart run.

As you step through the door a siren goes off, the sound echoing in your ears for several minutes as the world goes completely black and empty.

You’re not falling but you’re not really standing on anything either, and all that you can percieve is the sirens still blaring, loud loud loud in your ears--

There’s an explosion so huge you don’t see or hear it so much as feel it through to your very bones. You feel an impact, strange and unsettling, and you think you might be dead? Because you can’t feel your body anymore.

Slowly the sound begins to fade and light and feeling returns, allowing you to see where you are. You’re also alive, good for you.

You end up here at the end. Unless you're Yuki, who ends up here.

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The room is covered wall to floor with pictures of Kazuki. Pictures of Kazuki doing everything--Kazuki eating, Kazuki sleeping, Kazuki playing video games, Kazuki as a kid, Kazuki older, Kazuki arguing with friends, Kazuki looking off at something thoughtfully, Kazuki smiling brilliantly. All the pictures seem to be taken by an observer that Kazuki is unaware of.

The center piece of the room is a shrine, an altar to the subject of the room. A huge picture of Kazuki’s smile graces the altar, and incense and candles and items litter the surface. A gameboy, a crown, a length of rope, a silver key, a bloody knife, a fresh cut sunflower. There’s a body pillow propped against the altar too.

The whole room has a strange, breathless feeling of deep love and devotion devotion devotion obsession love... It’s overwhelming.

Even more overwhelming and disturbing is that one of the wall keeps moving. One moment it’s a wall covered in pictures of Kazuki, the next it’s a field of sunflowers with Kazuki as a child passed out on the ground, the next it’s a scene of carnage and war, dead bodies everywhere--Kazuki holding your hand and running--wait are you looking at a wall or is this really happening to you? You’re older and so is Kazuki and you’re kissing but he’s not responding to it and it breaks your heart no you’re confused you don’t know who this person is he’s telling you about Aather and he’s kind and has a brilliant smile no you’re bleeding, tied to a chair, you think you might be dying but you can hear his voice calling you----

The scenes flicker faster and faster and it’s hard to disassociate yourself from them for a moment or two. They settle again, it’s just a wall. No it’s a field of sunflowers....

There’s also a constant annoying background noise.

The room is a mess. You might want to be careful.

[hhhhhhhhhhhhholy shit covering his mouth with one hand and going wide-eyed. g...gah. um. can the altar be moved at all?]

It can but it's heavy.

[fortunately Bart is a pretty strong guy, so he's just gonna go ahead and knock that over with some effort]

Do you touch any of the objects on it while doing that?

[oh yeah probably most of them. including the body pillow]

I'm so sorry....

Key, gameboy, rope, sunflower, crown, knife, and body pillow (It has Kazuki on it. Surprise? Both sides show Kazuki looking flushed and partially dressed and basically pretty damn sexy. If... You’re into that kind of thing.)

[oh jfc let's just. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO FALL OVER AND CURL UP ON THE FLOOR TO RECOVER OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD]

[takes a few deep, shuddering breaths and tries very hard to focus and not just mentally flatline]

Shit... Kazuki... Sion... this whole time, I never...

[shakily gets to his feet because this kind of feeling, plus the after-effects of the memories, is enough to make him feel dizzy and nauseous.

looking for the candle that was on the altar. is it still lit?]

It is still lit! Your headache is probably awful by now.

[clutches his head, hissing through his teeth]

I don't wanna take away someone you love... but this... this isn't good. This is... sick. This is just... gonna hurt you the longer it goes on. I'm sorry, Sion.

[sets the altar on fire]

It lights on fire. You feel a deep sense of loss and panic.

[curls up on the floor while the altar burns, watching and whispering]

It's okay, it's okay, it's gonna be okay...

The picture in the frame and each item slowly turn black and burn. The air is smokey and it's even harder to breathe than before. The walls are still covered in pictures the sound is loud an annoying and the one wall keeps showing different scenes.

Shit... what have I done...?

[winces, holding his head and coughing. he scrambles to get up and leave the closet for air]

It's better out here though it's a bit smokey now. The headache lessens a lot once you're not in that room.

[coughs as he tries to catch his breath]

Dammit, where's that dialogue box when I need it? Stupid, idiot Typhoon, think before you do shit like that!

".... You might want to open a window."

[?! looking around]

Who's there??

Sion is currently standing in the middle of the room, staring at you with cold eyes. He rests both hands on a simple silver Bishop’s crook.

He wears a white cape with black trim, but it’s stained and covered in blood almost enough to be dyed black. The same dark red stains his face and hands, smearing the silver of the crook he holds, dripping and making a mess... Where is falls, rot seems to spread.

Sion--holy shit, you're hurt!

"No, I'm not."

But you're--and the--stuff with the--who are you anyway??

"I am the bishop."

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