Early heart run.

[restorefromsave]

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.

((Join #checkmate))

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Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[excellent! getting to his feet and looking around a moment, then addresses Gara]

Where's a good place to put this, you think? It'll grow into flowers.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[restorefromsave]

"Like I'd know." He shrugs.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

I'm gonna water it and then go put it up in the loft.

[goes to get some water from the kitchen to do so]

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[restorefromsave]

Gara flops on a chair. Hail watches your activities with interest but you can go do that!

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[flowers accomplished!! dusts his hands off then enters "broom" into the computer]

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[restorefromsave]

You acquire item: broom!

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[uses that to clean up any remaining dirt/ashes because imma good boy. when finished, turns to Gara and asks]

So, what are you supposed to be, anyway?

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

You clean it up and make sure there is not a mess, the place feels a little less cold.

"What's that supposed to mean? I'm me."

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

You're probably a symbol of something, but I dunno what. Well, if you can't tell me, I guess I can keep looking.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

"I'm a symbol of me, asshole."

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

The symbol of Sion's pig-headed stubbornness, got it. Makes perfect sense.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

He flips you off.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[flips him off too, grinning, then heads back out into the foyer]

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

It's the same as before! Where do you go from here?

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[looking around... can he push open the white door even if there's no handle?]

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

It might as well be part of the wall for all efforts to open it succeed.

Touching it does give you this memory.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[gasps and jumps back, shaking as the color drains from his face]

Shit--!

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

Sorry about that.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[just kind of. slumps to the floor, hitting his knees hard as he gathers his coherency and breathes hard.

... that sure was 10x worse than my awful trauma memory]

Sion...

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

Haven't I told you not to compare trauma? :| It's not like I was ever beaten half to death.

The hall is silent, while you recover.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[takes a few shuddering breaths, swallowing to get a hold of himself]

...

[shifts forward and touches his head and both hands to the door again]

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

...Masochist...

You get the rest of the memory.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[shudders again, not letting go even though he's shaking]

Sion... can you hear me?

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[dramatispersonae]

I'm afraid there's no answer.

Re: Sunshine Parlour

[familyjewels]

[swallows]

Please, Sion... I want to help. I want to know... everything. I want to understand, so I can help you. But I don't have... any way of knowing if what I'm doing is right or not. Where should I go? What should I do? This kind of pain... I feel like I have an idea of what it's like. But I'd understand... if you didn't trust me.