Flowers of Heaven: pep!pep!

[idolpro]

Strange: there's a pile of pencils, pens, and crayons at your feet. Where did that come from?

As soon as you take notice of them, though, they move of their own accord, caps popping off to draw into being a collection of simple, animate doodle people. They can’t talk, but instead begin hurrying off in their wobbly way toward an arched doorway that has opened in the thick brambles and leads to a winding path beyond, waving their arms in the air for you to follow.

Once you cross through, a gate closes behind you, and the voices of your fellow idols fade from your ears. It seems as if you’re on your own, now.

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Here, the brambles that surround your path seem to be hung with old newspaper clippings and photos, all too faded with age to properly make out.

It seems that the doodle people are carrying some things for you: a collection of sixteen different flowers, a small lantern of blue flame, and a wreath woven from clematis, chamomile, and mimulus flowers.

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Comments

[romanticlove]

[Ren is equally incapacitated, curled up in on herself and shivering like a leaf in the wind. Should anyone approach her they might hear her whispering to herself.

You won't hurt them... you won't hurt them...]

[worldlyafflictions]

[trying not to jitter too much] C'mon, just one left--I'm putting the crown on ya okay?

[romanticlove]

[She sits up and sinks her fangs into her wrist just to have something to bite into. It wouldn't help the thirst but it would keep her from trying to bite him of her fangs were too busy.]

Just- just hurry...

[This is the worst. It was the very thing she'd always been afraid of them seeing.]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Was moving to settle it on her head but uh--gets distracted]

cw: blood, vampirism

[romanticlove]

[Getting distracted was an unfortunate mistake of his as the one thread of control she had promptly snaps and she grabs onto him long enough to sink her teeth into his forearm.

She's so sorry, Pink!!]

Re: cw: blood, vampirism

[worldlyafflictions]

[ROOKIE MISTAKE, HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER AS AN EXORCIST IN TRAINING--he yelps in surprise and pain, reflexively flinching and yanking his arm--though it isn't a full wrenching movement seeing as that would just make the pain way worse.]

[romanticlove]

[She snarls when he yanks his arm and holds on tighter to keep it still while she keeps drinking.

Someone should probably just shove the crown on her head or something. Maybe save poor Pink.]

[tenebraecious]

[takes it and puts it on her head, kneeling down]

Ren, stop. That's Pink.

[romanticlove]

[She clings harder to him at first, wanting to lose herself to the taste of blood in her mouth. Reluctantly, she lets him go and holds the crown onto her head instead.]

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry-!!

[She has no right to but she can't help but cry.]

[tenebraecious]

[really wants to pet but stepping away as soon as pink is clear]

No, no . . . It wasn't you.

[worldlyafflictions]

[It's. it's fine. Doesn't try to yank again. it's just lucky apparently having a unitmate grabbing on to his arm actually doesn't trigger whatever weird agoraphobia rules he's got now. He'll just let Glacies put the crown on her and let her drink a little more to see if that calms her down--meanwhile assembling his prayer staff one-handed.]

[romanticlove]

[She can't even look at him now that Glacies has gotten her to let him go. She still wants blood but hurting a friend is like a bucket of cold water over her head for the moment.]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Does in fact whine a bit about the bruising as he examines his arm--though he hasn't like run off or anything, so there's that...]

Ya bite too hard, Nova-chan...

[romanticlove]

[That actually helps a little, considering poor Glacies backed away after putting the crown on her head. Her head is still swimming and she can taste his blood in her mouth. It's like a nightmare.]

I didn't want any of you to see me like this. I didn't want anyone to hate me.

[This was actually worse than biting her sister in her first memory. Both times she hadn't been able to help it, but at least Ai could self heal.]

[worldlyafflictions]

Well I'm a little mad ya bit me!

[romanticlove]

[Covers her face with her hands. She speaks, voice muffled -]

'm sorry.

[She's just glad she didn't kill him.]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Huffs]

I figured ya would be... Well what can ya do, it's just gonna be sore for a bit! I woulda beaned ya with this if I thought I was gonna die... [points at his stick and jangles the rings--even if she isn't looking up]

[romanticlove]

[Lowering her hands, but still not looking directly at him and trying to hold her breath.]

You still could. I'd deserve it.

[She did bite him. It's only fair.]

[tenebraecious]

I do not hate you, only— I do not wish for you to suffer more.