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[idolpro]

[ You go, onward and upward.



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THE GATES | THE COURTYARD | THE FOUNTAINS | THE GARDENS

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[deicider]

[Cardinal bows over the flower, squeezing their eyes shut. Their fingers dig into the dirt under them. Their heart pounds.

If they pull the flower will they leave their old self and its defunct protocols behind for good? Or would there simply be nothing left, without duty and purpose holding them together?

It's not the right way to do it. They know that. They feel ill at the idea of all their destructive power totally unconstrained. Sick that they're tempted, even by curiosity. Exhilarated at the possibilities. They sit there for a moment, trembling.

Just as they thought, they shouldn't be in this garden. They shouldn't have anything to do with it. Then they fling themself into a sprint for the gate.]

[idolpro]

[ There is more to you than that. There is all the garden before you. Be kind to yourself. Be kind...

...But you are running, now. As you pass through the gate, it's as though a heaviness lifts from your chest—some terrible weight that you hadn't realized you'd been carrying. It had felt like terrible anguish, but now you can hardly remember it—it's as though it was a dream.

You find yourself in front of a fountain, with no way to cross back to where you were before. ]