You’re at the top of the Tokyo Tower, alone in your despair.
Your vision blurs with tears, partially obscuring the two handguns laying on the floor. Reminders of your sins and the bars that trap you from salvation. There’s no hope for you, and not a single soul who will return to your side, ever.
Your gaze slides to the large windows of the viewing platform, and you scrub away the tears as you pick yourself up.
Maybe, you think, you can still get someone to look at you again.
You begin to walk towards them.
Maybe, you think, you can be freed of the pain tearing apart your heart.
You shatter the window.
Maybe, you think, you’ll still be as alone and in pain anyway - but it’s still worth a shot, isn’t it? Because one who has lost everything has nothing left to lose.
You step out from the window and begin to fall.
...Or at least, that's the scene you believe yourself to be in for a brief moment. Once you return to the present, you find yourself in the hallways still, shadows whispering busily around you. And, should you check, your badge is glowing faintly as one of the fragments goes from clear to black.
You've found another Fragment.
...
Suddenly, you are acutely aware of the whispers spoken around you. Though disparate, you can put together the following: Did you hear? They say the priest of the chapel isn’t very trustworthy. It seems he’s a master manipulator... Creepy!
This tale is now circulating for any other explorers to hear. However, your secret has been revealed, and any who pass through will surely overhear it as well.
[and, of course, for a long moment he's frozen because, ah. the sensation of falling. he's always appreciated it. but it's the impact that kills, of course. he doesn't think it's pleasant--actually, it's the rebound isn't it? and most people are lucky to fall unconscious just before the impact or rebound, so really--
but too messy. too much work for others, after.
only if he was really desperate, maybe. like in that hotel, the one time.
so it takes him a long moment to shake off the memory, but then he hears the whispers and...]
Suddenly, you are acutely aware of the whispers spoken around you. Though disparate, you can put together the following: Did you hear? They say the master of the house is a full-blooded devil. How scary!
This tale is now circulating for any other explorers to hear. However, your secret has been revealed, and any who pass through will surely overhear it as well.
Re: HALLWAY
going to the secrets box and picking up a pen, thinking.]
Well, let's see what we can get.
[writes It's hard to reconcile one side of my memories with the other (B) and submits it. SURELY THIS WON'T MEAN SOMEONE WOULD EVER READ IT, RIGHT?]
Re: HALLWAY
You’re at the top of the Tokyo Tower, alone in your despair.
Your vision blurs with tears, partially obscuring the two handguns laying on the floor. Reminders of your sins and the bars that trap you from salvation. There’s no hope for you, and not a single soul who will return to your side, ever.
Your gaze slides to the large windows of the viewing platform, and you scrub away the tears as you pick yourself up.
Maybe, you think, you can still get someone to look at you again.
You begin to walk towards them.
Maybe, you think, you can be freed of the pain tearing apart your heart.
You shatter the window.
Maybe, you think, you’ll still be as alone and in pain anyway - but it’s still worth a shot, isn’t it? Because one who has lost everything has nothing left to lose.
You step out from the window and begin to fall.
...Or at least, that's the scene you believe yourself to be in for a brief moment. Once you return to the present, you find yourself in the hallways still, shadows whispering busily around you. And, should you check, your badge is glowing faintly as one of the fragments goes from clear to black.
You've found another Fragment.
...
Suddenly, you are acutely aware of the whispers spoken around you. Though disparate, you can put together the following: Did you hear? They say the priest of the chapel isn’t very trustworthy. It seems he’s a master manipulator... Creepy!
This tale is now circulating for any other explorers to hear. However, your secret has been revealed, and any who pass through will surely overhear it as well.
cw: i'm sorry he's like this about suicide 1/2
but too messy. too much work for others, after.
only if he was really desperate, maybe. like in that hotel, the one time.
so it takes him a long moment to shake off the memory, but then he hears the whispers and...]
i lied, 2/3
3/3
it's really rude to share someone's secrets shared in confidence!!!! (E)
SLAMS IT INTO THE BOX.]
Re: 3/3
This tale is now circulating for any other explorers to hear. However, your secret has been revealed, and any who pass through will surely overhear it as well.
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I see how it is!
[time to go through the door with the stained glass window!]
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