idolpro | persephone heart game; (run 1)

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persephone heart game; (run 1)

In the flicker of a candle-flame, in the stir of still water, in the fluttering of flower petals, there is a voice...

Once, there were...
...shadows in the window.
...footsteps at the gates of life.
...whispering at the door:
"Should I live or die? Am I living or dead?"
"To know the world is to choose it," says the Void.

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[Muttering profanities under his breath as he heads toward the village.]

[you go down the scenic, beautiful path. it's really a very lovely sight, with the wisteria now healthy and shaded in sunset, the river is beautiful.

the village is very peaceful. The architecture is very Sengoku crossed with cottagecore. Everything is neatly kept and looks to be thriving. in the distance, outside the village and near a larger and more secluded part of the river, is a shrine: but closer yet is a house that's somewhat nicer and bigger than the other houses and somewhat set apart. Like still part of the village but it's one of those 'this clearly belongs to someone of high rank' here kinds of places.

The house is where the wisteria path is leading.]

[Does this place look reminiscent of where Persephone grew up? When he was still a shrine maiden.]

[yes, it's very much his village.

...the house where the wisteria path is leading, however, is his husband's house.]

[Hmmmmm.

Don't like that.

Before he walks toward the house, though, he waits outside to listen to see if Persephone's voice can be heard.]

[there's a faint thread of something familiar, but it's muted. as if it's being suppressed.]

[Can he get to the shrine where Persephone used to perform?]

[you can try. but as you try to walk past the house and off the path, the air itself feels oppressive, weighing down on you.

for a moment, you feel as though you are in a far smaller, frailer body. your steps, your world, circumscribed.

youcannotleaveyoucannotleaveyoucannotleave-

and then you are back in your own body and have apparently...looped around? you are back on the path.]