persephone heart game, run 2

[idolpro]

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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Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

[ recalibration. shrike are we still linking arms ]

Re: In The Garden 2

[softlyfalling]

[ we are linking arms. for safety.

although first she unpins her hair and wrings it out a little bit.

...and frowns at the wisteria. ]

It's wilting...?

Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

[ he'll do the same with his own hair while she's doing that. god we are suffering ]

. . . It seems so.

After all, he is in that state.

Re: In The Garden 2

[softlyfalling]

[ ...

...wrings her hair out slightly over the wisteria. maybe there's a bucket or something but she already has all this water right here. ]

Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

Ahh . . .

[ well. examining the wisteria to see if the petals are dry or nah. what kind of wilting is happening here ]

Re: In The Garden 2

[dreamingophelia]

[definitely dry. it seems that whoever was tending the garden has just...neglected them, after a while.]

Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

[ time to wring hair water at the base of the wisteria tree then ]

Re: In The Garden 2

[dreamingophelia]

[the wisteria perks up immediately, looking healthier. both your efforts seem to be helping a lot.]

Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

[ hummm

wringing out the water from his clothes near another one. we'll just tend to flowers for a bit nbd ]

Re: In The Garden 2

[backstory]

[ Once he and Shrike and the others all surface ]

Thank goodness! [ SO MUCH RELIEF ]

Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

We're fine, of course.

Re: In The Garden 2

[backstory]

It was a very terrible experience. Or maybe it was just for me...?

Regardless, I am glad that you are well, all of you.

Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

—Oh, my. You had a bad experience, Aniki?

Re: In The Garden 2

[backstory]

I panicked a little due to... the entire swimming experience. Or lack of breathing and swimming experience. But it is alright... I made it in the end.

Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

[ reaching up to pat his shoulder ]

You did well, Aniki.

Re: In The Garden 2

[backstory]

Well, we all did since we made it here. So I am satisfied with that.

Now that the flowers are beginning to look a little better... are you ready to go? I think it makes the most sense to continue down the path.

Re: In The Garden 2

[sancrimony]

Mm, I'm ready.

Re: In The Garden 2

[softlyfalling]

Ah, it's really definitely all right...

...you're all right too, though?

Re: In The Garden 2

[backstory]

It was not exactly pleasant, but I think that it was probably important. So if it is for Persephone, then I will face whatever trials we must.

Re: In The Garden 2

[softlyfalling]

Mm, well—

...keep up that optimistic nature of yours, Levi.

Re: In The Garden 2

[backstory]

Yes. We must all do so while here, I think.

Re: In The Garden 2

[softlyfalling]

Ahaha...

...that's the spirit. You're a good friend. I think—so long as you remember the advice—you'll be fine.

Re: In The Garden 2

[backstory]

You are both from the same place, however, correct? Do you know... anything about those darker whispers or this place in general? When I was in the water I ignored almost everything else except for one voice.

1/?

[softlyfalling]

...ah.

That's—the right choice, I think. We're not from the same country, but the same "world," I suppose you'd say. But...

i guess it's just /2

[softlyfalling]

Those voices—

In their pain and anguish, they want to extinguish the light of the world so that they too can be extinguished. A starless, silent night to end all nights.