Aradia's Heart Game - Session 3

[idolpro]

Once upon a time, in a country far to the north,
the Lady Shalott sat within a tall tower.
It rose high above the clouds, and the air was thin and cold...

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Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

[ It's a small, well-kept garden, but there are notably no flowers there. ]

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

[How do you garden with NO FLOWERS she doesn't understand. Time to go inside to find flowers to use, thank u.]

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

[ On the inside, it’s surprisingly large. It’s definitely bigger inside than the outside would imply—judging by the shoe rack, there are four people living here in total.

Past the entrance is a little living room with a couch and recliners and beanbags, a coffee table, a tv and fireplace, tons of potted plants and flowers near the windows. There are some framed photos up on the mantle and walls; they’re primarily of Persephone, Amaranth, Ruby Sour, Little☆Red, Man☆Eater, or Amy, but there are others—friends of Aradia’s, members of sensitIV, ☆ZRAEL, and WILD CITY, and the like—to be seen too. If you aren’t Doodleman, Whisky, or Lucifel, you’ll probably see a photo with you in it somewhere up there.

Through the open door to the dining room, you can see dinner is about ready, low dining table set with a number of bowls, plates, and platters. Set out on them is a veritable feast; anglerfish nabe, a selection of tempura-fried vegetables— eggplant, mushrooms, a disproportionate amount of sweet potato and chestnut—onion and tomato dolmas, kyata, and baklava.

And as you enter, you’re stopped by a young woman—it’s Aradia, her hair braided and pinned up somehow, wearing an apron. It has little stars on the border. ]

Oh—you’re early, aren’t you…?

[ Notably, the ring she always wears on her left ring finger is absent, but a discerning eye will note its relocation to a thin necklace she has on, along with —not two other rings, but what could best be described as their outlines, the vague impression that they are there, but nothing as to their size, color, or details. Just the implication of two more rings. ]

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

Oh yes! Man Eater said we had to go so I am sorry if you were not ready!

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

Mm, that's fine. Are you hungry...?

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

Oh no, I am okay! I am here to clean up the um [looks at phone] corruption! And garden! So I must garden outside!

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

Oh my. There's no need for you to do anything like that, is there?

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

There is a need apparently so I'm gonna!

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

But there's nothing like that here, is there?

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

I dunno, is there?

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

Hmm -

Well, is that really something that you want to do?

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

Oh okay, so there is stuff, got it!

Yep I'm gonna do it!

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

Well, when you leave this house, you should go back outside - make sure that you go in the tower, okay? And, when you reach the bottom -

When you see the 'me' that's there in that place, that will be something for you to prune. Does that make sense...?

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[nohalation]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

Not at all.

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

Which part is it?

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

You're suppose to garden plants and you are not a plant! Unless you are a plant?

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

Mm. When you go down that far, you'll understand!

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

Okay! Can I borrow some flowers?

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

If they leave this room, then they'll die, you know?

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

EHHHHHHHHHHHHH? Then how do I get the plants to grow outside in the garden?!

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

... Angel, do you know what a metaphor is?

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

No.

Re: Sirius*

[idolpro]

It says "gardening," but that doesn't mean that there's really a garden involved, you know? When you go back outside, I think you'll be able to understand...

Re: Sirius*

[nohalation]

[Well, fine! She's gonna go back outside.]