idolpro | Levity heart game

You find yourself on a beach, but not a sunny one. This place… is rather desolate, sad, lonely; dwarf trees, half-dried in the wind and the sun, grow out of surrounding crags. The sky hangs heavy and dark - a storm imminent. And apart from the sound of the waves and your own breathing, there is silence.

No... almost silence.

From somewhere around the boulders you can hear some sounds that are a little hard to place, but there is definitely someone there.

Investigate?

[ looking around to see if he can discern the sounds before he goes to the direction of the boulders ]

Small, dull thuds of something heavy (metal? rock?) against stone; shuffle of movement. Whoever they are, they seem to be mostly staying in one place...

As you draw closer to the boulders, there is a smell of blood in the air.

Investigate?

[ . . . yyyyes.

carefully circling around, footsteps quiet in the sand ]

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It's been quite some time since breakfast, hasn't it?

The smell of blood grows stronger as you get closer.

The scene that opens up is... quite simple, really. You see a figure hunched over something - it's the bird-Levity that brought you here, but he seems to be unaware of your presence yet. Did he forget? His shape still flickers between human and robot bird.

And what he's bent over is Levity - or rather, his corpse. The earlier thuds and shuffling seem to have been him moving the body around to dismember it. And what you can see of his wounds has... something of a gnawed look.

As you watch, the bird-Levity picks up a strip of meat carved off Levity's chest, tips his head back, drops it into his mouth — no, beak for that moment.

[ fuck powers being off

staring at the scene, frozen—he grows paler and paler ]

[ don't be sick. don't be sick. don't think about the smell. don't think about the smell. don't think about how you haven't eaten in weeks and powers are off so you're feeling the repercussions of that now. ]

Levity-san.

[ firm, in a loud voice, announcing his presence ]

It's been quite some time since breakfast several weeks ago, hasn't it?

The not-Levity turns around, clearly surprised to see Lucifel.

"█̟̪͒̌̂͒ͅͅ█͔̰́̕ ̦͈́͠█̗͙̖̠͓̯̿̑͛̓̈̆̚͜█̧̞͇̟̏̑͠͡ ̙̦̘̣̞͇́͌̾̿̓͝█͇̱͆̈█͇̞͒̏ █̛̰̘̝̥͔̉̿̿̅͢͠?̘̬͑̓ ͈̀█̗̲̠̱͛̑͗̀█̝͚̌̊█̧̰͔̳͛̅̓͠█͇̌ █̙͠█̙̥̈́̒?̥̪͈̦̆̿͌̓͐͜ ̹̯̘̼̫̉̋̐̔̕"

Blood on his face, and another piece of meat in his hand, but he doesn't seem to see anything strange with this.

[ trying to figure out how to articulate what he wants to say—taking a few breaths first, and a step forward

finally, he settles on: ]

Just what are you doing. . . ?

sir what does this LOOK like

The bird-Levity does not seem to understand the question, tilting his head confusedly.

"█̩̖͖͔̤̹̉̆̾͛̽͛█̗̼͇͘̕͝█̦̼͓̺͇̌̍̈̾́͘͟█̟̊█͔̹͛͞ ͙̔██̯͉̭͗̀͐ █̛̪̞͇̐̓?̢͚̣̻̄́̓͝
̛̟̮̠̮̪̓̔̂̈̕͜
̨̣͓̫̹̤̌͐̅̑̏̏█͓̦̠̣̥̥̠͌̓͋͋̽̏͞,̧̪̠͗̽͘ ̝͕́́█̨̘̙̞͂̂̓̉͜͡█͚͙̝̽͐̅█͍̤̼͍͉̿̎͌̓͞ ̹̤͓͔̤́̒͆̕͘█͚̙̺̟̹͕̌̈͋͂̓͢͞͝█̰̻̬͍̖̻͋͑̂̉͘̕."

He glances from Lucifel to the corpse, then back to Lucifel.

"█̛͓̠̰͚͕̖̊̆̉̍̚█,͇̞͇̹͙̗̆́̃͊͆̕ ͍͎̬͍̞̞̑͒̀̂͑͛͢͞█̢̧̧͉͕͇̣̽͒̀̈̈́̏̓█̡͚́͆█͇̪͎̼͎̭̜͐̑̊̔͒̏̚█͖͉̺͇̓͌͠͠█̯̪̬̉͛͡!͔̣͋̃"

There's a kind of cheeriness in his tone. Almost like he's... offering to share?

[ listen

these are metaphors, usually. and maybe he just wants to be able to hear what bird-levity is saying

pales a little more and shakes his head ]

Thank you—but that's alright. I'm not hungry.

[ with a pause ]

Isn't that you?

[ nodding to the corpse ]

Rather—doesn't it hurt?

dinner denied... :(

Bird-Levity looks at the corpse as though seeing it for the first time, then shakes his head.

"█̹̺͈́͒͝█̥̻̜͒̂̀.̧̧͎̠̯̈́̏̓̕͞ ͖͠█̼͙̭͍͉̥͛͆͌̆͂͝█̧͔͙͗́̌̕͟█̢̜͔̪͎̤͚͆̏̋̏́̐͝█̭̪̪͊͗̇̀ͅ█̧̞̩̭̝̿̃̌͆̾█̧̮̣̊́̈́͐͟.͖̩͔͎̥̾͐̇̔͠"

Then, with some effort:

"ṅ̳o ̑͜lo͓͡nge̪͘r̹̉ h̨̒im.͍̀"