Heart Game: Sol [#01]

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[sleeplessknight]

Leave him alone!!

[taking advantage of that to lunge at the goblin again... aiming for its torso... and slams herself into it with the weight of her whole (QUICK!!!) body]

[bluerosestyle]

The goblin is surprised, but it has a sturdy frame. Quick or not, her body is on the smaller side, and not made of flames! So he can take her attack without losing his balance, and in fact does that, grabbing her head with one hand to keep her where she is while grabbing blindly at her arm with his other hand, trying to take the branch away from her.

[sleeplessknight]

[nnnno, sticking the branch in his face at the same time as she kicks him in the shin]

[bluerosestyle]

She manages to do that again, what is it with you and the poor goblins' faces?! She succeeds at both attempts, and this time she gets its nose and part of its eye. The goblin topples down, writhing in pain and clawing at its own face. Yet another goblin is defeated-- but not killed.

[Sol manages to get on his feet, and the first thing he does is to raise his sword to swiftly cut off its head.]

[sleeplessknight]

[ONLY ONE MORE LEFT!!!!

god this is sooo messy and so disgusting, but who has time for any of that??? not her. time to run back to the first goblin and, assuming he's still on the ground, hit him in the face with the branch]

[bluerosestyle]

[SEE HOW UNDERWORLD IS NOTHING LIKE YOUR GAMES, YUUKI???]

The goblin lets out a pathetic wail. Are you trying to be cruel? Please put it out of its misery.

[sleeplessknight]

[SHE WOULD IF SHE HAD A BETTER WEAPON??????

SHUT UP FLAVORTEXT, IT'S NOT LIKE SHE ASKED THEM TO COME HERE]

[bluerosestyle]

[THIS IS NOT NINTENDO, THESE ARE NOT BOKOBLINS]

I guess you can keep going... This goblin sure learned his lesson...

[When Sol finally makes it back to the dying bonfire, he. He'll. He'll just stab the goblin through its heart with his decent-class sword to avoid spooks.]

T-Thanks, Yuuki... Are you okay?

1/2

[sleeplessknight]

[she doesn't reply immediately, panting and staring at the corpse just to make extra sure it's actually dead.

after a second, she tosses the branch back into the fire]

[sleeplessknight]

[and then her knees give and she just puddles onto the ground]

H-Haaaah... That was so scary!

[bluerosestyle]

[he pulls the log he was sitting on earlier closer to where she is and sits carefully. his leg is still hurt]

Yeah. I can't believe you did all of that with just a branch...

[he's not alone in that. the god of goblins must hate you now]

[sleeplessknight]

Is your leg okay?

[bluerosestyle]

[ftr, the goblins are dissolving into particles of light as they speak! he looks down at his leg, then back at the goblins]

Mm, I can heal this much. This place should still have enough spatial resources for it. But I thought we might need them to fight, so I didn't want to spend them all yet.

[sleeplessknight]

Spatial... resources?

[sleeplessknight]

—Ah, wait!!

[brb, running back to try and find... the food from before, sob]

[bluerosestyle]

[The food is still where it was! I hope you wrapped everything very carefully.

Anyway, Eugeo watches from afar... ???]

[sleeplessknight]

[well, the cider wasn't wrapped or anything, but everything else was, so she picks it up and returns with it]

H-Here! I'm sorry! I can bring more cider in a second!

[bluerosestyle]

Cider? There's no need, I have enough water for b--





Eh? What's all this?

[sleeplessknight]

Bread and meat skewers... there's some kinda party going on?

[bluerosestyle]

Ah, that must be for the Tree of Life festivities... Since the tree became like this, they've been holding a party every night before a rest day.

[are you coming back? If you are, you'll be able to see a key lying on the floor where the goblin's body used to be! It's glowing in a light blue color.]

[sleeplessknight]

[yes, she was planning to sit with him again...

picking that up first, tho]

And you never go to the parties?

[bluerosestyle]

Item: Door Key

I went once or twice, but it felt wrong to be there. My duty is here, and besides... they don't like me very much. If I'd come back with Alice, maybe...

[sleeplessknight]

[glances at the key in her hand for a moment, but no... first this]

Who is Alice?

[bluerosestyle]

She was my childhood friend, and the Village Elder's daughter. One day when we were children, we went to the End Mountains to get some ice, and she fell down... Her hand crossed the border and touched the Dark Territory, which is prohibited by the Taboo Index.

The following day, an Integrity Knight came to take her away, never to be seen by her family or friends again.

[sleeplessknight]

What...? Just because she touched that place?

Where is she now?