Heart Game: Duality - Round 2

[idolpro]

Your sleep is restless, and it's hard to settle as your eyelids refusing to stop twitching, and you can feel an itch at the back of your mind, flashes of uncomfortable thoughts dipping in and out of your dreams, constantly interrupting your tries to relax. ... Are you even asleep?



...



Apparently you were, because you wake up with a start, cheek pressed uncomfortably to steel flooring and flickering lights overhead. Unfortunately, you don't feel very rested at all.

Comments

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

[THIS IS AN ICE CAVE. He just opens and closes his mouth, a little dumbfounded.]

No...

[He could probably heat it up with his own quirk but hey, no one said a spiky boy is smart right now.]

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

[ LOOK, IT COULDN'T HURT TO ASK, ]

...Silence told me you had a 'fire side'?

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

[He instantly recoils visibly, looking to the side.]

That's—I... I swore to never use it.

[He's hesitating]

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

Hm? Why?

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

... because it's my father's.

[He's slowly getting to his feet, though, taking a few steps down to the lake.]

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

[ Eclipse doesn't have to be a genius to tell there aren't good feelings there. He follows after Duality. ]

...Even though it's yours, too?

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

...

[He kneels down in front of the line of water, and reaches out with the hand covered in spikes to the sheet of ice. His voice has grown as cold as the air around them.]

...I know it's mine. But I spent almost ten years denying him the satisfaction of me playing into his hands.

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

[ Eclipse has no real idea what the details of that are, though he feels like he could get some ideas. But that is probably for another time, he thinks. ]

That long, huh...

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

[He doesn't reply to that, and instead places his hand onto the ice. It takes just a few seconds before it melts and dissolves around his hand. There are no flames, just... heat.

Considering it's so cold in the cave, the heat will be very palpable.

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

[ Sweet gods above there is heat now, and he can't hide how relieved he looks. He walks over to the water's edge to experimentally dip a finger in the water first.]

Thanks, Duality.

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

[It's not too hot yet, but definitely heating up. Duality removes his hand before it goes scalding.]

... mm.

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

[And with that he proceeds to soak his hands properly, with a sigh.]

...You know we're going to want to bring you out of this cave, right?

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

I belong in this place.

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

...Still, I don't imagine it'd sit well with either me or her to leave you here.

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

Going where...?

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

Forward? Whatever counts as forward here, anyway.

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

[... he looks up and behind them. The door there is frozen over.]

...you want to go in there...?

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

Should we not be going in there?

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

It's not... a good place.

[And that's coming from him.]

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

[Somewhere on the inside, Eclipse is thinking, "Of course."]

Then I guess the question I should be asking is if going in there would help...

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

What do you want to do in this place?

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

Like I said, I want to help.

... To be more specific, I guess I want to find more ways to increase your self-esteem.

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

My...

[He can't say there's nothing wrong with it, because that'd be an outright lie.]

...why?

Re: VOID

[inspiteful]

[ He stares.

Gestures at Duality.

Gestures at the cave around them. You know, like it's pretty self-explanatory. ]

Am I supposed to be okay with all this.

Re: VOID

[asonoficeandfire]

[He looks away.]

... I should be able to manage it myself.