♥ v2

[screwthatnoise]

A cold, delicate hand grabs yours and pulls. It pulls, and it pulls... there's a sense of urgency in this icy grasp, as well as a trace of reluctance. Abruptly the hand let's go, right as your vision fades to black, and for a brief moment, only a brief moment, your senses disappear. There's only the eerie sensation of weightlessness before your feet are settled back on solid ground again.

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[knighttoremember]

[ how is this even worse than last time ]

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[screwthatnoise]

I hope that was rhetorical, mister.

If you're not too distracted you can hear something from above you. Something muffled.

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[knighttoremember]

[ reaches into the pouch on his key necklace and pulls out a small glowing marble (bright enough to light up a room!), then looks up ]

Hello?

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[screwthatnoise]

Your collection of glowy things is now practical.

Secured to a hook in the ceiling, where a light fixture may have once been secured, is a noose hanging a particular mutilated stuffed animal. It frantically struggles, moreso now that you've noticed it, but the more it does the more the noose around its neck tightens.

"—mmf!"

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[knighttoremember]

[ I knew the day would come. ]

Ah— don't move around so much, I'll come up there and get you—

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[screwthatnoise]

It doesn't have legs, or arms, but if it did it'd be waving them! Its frantic movements slows, and it suddenly stops moving, resorting to hanging limply from the ceiling.

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[knighttoremember]

[ wow that's way too high tho

BULLYING KATOU INTO BEAR-RESCUE ]

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[screwthatnoise]

Oh, good, Katou is getting the bear down! Even with it's unchanging comatose expression it seems relieved, if not rattled.

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[knighttoremember]

[ phew ]

Are you okay?

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[screwthatnoise]

"I... I...!"

The bear looks around and whimpers.

"No! But... but... maybe..."

The poor thing is evidently having a hard time talking.

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[knighttoremember]

Would it help if we sewed you back together...?

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[screwthatnoise]

The doll nods, to the best of its ability.

"That's right... my arms and legs are gone. But I can get them back! They're just misplaced! But..."

It hesitates, but it eventually musters a strong, cute!! voice.

"This heart needs help! But I see... that good friends are here! All of them! So, I really do think it's possible! Because I like living, you know!"

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[knighttoremember]

[ oh no it's cute ]

We like you living too. — Are you going to want to come along with us, or should we put you outside? I think, last time, Zwei couldn't reach anything outside of the house, so...

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[restorefromsave]

[Oh you're glowing coming right over.]

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[knighttoremember]

[ it's like a powerful flashlight! '-'b uses his free hand to snag Sion's hand ]

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[restorefromsave]

[Holding his hand tightly.]

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[knighttoremember]

[ yep this is mine, holding firmly!! ]

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[restorefromsave]

Naoto...?

[You know where this is?]

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[knighttoremember]

This is— Hail's heart. It's worse than it was before. ... Stick together with me, okay?

[ it's hard not to sound pathetic when asking things like that but :( ]

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[restorefromsave]

...I see. I won't leave your side.

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[knighttoremember]

[ the last time I let someone I love out of my sight in Hail's heart he wound up forced to stab me so. keeps hold of Sion's hand, but relaxes a little ]

Good.

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[restorefromsave]

[Squeezes his fingers, last time you were in Hail's heart you died, I remember!!]

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[knighttoremember]

[ if only we could handcuff ourselves together ( '-') ]

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[restorefromsave]

[....Maybe if we find handcuffs.]

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[knighttoremember]

[ I hear you engaging with Zwei, bb '-' tensing up a little ]