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♥ v2

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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Maybe because she's so unhappy . . .

*sighs -- if they're walking over there he's picking Janta up gently on the way, looking over where his limbs should be -- were they ripped off or something else?*

[they probably did at some point; getting the shovel halves and moving to get the black things out of the hole, then]

...she might catch up with us if we go to the library.

The black things kind of look like parts of tree roots.

Janta sounds concerned.

"You are saying she's my opposite? I never heard of an unhappiness existing in this heart. After all, that's just... everywhere."

Maybe it needed a shape to talk in...

*WHAT SHAPE IS JANTA IN RE: HOW THE LIMBS WERE TAKEN OFF THOUGH -- wither way, pulling out needle and thread to sew the one limb back on while Lloyd investigates the black things.*

[PULLING THEM UP X(]

She said she was bottled up, so maybe she's the stuff that wasn't around everywhere.

—the narration is sorry for forgetting to note that!

Janta's limbs look like they were torn off. Simply ripped. But you will notice that, as you sew, the fabric seems to join together as one ~magically~ regardless of its state.

"Bottled... Ehhhh?! So it's that water?!"

*oh good ;~; finishes that up, then*

It shows up as water?

[is it possible to get all the root bits up?]

What water do you mean?

Yes; the roots should be easy to gather, especially since they're not rooted in the ground by any means. Nothing is too small to be picked up either.

Janta waves it's newly acquired arm.

"Thank you! Umm... not as water." A pause. "At the very end of one of the halls is an underground place... and I think there's water in there! It's scary, I don't go down there."

Do you think you'd be able to help if you did go down there? You'd be with us.

Is that the way the library is?

[getting them all and then inventorying them, in that case; ow this hurts to do with a bandaged hand]

"I could! With this new arm, I feel little bit more hopeful. Or maybe it's the outside of the heart that's doing this to me. Anyway—I could join you guys no matter where you go. And... the library is not in that direction."

Can you let us know where things are? That's two places we should have a look at, now...

Yeah. If that's what she's made of, maybe we should look at the water first before we meet her again...

Janta seems hesitant.

"I can tell you where things are. The library as at the top of the stairs. The water source is down the hall on the first story, by the trauma center. I hear that... the water leads to Zwei, too. It can't be safe... though nothing here really is safe. I can admit that...!"

Zwei and Hail bleed into each other a lot all over, huh?

Or is Hail just more dangerous when she's not happy...

It doesn't react to your comment, Mithos, but Lloyd's comment gets a bouncy nod.

"Yes. Everything is dangerous when Hail is unhappy. Zwei is always Zwei. Especially with the control she exhibits over this heart. That said, this is the safest place to be, in regards to Zwei!"

"Hopes and dreams," yeah?

*looking around -- is the rest of the landscape untouched, apart from the tree being gone?*

[watching while Mithos does that]

Everything else is untouched and blooming vibrantly. The lake seems a little murky, but aren't most lakes? The gazebo even has a few (decidedly) harmless candles around it.

Janta nods.

. . . where were you, before you were in that hallway?

[keeps a suspicious eye on that lake...

starts filling in the tree's hole again, while he's at it]

Your endeavor to fill that hole is working out greatly.

Janta responds with no hesitation.

"I was upstairs, in the room with the other things that keep Hail safe and happy! Or... kind of safe! Feeling safe!"

How'd you get from there to Zwei's hall?

*hhhelping, as best as he can; keeping Janta in the crook of his arm as they talk*

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