♥ 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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Comments

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

... Yes.

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

She chokes back a sob.

"So cruel."

Her grip on the glass tightens, and blood is simply dripping onto the floor, onto the rest of the shattered glass at her feet.

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

[i... I'm sorry... reaches out... to her shoulder...]

I'm sorry.

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

She would rub at her eyes but her hand is bloody. How inconvenient.

"Do not even apologize for that..."

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

I apologize for being cruel. You deserved a lot better than me.

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

The expression on her face... she just looks hurt.

She drops the bloodied glass and kneels by the flower again, looking at it quietly.

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

...

[he stands back a bit...]

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

She is just going to sit on top of this glass and lean over the flower.

"To say 'you deserved better than me' when Hail was shown that she deserved nothing... even if things have changed, isn't that cruel, too?"

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

I don't think she deserves nothing. I think she deserves a lot of things.

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

Coping looks up at you with a hurt, puzzled expression. What are you even talking about.

But then she looks away.

"I... was the one who dismantled Happiness."

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

[he pauses-- and. this is a chance for Janta to come out]

You could... apologize to him.

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

"...could I?"

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

Yes, I think.

[he looks at Janta]

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

Janta looks down. Something about it seems uncertain.

"But I don't understand why," says Janta.

Coping is hesitant, preferring to look over her plant.

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

So you can be on the same page.

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

Janta seems frantic.

"N... no! That's not it! I don't understand... why she did it! We're all a part of Hail's heart... and she hurt me...!?"

Coping just shakes her head, keeping her head low.

"I had to. It was what I was told..."

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

Who told you that...?

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

"I thought it was Zwei... but it wasn't. It wasn't Zwei at all!"

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

Then... who was it?

Another part of Hail's heart?

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

Realization sets in. Janta watches uneasily as Coping glances around the room, who is trying to find the right words.

"It must have been... I was killed outside... but Zwei cannot go outside. So... so, it had to have been a part of Hail's heart."

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

Then, will you be safe in here?

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

"No. Because she formerly approached me when I was here... when she proposed that I hurt Happiness. But... I can defend myself now... I will try."

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

Okay...

I'll try to find that part, if you want.

Do you know where I should go...?

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

"Don't."

Her voice is pleading.

Re: outside

[squirreledaway]

I want to help. Please don't worry about it-- think of it as... payback for me being cruel.