thevoidsdarkhorse | Heart Game (Continued)

Heart Game (Continued)

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[heading back to the observatory!]

Roxy. . .?

That fucking BATTERBITCH!

[Pause and she's giving him a pretty dirty look.] And who even the fuck are you? 'Cause I swear to gog if I have to deal with more threats from another mind controlled motherfucker...

[Well, at least Trickster has been sealed up.]

That's right. Sprite should get helpful hint pings.

[push push push]

There's two of us. We can evade her if she comes for us. And I can influence things with the power of my belief.

[She hesitates. She sees the fear, it's hard for her not to, and it's confusing.]

[But she's young and she makes an assumption because, well...]

[She's afraid too.]

[Maybe it's scarier when you're older. Is it longer being alone then?]

[Slowly, she reaches out, touching his hand, and she jumps a bit because he's warm, but...but he's REAL.]

That's why we're talking, you know?

I'm showing restraint on my usual style of 'touch everything that seems important,' and sacrificing my curiosity about the stuff in here in honor of the occasion. The least you could do is understand and provide a bit of information.

The power of BELIEF?!

[Oh, wow, the wall slammed up then.]

How do you think we GOT here?

Believe it'll work out, believe there's a way to win, believe...believe shit will CHANGE, but it doesn't! It never changes! In the end, I still have jack squat because of her, and I still have to bend to HER will because in the end, I'm a good fucking person who can't kill off an entire race!

I'm not the Shadow.

Assuming as much will block you off from the truth.

[puts her hands up, placating]

That isn't what I meant...

[ He holds up his hands. ]

Whoa! I'm on your side, okay? I'm not here to fuck with your head. I'm here because someone said you needed a friend.

[Considers that for a moment...]

I guess that makes sense. Now that I'm actually thinking about it, a Shadow self would be things that she's repressing, and she doesn't seem to repress self-sacrifice. That's what being a Rogue of Void is.

And the truth is super important for finding the balance of this place, of course.

[HAHAHA SO MUCH TREMBLING AT THE TOUCH BFDHSBFSD and he's curling in on himself not so unlike the girl touching his hand. Oops.

But he'll inhale, exhale, fight the heat rising in his throat do exactly what he did with Doom's version of Roxy. That fear is raw and eats at him, but he digs at it, digs it up with the sadness and the loneliness, that he KNOWS it hurts to be so young and so lonely, so afraid, with so much weight on your shoulders.

Even a grown-up gets afraid. Very afraid.

But there's nothing wrong with being afraid when life is scary.

And, at least for right now, please please please know, little one, that you are not alone.]

Do you think I would BE here if I could just leave?

I can walk through fucking WALLS! Literally, I'm not caught because I'm in a cell, I'm caught because I can be dragged back in by the Spacey girl who will fucking torture me if she has to to make me make a stupid fucking spikeball and gog, wouldn't that be a trip when I do want to make it, because, yeah, sure, fun challenge, but because ENTIRE RACE.

Because the Batterwitch knows what she's doing, and I'm a stupid fucking kid.

[So.....much bitterness going on here.]

....a friend.

And who said this, strange person who looks like neither Strider nor Crocks.

[She looks at him with confused, wide eyes, and she...she knows you're hurting, but it's hard to understand because Carapacians aren't complex creatures. There's a lot here, and it's hard to understand, but she shifts closer, she wants to HELP because it's okay.]

[It's okay because we don't have to be alone, and that's good right, things can be BETTER and-]

[And maybe this helps?]

[Small child is going to hug him.]

...I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. But - you aren't stupid.

This is very true.

And you can only find truth by pursuing knowledge.

Someone contacted me on the chat. The pesterlog. They told me what happened with the Red Miles. And something about a universe inside a frog.

What I'm hearing here is 'It's touch everything time.'

Of course I am.

[She sighs and just....collapses.]

If I wasn't stupid, then I could figure a way out of this. I could figure out a way to save the race without that bitch gettin' 'em and makin' 'em slaves.

I'd have figure out a way to keep her from takin' Jane and Jade and....and avoid this whole mess. I KNEW she was gonna pull something, but I had nothin' ready.

W-wait, wait--

[But oops, hugs happened. He instantly recoils with a hoarse shriek, dropping the blanket as he flails backwards, arms clenching over his head, tucked down against his knees.

I can't I can't I can't I can't I'm too scared I can't---!!]

Edited (how did that happen) 2015-01-25 06:43 (UTC)

...Sometimes it's not about not being smart or brave or strong enough. Sometimes there's just nothing you can do. You don't have as much power as she does, do you? You can't blame yourself for that.

[Shrugs.] Your call.

What.

Calliope?

I didn't do ANYTHING.

I...all I did was realize that I would die heroically if I charged forward, everything else-

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