thevoidsdarkhorse | Heart Game (Continued)

Heart Game (Continued)

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[the healthiest

Also screw those guys, I'll turn them into frogs too. They're not real they're just heart memories!! And I am the MASTER OF HEART

...

...or so I believe, anyway]

[SO HEALTHY.]

[Well, you're turning robots into frogs!]

[Rollllll a 10 sider.]

[Good, you learned.]

[She looks just a bit amused.]

You're a strange, strange guy.

[My schedule's been kind of sucking too, honestly.]

...promise?

[8, CAUSE I'M GR8]

Why do you say that?

[ stops in front of her, and really, she isn't wrong ]

[Someday, there will be a string of games we can actually make again, somehow...]

Yeah, I promise.

Most would be eager to get away from the death room.

[SOMEHOW!!!! o9]

...okay.

[And mood whiplash as you're BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD and oh look, there's robots still firing rockets at you.]

[At least the Carapacians seemed to have run off.]

It helped you both.

What gave you that idea?

[Flashes. Faces, people.]

[Zelos, so frustrating, you know you've missed so much, but you're trying to understand, there has to be a way you can understand him, give him what he needs, and in a way that would stop breaking him in the process.]

[Sapphire, who you know is hurting, but she learned the truth, and she won't tell you, says you've been through enough.]

[Otacon who always looks down on himself and it seems like you can never get through those barriers.]

[Technic who you've realized shares so many of the same feelings you do, but he never listens, never let's himself be helped, and you've seen where that goes, but it's like Zelos, you can't reach out in a way that will let him reach back.]

[Hydra and Sparrow and you're afraid to tell them the truth, afraid that they'll do what Sapphire did, treat you like glass when that's not what you want, never what you want, and it's more important than anything else that they don't. You can't take the idea of someone so important looking at you with eyes like those.]

[Over and over, people you can't quite reach out in the way they need, and people pull back when you open up, and it's not what you want it's not what you want it's not what you want]

[You're by the Cove, at the edge of Kyriakos.]

[And there's Roxy, sitting at the edge of the void, staring at a book, tapping the page with her pen.]

Because we're friends, and it helped you.

"Yes."

"I think we're gonna be good friends. Thank you."

Oh, just a feelin'.

B....buuuut....you...h-hurt....

[Hey, no complaints here. Mostly a one-armed hug from him with the other holding onto that cube, but he holds her close and firm, an aura of protectiveness around it.

It's hard. He knows he's being such a hypocrite here, and there's a fear that it will color what he passes on. But... just because he can't follow the advice himself doesn't make it any less true.]

I want you to be happy, Roxy. Not just for the sake of it, or to make things get by for the people around you. My hope is that... somehow, with the people you're meeting here, you find your way back to happiness. That you have plenty of chances to smile and enjoy things, while never forgetting the past that's made you how you are. I hope you're loved as much as you choose to love in return... even if you can be plenty stubborn about it. I hope you find the bravery to speak up when you feel overwhelmed or scared. I hope you cherish what you have here.

And... I hope you can keep going. Find ways to heal. Find the ways I... still haven't found myself. You're only a teenager, you know? You have so much life left to live.

...

I don't want to see you ever give up. My wish is that you keep finding your reasons to continue. Find your reasons to smile and laugh and love someone, even if it scares you to pieces.

Until then, I want to be here to help you out whenever you need me.

[...wow he is not used to mood whiplash hang on he's going to shake his head a moment]

Tan?

[But if the Carapacians have run off and are safe, that's the important thing. So now the point is to get to the lab.]

I'm fine. Come on, this way.

[We are going to fly toward the lab, attempting to exploit Light-y knowledge to know the trajectories of the rockets and be able to dodge them.]

[No wait, can I take it back, I'm not gr8 enough for this shit

AP...PROACHING, kind of wary this time because if the last room is any indication of what she's in for it's probably going to be another exercise in frustration.]

Roxy...?

And it let me understand you, so I could get your views on things.

Sometimes, you have to be willing to take on the burdens of others. And sometimes, you have to share them. That's friendship.

...but you're kind.

[You can do the dodgey thing. But there's still five robots after you.]

Well, I'd never turn down a challenge.

[...What if he tries another one of those giant laser beams, aimed at the robots this time? That worked well enough earlier, right?

~~/)-(\~~]

[As he speaks, Roxy hugs him just a bit tighter, seeming to be taking full advantage of ths hug while she can. Moreover, the longer he speaks, the more the fireflies gathering around them. Particularly around the cube in his hand.]

[She nods against him.]

Why do you want to help? [Not a disbelieving tone. Just a question, a prompt.]

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