thevoidsdarkhorse | Heart Game (Continued)

Heart Game (Continued)

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...I think I'm good for now.

I think so.

Are you absolutely certain?

[...okay, I get what's happening. Kind of.]

...it doesn't matter. Forget it. The important thing is that I'm on your side. I'm here to help, if you want it.

...Even a con can get conned, Roxy.

[Blood, blood, blood, there was so much BLOOD, but blood is more than life, but how it binds people, ties them together. Sometimes those bindings can be choking, suffocating, dragging people down, like it's dragging HER down, because it's the people she remembers, the people she lived for.]

[In the end, you're an heir, and if your aspect needs to be changed, it is in your power to inspire that change when people need it. The blood she's focused on has dragged her down, has taken the life from her eyes, and left her in this wreck state.]

[But there's more than that blood in here, isn't there? Everyone keeps saying how they want to help, offer their own blood to prove it, and there is power there. There is kindness and caring and change. You can take that change, use that blood to get power, to give you focus, to make sure that those desires don't fall short.]

[You can use that blood to cause change.]

[You can use it to inspire her to free her from that sadness and see the bonds that could save her from despair.]

[You can change it, Heir of Blood, just step forward, and see with new eyes.]

...

As certain as I'm gonna be.

So, what, another kidnapped kid?

All right. I hope you feel a little better.

I do.

I am glad.

Do you know where I should go next?

...through the window should be good.

[ Yes, he does focus on that feeling, the sincere belief that they can change this, that she can, she only needs to understand she can. And he lashes out with the feeling, trying to use his still nascent faith, sinking it deep into the other bindings that hold this place in such suffering. He can change it. ]

[nods]

I will do that then. Please take care, Roxy.

I will.

And thanks again.

Aah. Thank you, too.

[AND I GUESS THE WINDOW IS MY DESTINATION NOW]

People...falter. Make mistakes. It's only human, even when it seems we make them at the worst possible moments.

But you have friends.

[You push, tug, PULL, and suddenly, you're out of the void.]

[You're on the street. You have your Nitori. And you're in front of a tall building, and you know it's the lab.]

[And you can see those strands, that blood, see where it's all tangled together, and she's right there in front of you.]

[It’s Roxy. Standing there in a t-shirt, skirt, and leggings, her mother’s scarf wrapped around her. In her hand is a piece of glass covered in blood, her own clothes stained the same. Around her are bodies. The bodies of her friends and Rose.]

[(The blood binds her to them, constricting her throat, her limbs, keeping her from moving forward, and it needs to change change change because the blood is clotting, killing her.)]

[She looks over her shoulder at you, and she’s smiling, but her eyes are empty. She turns to you, and perhaps you’ll realize the blood is HERS. She’s covered in jagged injuries, but nowhere vital. Those spots are covered in bands of Tiamat purple outlined in black.]

[(More blood, good blood, bright red, still pulsing. A duty, a responsibility she holds to others, reasons she needs to stay ALIVE, and a bond, inspired from a friend.)]

[She holds out the shard of glass.]

Kill me.

[(You can change it.)]

[Only good decisions now]

I don't know why...

[... wha—]

Ah... Hello. Derse?

Yes.

... are you Nix?

[somehow... I feel like I'm right]

Even if you don't know why, they are people who have decided to care about you. At least try to have faith in that.

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