thevoidsdarkhorse | Heart Game (Continued)

Heart Game (Continued)

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[They are too scared and panicked to think of food right now, thankfully. And still the MOST OBEDIENT, but it seems a certain bunch at the front don't seem inclined to move.]

[Your phone pings again as you approach a tall building.]

TG: thats the lab
TG: need to get on the roof
TG: theres a ladder down
TG: n also
TG: be a good friend

[And then it disconnected.]

[Which might be a bit vague except you can now also see a figure standing in between you and the building. It seems the Carapacians are giving her a wide berth.]

[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.]

[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 tiamt-with-black, a vibrant red, and blue. She holds out the shard of glass.]

Kill me.

[She holds up a hand and backs an 0 with her figures.]

Thad maky mucks.

Fucks.

[Still drinking.]

CW: yes

[Hugs are always good.]

[She...shakes against him, but doesn't pull away on her own. Which is...something.]

[But when you ascend...]

...What? No, I'll get you somewhere safe, somewhere you can rest. What happened to you?

Is that why people say sorry then? When it's not their fault?

[Rage is whiplash room, sorry bro.]

[You can certainly fly, but it seems unlikely you'll be fast enough with simple flying to escape unscathed.]

[void senses, activate! the first thing he does in every new room]

[he extends his hand towards some of the fireflies as he approaches, making note of that Tiamat purple cube]

. . . are you building something?

Some see it. Others are blind to it.

I'm....never sure why people want to help me specifically.

I believe so.

...then, I want to trust them.

To help me make more stable blocks.

[There are two alterations. There is also a second red cube, like the bands the other Roxy had. There also appears to be a stylized feather etched on the floor.]

[There is A LOT of void around you, but....this is more in tune with yours.]

[This isn't an end. This is a beginning. You just have to figure out what to make.]

[The fireflies are...something different. Not void, but also not normal existence either?]

I'm trying to.

VS: okay
VS: okay
VS: with hope now
VS: shes waiting for you guys
VS: she needs more support for her base

[ taps further into his powers as he sees he won't be there in time, destroy the building, destroy that destruction. it's... not what he ideally wants to do, but he doesn't want more possible regrets in here. not for Roxy, at least. he'll try to protect what he can to help her ]

[None can take on the power of Can Town. It is all knowing, all seeing, all powerful.]

[...friends...?]

[What is this magical word you speak of.]

CW: leaving for Rage soon

[. . . ah, yes. this is the void he has found he likes the most. he smiles, and crouches down next to the stylized feather, running his hands over it thoughtfully]

Need some help?

Ah.

[ He reaches out to pat his block and the Tiamat one some. ]

Sounds like a plan. I'm sure they've got plenty to help.

I came in here to help you for a reason, you know.

[That smirk broadens a bit, softer, a more comforting happiness even if it's tinged with a sad sort of heaviness. It's hard, and already he has to fight to keep himself honest in the moment, habit wanting to rearrange the topic and shut out every strength that his Aspect was offering...

But he knows now that it's just as hard for both of them.]

I won't give up on you, Roxy. You have my word.

I don't want to go somewhere safe. I want everything to end.

[She gestures to the side at her dead friends.]

[So.]

[That memory you saw.]

[...typing out a message.]

[DW: What did you want me to do with Rage?]

[BOOM.]

[It's very easy to destroy heart manifestation, man.]

[The wall turns to rumble and it falls around you harmless.]

[You now +1 flailing Carapacian.]

Uh huh, friends! You, the older you, she's helped me a lot.

[the most painfully sincere honesty, to the point where she has to blink away a sudden tear or two]

So....so I'd like to help you, now.

[ looking at the Carapacian, checking how injured it is, once it's safe ]

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