Heart Game (Continued)

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[There's nothing]

[Nothing]

[Nothingnothingnothingnothingnothing]

[Isn't that wonderful though?]

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RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[The words echo, in Roxy’s voice, her words soft, and pleading.]

It's unbearable, ain't it? Those times where you look at the world, see the things that make you happy...and the only thought that comes to mind is 'how long until all of it is taken away.' Because it will, that's what it does.

Knowing that there's nothing to be done about what you've suffered, what's hurt you, because it's not something people should go through, and the idea of people viewing you as some pitiable thing is unbearable because it's not what you want so you don't let on the truth.

You want to help people, so you make your problems seem less.

But.

All you do is box it up. Just boxing it up over and over again (void it out). Until the world takes that one thing, that one thing that's somehow letting you keep it together.

Then it all burns down. You go into a murderous rage, try to destroy what's hurt you, but then it's gone before you can wipe that smug look off his fucking clown face (the spider bitch) (the Batterwitch), and then… [Her voice cracks.]

Then it's just oblivion.

[You find yourself in Roxy’s room again. However, the bed appears to be missing, replaced with a strange machine, and bloodstains on the floor. More than that, it’s wrecked, with signs of fire and the roof partially collapsed. You can see the stringy red mass in the sky, and hear the crackle of fire. The air is thick, hot, stifling.]

[There’s also rather...violent pink scrawling all over the walls. “dun pity me” “see me” “dun leave me alone” “dun break ur promises” “its not fair” “i deserved it” “dun deserve anything” “im sorry” “sorry” “sor” “IM SORRY” “SORRYSORRYSORRYSORRY”]

[CHANGE: Many of these have been scratched out, and more encouraging messages have been placed.]

[And one wall just has one word on it, big and covering it all. “DISAPPEAR”]

["YOU DON'T HAVE TO DISAPPEAR" has also been written on that wall, but the handwriting is obviously different. The travel window seems to be gone, though the sealed window is still here. There's a crack in it, along with a note taped over it.]

["DON'T USE THIS

DON'T USE THIS

FIND SOMEONE TO TALK TO

FIND A DISTRACTION

THIS ISN'T YOUR ONLY OPTION."]

[This and a few other changes may alert you to the fact this was the first room you appeared in.]

[On the ceiling is a symbol.]

[There’s a ping on your phone and a message.]

TG: go to the lab

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[From here]

[You wake up to darkness, your heart pounding in your chest, and you're focusing, trying to hear the breathing, telling yourself it wasn't fake, it was real, you're not alone again, and you panic because you can't hear any breathing-]

[But then you remember Gloss isn't around and you're the only girl and you really need to ask Libra or someone to share the room with you. For now you just get up and go find DS instead.]

Re: RAGE

[menially]

[Yet another bad ping of a familiar sort. Though, at least here, he feels he can try to do something.

He'll focus on the memories of his own nightmares - night after night of restless sleep, always exhausting, always leaving one drained and frightened, hoping for at least one moment of peace. It isn't fair, it's never fair, can't it be fair for once--

And he will try to shape that, create it into a simple mobile to hang above this bed - something to see, to touch, to remind her that she is still there. She's still alive. She hasn't disappeared.]

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[From here]

[She nods.] A lot of us did.

I did too. I...I extended my void protection to her too. My feelin's weren't nuff, but my blood was.

If I was stronger.....maybe I could protect her...

Re: RAGE

[showyouthesight]

I don't think it's about strength. There's a lot of ridiculously strong people and Nyssa just turns that against them. All we can really do is be there for people afterwards and make sure they come back to us... It sucks.

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[From here]

[It's kind of]

[Well]

[Basically space right there is making no sense that way because it's like she's everywhere and nowhere and there is a lot of signal interference.]

[Because she's in a lot of Rage and Rage is a weird set up.]

Re: RAGE

[bloodbiter]

[...in that case, yes, she's going to where she felt the carapacians were, using her powers of belief to reach it faster.]

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[From here]

[He can't feel the direction of the lab in here.]

[The entire house feels like a void. Empty, empty void.]

Re: RAGE

[carptricks]

. . .

[all right. if he can't rely on his sixth and seventh senses, he'll rely on one of his usual five]

[are there any doors he can take to explore the rest of the house physically?]

Re: RAGE

[fairhands]

[ From here ]

Th...that's...

[ What is he supposed to say when it feels like he doesn't have all the details?

And even if he did, what can he say when he took the other path and still got the same end result? ]

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

...

Re: RAGE

[dirtydoll]

[It takes her a minute to respond, partly because the sudden change in the air and temperature is so stifling, and partly because she forgot she even had the phone.]

BE: Roxy?
BE: What happened in here?

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

TG: ur in rage
TG: in basic terms
TG: doom is facts
TG: rage is the reaction

Re: RAGE

[pawper]

[no excuse me i need to first quell the urge to slap someone who isn't even here]

LM: THE LAB/

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[Jane was a logical girl, sadly. She was not ready for that bullshit.]

TG: youll be able to feel it
TG: just think u wanna go

[When she does, she'll feel it. An odd sort of just KNOWING the direction. Sbe'll be fairly sure even if she gets turned around, she'll know the way she needs to go.]

[But she is gonna need to go outside.]

[Always wondered, was directions because of the void, or was it because she grew up with chess people with perfect senses of direction?]

Re: RAGE

[forthemackerel]

[ is my pillow fort still here? ]

CW: where is the lab

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[...yes, I just forgot about it, SORRY.]

[There is, indeed, a pillow fort here.]

Re: RAGE

[unguilded]

Like it doesn't exist...

[ He mutters to himself, somewhat pained. It's not the same, but the general idea of one being distanced from something that hasn't affected them hits him harder than it should. Because that's how so much has felt for him here, and it makes a few of his own pains feel raw all over again.

But he shakes his head, and he looks around. And his eyes go wide. ]

Oh no...

[ Buuuuut then he notices the phone. ]

TP: The lab?
TP: Which way is
TP: Actually, nevermind.
TP: I think I can figure that much out on my own, now.
TP: Thanks for letting me know where I need to go, though.

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[Sorry we got some similarities, bro. ):]

[Also I guess there's a pillow for there I forgot about.]

TG: oh good
TG: yeah not everyone has bee
TG: oh right
TG: seer of breath
TG: youll actually just kinda know without the windy thing
TG: but whatev floats ur boat

[When he does, he'll feel it. An odd sort of just KNOWING the direction. He'll be fairly sure even if he gets turned around, he'll know the way she needs to go.]

[But he is gonna need to go outside.]

[Always wondered, was directions because of the void, or was it because she grew up with chess people with perfect senses of direction?]

Re: RAGE

[lucciola]

[he... doesn't quite register the ping or the room first, just kind of breathing slowly, because he feels... it feels... so much. he hasn't tried to make anyone understand things about him because of this kind of reasoning. or part of it.

when he looks up he just stares]

FF: The lab?
FF: What... happened to the first room?

Re: RAGE

[thevoidsdarkhorse]

[So many similar feels for all.]

TG: youll be able to feel it
TG: just think u wanna go

[When he does, he'll feel it. An odd sort of just KNOWING the direction. He'll be fairly sure even if he gets turned around, he'll know the way he needs to go.]

[But he is gonna need to go outside.]

[Always wondered, was directions because of the void, or was it because she grew up with chess people with perfect senses of direction?]

TG: technically nothin
TG: thats how its supposed to look
TG: it was bein hidden b4 n i just
TG: sorta
TG: reinforced it
TG: when u lot showed up
TG: so u didnt trip over danger right away
TG: esp since we got a bunch of normals in here
TG: goin in2 rage w/o revivals
TG: or any practice wit classpect powers?
TG: real bad way 2 go

Re: RAGE

[unguilded]

[ Guess who's FLYING OVER THE HOLE IN THE ROOF???????? And holding a Carapacian tightly with one arm. ]

Lucciola! There you are!

Re: RAGE

[fuhrinkaed]

[okay but I have never seen this room before because I'm a goddamn cheater who circumvents things.]

[but if Knight Light is saying to go to the lab I guess we try to find our way to the lab.]

Re: RAGE

[secretofthefox]

...You do exist.

[He's going to keep insisting that, dammit. It's irrefutable fact to him, Roxy is his important teammate, and much as she deserves so much better he's not about to deny that all that bad stuff happened.

So first he's going to text Knight back.]

VA: Hey Roxy?
VA: Just going to ask
VA: Any more pieces of you I'm likely to run into?
VA: I'm not really good at dealing with just parts of the whole
VA: Especially when emotion can't be involved
VA: But if there are more then I'll try

[He's then going to try another Light-y thing to try and find out what knowledge is available to him from the start, especially:

1. Is this Rage, then?
2. What is Rage?
3. Where is the lab?

Fiere will, meanwhile, check out the new piece of equipment. Because what is it. Also the bed being gone means the fanfic journal is missing too :( And also is there still blood on the floor over there?]

Re: RAGE

[forthemackerel]

[ sees all the colors and bands and the chances and just quietly goes to sit down next to her ]