Rolo's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

Tick, tick, tick, tick.

You fall through space breathlessly, airlessly, your heart skipping a beat. When you land, everything is black for a moment before you rise and see who is with you and where you are...


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[OOC Note: Temperature | The Clock Shop | A New Arrival | The Clock Tower | The Basement | The Left Wing | The Right Wing | Return to Clock Shop | Outdoors | Post-Scoring Poking-Around Threadin']

Comments

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

. . . [approaches slowly, trying to sit down by him if he'll let her]

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

It stares at you over its knees.

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

[pppets its hair?]

Can you tell me what you're so afraid of?

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

It freezes under the touch. "Everything..."

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

You don't need to be . . .

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"Why not? I can lose things."

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

Everyone can lose things, but that doesn't mean it's definitely going to happen. You should be trying to hold on to what you have instead of giving up if it starts to look bad.

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"No! I can't! If I still want it and it goes away then it'll be terrible. I won't."

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

It won't be terrible. Maybe it'll be a little hard, but giving up without even trying is like accepting defeat before fighting at all. Is that really the kind of person you want to be?

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"I don't want to lose what I have. I don't want to lose it. There's nothing at all else. So I can't lose it."

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

Then you need to try harder to keep it. That's why I want to fix that broken one.

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"It's not something I have... it's gross. I don't like it." He picks at his knee joints.

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

Do you mean being able to fix things?

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"The broken one. That's what I mean!"

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

What does he represent?

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"Hope."

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

. . . You should never give up on hope.

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"It's annoying."

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

It's important.

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"It's annoying, I said!!"

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

Just because you think it's annoying isn't a good reason to get rid of it. Everything can't be perfect all the time, and hope is . . . It's what gives you a reason to keep going.

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"Getting rid of annoying things is the only good reason to do anything..."

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

You know that isn't true.

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[dramatispersonae]

"Get rid of the annoying things and keep the things that feel good."

Re: DOWNSTAIRS: The basement

[sharksong]

Sometimes you need to deal with those annoying things to get to the good ones.