Judith's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

Before you can open your eyes, you can feel a peaceful sort of calm washing over you, like the pleasant feeling of relaxing after a long day of work. This does not erase any other feelings you were having, but it settles over you, tempering them.

When you open your eyes, the setting is familiar. You find yourself on top of the cliffs. It looks like it’s an hour before dusk, and the sun is bathing the scenery in a soft orange glow, its edge just touching the water. From where you are, you can see the beach, and the path to the cabins.

If you look straight ahead, you can see a door about twenty feet away from the cliffs. There is nothing beneath it. There are no markings indicating where it goes, but you get the feeling that this door will take you far away from Aather.

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THE CLIFFS

[dramatispersonae]

Re: THE CLIFFS

[pitching]

[looking around]

. . . huh.

Re: THE CLIFFS

[becoming_hope]

Hello? May I ask who this is?

Re: THE CLIFFS

[appleofhiseye]

[inspecting the door...]

Re: THE CLIFFS

[tocatchafallingapple]

[ so this is a heart game... ]

Re: THE CLIFFS

[glorious]

[...Feeling this calm is an excellent start.]

[...I will be checking out that door though.]

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[goneastray]

[If you hear this voice, it's in your head. Not spoke aloud.]

... How did I get up here?

Re: THE CLIFFS

[boottothehead]

Ah-- goodness.

[tentatively heading towards the door]

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[boottothehead]

[d-disoriented]

Ah-- [w-well then, she feels like a jerk, peering in on memories like that. inhaling deeply, then surveying the cliffs for a bath down to the beach]

TERCA LUMIREIS

[dramatispersonae]

"What happened to taking a break?!" A boy's voice.
"Hmm... Now's a good time. It looks like no one is following us anymore."
"... How can you tell?" A girl's voice.
"... Hmm, intuition I suppose."

You find yourself in heavy tree cover. It's a good thing, really, because it's raining steadily. The path ahead winds through the trees, and you can't see where it ends out.

Re: TERCA LUMIREIS

[glorious]

[...Wish I had thought to bring my cloak. Guess I'll be taking a walk down that path.]

...Thank you, Judith.

Re: TERCA LUMIREIS

[boottothehead]

[lifting a hand to brush her bangs out of her eyes, glancing around and trying to find the source of the voices]

Re: TERCA LUMIREIS

[dramatispersonae]

Opening this door, you’re greeted with the smell of burning flesh, and the sight of explosions aimed at the flying beasts in the sky. But focusing back on the ground, there is a small village in ruins. Fires are everywhere, young children and adults alike are wounded or dead on the ground, all of them with pointy ears and antennas.

Ahead, there is a bridge, and the echoes of a crying child.

THE BEACH

[dramatispersonae]

As you arrive at the beach, there is little that sets it apart from the one you know in Aather. However, if you glance at the water, you feel a bit of a tug, like someone is tugging on your heart. It’s not necessarily unpleasant, just the feeling of fussing and worrying over someone dear.

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[becoming_hope]

[looking out at the water] Someone you like is in there?

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[pitching]

[walking towards the water to get a better look...]

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[goneastray]

[Steps back at that tug.]

What was that? It felt weird...

Re: THE BEACH

[tocatchafallingapple]

[ ahhh the beach~ ]

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[appleofhiseye]

[looking around at the hearttugs]

...Judith...?

UNDERWATER CAVE

[dramatispersonae]

When you emerge, you find yourself in a wide cavern. The water gives off a calm glow. The cave is silent except for the light drip of water. There appear to be three different inlets in the rock, one that looks like it’s partially caved in. The other two only differ in size and accessibility.

As you step out of the water, you feel a warmth spreading throughout you. It’s vaguely like the sensation of being under a warm blanket when you first wake up.

Re: UNDERWATER CAVE

[goneastray]

[Listening to those drips intently, as he steps out and then closing his eyes, making soft puppy rumbles at the sensation.]

Mmm...

FEELINGS ISLAND

[dramatispersonae]

As you continue onto the beach, there are two paths that you can take, one to the right and one to the left.

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[appleofhiseye]

Crown? Right or left?

THE RING

[dramatispersonae]

As you step towards the ring, it’s draped in flowing Sapphire colored tapestries. Before you can enter, there is a closet. The clothes seem to match the themes of Mother’s games: genteel Victorian. You can’t enter until you have donned your outfit.

Re: THE RING

[pitching]

This is infinity times better than Red's Ring!!

[DIVES INTO THE CLOTHES 8D]

THE CABINS

[dramatispersonae]

They are all varying sizes-- with Sapphire being the largest.

In order of size, they rank: Sterling, Tiger's Eye, Coral, Iolite, Onyx, and the rest being vaguely bigger than toy houses.

Re: THE CABINS

[becoming_hope]

Oh, hey, there they are!

TRUE HEART

[dramatispersonae]

You're outside of Sapphire cabin, now, but the view is a lot different. You're at the top of a mountain, looking down at the scenery below you. Judith is standing near the bridge.

Once you come through the door, it vanishes.

Re: TRUE HEART

[appleofhiseye]

[running straight for her]

Judith!

THE MANSION

[dramatispersonae]

This is it. This is the heist you've been waiting to pull. However, there are guards at the gate. How are you going to get inside? Violencing them is an option, but it's probably just going to bring more.

Re: THE MANSION

[ferrissaves]

[Distract the guards with my "fragile beauty" routine and collapse in view of them.

When they come out, we kick their asses and take their clothes.]