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...



((Important OOC Note: HOW TEMPERATURE WORKS
Each area of the heart has a temperature applied to it. This "temperature" is essentially a status effect that acts on the emotions. I'll give the details of each emotional status effect in the writeup for that area. Generally I'll give the percentage amount that it's changed, ie, "10-30% (effect)". The reason I'll give a range here is to give you leeway to play with what's comfortable for you while still maintaining the effect. However, a general guide is below:

Warm to hot - Players feel an increased sense of agitation, uncertainty, and general lack of security. All other feelings are normal.
Moderate (normal/default) - No effect. Players feel their emotion as normal.
Cool to cold - Players feel an overall decrease in emotional reaction. Severe lack of affect is in the area.

Players are of course permitted, if you think your character would, to realize their current emotions are under some kind of influence.))



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Comments

[dramatispersonae]

"I created it. I have become Illusion, after all. I create realities."

[sharksong]

. . . What do you create them for?

[dramatispersonae]

"To live in."

[sharksong]

. . . Is reality not good enough?

[dramatispersonae]

"I create reality."

[sharksong]

. . . Um. That doesn't really makes sense.

[dramatispersonae]

"Personal reality. It's about belief. What you choose to believe and what you choose to discard. For example, we both believe in this hat. But if we didn't--"

The hat vanishes.

[sharksong]

—Oh! I think I can understand that a little better . . . Kind of like choosing to believe in our team's bonds?

[dramatispersonae]

"Yes, like that. If you didn't believe in them, that'd change their reality, right? Therefore, believing in them also changes their reality. I still run maintenance here, after all."

[sharksong]

I see . . . You've been doing a really good job then.

[dramatispersonae]

"Thank you very much."

[sharksong]

Is there anywhere specific you think I should go, or is it fine to pick for myself?

[dramatispersonae]

"What do you want to do?"

[sharksong]

To protect you.

[dramatispersonae]

"That's a very wide definition. If you don't harm me, I won't be harmed. The upstairs and downstairs are both open except the new top and bottom floors are only reachable via keycard. The outdoors is a bit different lately, but I won't let anyone get out there without permission from Love and Death."

[sharksong]

D-Death . . .

[eying Erika a little] I might be going that way . . . I don't want someone strange to get out there by themselves.

[dramatispersonae]

"That's understandable. Love and Death are on the new top and bottom floor."

[sharksong]

Does it matter which we see first?

Re: EXPLORE

[dramatispersonae]

"Not really, but you won't be able to get into there without their keycards. They're in the left and right wing respectively -- as my keys were before. The path to the topmost floor is through Want's room and the path to the bottommost floor is through Fear's room."

Re: EXPLORE

[sharksong]

Alright. Thank you for the directions, Illusion.

Re: EXPLORE

[dramatispersonae]

"No problem."