dramatispersonae | Naoto's Heart

Naoto's Heart

You find yourself falling through a black abyss, the air cold around you, although not bitingly so. Just as your eyes begin to adjust to the darkness on every side, you're dropped through a chute and tossed out into a brightly-lit area...

((#hardwired))

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[for the first time in a bit, he finally looks shaken, as if some part of him is about to start trembling. he hesitates as he stops a couple feet from the manikin, blinking through the uneasiness.

(the inevitable feeling that he might just be an insomniac for a while.)

and then he walks up and puts the eyes in, brow furrowing and jaw tense]

The wires from the manikin’s interior curl outwards to grab onto the missing eyes and attach them. The manikin is complete.

As all missing pieces are brought together, the manikin moves, stiffly and making grinding, creaking noises—but doesn’t appear to be broken. It steps down from the pedestal and as it does, a large hole appears below it, leading down into darkness. The manikin swings its legs over the edge, and jumps down.