Naoto's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

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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[telltaleheart]

Seems like the best plan, doesn't it?

[heads right]

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

[f-following

I can't tell if I should be anxious or not...]

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[dramatispersonae]

Once you reach the center of the maze, the carpet ends to reveal a set of three large pillars surrounding another television with a remote on top of above it. However, instead of marble these pillars seem to be made out of clockwork similar to what you saw in the first area—but with springs and levers and buttons and various doodads that you can clearly touch.

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

[...are any of them labelled]

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[dramatispersonae]

Nope!

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

[welp I'm going to push a random button. ok]

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[telltaleheart]

[looks a little unsure about this but doesn't say anything]

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[dramatispersonae]

It triggers some movement in the clockwork, but you can't tell exactly what.

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

...Perhaps we should have some sort of control...

[uh. turning on the tv]

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[dramatispersonae]

The remote has a power button, a mute button, and a volume control, as well as numbers 1-4. You turn the TV on to static.

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[telltaleheart]

Another one of these...?

[just watches her amazing TV-control skills again]

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

Hmm...

[3!!]

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[dramatispersonae]

You get to see this memory.

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[telltaleheart]

[D-Dere. Smiles at the screen a bit.]

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

Uwawah--

[PRESSING 2 INSTEAD!!1 it is embarrassing watching myself!!]

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[dramatispersonae]

You get this instead.

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[telltaleheart]

[...Laughs. Fondly.]

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

D-Does she not speak to anyone else on Peridot? [I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FEEL IF I HAVE MY OWN HEDGE MAZE. 1???]

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[dramatispersonae]

You had to have seen this coming.

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

[4 4 4 4 4 oh no this is a deep conversation]

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[telltaleheart]

Maybe you just made an impact...

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[dramatispersonae]

The 4 button shows a montage memory; a series of gatherings with Tiger’s Eye and Peridot—either at a team meeting, working on the forge, participating in a game, or Naoto calmly observing Josh and Ventus.

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[boxupallthebutterflies]

...All right, this seems safe!! Now let's see if we're making a difference here!!

[PULLS A LEVER]

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[dramatispersonae]

A lever is pulled! The maze suddenly lights up with hedge lights. There's one more doohickey you haven't fiddled with yet.

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[telltaleheart]

That seems safe enough...