dramatispersonae | Guy Cecil's Heart

[mimics the correct gesture]

... Tiniest... fistbump?

[cute]

What are you playing?

[o///o]

"... Gardener..."

That shimmer at the corner of your eyes again.

[tries to follow it without alarming bb Guy]

How do you play that?

Out of the corner of your eye, the place is blazing on fire - you can feel the heat, smell blood. But in front of you, it's fine.

"By gardening... and picking flowers."

[... sighs heavily]

I think I should go inside now.

"As long as you don't steal anything," Mary chides from behind. She doesn't sound worried.

[ eyes Van]

I think I know better.

[Going inside]

... Vandesdelca straightens up a bit, prideful.

When you open the door, you open it to a half-built ruin. It's rubble. The tiling is still in place, and some walls stand, eerily perfect and unmarred despite the shapes being similar to fire damage - their edges are glowing with that same off, shimmering quality. Otherwise it's completely open to the sky, and you can easily see around you now thanks to this place being so reduced - houses nearby, streets, - all ruins. Every part of the town you're in.

Opposite you is the single structure standing, an empty fireplace and hearth. There's something on the ground in front of it.

[Picking up the thing]

It's Mary's pendant.

The area is instantly ablaze, and the full blast of this memory (Guy's actual memory of the event, that is) hits you - Mary shoving him into the fireplace, then bolting to him when she sees he'd left. She shoves him underneath her body and mutters to him while she bleeds out, and other bodies pf maids pile on top of her quickly. You can't move and blood is dripping on your face and fire is everywhere, and you're too scared to make a sound. The soldiers leave but there's still too much weight, and it feels like you'll never, ever get out --

When the memory ends and you come back to yourself, the time of day in the rubble has changed from night to morning.

[passing a hand over his face and through his hair]

Shit. Hell.

[And now to look for Guy ]

Well which guy the fatty one outside? Where u goin Yuri

[I am exploring the inside of this ruin listening for noises]

As you explore, in the yard just outside of the room you were in, you hear a vague rustle in the bushes.

[cautiously]

Guy?

No response.

[walks over to the bushes, pace measured]

There's definitely a little boy there that's been carefully stashed - he's limp like a doll at the moment.

[crouching down and reaching out a hand to touch his shoulder, shaking him a little if he doesn't rouse immediately]]

He looks up in a daze - he's not focusing very well. He's having trouble breathing - likely all the smoke - and he's soaked in blood.

"Ah--...?"

Hey.

[hesitates for a moment, considering, before just picking him up]

"... Bandit?..."

Yeah, it's me.

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