Tsukihiko's Heart

[dramatispersonae]

You enter the heart and immediately find yourself drowning. The salt of the water stings your eyes and your throat. You're about 20 feet underwater, legs tangled in seaweed, and of course, you can't breathe like that. Even if you can hold your breath, here come the snakes -- winding around you, tangling, sliding up your body and pressing their faces against your mouth, your nose... eventually they force their way in and slide down your throat. You can feel them wiggling all the way down, coiling in your belly...

Abruptly, you can breathe underwater.

The seaweed draws you down, down, to a new area...


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[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a rather unusual bedroom. It's wide, open, and round -- and all of the walls are made of solid glass. Which is understandable, because the room itself appears to be underwater. Outside, sharks and fish and eels and octopi swim and drift around it, occasionally absently brushing the side with a soft bump.

A bed is in the middle of the room, the sheets slightly rumpled. A calendar hangs on one wall; Xs have been marked off onto it in red for most of the month, stopping a few days before the full moon. A red crayon hangs from it by a string. Several of the Aather "shouta shorts" uniforms in Jasper colours hang from some coathangers on the wall, making a pile that is pushed out from the wall. There is an overhead light, but it's not on. A noose hangs from it about 8 feet from the ground -- so, just out of reach for even the tallest person. A dresser is pushed against one wall. On top of it is a doll (half-sewn, needle and thread hanging from it) of a cat, a pair of water pistols, and a glass of water.

A small metal drawer, closed, is in one wall. There is also a door to the left, a door to the right, and a trap door in the floor.

[performing]

[Jasper, huh ...]

[but first drifting to the walls, peering out at the aquatic wildlife]

[dramatispersonae]

They drift by, not particularly interested in you.

[performing]

[I hear sharkfin soup is good, though ... I'm hungry ...

nah, circling around to examine the cat-doll instead]

[dramatispersonae]

It is black, has two tails, and mismatched button eyes, one yellow and one blue.

[performing]

[kind of cute ... though is leaving a needle out a good idea? can we move it so that the cat is "holding" it?]

[dramatispersonae]

Sure thing! How cute.

[mysong]

[DROWNING A SECOND TIME ISN'T FUN]

[...taking a look at that cat doll though]

[performing]

[you can have your own needle-sword, little cat doll. if I knew anything about sewing I would make you tiny boots.]

[ON TO LOOK AT THE METAL DRAWER. THING.]

[shipwithwings]

[f-flutters his wings, THAT WAS UNPLEASANT]

[...heads for the bed]

[dramatispersonae]

It is black, has two tails, and mismatched button eyes, one yellow and one blue. Due to Allen's ministrations, it is now holding its needle.

[dramatispersonae]

As you approach it, you can see that the sheets are damp and muddy.

[dramatispersonae]

It is set deeply into the wall. Tugging on it will reveal that it is locked, but there doesn't seem to be a keyhole.

[mysong]

[claps! that cat could use more tails, but it's good.]

[can i open the dresser?]

[rebells]

[:/ frowning at that noose

can the drawer be opened?]

[dramatispersonae]

Yes. It is full of towels.

[performing]

[no keyhole, huh :|a examining around it, then, for any sort of latches or concealed levers, etc]

[shipwithwings]

[sniffs disapprovingly and starts pulling them off]

[dramatispersonae]

Nope. It appears to be locked, and there is no immediately apparent keyhole.

[mysong]

[> take towel]

[> apply to top of body]

[> ???]

[SUCCESS!]

[dramatispersonae]

The sheets come off easily. The bed underneath is also wet.

[dramatispersonae]

...yes you are now dry

[debossy]

Ah! [gasping, still recovering from that ordeal] What--

[HUFF!]

[once he's got his bearings a bit, though . . . ]

Azure--?

[what's with this light and this noose. can I fly up to it]

[dramatispersonae]

Doesn't seem to be any. It must be a puzzle!

[dramatispersonae]

Sure can. The noose seems to be functioning as a pull string for the light.