Taisuke's heart

[dramatispersonae]

There's something humming inside of you, a strange new power etches itself into your heart, something you can't quite sense what it is but can feel it's importance. An endless sea of stars stretches before you, shining brightly, but despite the beauty of the scene there's a yearning deep in your gut. You need to go, you need more, you need to move. As if in answer, one light shines brightly in the distance and calls you forward, blinding you as you reach towards it--

Comments

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[hakutaku]

Good! Now what do we do?

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[telepathetically]

Keep... going?

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[hakutaku]

Alright. If you can't move, let me know.

[let us move forward towards the crying]

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[heroic_homemaker]

[The source of the sobbing is a very young Taisuke, likely no older than six or seven, wearing a simple black suit and curled up on the surface of the water with his knees drawn to his chest. He doesn't react to your appearance.]

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[telepathetically]

—Fire!

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[hakutaku]

I don't remember him being this small . . .

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[heroic_homemaker]

[He's not responding to you.]

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[telepathetically]

[GOES TO TINY CHILD]

Hey, you can't stay here...!

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[hakutaku]

Yeah, you shouldn't be by yourself. I think.

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[heroic_homemaker]

[No I'm just going to keep crying]

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[hakutaku]

[ . . . why is it crying ]

[um]

[what if I try to hair ruffle the baby]

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[heroic_homemaker]

[Then even you are going to start sinking, overwhelmed by grief]

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[hakutaku]

[a-ah--]

[pulling his hand away]

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[heroic_homemaker]

[Back on the surface, bad feelings vanishing. You monster.]

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[hakutaku]

[was pulling away a bad idea . . . ]

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[hakutaku]

[ATTEMPT NUMBER TWO]

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[heroic_homemaker]

[Down into the water...]

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[hakutaku]

[LETS GO AGAIN]

[Okay, I...I guess that probably won't work]

Ahhh, kid! Why is this happening?

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[heroic_homemaker]

[KID DOESN'T KNOW. KID JUST WANTS TO CRY.]

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[hakutaku]

[splashes water at]

Hey-! Listen to me!

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[heroic_homemaker]

[...The kid sinks]

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[hakutaku]

AHHH--

DON'T DO THAT. Stop! Please!

[GRABBING ONTO HIS ARMS AGAIN, GRIEF OR NOT]

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[heroic_homemaker]

[And you're sinking together. It's all your fault, everything is because of you, if you hadn't been here...]

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[hakutaku]

[ . . . oh . . . ]

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[heroic_homemaker]

[Enjoy.]