Erika heart

[dramatispersonae]

You get the sense that you pass through a door, but it shuts immediately behind you. However, when you look back, there is nothing but a dead end wall behind you. There is carpet is lush beneath your feet, and the corners are free of dust. Except for the lack of any actual entrance, it could easily be the entranceway of a lavish mansion.

Any magical or otherwise supernatural abilities you have are disabled.

♫ the great detective knows

((please join #thegreatdetective))

Comments

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

[looks around for one of the pieces stuck in the net]

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[dramatispersonae]

Lambda uprighted the knight already, but there's a small piece half stuck through.

If you will feel a strong anxiety over your failures, the awareness that they certainly number higher than your victories, and the worry that you won't be able to turn things around no matter how hard you try.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

[hmm]

[leaving it there and taking a few steps closer to Erika]

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[dramatispersonae]

As you get closer, you can see that her looks are somewhat in the uncanny valley. She seems almost like a doll, and you can almost make out joints at her wrists... Are those marionette strings, just barely catching the light? But it's hard to notice unless you're paying close attention.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

...Strings...?

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Yes...?

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

Aren't those uncomfortable...?

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[looks at him oddly]

I wouldn't know.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

[walking up to her, trying to reach to touch one of the strings]

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[dramatispersonae]

You can do so, although Erika keeps looking at you strangely.

It's a thin but sturdy line, slightly slack, and it leads from somewhere under Erika's dress upwards into the darkness above.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

...If I step off this web, will I be able to get on it again, or will I have to give you new truths?

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[thinkoutsidethebox]

You'll be able to return.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

Awesome.

[going back upstairs and returning with the bolt cutters]

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[dramatispersonae]

You can do that... the net bends a little worryingly under your feet when you step back on, but it steadies.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

[GONNA TRY CUTTING THEM STRINGS :|b]

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[dramatispersonae]

YOU CUT THEM.

They drift down like normal strings, and nothing else happens. Erika, however, looks deeply shocked.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

How's that?

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Ah... that's interesting.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

Surprised you can survive without them?

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[thinkoutsidethebox]

...Perhaps a little. Well, I was created as a piece, after all.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

Looks like you're not one anymore, though.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[stands up]

Do you think you'll enjoy it better if I'm acting on my own?

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

It doesn't make me enjoy it any more or less. I didn't do this for my own sake.

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[thinkoutsidethebox]

So...? Are you saying you were trying to help me...?!

Re: THE INNER CAVERN

[itsalluseless]

You're the detective. Figure it out for yourself.