Toki's heart

[dramatispersonae]

♪ the boy loves his mother does he not? ♫
♫ and yet he hates the father who abandoned him, yes? ♪

[IRC channel is #sheepandbacon]

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START - Everything is fine!

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself standing inside of a simple, plain room . . . no wait, this is actually a pretty cool room, isn't it? Be careful where you step though. The floor is completely littered with empty paint cans painting is fun! , crayons wow look at those colors and…bacon. Yeah, lots of cooked bacon. It looks kind of burnt. omg ssssso tasty tho

Judging from the paint cans, the walls have been completely painted turquoise though there are also crayon scribbles all over it. The mastermind vandal? Obviously, it's Toki. He's currently standing there drawing the frame of a door with one of those crayons. Once he finishes, an actual door seems to materialize right where the doodled frame was.

Despite being just a plain room, there's something that feels very artificial about it . . .and there is a strange imprint on the wall. A hand? Above it, there's obviously a warning symbol written in crayon: DON'T PUT YOUR HAND HERE.

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[scalesfromeyes]

[……………………OH MY GOD]

Toki, what exactly is going on?

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[knighttoremember]

[ wow ]

... I like your drawings, Wave.

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[goneastray]

[ Going to be eating the bacon because... because. ]

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[autorejoin]

[ He looks around the room. ]

Wow, what a fucking mess.

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[rootless]

...This is one hell of a room, Toki.

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[rootless]

[AAAND WE'RE BACK]

Sorry.

[putting toki down and

putting his hand in the imprint]

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[aberdevine]

[shows up 15 minutes late with Starbucks.

...

no, literally, he looks down at the coffee in his hand like what is this even doing here.]

... what the hell, Rikugou.

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[artificialcommand]

[. . .]

What are you doing.

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[telepathetically]

[......... grabbing a crayon and adding underlines to the handprint warning, making it EXTRA EXTRA BOLD]

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[brotagonist]

[GLANCING AROUND THE ROOM CURIOUSLY, running a hand through his hair]

What a mess...

LAYER ONE – I am afraid to forget

[dramatispersonae]

You catch yourself waking up to the scent of a damp forest. It's gently raining, though the trees provide a nice shelter from most of the raindrops. The important thing to note is the ability to actually breathe. Of course, you didn't notice it at first, but it becomes apparent that the last room you were in was sucking the air out of you.

It feels a lot more natural here.

If you take a look around your surroundings, you'll notice that there's something shining underneath you and the grass. It's like something is covering up whatever you're sitting on. There is also three notable pathways for you to take if you decide to move into the forest: a snowy path, a path covered in pawprints, and a path covered in blood.

Though you could be a rebel and do something else.

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[scalesfromeyes]

Ah…

[she reaches down to touch the grass.]

Hello, what's there?

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[knighttoremember]

[ Oh, that didn't even hurt

well then. Taking a few deep breaths and heading... down the snowy path! ]

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[autorejoin]

[ He gasps for a moment to take in the air, rubbing his chest. ]

That was weird...

[ He reaches down to touch the grass. ]

What's this?

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[rootless]

[t-this everything

hhhhgh

let's pawprints]

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[aberdevine]

[EYES THE PATHWAYS...]

You're kidding me.

[crouches down to examine the ground 8/a]

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[telepathetically]

[that was pleasantly slightly less terrible than expected]



[pokes the grass]

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[artificialcommand]

[headshakes, TOKI WHY ARE YOU DUMB]

[but let's take a look at the thing in the ground]

LAYER TWO - I am afraid to accept

[dramatispersonae]

Once you maneuver down to the next level, you'll find yourself in the middle of a large, bustling city. There's an awful lot of noise, and it's pretty hard to drown out at first, but eventually you'll realize how easy it is to get rid of it. It's like you're a ~natural~ at ignoring the things around you now! Those people who are moving past you as if you don't exist? You can ignore them, too! If you focus, you can start to pay attention again but it might take some effort.

Oh, you're at a busstop, and a bus just arrived. It seems like it's heading towards "School". But eh, it's school, maybe you should just go bum at the local arcade or something. Well, if you're gonna skip school, you should also be productive and maybe go visit the library and get on the internet. There' s also the subway stairs that lead straight down...

It's a city, you can find a lot of things to do. Maybe you'd rather do something else (and you can always backtrack to the layer above you).

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[autorejoin]

Isn't he from Tree's world, though...? This looks more like mine.

[ Yeah, fuck school. Katou's heading towards the arcade. ]

LAYER THREE - I am afraid to remember

[dramatispersonae]

Once you go down the stairs,you find yourself standing inside of a simple, plain room . . . no wait, this is lonely, isn't it? Be careful where you step though. The floor is completely littered with paint cans filled to the brim How do I start?, broken crayons How do I move forward? and that's pretty much it.

The walls are completely white though the scribbles are still there. They're definitely different from the scribbles in the first roomToki is still there though this time, he isn't doodling anything. He's just kind of sitting on the floor, staring at the walls.

Despite being just a plain room, it feels like there's an overwhelming pressure slamming against you. It's as if gravity gained double its weight and decided to take it out on you. At the same time, compared to the first room, it feels completely natural.

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[knighttoremember]

... Wave?

LAYER ONE - The Shrine

[dramatispersonae]

The blood splatters eventually disappear once you find yourself at the entrance of a shrine. It's rather quiet, but at the same time, you feel a gentle kind of warmth hitting your skin. The rain doesn't seem to reach this place.

There's a building located inside which you can enter or maybe you'd prefer to head to the back. You can hear wind chimes coming from there.

The same metallic shine exists here just like it did in the forest. It's just showing up through the cracks of the pathway.

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[scalesfromeyes]

[…hhhheading to the back, yes.]

THE SURFACE - ???

[dramatispersonae]

[You have reached an area of complete blankness. While there's a ground for you to walk on, it's completely white. The sky is white. Everything is white.

On top of not being able to see anything, there's no sound, no smells, and possibly worst of all, there's absolutely no feeling.

Toki doesn't seem to mind it though.]

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[knighttoremember]

[ what what what what what ]

... There's nothing here.

LAYER ONE - INSIDE THE SHRINE

[dramatispersonae]

[♪]

[WHOA, WHAT'S WITH THE BRIGHT LIGHTS?

The entire shrine is lit up with flashing colors and a weird spotlight, and under that spotlight is Toki, sweating bullets like nobody's business.

On one side, you have four very different people. On the other, you find three others whoa. No wait, there's a fourth but he looks kind of lost...]

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[scalesfromeyes]

Ahhh… That's just Sasaki-sama, he's not a demon.