KILLUA HEART

[dramatispersonae]

It's dark. Everything around you is pure blackness, thick enough that you can't even see your hand in front of you. It's quiet and empty, and nothing but the warmth of your own body and the sensation of your own breathing can even assure you that you're indeed standing here—

Then suddenly, you're jolted by an electric current—brief, but no less searing and painful for it—and light begins to flood your vision, as if you've finally woken up.

[join #bigbrotheriswatching]

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THE TESTING GATE

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself at the end of an uphill path, standing before an intricately embellished, massive gate, towering well over a hundred feet. The wall of the gate goes as far as you can see in either direction. The entrance is made up of seven stone doors, each set embedded within the other. These doors are clearly heavy, with even the smallest set of doors looking like it must weigh at least a ton. Not too far from this main entrance, there's what looks like a small guard post of some kind.

The path you're standing on continues downhill behind you, though you can't see where it leads, and the area on either side of you tapers off into a forest.

you feel like you’re being watched

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[firstflower]

[taaaaking a moment to recover from that electric jolt]

[...then looking around to see if she can spot whoever is watching her]

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[appleofhiseye]

[glancing back down the hill, but after a pause going to...knock on the door]

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[aristocritical]

[clutches her bright blue parasol tightly]

What an unpleasant welcome! As always, this child has terrible manners.

[glances around uneasily to take in her surroundings, then marches up to the guard post to investigate]

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[saviorsoul]

What the hell just happened?

[ Time to check out some doors! ]

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[icysemblance]

[OW.

...after taking a moment to recover, walks over to the guard post; is anyone there?]

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[shananigans]

[he has to take a second to recover from that joly, but—instantly looking around because THAT FEELING, before heading over to the guard post.]

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[appleofhiseye]

[going back into the guard's post, huffing a bit]

May I go inside, please?

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[simple_not_boring]

*shaking himself a bit, then heading for the guard post, looking around as he does*

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[zen_master]

[putting a hand to the center most door]

What's this?

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[firstflower]

[...going to wander into the forest on the right.]

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[zen_master]

[OKAY, PUSHING INTO MINDLESSNESS HURT!!!!!]

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[simple_not_boring]

*well. let's try to push one of those doors open.*

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[dicktionary]

...Dude. This is kind of...

[knocks on the door]

PATHWAY

[dramatispersonae]

You proceed down the path. As you walk, the forest slowly tapers off; there is gradually less and less around you, until there's nothing but grass and the pathway under your feet. There is nothing you can see in the distance, either, besides more of the path.

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[appleofhiseye]

[keeping an eye on the forest to see if there's anything interesting, even as it tapers off]

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[firstflower]

[just continuing down the path then...]

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[zen_master]

[my trees :( keeps walking, fine!!]

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[simple_not_boring]

*full of hopes and dreams, indeed.

proceeding down the path, looking around*

GARDEN

[dramatispersonae]

After you walk through the forest for a bit, you'll find yourself standing before yet another large, stone fence, albeit much less massive than the one you found yourself at before (though still tall enough that it would prove difficult to scale by climbing). The door to this area, however, is more like that of a regular gate, so you can easily see through it to what's inside. If you take a look, it appears to be a large garden of some sort.

There's a keyhole on the gate door, encrusted with a diamond, an emerald, and a sapphire.

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[shananigans]

[wao I was right on the money]

[inspecting the door to see if there's anything REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT IT 8|a]

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[firstflower]

[taking a closer look at that keyhole...]

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[zen_master]

[what the fuck!!]

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[appleofhiseye]

[Oh

Going over to inspect the keyhole]

THE CLEARING

[dramatispersonae]

After you proceed a ways into the forest, you find yourself in a familiar clearing—indeed, it appears to be a partial replica of the clearing from the Black Woods! There's all the treehouses from Aather, though only Citrine seems to have the usual stairs leading up to it. You can also see the gym in its usual spot near Sterling.

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[simple_not_boring]

...so that's how this works.

*heading for the gym!*