Heliodor

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a dark space. The pale not-a-Persona is sitting cross-legged on a . . . ledge? a little above head-height, lit with what appears to be their own light, because you sure can't make out anything that it's actually sitting on.

Pinned on the ground in front of you is a stuffed manikin, white and squishy and doll-jointed, with a blank face and obvious stitching.. There are metal pins stuck through it, jamming it against the ground, in five places—three in the head, one in the chest, and one in the hand. A little loop of string is tied to each, with room for a label.

"The heart, the mind, the mouth, the eyes, and the limbs. I'll give you the labels, and you tell me what goes where, and how to put a person together the right way."

[instructions]

Comments

Round 1

[dramatispersonae]

You have 1 blank card and 6 other cards:

the salty taste of ocean air
a sound that you only hear when it stops
the taste of winter
the taste of something you bit into turning bitter
tacking down quilt bedding
a familiar voice

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[shananigans]

[blinks]

This seems easy enough.

Re: Discussion

[floorcandy]

Wait, wait wait wait, I'm doing normal knight work?

Re: Discussion

[shananigans]

..................

I thought you were a Legacy??

Re: Discussion

[floorcandy]

I am Legacy! I've been a Legacy for months.

Re: Discussion

[motifated]

Do you object?

Re: Discussion

[catchandrelease]

Some of these are really good...

Re: Discussion

[shananigans]

—Miki!

They do seem really good, don't they?

Re: Discussion

[floorcandy]

They're poetic~

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

Fill In The Blank

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Fill In The Blank

[shananigans]

The sudden alertness where the rest of the world vanishes.

Other Actions

[dramatispersonae]

Round 2

[dramatispersonae]

You now have the following cards:

the sudden alertness where the rest of the world vanishes
waking up from a nightmare, paralyzed
meeting somebody's eyes
the salty taste of ocean air
a sound that you only hear when it stops
the taste of winter
the taste of something you bit into turning bitter
tacking down quilt bedding
a familiar voice
apple cores (from Kunzite)

Discussion

[dramatispersonae]

Re: Discussion

[catchandrelease]

Apple cores?!

Re: Discussion

[shananigans]

...

Why are there apple cores...

Re: Discussion

[floorcandy]

We have a lot of tasty ones.

YOU ALSO HAVE ONE BLANK CARD

[dramatispersonae]

Trade

[dramatispersonae]

[the gamerunner rests their hands on the edge of the invisible ledge, leaning down with a glint in their eye]

I'll tell you what. Give me something, and I'll give you a card in return. I'll even give you blank ones, if you trade me something important. And I'll also give you something to replace the thing you gave me. Got it?

If you don't want to play, go ahead and put things together.

Re: Trade

[floorcandy]

How about some of my feathers?

Re: Trade

[motifated]

[. . . checks him over . . .]

Submission

[dramatispersonae]

The heart is:
The mind is:
The mouth is:
The eyes are:
The limbs are:
Because:

The heart is: The mind is: The mouth is: The eyes are: The limbs are:

Re: Submission

[catchandrelease]

The heart is: the blank is used here, filled in as: "The realization the heart can't be defined", because picking any word for the heart is too restricting
The mind is: "the sudden alertness where the rest of the world vanishes", because it's about the change of focus only the mind can do.
The mouth is: "the salty taste of ocean air" because the taste is so strong and memorable.
The eyes are: "meeting somebody's eyes" because then two pairs of eyes are meeting, and some sort of interaction will occur.
The limbs are: "waking up from a nightmare paralyzed", because you are never as aware of your limbs as when you can't use them.