[heart game]

[dormancy]

There is a click, a soft urging, almost whispered too soft to hear, but you can sense that you are being beckoned somewhere, lead to an elaborate open door with wood panels and great curls of gold leaf. You cannot see what is beyond the door, but it smells sour and sharp. Before you can turn over the thought of should you or shouldn't you, if you are the kind, there is a quiet push at your back and through the door you go . . .

Join #supersafe, because I like being misleading. When in doubt, use this for flower meanings if you character is the type . . .

Comments

[sightunseen]

I told you I wanted to open it, silly... I don't want to break the lock, though. I'd rather find a key unless it's really necessary.

[heading around there, hugging her own arms a bit]

[crueltobekind]

. . . Just . . . for a quest?

[dramatispersonae]

Eventually, she will find an entrance into the Great Hall . . . Gilbert tries to shelter her from the wind where he can.

"Oh, the key ... I wonder where it could be."

[dramatispersonae]

"It was a small price, and he chose which."

[crueltobekind]

[WOW THAT IS REALLY UPSETTING]

When— What did he get?

[dramatispersonae]

"He bound a young girl on Turquoise. The two of them cannot come close to one another."

[sightunseen]

I've never been here at all, so it'll be an exciting journey!

[TRYING TO MAKE HER WAY TO ONYX]

[crueltobekind]

Why did it have to be that price?!

[dramatispersonae]

"Heh, you're really excited ... Then, I'm glad we went this way."

It looks like she'll be able to enter. The staircase winds up the center of the tower.

[dramatispersonae]

"It didn't have to be. It was equivalent, but he could have asked for something else or of someone else."

[crueltobekind]

That . . . asshole.

[dramatispersonae]

She stays silent.

[sightunseen]

It's nice to get a better picture of this place...

[making her way up to where Yuri's room should be]

[dramatispersonae]

After going up six floors, the key isn't seen in the lock. There is a small ring on the floor, though.

[crueltobekind]

. . . The source. Is that at the center?

[dramatispersonae]

"Yes."

[fraternalorders]

[being a ninja can be convenient that way]

[crueltobekind]

Thanks. . . . And before I go, is there anything you need here?

[dramatispersonae]

"There isn't anything that I need. Though, there may be something of interest here for you."

[sightunseen]

[picks it up to examine]

[dramatispersonae]

There are giggles and laughter coming from all around, but you can't make out any people. They simply echo through the empty abyss.

[crueltobekind]

What is it?

[dramatispersonae]

There is a small nub sticking out that looks like it was broken off from something. It's probably half of a key.

[dramatispersonae]

"The heroes have left, but you do not take everything with you when you depart one realm for another, do you?"

[playfreebird]

[sighs; that's not creepy or ominous at all]