[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 . . .

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[crueltobekind]

. . . You what.

[dramatispersonae]

"Vincent asked a quest of me. One of the bonds that he decided to break to fulfill that quest was with you. While he may have reasons other than that quest for severing those bonds, if the bond is restored, then the binding will weaken."

[crueltobekind]

. . . Just . . . for a quest?

[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."

[crueltobekind]

Why did it have to be that price?!

[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.

[crueltobekind]

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

[dramatispersonae]

"Yes."

[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."

[crueltobekind]

What is it?

[dramatispersonae]

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

[crueltobekind]

Well . . . no, I guess not. There's still the things we regained for the realm that we leave, right?

[dramatispersonae]

"Along with your previous homes."

[crueltobekind]

Right. . . . Is there an old home of Iolite's here?

[dramatispersonae]

"Three, actually." You get the sensation she may be faintly smiling at that. "Iolite is one, but what are the other two?"

[crueltobekind]

Peridot should be one . . . He had a second brother in Aather, didn't he? Would his be the last?

[dramatispersonae]

"Onyx ... And you are now balanced."

[crueltobekind]

Are they through some of the other gates?

[dramatispersonae]

"No, they are here. Through the sunflowers."

[crueltobekind]

Ah, that saves a lot of time. Thanks for the help.