[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

[surefire]

Do you want to leave?

[dormancy]

No. I like this place.

[surefire]

... You have strange preferences...

[dormancy]

Do they bother you?

[surefire]

[laughs]

I almost have to admire it.

[dormancy]

Admire? Why?

[surefire]

[shrug]

Because I couldn't think the same way, of course.

[dormancy]

You hate this place?

[surefire]

It'd drive me crazy. Too empty.

[dormancy]

That's probably the idea.

[surefire]

Of course.

Do you even know how long you've been here?

[dormancy]

Not long . . . I wanted to come here.

[surefire]

Why?

[dormancy]

I like it here. There aren't people, and it's quiet.

[surefire]

[... laughs] You don't get bored? Really, you didn't even bring something to read, did you.

[dormancy]

No, and no. It's fine.

[surefire]

[... puts a hand on his head] A low-maintenance kid, aren't you?

[dormancy]

[a small flinch but staying still]

I try.

[surefire]

[shhh ok pets his hair a little]

Heh. Then I suppose that's fine if you're satisfied with that—though there's nothing wrong with being a little more demanding, either.

[dormancy]

Yes, there is . . . But that's nice of you.

[surefire]

There isn't. I'm not saying it to be nice.

[dormancy]

Right.

[surefire]

Or is there a reason why you think otherwise?

[dormancy]

It causes problems.

[surefire]

For who?