clouds came and covered the sun

[hairpining]

[You find yourself in a small, quaint little town. The architecture has a notably late-1800s bent to it, in contrast to the clean, crisp air you breathe – combined with a faint, flowery scent – it's almost as though it is not industrialized at all.

Which would be easy enough to believe. After all, there do not seem to be any people out other than you and your fellow spelunkers – in spite of the occasional whisper you might hear. Hushed and impossible to actually make out.

Far in the distance lies a towering building, similar in shape to a fairytale castle.]

(Castle Town | Atelier | Smithy | Castle Town Revisited |
Painting the Roses Red | The Golden Afternoon | Castle Corridor |
The Library of Babel | The Girl Without Hands | The Garden of Paradise | The White Bride and the Black One |
The Princess Sleeping in the Glass Coffin)

((BGM entirely for ~atmospheric~ and ~stylistic~ purposes and personal reference, feel free to listen if you want to!))

Comments

Mingle ~ Castle Town

[hairpining]

[Dream Pattern ~Light~]

[The moment you think that -- "how odd, there aren't any people around" -- one comes into view. From the castle's direction, but within your walking distance, there is a young man. He is dressed opulently, sword at his hip. Though the sky is cloudless, his face, every part of his skin that is normally visible, is shrouded in darkness. Black, even. Is he just standing in the shade?

Moreover, what the actual fuck are you doing here.]

[fangirlitis]

[She still hasn't put down her notebook, and she's still drawing as she looks around.]

This place is really pretty. Is this Michi's soul..?

[Of course it was, but it's also her job to ask obvious questions!]

[artsistic]

I'm assuming that's the case.

[fangirlitis]

Let's poke around, then! I want to see what she's like... on the inside...
...
♥

[artsistic]

No, no messing around at random. It could disrupt her sense of self, right? This is... a sacred place.

[kalahiki]

...A white prince? He doesn't even look like Yuu.

[Kind of peering at him, before looking around.] ...This girl has some serious reality problems.

[fangirlitis]

I think it's pretty♥

[kalahiki]

Pretty doesn't make it good.

[fangirlitis]

True... I guess sometimes it's best when it's ugly and hurts kinda.

[She looks around.] So... there's a prince. Should we see what he look like for real?

[provocate]

[Stretches for a few moments, cracking his back as he looks around...]

[...wait wasn't this supposed to be a heart???]

I imagined it'd be fleshier then this...

[kalahiki]

It's a metaphorical 'heart', not her actual organ.

[provocate]

Oh... [.............squints a little]

Well that's not nearly as fun.

[kalahiki]

Well, a heart would be more cramped. So really, not so fun.

[artsistic]

It's her soul, not a physical organ.

[provocate]

Well why didn't she just say that then. [HIS ENTHUSIASM IS SUDDENLY GONE )8]

Re: Mingle ~ Castle Town

[artsistic]

Somehow, it feels familiar, to me.

[guardofsteel]

[ Elijah doesn't even know what the actual fuck he is doing here. Especially since he doesn't even know this Michi chick. But oh well. ]

[artsistic]

Be careful. This is my friend's heart.

[guardofsteel]

Don't worry. I'm not going to go messing with the heart of some girl I don't even know.

Besides, I'm always careful.

[fangirlitis]

Hello!

Michi wasn't having a torrid affair with you, right?

[guardofsteel]

Um. What the hell. I don't even know the girl!

[kalahiki]

[Here, Elijah, here's a giant. Who's just staring at you.]

...doesn't anyone stay fucking dead anymore...

[guardofsteel]

[ Staring... back... Why are you staring at him, he is so confused. ]

What?

[hairpining]

[AND BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS ARE UNEVEN the Prince actually approaches ~you~

His expression is still hidden to you, but somehow, you are able to feel him smiling. It's a charming smile that suits his clothes, a smile that suits a prince – when he speaks, it is in even, carefully measured, warm words.

Also.

Not only are there no clouds, there's also no shade.

There is no logical reason for his skin to be hidden, not that there was any reason for it to be fucking pitch black anyway.]

Good day. It does seem clear to me that you are from parts unbeknownst to me -- could I possibly trouble you for a favor, good Sir?

[guardofsteel]

...You are physically impossible, you know that? There should not be so many shadows on you with this lighting. Also, shadows are almost never pitch black. If this weren't the inside of someone's goddamned heart, I'd say you were some kind of demon.

But today seems to be a day for bad ideas, so what the hell. What do you need?