soulping | opal

Oh, right.

[Gestures further back on the stage.]

I can't get it for you, or I would.

Thanks. Don't worry about it, I should do as much as I can myself.

[heading further back on the stage with a short wave!]

[Though the light grows dimmer back here, she can make out several bottles.]

[... bad pings

BAD PINGS

but she's still going to go and see if she can't pick a couple up to examine them more closely.]

[All of the pill bottles are full, but the bottles themselves are damaged. As you examine one of them, you receive a memory. It comes with a feeling of self loathing - you should never have been pathetic enough to resort to this kind of thing. You’ve ruined so many things for yourself; even now, every time you get stressed you find yourself wishing to return to this. Wouldn’t it be so much easier than having to feel so much all the time? The question is always lurking at the back of your mind.

Once it ends, you now see something glinting inside one of the bottles alongside the pills.]

[... I knew about it, but this doesn't make it easier, especially because I wanna get drunk all the time still too.

Let's pick up the glinting thing...]

[You find an opal. Touching it makes you feel strong. You know that you aren’t alone, and that you’re growing and changing. Even if you’ve made mistakes in the past, there are people here who will always be there for you no matter what.

Names and images pass through your mind. Nightingale. Silver. Citrine. Aoko. Ed. Tesla. Kaito. Vash. Sabre. Holly, Obsidian, Clover, Lark, Star… You recall everyone who’s ever been close to you or supported you even when you didn’t yet deserve it. You’re going to be a better person because you owe it to them. Their friendship and love has made you the person who you are.

You feel as though you should keep this stone close to you as you go on.]