Yukine's Heart (ROUND 2)

[soulping]

❄ Powers and abilities are off.

❄ Items are gone! All characters will find themselves empty-handed and in a fancy new set of clothing.

❄ Death and injury may occur, possibly multiple times.

❄ Memories felt within the heart are very vivid. As if they have experienced them themselves.

❄ Backtracking is possible and perfectly inbounds!

❄ Channel name is #yatoism. (fml)

Comments

{CROSSWALK}

[soulping]

( you have reached a simple crosswalk. there are buildings all around you, but they have no doors. there are only black windows that you can't see into. they seem painted on? you feel unsettled by being here. something sick in your stomach. why is it so empty?

there's nothing but a bus stop here. there's a vending machine behind it with the words "TASTY COFFEE" across its face, but you can't see anywhere to insert money. just this tiny slit that must be for something else? above the slit flashes the number "3". beyond that, there's just buttons and a slot for something to come out. on the inside of the bus stop, there's a very small list of locations with some hastily scratched out:
park
riverside
home
mansion
????

there's also a big red sign stating "BUS ROUTE CLOSED". guess you're only getting around by foot, huh?

oh, but then again, there's also someone very strange waiting here. )

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[sweatypalms]

[ this is vaguely familiar and weirdly disturbing. he rests the replica swords on his shoulder, like that's comforting to him in some way.

he'll try to get a peek at the stranger waiting here with him, first. is it the same dude as last time? ]

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[soulping]

( no. there's someone else here now, dressed in alectryon green. the uniform is exactly like what ishiyami and yukine have started wearing . . . only not in epona blue.

you remember him, don't you?

he doesn't spare you a glance. )

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[withmyownfists]

[ the heck was all that about then? is there some kind of limit to the amount that they're allowed to do in any given place?

ugh.

more questions, but... no more answers. and it's curious, too, that the mansion that used to exist last time is apparently gone. there is however a person here, one that she recognizes now from Yukine's memories as someone he trusted. so she walks pretty much straight up to Kong ]

Excuse me. Can you tell me... what happened to the mansion? And have you seen a boy with black hair around here? He looks a little older than me, blue eyes--really sweaty.

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[soulping]

( kong glances over at her. he looks friendly. )

Oh! Roc!

( pausing. thinking. )

You mean Yato? He ran off.

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[sweatypalms]

[ back here again.

STAYING FAR AWAY FROM KONG. just gonna study the signs instead. ]

Are they really scratched out 'cos they're gone...?

[ or maybe they're still there . . . ]

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[withmyownfists]

[ well she's not afraid of kong, at least ]

Well, even if it's still there... it might be condemned, or something. Either way I don't think we're meant to go there.

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[withmyownfists]

[ INITIALLY she goes over to the vending machine to check it for money but

with no slot to put any change IN there must not be a slot to take any out

and then

it's just confusing???

...

she decides to ask Kong about it ]

Excuse me. Do you know what that vending machine takes? Does it really sell coffee...?

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[soulping]

Try pressing one of the buttons.

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[imperialorder]

Good day. Have you seen any spheres? [Well... I guess let's take a look around for anywhere that it looks like this key may fit.]

[Also is it possible to get to ???? by foot?]

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[soulping]

( sitting on a bench is a red headed gentleman dress in alectryon green.

he ignores you.


but you can get to ???? by foot if you wish to go. )

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[wherethewildthingsare]

[..This again.

...Of course it's still like this. Even if Yukine...has made some degree of peace with his circumstances, it's impossible for him to totally accept it. And even if he did, accepting something doesn't make it not hurt, does it?

Who's waiting there.]

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[soulping]

( there's a red headed man dressed in alectryon green sitting there. it doesn't seem that he's noticed you yet. )

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[feytality]

Um... hello?

[WHO WAITING]

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[unguilded]

[Strange...?]

Hi?

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[fairhands]

Hello?

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[waywardapostle]

[ Someone strange? ]

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[fairhands]

[ He stops to contemplate the list, then walks towards the riverside. ]

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[allergictostairs]

[Well, he doesn't want coffee on an empty stomach anyway, so there.

Who's that someone strange?]

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[showyouthesight]

Oi, who's there?

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[allergictostairs]

[BACK HERE after his visit to the riverside.

Hmm. The next one on the list is the park... but.]

Hey, um. Can I go to the places that are marked out? Or should I not?

[...assuming Kong is still here to ask.]

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[sweatypalms]

[ back here, though he's gonna check out that vending machine before going forward.

PRESSING A BUTTON. ]

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[allergictostairs]

[NEVERMIND ABOUT THE PARK.

Let's go to ??? instead.]

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[wherethewildthingsare]

[Ewww goood I hope nobody sees this...]

/3

[withmyownfists]

[ BACK HERE AGAIN

the VERY FIRST THING SHE DOES upon reviving is frantically check to make sure that the bag is still on her, and that the orb inside is still whole. ]

Thank god.

[ she could cry, really. THANK GOODNESS FOR INVENTORY PHYSICS. ]