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

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( even the strong fall.

even gods.

a memory plays. you watch the heavens strike down one of the most renowned gods. another strong god interferes, one of the strongest gods you know, but even she is nothing against the wrath of heaven. )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

He's not like that!

[ It sounds more like he's trying to convince himself, though. ]

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( you don't seem sure.

you know death touches everything, don't you? )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

I-I know, I know damn well, but he...he can't...

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( there are no exceptions.

but what are you going to do to fight death as long as you can? the question burns in your mind. )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

A...all I can do is spend time with him, and make happy memories together. It can't last forever, but...still, I...

[ I want to hold onto him for as long as I can. ]

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( what if you forget? )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

[ He's.

...Well, he just starts to cry. Good job, Yukine heart. ]

I-I can't, I can't --

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[secor]

( there's a quick whack against his back. )

Don't fall into this trap. Being afraid only makes it harder.

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

[That gets him to snap out of it, and he sucks in a deep breath and wipes at his eyes, trying to recompose himself.

...How embarrassing.]

...Pardon my display.

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[secor]

It's okay, but you have to keep moving forward. No matter what.

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

...I know.

[ He goes to pour water over his own grave, next.]

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( you see. . . a memory? no, it's not a memory. you know that it hasn't happened. what you see is something like a vision or perhaps a fear lingering deep in the back of your mind.

there's a body crumbled at your feet, bloody and beaten. you can't place what caused this, but you know that something must have. there's always something and you're completely terrified that this person, that this overly kind person, may have chosen this sort of sacrifice to save another. they're too kind, too good, and your knees buckle.

what about you? what about what these sacrifices mean for you?

tears well up in your eyes. you love this person, you don't want anything to ever happen to them. )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

...I'm really not that kind and good, you know.

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( there is no agreeing with that.

you remember, don't you? )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

...

[ He doesn't know what to say to protest that. ]

...I've done terribly unkind things too.

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( there is no agreeing with that. )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

No, I have. Things I haven't told you about.

I'm...I'm not too kind, or too good, I'm just a person who doesn't want to disappoint the people I care about. Or be left behind by them.

[ Which, he thinks, is basically the crux of it, anyway. ]

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( there's a feeling in your chest.

yukine won't leave you behind. you feel it so strongly that it knocks the breath out of you. )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

[...His eyes are starting to water.]

Thank you. You mean a lot to me too.

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( you feel loved.

that's what it is. )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

...I'll do my best.

[He has to stop here though. Any more graves and he's not sure if he can take it.]

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( then where to next? )

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[fairhands]

[Time to go down.]

Re: {GRAVEYARD}

[soulping]

( you leave the shrine to go to the crosswalk. )