[Kaito's Heart]

[soulping]

[A gust of wind rushes past you, so strong that you nearly stumble backwards from the force. You hear whispers in your ear, an unfamiliar voice saying, no, not here, not now, go back, before your senses shut off entirely]

[You wake up again to find yourself in a room]

((#dragonheart on IRC for this heart party aw yeah))

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KAITO'S PRISON

[soulping]

[You follow the trail of blood right into a large, spacious prison cell, complete with a barred window. The hairline cracks that followed you throughout the heart have increased in size and frequency so they look like dark, black spider webs running across the walls and floors. Pieces of said walls are beginning to chip away, and this room looks like it could fall apart any minute now. The cracks swivel around the room before congregating at an endpoint on the wall across from you, like arrows]

[A wall that Kaito is slumped against, unconscious]

[His head is bowed forward so his chin touches his torso, eyes closed. You can see blood dripping down the side of his temple, and there's dried blood caked in his hair on the back of his head. The trail of blood spattered on the ground leads up to him, so there's no doubt who the donor is]

[Next to him is a thick, metallic vault door. The thick smell of smoke fills the air, and no wonder-- there's smoke wafting into the room from all of those cracks]

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[clocksandroses]

[. . . nope]

K-Kaito!

[BOLTING OVER THERE]

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[carptricks]

[HE'S REALLY UNCONSCIOUS]

[but he's breathing!]

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[clocksandroses]

[THIS IS STILL TERRIFYING TO HER OKAY]

[gonna apply all of the sloppy, inexperienced first aid]

Y-You idiot . . .

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[showbooty]

-- Lucky!

[yeah the first thing i'm gonna do now that my injuries are healed is make a mad sprint for the injured teammate

THIS IS TOTALLY A LEGIT SCENARIO]

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[carptricks]

[IT IS SUPER LEGIT]

[he's unconscious, but definitely breathing, so that's a good sign]

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[showbooty]

[... okay. Blood on his temple, blood on the back of his head, but the trail of blood leads here, so he was moving.]

Clover, heal him!

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[secretbooty]

Looks like we found the heart of it.

[ha ha ha puns]

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[carptricks]

[. . . that was terrible, Ivy]

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[secretbooty]

[not sorry]

[rushing over to check out lucky though]

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[showbooty]

[i love you but you make it hard sometimes]

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[hyanaimne]

[something about head wounds and bleeding more and she is absolutely rushing over there to check how severe the wound is]

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[carptricks]

[iiit looks like a hard hit, but it's stopped bleeding a while ago]

[and he's still breathing, so there is that]

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[debate_avenger]

[Okay, you know what? I am checking out the fault door, first. And preparing to unlock something, because let's be real, that's been the solution for everything in here.]

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[carptricks]

[The vault door looks similar to the one you found in the dungeons. seven locks, just like the other]

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[fuhrinkaed]

[Well, three people got Kaito.]

[Just going to go ahead and start holding an orange orb in his hand and head for the vault door to open a lock on it.]

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[carptricks]

[You can do that! Seven locks, just like the one in the dungeon]

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[carptricks]

[Just as Ed and Diz aim their keys towards the locks on the vault, a very familiar voice comes from the entrance you all just wandered through]

Ah, ah~ I see my gamble paid off.

[That voice? Is Kaito's. And if you turn around, you'll see another Kaito standing in the doorway]

[You might recognize him as the one who greeted you in the theater]

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[debate_avenger]

Ah, of course. I assume you're going to reveal that you're the corruption, then?

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[showbooty]

... That would make you the splinter, I presume.

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[fuhrinkaed]

First Kaito?! You were the bad guy?!

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[clocksandroses]

[Swivelling around quickly! . . . and incidentally, she shifts so she's just in front of the beaten up Kaito.]

W-Wait, what? You're—?

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[hyanaimne]

. . . [I can't even be surprised]

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[secretbooty]

Really? I thought the evil twin thing was overdone, splinter.

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[carptricks]

This place is kind of a mess. . .

[Kaito says as he rubs the back of his head]

I want to take you-- somewhere nicer? Er, let's go here. . .

[and with a snap of his fingers, you are whisked away. . .]