[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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THE THEATER

[soulping]

[The sound of deafening applause reverberates throughout the room]

[You open your eyes to find yourself sitting in a squishy, comfortable red theater seat. You're in the very front row, with dozens of other rows stretching behind you all the way up to the back wall. There, you can find door with a bright red "EXIT" sign hanging above it, the glowing letters illuminating the darkness. The walls and floors of the theater are decorated with hairline cracks, and although the seats are comfortable, there are small tears in the arms. It's damage you might not notice unless you're looking for it, though]

[A polished wooden stage framed with thick red curtains stretching out in front of you. And standing on that stage. . . is none other than Kaito himself]

. . . eh? What the heck. . .? What're you guys doing here?

[He is, understandably, bewildered]

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[clocksandroses]

K . . . Kaito!

[Scrambling right out of that seat and over to him.]

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[fuhrinkaed]

I think we're supposed to be saving you.

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[secretbooty]

I wanted to see a show.

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[debate_avenger]

Mostly we're here to find something that shouldn't be here.

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[hyanaimne]

[UM. She stands up and glances down at the chair, then around the theatre before looking back to Kaito]

What just . . .

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[carptricks]

[letting her. in fact, he's stepping forward to grab her hand and help her onto the stage]

Aoko--? How. . .

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[carptricks]

[. . . that causes him to scoff]

I'm not some damsel in distress y'know.

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[carptricks]

. . . [snort]

Y'know you can do that outside, right?

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[carptricks]

Something that shoul--

[. . . frowns]

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[fuhrinkaed]

No, but you mirror looked really messed up. [Standing up and putting a hand to his chin.] Have you seen anything odd around here?

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[carptricks]

[man beats him. he blinks at her, then gives a bewildered shrug]

How'm I supposed to know? I wasn't exactly expecting visitors.

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[showbooty]

Watching the show, duh.

[okay we're in his heart. Is this the real Kaito, or a representation of something? If it's just a representation, and he knows they're actually outsiders in his heart, will things go all Inception and it'll try to murder us? Let's not risk it.]

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[clocksandroses]

Queen-san and Princess-san let us in here so that we could help you.

[. . . m-might be lingering some instead of letting go straight away . . . ]

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[carptricks]

Weird? Weird how?

[. . . at that second question, he frowns]

Something odd. . .

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[debate_avenger]

You probably know more about what we're looking for than we do. It might have a very different form here than it does back in the real world, after all.

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[carptricks]

[he seems to act and talk and look just like a real Kaito, at least!]

. . . you and Ivy both, huh?

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[carptricks]

There's. . .

[frowns, and shakes his head]

Nevermind that, you're not supposed to be here. No one is!

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[carptricks]

[allows her to linger, but drops his hand to his side when she lets go]

Help me? With what? You're not supposed to be here!

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[fuhrinkaed]

That splinter I mentioned earlier? It grew out into these weird glass veins that were anchored to your shards and like, pressing all over the place in your mirror.

I'm no expert, but that's not normal. So, what's weird in here?

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[secretbooty]

I wanted to do something different.

I guess we gotta help you, too.

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[debate_avenger]

Now really isn't the time for that. This is surgery; The more we know about what we're looking for, the easier we can excise it without doing further damage.

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[clocksandroses]

And you're not supposed to attack people.

. . . Can we? I promise that we’ll be careful.

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[hyanaimne]

[this is so strange . . .]

We are here because something has . . . invaded?

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[showbooty]

[oh yes you gave me a perfect cover, lucky break]

It's not a date if we go separately, right?