[Maya's Heart]

[soulping]

[Everything goes white, almost blindingly, as you enter Eveningstar's heart.... it's so overwhelming that you forget, for a moment, what you're doing, why you're here, and details about yourself start to slip---]

[but then it all stops, abruptly, and your senses return to you]

[OOC: Channel is #quitplayingames]

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COURT RECORD

[soulping]

[The Court Record is always accessible to you! If your characters picks up something/collects things during the Heart Game, please make a comment for your character's inventory and update it as necessary.]

[Note: Anything you can move or pick up can be added as evidence, and there is no limit on what you can hold]

EVIDENCE

[soulping]

[Make a comment for your character here and edit it with evidence you pick up!]

PROFILES

[soulping]

[Can be viewed (it's IC knowledge) but not responded to or changed]

START

[soulping]

[You find yourselves in a large, cheery-looking room, warm and filled to the brim with STUFF. Toys, games, a huge TV, samurai merchandise and movies, burger-shaped pillow chairs, there's stuff absolutely everywhere. All over the walls are pictures, mostly of people you recognize, from Epona and the other teams. The room is cozy. You even think you see Eveningstar, turning from the TV to wave at you]

[(But if you look, really look, you'll see faint black tendrils spread across the ceiling like veins, and even fainter hair-thin cracks along the walls and floor)]

[but no, the girl is definitely Eveningstar, and she's addressing you all now and grinning]

Hey, guys! Come to hang out? That's great!

Re: START

[takewing]

[. . . Tendrils and cracks?]

Actually, we're here to help you, m'lady.

Re: START

[pchaaair]

Does hanging out mean, uh, helping?

Re: START

[deadrising]

[ what what what are these things? A TV? What's that? She's looking around curiously, though...peering at the ceiling suspiciously. ]

....if you tell me what all of this is, I'd be glad to entertain you for a little while.

Re: START

[bloodbiter]

[staaaring at those tendrils, mumbling to herself]

What are those things?

Re: START

[gandere]

Eveningstar, this isn't a good time to just hang out. [ POINTS TO THE CEILING. ]

Mind explaining those?

Re: START

[tothedepths]

[ What the hell is a TV

— But more importantly, everything else. ]

... Were you expecting us?

MAIN ROOM

[soulping]

[the room you enter is vast and, aside from something directly in the center, seemingly empty. The black veins run through the floor and through the ceiling, and if you really squint you can spot a few doors on the far walls. That something in the center, the only attraction, is hard to make out from a distance, but it's person-shaped. A particular person shaped, at that]

[You may also notice a green bar floating above your head. It's completely full]

[OOC: The lifebar is your life force! You can take penalties from the game, and it will cause physical pain if you do]

Re: MAIN ROOM

[tothedepths]

[ .... ???? Doing the reasonable thing and reaching out to try and grab the life bar. ]

Re: MAIN ROOM

[bloodbiter]

[not noticing the bar yet, calling out to the figure]

Eveningstar? Is that you?

Re: MAIN ROOM

[takewing]

[. . . Making her way over to the person-shape!]

Re: MAIN ROOM

[deadrising]

[ .......attempting to ignore the green bar, and walking towards the person in the center of the room. ]

This is quite the room.

Re: MAIN ROOM

[pchaaair]

[SLIDING THROUGH SIDEWAYS BECAUSE OF HIS HORNS...]

[heading towards the person though :|a]

[gandere]

[ She can tell that it's Eveningstar even from a distance so she approaches cautiously to get a better look. ]

Re: MAIN ROOM

[attorneyatlawl]

[All of a sudden, one of the doors to the side bursts open and clatters loudly to the ground, knocked right off its hinges]

[A man runs through, rushing towards you]

What's going on?! Eveningstar!

FIRST PSYCHELOCK - ???

[soulping]

[As you enter the first room, it's very... colorful. And tasty smelling. And for good reason, you're surrounded by food everywhere you are. Burgers, noodles, steaks, soups, desserts, snacks – even fruits and vegetables]

[there's a chasm preventing you from going further, however, and what seems to be... burger clouds covering the empty air.]

[It's the only way across]

Re: FIRST PSYCHELOCK - ???

[bloodbiter]

[immediately reaching for one of the burgers]

SECOND PSYCHELOCK - TRAINING ROOM

[soulping]

[The second room is completely dark, lit only by a large stone lantern far, far down.]

[However, as you step, two blue flames appear on either side of you. No matter which direction you go, they appear by your side]

[You feel the faint sounds of a waterfall coming from the direction of the lamp and know you have to get there]

Re: SECOND PSYCHELOCK - TRAINING ROOM

[takewing]

Ha . . . ha . . . I don't even like water . . .

[she says, as she starts walking anyway.]

THIRD PSYCHELOCK - COURTROOM

[soulping]

[when you enter the third room, you find yourself in a courtroom]

[specifically, you find yourself stuck behind the defense bench. Powers are off, you can't leave the bench, and the only things you have provided to you are the pieces of evidence you picked up and your shiny badge.]

[The judge's bench is so high up you can't see the face of the of the judge, but whoever it bangs their gavel and calls out decisively:]

Court is now in session for Miss Eveningstar of Epona. And you are... Miss Schooler of Epona, I presume?

[gandere]

[ Why doesn't she get any cool sidekicks? This is a rip off. ]

Yes, that's me.

FOURTH PSYCHELOCK - WINDING WAY

[soulping]

[When you walk into this door, something's different]

[For one, the door slams shut behind you]

[For two, the lighting is much dimmer. It's hard to make out much of anything while your eyes adjust]

[You seem to be in a house. A massive, empty manor, with no straight pathways and only pathways that arch off into the darkness]

[And you feel very alone, suddenly, regardless of whether you are or not]

Re: FOURTH PSYCHELOCK - WINDING WAY

[deadrising]

[ Is my night vision on or off in this heart... ]

[ hhh, crossing her arms and beginning to walk down the hall. ]

Hello?

FINAL PSYCHELOCK - ???

[soulping]

[The room you enter is foggy and misty. Everything except what's directly in front of you is hard to make out. But it's less vast than the other rooms, and seems to be a large rectangle, from what you can see.]

[Doors line every side, and they're lit up like the scoreboard, immediately visible]

Re: FINAL PSYCHELOCK - ???

[grandstanding]

[he steps in cautiously, squinting through the fog. he makes his way over to the nearest door outline, trying to make out what it is.]

FINAL DOOR

[soulping]

[The light from the cords connected to Blade, Bluebird, and Flame/Mira's doors illuminates the room enough for you to see the final door, resembling this one. As you reach it, the light dispels the fog entirely and you can see that the tendrils and cracks are all over the walls and ceiling. In fact, for some reason, they seem to be running along the floor]

[Did that just happen, or did you just notice?]

[However! The tendrils and cracks stop about a foot from the door, and it's completely untouched. One single lock remains, vibrating]

[The lawyer, with a badly battered Eveningstar clutched in his arms, is staring at it intensely]

[gandere]

[ Once she's done with the other doors, she'll head towards the one that's clearly lit up for them. ]

TRUE HEART

[soulping]

[As you head inside the final room, you feel your injuries start to heal themselves, and find the strength to stand and walk. The pain lessens]

[The final room is small, there's a jail cell directly in front of you. Inside that cell, sitting quietly in the corner with her head down, and her knees pulled up to her chest, is Eveningstar. She looks like she hasn't moved in a very long time.]

[To your right, there's a key hanging. There's nothing else in the room.]

[She looks up when you come in, eyes widening in surprise and confusion]

...Hello?

Re: TRUE HEART

[grandstanding]

[Blade changes back to his correct form when the pain starts to ease, though he keeps one arm around his chest until the bones knit.]

Star. We've come to help you.