[Lucciola's Heart]

[soulping]

[As you step through Castling's mirror, you end up in a large, bright and blinding white space. It's so bright that it's difficult to see anything the first few moments. Your eyes will probably hurt a lot.]

Instructions | Hub | Mirror | Sky | Childhood | Servant Quarters | Castling | Guild | Dining Room | Rose Garden | Chessboard | Fireflies

[ooc: new areas will be unscreened as you gain access to them.
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Comments

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

...not appropriate for you...

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

Sure they are!

[ Gets it ALL SOAKED UP and hopping back up to his feet. ]

There. See? Easy!

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

. . . a-aah . . .

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

This isn't that different from what we were just talking about. You can let other people do things for you instead of expecting yourself to do it all the time.

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

... But you are special, Lord Dio.

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

Nope! I'm not any more special than you. Nor do I want to be.

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

. . .

[you are special to me :(]

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

So for things like this, little things, anyway. It's okay.

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

... if you wish.

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

The only thing I wish is to be on equal ground with you.

And for you to see yourself as somebody on equal ground with others.

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

[nods silently, slowly]

I know.

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

[ Reaching over to muss his hair playfully. ]

Good! Then you know.

[ Which means you BETTER ACTIVELY REMEMBER IT. :'l ]

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

[... you're talking to a me in my heart. the possibility that I remember it isn't super high]

Mh.

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

[ Well actually remember no but FEELING IT IN YOUR KOKORO...!!

And now that this Castling in a better place, he's gonna head into the mirror room next. ]

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

[helping Castling learn self-value 101?

well, it's more like an alcove. the other mirrors are less dim, but Castling's mirror is the most prominent.

it looks whole, as far as shards are concerned]

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

[ Yes. Self-value is great.

Checking out each of those mirrors, lightly touching each of the ones not Castling's to see if they do or emit anything. ]

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

[the other mirrors do nothing.

if you look closer at Castling's mirror, you will find a small shard that seems a bit out of place against the other ones.]

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

Aha...

[ Reaches to grab that, then. And looks around. Anything else? If not he's gonna head to Lucciola's room. ]

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

[nothing else out of order around here, no]

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

[ Then to the rooms! Or more specifically Lucciola's. ]

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

[Castling's room should be familiar to you at this point. It's complete with the chessboard and random small things he’s collected. (It’s not much, but still a lot more than what his Guild room had.) The bed is tidy and neat and the chess pieces are stood on each side of the board, ready for a game. On the wall hangs a spare team uniform. There are also a few papers on the small table containing scribbles in Last Exile Greeklish. It’s mostly about vanship controls and navigation. There are also some additional papers with other random text that aren’t apparent in his real room, if you’re that observant.]

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

[ Going to poke at those additional papers. :o ]

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

[it seems they're half-hearted attempts at diary entries, but none of them are finished, and none of them are very long either. it's as if he tried, and then gave up in trying to write down his thoughts on... various things; kyriakos, his team, ...friendship and also the strange feeling beyond friendship he has with Rook. as a matter of fact, you'll probably find your own name more than any other name, either as Rook or as Lord Dio. he seems to have had trouble settling on one name only.

there's also some recipes on quite a few dishes and notes on various practical skills he's remembered]

Re: CASTLING

[unguilded]

[ Looking them all over to get an idea of the things and feelings he has written down, especially where his own name shows up. Even though he frowns over these looking like given-up attempts. ]

Re: CASTLING

[lucciola]

[it's probably nothing you haven't already figured out, but there's a vague mulling and worry over whether his feelings are merely a product of his life-long duty of devotion or actual, genuine feelings. and then he berates himself for that, because it should be a baseless worry, since he knows he's made choices himself without outside influence, that his trust in Dio is absolute, what he feels for Dio is... well, beyond his own description, at the very least. but then he's also made choices that upset Dio. and he doesn't want that to happen.

but sometimes his emotions and the way he has needed to repress them makes him feel like he's fumbling around in the dark when he's left with real freedom about them. and expressing them? he doesn't want to disappoint. what if what he feels is... the wrong way? they are so strong and it scares him, because acting on them is something he has no idea how to. what if...

there are a lot of what ifs, and things are scribbled over and replaced with other words. mostly it just seems he doesn't really want to continue down this particular train of thought, but it's hard not to think about it, and so it continues]