Canis's heart

[soulping]

The moment you step through the mirror door, you seem to - slip, as if the floor were made of wax, but when you fall there is no floor to catch you; only darkness.

You fall for some time. Eventually, it feels as if you're not falling at all - but rather, floating . . . and some time after that, it almost feels as if you have no body at all. The light from which the entrance of Canis's heart is disappears quickly, and you're left with nothing - not even your own screams, if you have any; nothing seems to leave your throat, and there's no sound at all, besides. Even the rushing of wind is gone, and your own pulse seems to fade away. . .

. . . what penetrates your consciousness next is the soft sound of music. Someway or another, you find yourself on a white platform; you're dressed in plain clothes of your team color, all items gone from your person. In front of you, four stones float; all perfectly square and identical to each other. Each have images - a sword, a staff, a bow and arrow, and a sparkling circle . . . you understand what you must do.

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[knighttolast]

"D-don't—don't touch Haruki-sama, y-you broke him—"

He manages out in a hushed breath, holding the shards protectively.

"I-I-I can't leave, I can't leave, I'm not leaving him, I can't leave this place."

[wingtamed]

You're not gonna die in here!

[ he's got AN ARMFUL OF SHARDS. there's. way too many to pick them all up and canis won't leave on his own so he can't stay here and try to get them all before the sand takes over.

fffuck. standing up and. really awkwardly bending down to throw canis over his shoulder. he's getting out of here whether he wants to or not. ]

[knighttolast]

He yelps when he's picked up, holding onto the shard and still desperately clawing for more of them, but he's somehow lost the use of his legs and he's so focused on trying to keep these shards safe that you can try to get out of here!

Of course, the entrance is quickly being filled up by sand. . . .

[wingtamed]

[ nopenopenopenopenopenopenopenope.

this is this thing and his thing isn't dying here and he will trudge through all this sand with canis and haruki-bits even if the glass digs into his arms even if it hurts he's not gonna give up now. ]

[knighttolast]

You trudge through the sand, trying to reach through to the doorway, but it may not be a good idea. The plates of armor swing their swords at you, trying to cut you down, now entering the broken sanctuary with ease, as if making to cut down the one who broke it all.

[wingtamed]

[ so he's. unarmed facing two gigantic suits of armor that already ruined his hair and he broke canis.

yes, okay, this is definitely safe. the most safe. if he puts canis down he's sure canis is just going to go back there, if he tries to run for it he'll probably die. if he tries to get canis over there canis is probably going to come back over here.

attempting to lurch back and avoid those swinging swords, yeah. while making sure not to drop or harm canis. deep breaths. ]

. . 'm real sorry. I'm real real real sorry, Canis. I said--I was gonna love you, an' I wasn't lyin'. I want you to live. More than anythin' else. Right now I--I really really want you to get outta here.

[knighttolast]

He doesn't seem to be responsive anymore, merely holding onto the shards - letting himself be cut through, cut deep.

But something else answers you. The whole earth seems to rumble again, shaking and splitting apart until the earth divides and swallows you whole.

[wingtamed]

[ just. hholding onto canis no mysterious hole in the floor you can't make him let go. ]

[knighttolast]

I guess you're taking him with you.