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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Comments

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[knighttolast]

"If you're looking for something wrong, why not look at the thing behind you? It doesn't look anything like something that belongs here."

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[wingtamed]

Canis belongs here a lot more than you do! An' why're there two of Lupus?!

[ sshifting his weight, pulling devotion closer. ]

Oi, Lupus!

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[barrette]

Neither of them are things, Aquila.

[ looks to Mira again before refocusing on Aquila ]

I'd like to know that too.

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[knighttolast]

"She came to be with me. Because she loves me."

Devotion is akin to a hissy cat at this point, making faces at Aquila, who. . . . carries on.

"She loves Canis, too. This is where love is."

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[wingtamed]

Give Lupus back.

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[knighttolast]

"No."

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[barrette]

She can't stay here forever. It's because she loves him that she has to leave here to help him.

[ I'M SO SORRY FOR THE REPOSTS... ]

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[knighttolast]

"I don't see why not. We're all here; why can't she be here too? And besides, he doesn't need help."

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[wingtamed]

[ releasing devotion's hand, to press his fingers against the sword at his side. ]

She doesn't belong to you.

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[barrette]

[ this... this feels Wrong. she didn't know Aquila well, but this doesn't seem like her... ]

Are you the infection, Aquila?

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[knighttolast]

She smiles benignly, and you can see something black coiling around Lupus. . .
"What makes you say that?"

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[wingtamed]

[ yeah, okay, unsheathing his sword and pointing it towards aquila. ]

I said gimmie back Lupus.

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[barrette]

[ yeah she. she can't do nothing while Lupus seems to be in danger, so she tries to cast Sarcasm at the black thing coiling around her- ]

Because Aquila wouldn't let anything endanger her teammates!

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[soulping]

The black coil twitches a little, but that's about it.

I'm not endangering her.

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[wingtamed]

She ain't yours, she's mine!

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[barrette]

What do you call that, then?

[ gestures to the black coil and. edging back toward Mira a little. ]

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[soulping]

You're being really possessive. It's protecting her.

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[barrette]

From what?

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[wingtamed]

[ it's. not like that looks odd to him at all but--devotion's reaction sure was strange. she's strange.

sshutting up though and. standing his ground. ]

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[soulping]

Everything.

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[barrette]

No, it's not. Let Lupus go, or we'll set her free ourselves.

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[wingtamed]

[ shifts his sword to point it towards aquila. ]

Better hurry up.

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[soulping]

You'll have to do it yourselves. I'm not letting her go.

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[barrette]

...Mira, we'll have to take this "Aquila" out to help Lupus and Canis.

[ looks to Devotion ]

This could get ugly.

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[knighttolast]

[ . . . Nods, gripping the shards tightly ]