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Canis's heart

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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". . . . It's not my place."

Canis's room? Don't you mean Bella's room? . . . because it looks a lot like it. Complete with motorcycle, booze and everything Bella used to have - but instead of a bed, there's a soul pod, with a person inside.

[ dragging devotion over to the soul pod, yes.

let's go inspect it. ]

Surprise, it's Bella! Sleeping just as she is in the soul pod room. That sure was a mystery!

[ while Mira investigates the bedroom, Sparrow will... check out the kitchen! ]

In the kitchen is a certain person humming to himself as he cheerily cooks food! . . . . in the nude, wearing nothing but a pink apron. You get a really nice view of his ass here, huh.

[ OH MY GOD I DIDN'T NEED TO SEE THAT ]

Um!

He doesn't seem to notice you~ he's just happily doing his thing.

[ BACKING UP SO FAST BEFORE SHE SEES ATLASWANG

once she's out of the kitchen she just. hides her face in her hands fpr a second. ]

I am so, so sorry.

[ RUBS FACE and then tries to get a better look at the pillow pile ]

Lupus and Lepus snuggle each other happily, and Cepheus hangs a little ways from them - awkward, but smiling. If you looks hard enough, Mira's in the back, with his arms hanging over them all and his head between Cepheus and the other two . . .and of course, the wings are connected to him. They're still quite transparent.

[ ...this is really cute and makes her feel really happy. ]

Love? You're here, right?

There's no response.

[ :|a time to snoop around

nothing terribly intrusive, but curious investigation, more or less. ]

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[ tturning to devotion and. cupping his face between his hands. ]

Listen to me, a'right? This's your room. This's your space. She's sleeping, so 's--'s okay. I want you to have this space, an' if you don't wanna take it over--then you can jus' share mine.

". . . . ?

. . . I. . . "

He—doesn't have any words at all to say . . . the room seems to waver for a moment, before returning to normal.

You belong here in Barghest with everyone else. An even if--even if you don't like me, I'm still gonna protect ya. Lupus, Lepus, Draco, an' Cepheus aren't the only ones that belong under my wings like that.

[ leaning forward, to press a kiss to his forehead. ] If I could, I'd bring 'em out right now. But I can't--so you're just gonna have ta take my word for it. You belong with me, with them, you're allowed ta have this room an' make the space your own.

He allows that, leaning into his touch obediently.

". . . Please don't tell me that."

You're Barghest, too. This's your space, your home. You can't jus'--give that up 'cause someone was there before you.

". . . This isn't. . . my place.

This is Love's place. It doesn't do any good to tell me that—but if you told Canis that later, I'm sure he'd appreciate it."

. . you're part of Canis, too.

[ so this totally counts, shut up.

looking over to bella, then back to. devotion. ]

A'right. [ let's go check out the other rooms then. ]

"He's not going to remember any of this when he wakes up. All of this is like a dream, to him. . . even this conversation. . ."

The other rooms are locked.

I guess that's. . good.

[ i mean i did break his most important thing i don't want him to remember that. ]

Canis was never this cuddly. [ he's still touching devotion's face. ]

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"Do you want him to be? He will, now. He'll be anything you want him to be. I'll be anything you want to be."

He lifts a hand to press it over Mira's hand, moving closer.

"He'll do anything you want him to. That's what it means to be devoted. That's what I am."

[ on one hand that sounds very appealing, being able to get canis to do what he wants him to do, especially after all the bullshit he's gone through because of canis; trying to get canis to like him, trying to get along with him, trying so hard to apologize correctly, but-- ]

's not what I want. I want Canis to be Canis.