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]

"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.

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[wingtamed]

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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[knighttolast]

"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."

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[wingtamed]

[ 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.

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[knighttolast]

"He will be. Do you want a Canis who loves you? That will be him. A Canis who obeys you? That will be him. That is what it means to be king. We will protect you. Our life is yours."

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[wingtamed]

[ ifuckedupifuckedupifuckedupifuckedupifuckedup-- ]

No. Your life is your own. It ain't mine.

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[knighttolast]

"It's a life made for you. We were created—before, for someone else, but now we exist for you."

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[wingtamed]

An' as your king, I want you to live for you, a'right?

Don't live for me.

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[knighttolast]

He just . . . looks at you? Like. . . he gets that there are words that are coming out of his mouth, but no sound's coming out, nothing's being registered.

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[wingtamed]

Understand?

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[knighttolast]

". . . We exist for you. That is our purpose."

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[wingtamed]

[ sshutting up. let's. look at the mirror room? y e a h, that sounds way less dangerous than opening his mouth again. ]

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[knighttolast]

Well okay, you sure do that. There are six mirrors, but they've all been pushed to one side of the room, squished together. . . there's nothing else.

But you can hear the faint sound of . . . crying?

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[wingtamed]

[ searching for the source of that. it's gotta be around here somewhere, right. ]

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[knighttolast]

There's nothing here except the mirrors.

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[wingtamed]

[ yeah ok. looking really hard at those mirrors. ]

. . Aquila?

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[knighttolast]

Are you like. . . talking to the mirrors? You weirdo.

Either way, there's a hitch of breath, and the crying stops. Everything is silent.

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[wingtamed]

[ yes. shut up. ]

Aquila, c'mere. We're not gonna--hurt you or nothin'.

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[knighttolast]

Nnnope. There's nothing. Though you get the vague feeling . . . of fear? Something's radiating fear here, but you can't quite place it. Maybe it's the entire room. . . ?

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[wingtamed]

[ softly pressing his palms against the walls to check for any--hidden doors. something. ]

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[knighttolast]

You press against the wall and you feel it shiver, tremble, as if it were a living thing . . .

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[wingtamed]

[ oh. ]

Hey. I'm not gonna hurt you. I won't hurt you. I like you a lot. Don't be scared.

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[barrette]

[ slowly, quietly enters the room and doesn't say anything. ]

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[knighttolast]

The wall seems to shy away from Mira's touch, as if it were fearful - no, as if there were something there within the wall, fearful? Of something . . . . of what?

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[wingtamed]

[ softly, soothingly: ]

I can't help you if you don't tell me what's wrong.