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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[wingtamed]

[ immediately heading back to the mirror room, yes.

once he's sure sparrow's gone. ]

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[knighttolast]

Aquila stands in the mirror room, rather than hiding in the wall. In her hair are Sparrow's barrettes, if Mira would recognize them; she looks . . . surprised, to see him, but doesn't retreat.

". . . you came back."

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[wingtamed]

[ oh.


he came here to yell at walls and there is no wall to yell at only


a naked chick. okay. this is okay.

hold on just. reaching to pull his shirt off over his head. with one arm. ]

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[knighttolast]

". . .w-what are you doing?"

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[wingtamed]

Girls shouldn't be standin' 'round naked, y'know.

[ shirt in hand let's slowly approach her. ]

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[knighttolast]

Staying pretty still, just kind of. hanging there. She seems pretty calm now.

". . . But that's yours. . ."

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[wingtamed]

[ stops with several feet still in between them to. hold out the shirt. ]

I can jus' get another.

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[knighttolast]

She takes a moment, staring at the shirt before reaching out to take it.

"Thank you. Why did you come back?"

[wingtamed]

. . I don't like you bein' scared of me.


It hurts.

[knighttolast]

". . . oh."

That's. Awkward. She frowns, looking down at the shirt and pressing it close against her - not quite putting it on, yet.

[wingtamed]

[ yes, okay, you do that. he'll just. stand back here, one hand pressed to his hip and the other raising to shove through his hair. ]

I'm not gonna hurt you.

[knighttolast]

". . ."

[wingtamed]

I don't wanna hurt you, I wanna be friends with you. I wanna--protect you, an' make sure you're safe, make sure you don't get hurt, 'cause we're teammates, an' that's what teammates're for, right?

[knighttolast]

"Is that all?"

[wingtamed]

What d'ya mean, is that all.

[knighttolast]

"If I wasn't your teammate, would you want to protect me? Would you still want to be friends with me, keep me safe, make sure I don't get hurt?"

[wingtamed]

[ that--actually gets him to stop, for a moment. ]

Yeah. I'd protect you, no matter what.

[knighttolast]

"You're lying, aren't you?"

[wingtamed]

I don't lie.

[knighttolast]

"Oh, so it's alright if it's you, it's just not alright if it's someone else."

[wingtamed]

It ain't right for anyone to come in here an' mess with Canis's heart. Including me.

Talkin' to you like this's wrong. Breaking stuff an' ruining stuff to change him ain't right either.

[knighttolast]

"Then why did you come back?"

[wingtamed]

'cause I messed up an' I didn't want it to ruin anything.

[knighttolast]

"You've done plenty enough already."

Gestures to Devotion, behind him.

[wingtamed]

I know! An' I tried ta fix what I did but it wouldn't fix an' I 'unno how ta fix it right but I didn't wanna--mess anythin' else up.