heart game - MK, rinku

[wroughtandtempered]

I’m sorry. I tried— I tried, but I can’t keep going—

I don’t think I can do this alone, so— Please. Please—

I need help.

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Re: EVE'S ROOM

[noodleboi]

MK shivers at the memory. Kindness and torment turned into something else. Something ugly. But maybe a lesson that does kind of work. No one gets what they deserve, they get what they take. Or maybe also give. You can give too, give people what they deserve. Give the people who deserve it happiness and help. Give punishment to those who deserve it too.

Gently he picks up the last part of the mirror, ready for the pain.

Re: EVE'S ROOM

[wroughtandtempered]

You pick up the shard of mirror.

Instantly, pain slices through your fingers— but when you look there’s no sign of blood. Instead, you can hear Eve’s voice, faintly:

“Who am I? ...Is this all I am?”

Re: EVE'S ROOM

[noodleboi]

"I think everyone asks themselves that, sometimes." MK responds. He puts the mirror back together and finally looks into the reflection again.

Re: EVE'S ROOM

[wroughtandtempered]

The last piece slides home and the last remaining cracks vanish. As they do, the reflection in the mirror ripples and becomes whole, the smoky haze obscuring the details vanishing.

In the cleared reflection, you can see Eve’s room— but the futon with its myriad pillows and blankets has been shoved out of the corner, revealing a stone trap door underneath.

Re: EVE'S ROOM

[noodleboi]

"Whoa! Magic mirror!" That was cool! Maybe that was where the thing hurting her was. Time to try and move that futon. He'll ask Rinku for help too.

[roundandaround]

Rinku gets off the futon to pull it over, looking concerned at MK.

"MK-san, look! The blankets are actually warm, you gotta try it! ...Are you okay? Did something hurt you again?"

[noodleboi]

"Warm blankets? Okay, that's good. We gotta move the futon though. It has a trap door under it. I think that might be where the thing hurting Eve is. Can you help me move it?" MK is excited and clearly impatient all at the same time.

[roundandaround]

"Okay! Come on, let's go!"

Rinku nods excitedly and shoves the futon to try and move it out of the way. She'll stop to rearrange any pillows that fall over.

"I put the pillows in a circle. Maybe that'll cheer Eve-chan up more! Oh, right!"

Once they've gotten the futon to where they need it, Rinku takes off the crocheted blanket and drapes it over MK instead, with all its warmth and laughter. She shifts again and flies up to perch on his shoulder.

[noodleboi]

They moved the futon and MK blinked. He felt the warmth and laughter in the blanket and laughed himself. He nodded at Rinku on his shoulder.

"Let's do this," He moved down to knock on the stone trap door then try to open it.

[wroughtandtempered]

Knocking does nothing, but it's easy enough to open once the leather straps holding it down are undone.