EVE'S HEART

[aprettygirl]

A dark veil slips over you, obscuring your vision; it’s cool and clinging, and blocks out all outside sensation. You drift downward . . . as you do, you grow more and more aware of the pulse of your own heartbeat, until it’s a ringing, unpleasant throb in your ears.

. . . after some time, it’s interrupted by a soft splash, and you feel solid rock underfoot.

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Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Wait, what? What was that white thing? Let's do a quick check in the hallway for it.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

Just the students from before. . .?

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Well, okay then. Let's head to the equipment she was using... Maybe we just have to... duplicate what she was happening in the memory...?

...I really hope that doesn't mean I have to do detective work, though. I'm probably really bad at that.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

She was looking through the microscope at the slides.

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Well, then.. looking at slides through a microscope, I can probably do.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

. . . the magnified cells you're looking at spell out a message.

ONE DOWN

KEEP IT UP

The 'student' rose is gone from your hand . . .

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Then, uh... I guess next is going... through the college...?

Let's see if there's some exit that isn't going backwards...]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

There are exit signs to follow! You head out into a bustling square.

. . . you're probably lost; it's a big city.

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Well, whatever. We just need to find some kids to dance in front of, right?

...I am a terrible dancer, though. I really hope this doesn't turn out badly.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

Well, you're definitely attracting an audience . . . it's not kids, though, just people staring.

"...are you all right?"

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[...Yeah, this is what I figured...]

...No, but it's not like there's a choice. Some weird penalty game. Supposed to impress some kids by dancing, but...

[Well!]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

"Ah...performances are usually held over there, miss."

He points down a road.

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Sure, fine, whatever. Down the road I go. It's not like I can do any worse.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

The houses are smaller and shabbier here; this is clearly a poorer area.

You emerge in the market square you saw, eventually; something brushes past you again as you do.

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[It's probably the same thing, isn't it? Well, let's do a quick check for it and then head to the center of the square. It's not like I'm going to be able to find it anyways, right?]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

Nope. You're at the centre of the square now . . .

You feel a little dizzy.

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Well, it's not like being dizzy can make my dancing any worse... Let's try and make an idiot of ourselves again! Hopefully more dancing, and hopefully surrounded by children this time!]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

You do get surrounded! They clap along with you.

"Two down! Two down!"

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

Then, Star should be off to the next one...

[...But this place is a maze, uh...]

...Mind leading Star there?

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

"Where? Where do you need to get to?"

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[...Well, to be honest, it's hard to actually say an actual place in the middle of a heart, so...]

Wherever I'm supposed to go to clear out the next rose.

[That... doesn't really help much though, huh... Let's see...]

...Maybe a hospital? Or a fancy house. Or a fortune teller, or... Aather, maybe?

[There's another one, but I'd... rather not lead kids there. All sorts of things can go wrong.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

"The fortune teller's right over there! And the hospital's that way! And..."

They start pointing you in all directions.

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

Thanks, then!

[Well, let's go for the fortune teller, then. That one looks easy, at least.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

You can find the table across the square, after some hunting around the booths and dodging people . . . it sure is busy today! A message appears in the crystal ball when you sit down at it:

THREE! YOU'RE ON A ROLL!

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Well, that was easier than I thought it would be. Next... The hospital!]