aprettygirl | EVE'S HEART

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EVE'S HEART

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

"...are you all right?"

[...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!]

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

He points down a road.

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

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.

[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?]

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

You feel a little dizzy.

[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!]

You do get surrounded! They clap along with you.

"Two down! Two down!"

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

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

...Mind leading Star there?

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

[...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.]

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

They start pointing you in all directions.

Thanks, then!

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

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!

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

Are. . .are you going to barge into a hospital room to nurse someone . . .

[Perhaps! This is what my Infiltration skill is for! Breaking into places where I obviously shouldn't be without getting caught!

That being said, I'll... try to avoid anything that looks serious.]

YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL . . . writing appears on a nearby patient record.

ATTAGIRL! GO GO GO!

Sorry for the interruption.

[I'll just bow in apology to everyone in the room and sneak my way out. Let's see, what's next uh...

Random fancy house...?]

Someone catches your wrist before you can go knocking on random people's doors. It's the girl from the beach; she's laughing in delight.

"All right, all right! I'm convinced!"

? But doesn't Star still have to do three more?

[Not that I mind, since it means I can avoid the brothel, but...]

"No need, no need. You played well. Come with me?"

[Well, I'll nod and follow for now. This probably won't turn out badly, right?

Well, I'll write a message to Eve while I follow:

"Star's glad she didn't have to actually go into a brothel to finish the game. Those kinds of places are dangerous though, is it really okay to have people enter it for a game?

Even if it isn't needed."]

She seems to be leading you back beachwards, but at a leisurely pace; you have time to admire the city.

You get a response: It's all right, I promise she left out the angry dissidents.

Edited 2014-02-16 03:59 (UTC)

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