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)

[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!]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

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

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[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.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

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

ATTAGIRL! GO GO GO!

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

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...?]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

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!"

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

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

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

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

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

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[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."]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

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.

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Well, might as well admire the city, then. And perhaps memorize how to navigate it just in case.

And might as well respond while I'm at it.

"More worried about what would happen if Pitch wound up in there."

...I'm sorry, I'm kind of concerned about Pitch when it comes to this kind of thing.]

Re: flesh (by daylight)

[aprettygirl]

I'll watch out for him.

It's a lovely city, you'll notice, unusually clean and free of homeless, although it seems to be divided into obvious sections: richer and poorer areas of town. They layout is complicated but fairly well-planned; there are also no cars, though you see well-dressed men and women riding horses in some of the richer quarters. There's also a palace in the distance, though you're not headed there . . .

You return to the beach instead.