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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Comments

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

". . . I will not.

You have a place in this heart, always."

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

Then, Star'll trust you.

[And, let's get off this topic for now.]

So... What should Star be looking for around here? What are all the lanterns on the islands for?

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"There are mausoleums on those islands."

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

[...Well. Let's just keep "searching through crypts" for later, then.]

Anything else around here Star should know about, or do we just have the mausoleums and the city?

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"This is a layer of stable truth under lies . . . or something like that? It's not as stable as it ought to be."

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

Then we should make it more stable, right? How can Star help with that?

[Aside from writing to you and suggesting it, I mean.]

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"I'm not sure . . . mmm, there are quakes sometimes . . . perhaps, pressing for honesty would be a good path to take . . .?"

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

Mmm... Star'll do her best there... Kind of worried she won't be able to do that well on that, though...

[I'll... try to more often, but generally people don't like you when you press them when they're not telling the truth...?]

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"Are you afraid she'll be angry...?"

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

Doesn't everyone?

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"Are you asking if anyone would be afraid, or if anyone would be angry?"

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

The second.

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"I think . . . remembering one doesn't need to lie so much . . . can be a distraction from that."

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

...Need to lie?

[I'm sorry, that concept is... so strange to me. I mean, I know I saw you doing undercover stuff, but that's not really lying, is it? I mean, it's stuff you can do by dressing up the right way and acting like you belong there, so...

Yeah, I just... Can't comprehend the idea that one might need to lie. Secrecy I can understand, but outright lying?]

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

The girl tilts her head at Star in the dark, waiting for her to go on out loud . . .

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

...Needing to lie is so weird. Yeah, Star can help tell Eve she doesn't need to lie.

...You don't need to lie? Or I guess not you, since you're a part of the heart, but... sort of you...?

[I'm sorry, I'm confusing myself, too.]

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"...I lie less to you, and to people I know very well. So it's not even as much of an issue..."

She taps her chin.

"Except to protect us in games, I suppose."

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

...Does lying really protect us in games, though?

[I... don't think I've ever played a game where the objective involved lying in some way...]

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"In bad games, at least a little."

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

It's not like we can talk to the other teams during them, though, so it's not like there's anyone to lie to.

[And in the times we've been able to interact with others, Jasper's method of protecting tended to amount to "find a way to attack the spirit of the rules without actually breaking them."]

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"Well, no . . . one lies outside them."

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

[Mmm... Still seems a bit off, though...]

...Still doesn't make sense, though. What kind of lie could stop a team from attacking us, anyways?

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"'I will become a monster if my team is killed.'"

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[mirroredvalue]

...Suppose that could do it, yeah.Then again, Star's a monster too, and she's pretty sure she can't do anything to stop people anyways.

[Not in the same sense you mean, but still. There is nobody in Jasper more enthusiastic about killing people than me, I'm pretty sure.]

Re: blood (by nightlight)

[aprettygirl]

"Well, telling people you'd like to kill them does tend to go the other way."