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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flesh (laboratory)

[aprettygirl]

You’re in a messy, messy laboratory. Tables and racks full of equipment have been pushed higgledy-piggledy; most of it looks like it’s for chemistry experiments, but the labels on things are blurred and unreadable and the numerous bottles of liquids all hold red fluid. One side of the room is devoted entirely to cramped shelves full of books; many of them have fallen out and form large heaps between those shelves.

You might be distracted by the windows running all around the room, however: they’re floor-to-ceiling, and display a gorgeous view of space and stars, all around you.

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[blackjacked]

[wow. . . she wasn't kidding]

[taking a moment to admire the view, before he heads straight to the books on the shelves. checking out their titles first]

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[aprettygirl]

Have a Little Faith. Man of La Mancha. Reach For The Sky . . .

One of the heaps of books appears to be breathing.

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[blackjacked]

[. . . well that's different]

Eeeh?

[going to inspect the breathing books next]

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[aprettygirl]

There's definitely someone buried under there.

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[blackjacked]

[let's. . . let's dig the person out]

Oi oi, how did this happen?

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[aprettygirl]

It's a girl who looks like Eve! She's a little shorter and slighter, though, with a bobbed haircut, wearing a labcoat over a silver-and-white military uniform -- clearly a younger version.

She's fast asleep.

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[blackjacked]

. . . Eve?

[tries poking her forehead]

C'mon, this is no place to fall asleep.

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[appleofhiseye]

[stopping to check out the view because wow]

Oh my.

[BUT after being sufficiently distracted for a moment, she's going to attempt to clean up the mess]

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[aprettygirl]

She can tidy things up and straighten tables, etc!

When she moves toward the back she'll also see Kit poking someone in the forehead wow rude.

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[appleofhiseye]

[well kit is rude what did you expect]

Maybe he should be letting her sleep.

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[decider]

[...is in fact distracted by that actually. drifting closer to the window, almost pressing himself against the glass.]

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[aprettygirl]

It looks limitless . . .

(The frames holding the windows together are slowly beginning to warp.)

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[decider]

[actually shies back from them, then snorts at himself. restlessly drifts closer to the books; hopefully at least some of them are hand-bound.]

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[aprettygirl]

They have titles like Have a Little Faith, Man of La Mancha, and Reach For The Sky . . .

Many of them begin to flake and rot, though Man of La Mancha and another thin volume titled The Alchemist stay whole enough.

One of the heaps of books on the floor is breathing.

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[decider]

[flips "The Alchemist" open, ignoring it for the moment]

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[aprettygirl]

The boy's name was Santiago. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with his herd at an abandoned church. The roof had fallen in long ago, and an enormous sycamore had grown on the spot where the sacristy had once stood.

He decided to spend the night there. He saw to it that all the sheep entered through the ruined gate, and then laid some planks across it to prevent the flock from wandering away during the night. There were no wolves in the region, but once an animal had strayed during the night, and the boy had had to spend the entire next day searching for it.

He swept the floor with his jacket and lay down, using the book he had just finished reading as a pillow. He told himself that he would have to start reading thicker books: they lasted longer, and made more comfortable pillows.

It was still dark when he awoke, and, looking up, he could see the stars through the half-destroyed roof. I wanted to sleep a little longer, he thought. He had had the same dream that night as a week ago, and once again he had awakened before it ended.

He arose and, taking up his crook, began to awaken the sheep that still slept. He had noticed that, as soon as he awoke, most of his animals also began to stir. It was as if some mysterious energy bound his life to that of the sheep, with whom he had spent the past two years, leading them through the countryside in search of food and water. "They are so used to me that they know my schedule," he muttered. Thinking about that for a moment, he realized that it could be the other way around: that it was he who had become
accustomed to their schedule.

But there were certain of them who took a bit longer to awaken. The boy prodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. He had always believed that the sheep were able to understand what he said. So there were times when he read them parts of his books that had made an impression on him, or when he would tell them of the loneliness or the happiness of a shepherd in the fields. Sometimes he would comment to them on the things he had seen in the villages they passed.

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[appleofhiseye]

[BACK WITH LITTLE GIRL]

It's still clean right..

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[aprettygirl]

YES SORRY whatever changes and cleanup you did are still there.

The Alchemist has progressed to sitting up leaning against a bookshelf...snoring gently...

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[appleofhiseye]

Please do wake up a bit when you have company.

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[aprettygirl]

She snorts a little and slits an eye open . . . then both eyes. "Ah."

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[appleofhiseye]

We've brought you a visitor.

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[aprettygirl]

". . . hello, Seth."

The child tries to hide behind Apple and Kit at the same time . . . it's not very effective.

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[blackjacked]

[back to the lab again!1]

Eve? Are you still here?

[looking around for sleepy!eve]

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[aprettygirl]

The Alchemist has progressed to sitting up leaning against a bookshelf...snoring gently...