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sticks and bones. ([personal profile] sticksandbonesmods) wrote in [community profile] sticksandbones2024-02-17 08:11 pm

MATTERS OF THE HEART

Who: Livio, Wolfwood, Elsword, Mizuki, Add, Heimr
What: heimrquest
When: several days after the bar is built, late in the evening
Where:
???????
Warnings:
mentioned child death, mentions of plague, paranoia, supernatural-driven insanity, survivor's guilt, death, possession, impersonation, body horror. more will be added as needed.

The General Store isn't always the most bustling place, least of all in a small make-shift town of only a handful of people, each one more troubled than the last. But at some point, each and every one of you has needed something from Heimr today. Maybe it was just a bag of candy. Maybe it was something more pressing, or some groceries. Regardless, one by one he's tended to your needs, and you leave the store with little fanfare save for the fact that it's unusually foggy out this evening- not enough that you can't see other buildings...

Until you can't.

All around you is a heavy mist, and the scent of a wood fire and warm spices floats through the air. There's no turning back, so all you can do is move forward.

On an OOC note, the Choose Your Own Adventure threads will eventually merge into one group thread. Once this occurs, mod tags will occur after each involved character has tagged, or after 24 hours have passed. That said, if it looks like good banter or development is happening, the Mod will hold off a bit or until dramatic irony strikes.
livlaughlove: and i'm trying to scream (208)

[personal profile] livlaughlove 2024-02-21 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[livio's head swims with the knowledge that wolfwood was there, all that time ago. the knowledge that livio was there, himself. he feels the memory in his very soul, more clearly even than the few times he's taken backseat to razlo without falling asleep.

he swallows, trying to force his heart back down his throat.]


I -- think this "past life" stuff might be real, Wolfwood.
lupusxylem: (52)

[personal profile] lupusxylem 2024-02-21 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wolfwood feels it too, obviously. He hates that he does, but he does. The gravity of what he saw probably rings through to Livio in the way he's standing so stiffly against him, like he's fighting to keep control over himself, so he doesn't start shaking again.]

You think?

[He snaps, but he doesn't mean it. He regrets it pretty much immediately as it comes from his mouth.]

Fuck....sorry.
livlaughlove: don't abandon me (215)

[personal profile] livlaughlove 2024-02-22 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[liv doesn't hold it against wolfwood -- doesn't even flinch. he gets it. he rubs at nick's back and opens his mouth to say as much, but then they're no longer alone.

he loosens his grip in case nick wants to pull away -- doesn't want someone else to see him "weak" -- and blinks at elsword a couple times. is this a trick question?]


Uh... white?
simplicitas: (129 @purimon_09)

[personal profile] simplicitas 2024-02-22 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I'm back to normal, then.

[He does not explain. He's watching these two hug and hmmmmmmmmmm

Steps over

Adds himself to the hug.]
lupusxylem: (13)

[personal profile] lupusxylem 2024-02-22 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wolfwood tenses a little, both at the sound of the new voice and Elsword inserting himself into what is now a three-person hug. Surprisingly though, he doesn't force himself out of it. Maybe he's just too out of it to do that, or really just needs the hug and doesn't realize it. Probably both.

He does pull back just enough to look at Elsword though, who seems to be the same from what he can tell.]


Elsword. You're here too?

[Oops he said his full name oops]
mooninthewater: (424)

[personal profile] mooninthewater 2024-02-25 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Mizuki T-poses up through the floor and—

Kidding. He does spontaneously exist in this space now after the smoke fades and that’s, like, mildly alarming.

He feels like maybe he’s interrupting something, though? It’s fine. He’ll stand here and wait politely. ]
simplicitas: (012)

[personal profile] simplicitas 2024-02-25 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Aww Wolfwood said his name :)]

Yeah, I'm here.

[And then Mizuki spawns in like a Bethesda glitch, and Elsword has immediate Jellyfish Senses™ and turns his head a bit toward the little guy.]

Come join the hug. They were hugging when I came in a minute ago.
mooninthewater: (256)

[personal profile] mooninthewater 2024-02-25 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ WELL if Elsword insists, he's immediately gonna smoosh himself into the hug. He can't put his arms around everyone reasonably, but he can put his tentacles around them, so, uh, have fun with the residual slime, everyone. ]
harmacy: your lips on the microphone (I-0118)

[personal profile] harmacy 2024-02-25 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Add also stumbles in at this moment, drones hovering low at his sides. Everyone is here, so that's good, but... actually, no, he's not going to question why they're hugging. He's just going to quietly stand over here by himself.]

... Looks like everyone made it through okay. Is anyone injured?
lupusxylem: (22)

[personal profile] lupusxylem 2024-02-25 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Wolfwood doesn't really hug people. He barely hugs Vash, and he's his boyfriend. Livio is the only person in the world he would hug without question, has hugged without question, will continue to hug forever amen-

Anyway. He hugged Livio because he just experienced something extremely upsetting and nobody else was there. Livio is, like, his emotional support person.

Then Elsword popped up in the middle like a daisy. And then Mizuki appeared, surrounded them with his noodles-

Add? Is here too??? It's not like he can really move either way, he's being embraced by three people now.]


What is happening.
livlaughlove: still, i always wondered bout the other half (277)

[personal profile] livlaughlove 2024-02-25 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[so he isn't ignoring add -- ] I think we're all fine.

[this is a lot of touch, yes. and livio can sense wolfwood wants to resist the 5x hug combo...

... so he squeezes nick more firmly. no escaping his Bear Grip. prepare for The Huggening™.]
mooninthewater: (207)

[personal profile] mooninthewater 2024-02-25 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ The Huggening Commence.

Which is to say, Add is getting grabbed by a couple of his tentacles and immediately pulled in to join the hug. Look at this! Heimr didn't mention that his Favorite People would be here — two of them even being his… ??? (title pending)

Anyway, he'll put Add between Elsword and himself, if that helps at all, and keep the tendrils wrapped around him. ]
simplicitas: (003)

[personal profile] simplicitas 2024-02-25 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Brings the wings out

Wraps the wings around everyone :)]
harmacy: around the block (I-0166)

[personal profile] harmacy 2024-02-25 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[What Is Happening

Add tolerated like 2 seconds worth of Heimr hug earlier but this is a LOT, he is going to wriggle. There is no hope of him actually escaping but he's still going to try.]


Mizuki[trying to sound commanding but now there's feathers everywhere, your commander is being overstimulated girl help,]
Edited 2024-02-25 03:20 (UTC)
mooninthewater: (205)

[personal profile] mooninthewater 2024-02-25 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ … Ah- ]

S-sorry. I got a little excited. Um. [ Noodles: dropped. Not that he can make Elsword drop the feathers, too, but maybe Add could duck out now a little more easily. He wants to at least hold Add’s hand or something, but… pbbbbththhtbth… ]
lupusxylem: (80)

[personal profile] lupusxylem 2024-02-25 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Wolfwood is! Also wiggling! Anything he could be saying is being muffled by Livio's chest though sorry he can't help with the protests he ain't going any-fucking-where]
livlaughlove: didn't start to wonder if it's mine to keep (259)

[personal profile] livlaughlove 2024-02-25 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[the beast (wolfwood) has been released. livio is only a little sorry.

has he actually seen mizuki's tentacles before...

... that's going into the compartmentalization box, actually. he's seen enough tentacles today, thanks.]


simplicitas: (023 @mELangpuding)

[personal profile] simplicitas 2024-02-25 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[...okay fine the wings will be put away, and Elsword will let y'all live. No more hug.]

Heh, sorry. It's been a long time since I got a big group hug.

[He is going to unsubtly put his arms around Mizuki and Add's shoulders though hey how's it going.]

How's everyone doing? Unhurt, yeah, but other than that?
harmacy: soft disposition (I-0119)

[personal profile] harmacy 2024-02-25 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[he is ducking OUT of the hug by exactly one (1) step, please give the science man some thinking space

okay

better.

He sighs, adjusting his hat and tie (the tie is still half-pulled and crooked why is he even bothering). Yes Elsword can shoulder-hug him now he'll tolerate this much.]


Anyway... I don't know what the rest of you have seen, but we're in Heimr's "heart" right now. The only way out is forward, so we'll have to progress deeper if we want to leave.

[which doesn't seem to be a threatening scenario, really, but other people might worry if they're gone for too long. plus it would be kind of rude to Heimr specifically.]
mooninthewater: (251)

[personal profile] mooninthewater 2024-02-25 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah that’s fine. Mizuki will back off and lean against Elsword instead. The noodles flicker out of existence in a bout of TV static. ]

That’s what Mister Heimr told me too. He said we’d keep going until we get to the next memory, and we’ll probably see him there, too.
lupusxylem: (43)

[personal profile] lupusxylem 2024-02-25 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Wolfwood will also step back now that he's been freed, reaching up to adjust his jacket lapels as if that's gonna do anything. He's still feeling a bit frazzled while also not really wanting to admit that being hugged like that somehow both helped and made it worse all at the same time. His brain is scrombled okay-]

Fine by me, but...anybody got any idea how the hell we all ended up in here?

[And why just them, and not the rest of the Grove?]
harmacy: I am your lover (H-0146)

[personal profile] harmacy 2024-02-25 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
You went to the shop today, correct? Physical contact risks triggering the "heartspace" effect, however, Heimr's body has a different makeup from ours. That's likely the reason for it, as well as the differences in rules compared to other such spaces.

He only mentioned five of us being here, so I don't believe there are any others. Perhaps it was just the timing, or some other unknown element that triggered when we each passed by... either way, we're here now, so I'd rather focus on departure than arrival for now.

... though I'm not sure how we're supposed to move forward. This place looks empty. [not much to work with]
livlaughlove: or just for your pride? (205)

[personal profile] livlaughlove 2024-02-25 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's as simple as moving. [can't hurt to try.

actually, lol, it might.]


But first -- can everybody defend themselves? Whatever memory comes next might have worse than just the one monster. [hello]
simplicitas: (006)

[personal profile] simplicitas 2024-02-25 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
I've been a knight since I was thirteen, I think. I'm good. But you guys fought monsters? All I saw was a version of me that...

[...hm. this is going to sound depressing.]

Was normal. I guess the "me" from the past.

[Just some guy with red hair.]

There was also the Lake Guardian. I tired to noodle it. And Heimr said he was being tricked by the Creature and that he's proud of me. [okay thanks Elsword] It was kind of a lot. He can't remember much of that time, I guess.

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we love mizuki in this house

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i love a little guy :)

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