castaside | [Heart Game] From the ashes we can build

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[Heart Game] From the ashes we can build

WHO: Macaque, Red Son, Wukong, Korone, Donnie, Cole, Wash
WHAT: Soul fixin'
WHEN: March 9
WHERE: Red Son's house, Blossomcrown
WARNINGS: will be marked

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[ Wukong stokes along the magpie's beak, smoothing the feathers back. It's the same feeling he had wanted Macaque to get from him all those years ago. That level of love.]

I finally got to go home, and everyone who knew who I was had been murdered while I was away. So I got used to being alone until MK.

[He scoffs a little.] Usually if you're not me. I'll leave it at that. We're here to help Macaque, not worry about a bunch of my past issues that don't matter.

The magpie chirps, clearly pleased with the feather stroking. The feeling of love only notches up when it's getting positive attention, sorry not sorry. Wukong will get the impression of Macaque's feelings specifically in all that love. This magpie is him, after all.

It caws softly at the two of them, projecting more affection at them both. Don't argue, you're both pretty.

Please, I'll tell you stories about my new friends at some point and you'll understand how worrying about you and Macaque at the same time is absolutely nothing. This is a break for my worry levels.

Besides, you deserve people worrying about you.

But Macaque is the first priority worry for stuff to do.

So love, loss, loneliness.

Yeah, I keep hearing that lately here. [Hard doubting still though. Maybe because he doesn't want to get his hopes up, or maybe it's not wanting more people to hurt, or that loss will happen again either through death or returning home.]

I'm like 70% sure that what we've got here might not be what we want to fill this one. You have thoughts there?

The magpie flies up and perches on Wukong's head, and then it sits down there. It looks happy and it projects a feeling of complete contentment. This it its monkey now.

Good. That means you have good people around you. Its when no one worries that you should be concerned about the crowd you're in.

[He pulls out his phone to check over the list.]

What happened in your coin and the is the truthshooms related to anything like this?

[Not entertaining that thought. At. All. Not even responding to it. Which is probably telling. Instead he engages in a short text chain with MK, sends him a memory, and forgives him for keeping a huge secret.]

MK needed the coin and the truthshrooms...kiiinda? Since it was me and Macaque talking about things after they went as bad as they could and him being willing to take what I was willing to give him due to a misunderstanding since I'm bad at feelings.

The magpie chirps when Wukong speaks. Seems he has something to say about some of that. But, as ever, he projects an intense feeling of love and care and affection, unconditionally.

[That is extremely telling, sir. How does Wash manage to project 'I am being told things' through a helmet? Hard to say, its those same ninja tricks that let him eat fruit with it on.]

...a lot of loneliness can come from misunderstanding.

It is still an attempt at communication and reaching out, while also still having the loss and lonely feelings?

[Macpie, your opinion is biased. And Wash, you can't see the centuries of built up and still building baggage and hurt and insecurity. Look elsewhere.]

You could just say "Hey, I think the plushie might work, Monkey King". I would've taken that just fine. [He definitely could do without being reminded again that he made Macaque lonelier, even an unintentional one.

He walks over to the void, pulling out the mushroom plushie and looking at it. He offers it to the void.]

Hey, now. Biased doesn't mean necessarily incorrect. The Macpie will settle back down on Wukong's head, seemingly he lives here now.

The void will accept the truthshroom plushie and it closes up. Now the brotherhood window is complete and it lets the sun and moon and stars shine in.

[He's meant enough immortals that his ability to guess isn't abysmal for it. You seek of the insecurity and hurt.]

When you're working through a heart with someone, its important to talk things through if you can. People have different understanding of things. And you DO know Macaque better. You might notice something that was completely off base.

Sadly talking emotions is part of the deal with heart games. They need a lot of care.

You want to hold these memories?

Yeeeeah...Imma let most everyone else talk it out and be physical support, unless Macaque questions come up. Or it looks like something's gonna get broken.

I'll take these two- [He takes the jar and paper.] -and this- [The magpie.] -but the candle probably should stay put?

The Macaquepie chirps happily. Yay, field trip with his favorite person!

[He considers the candle. Breaking the wax COULD disrupt the memory.]

If we need it, we can come back. I may even be able to teleport now that I've seen the place.

We're gonna swing by the south. There's apparently a house with blue cracks, I'm gonna see if I can do anything about the Epsilon stuff.

[A pause.] I start acting weird, say Agent Washington. If that's not working, call Choco.

Alright. I was told we leave them alone, but we can see how this goes.

[He gestures for Wash to lead the way this time, reaching up to stroke Macaquepie's wing.]

Yeah, but I was the one who said to leave them alone. Epsilon was my partner.

They had time to get ingrained into Choco. There's been less time for Macaque, I might be able to do something to help make it....less.

I'm in a good enough place it should be easy enough to snap me back, so its worth a shot.

[So the south!]

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