[Heart Game] From the ashes we can build

[castaside]

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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Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

"I'm asking Monkey King. His coin is about Macaque in the horde. Which is here. And feeling fear, loss, and hope. It might also fit. Waiting for him to get back to me. Either one sounds like it might work. ...What do you think is in the house waiting for us?"

Re: Level S - South Door

[castaside]

When Wukong tosses MK the coin, he will get the following memory:

You are Macaque, and you are lonely.

You're in Wukong's treasure room, grumbling as you try and pick through the pile of priceless treasures he brought home and dumped just wherever. Attempting to sort things in some sort of order just because it pisses you off to see the results of Wukong's grand adventures treated so carelessly. As if his being away is just some casual thing he does for no real reason, when it feels extremely significant to you. Wukong being gone occupies your whole mind, even during the too-short occasions in which he's home.

Outwardly, you probably look like you're just grumping around, irritable about being left to deal with a mess. Inside, you're scared. You're so scared of him being gone, of it turning into a permanent thing, of him being done with you if you try to ask him to stop rushing off to the four corners of the world. He'd probably hate you if you asked that, and you can't risk it.

You're scared because your feelings for him feel too big, and he probably doesn't want that.

So you stay here. You sort through the shit he hauls back. You fluff up the nest and make sure everything he could want is within reach so that when he comes home, you're ready. You'll groom him until your fingers go numb so he'll stop and stay still for three blessed seconds and try not to cling too tightly at night.

You dream about the time he says is coming, when he'll be done gathering power and treasure and you can lay in the sun and eat fruit while the ages of the world pass by. You wonder if it will really happen, but it's a thought that keeps you company while you wait.

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

Mk felt the memory and shook. It was like the others. There was hope at the end though. Hope it would be okay. Hope it would be worth it.

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

"The yuan is also here, so either is possible," Red Son said and looks to the house. "Frustration. Sadness. Coming home to nothing?"

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

MK turned to a portal where he spoke with Monkey King. He caught the coin and froze for a moment. He swallowed and turned back to Red Son. He held out the coin.

"This one is worrying his love is too big, he's afraid Monkey King won't stay, but hoping he does. I think it's this one. Touch it? See what you think?"

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

Red Son nods.

But he'll pull out the sack of yuan and hold it out to MK. "You check this too," he said.

But then he'll touch the coin.

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

Mk felt the memory. He remembered that. Macaque offered to help people he'd been there for part of it. He was so worried inside. He was glad Macaque came with him. That had been here too. Both had been. He looked from the bag to the door.

"Either one works. They're...similar. I don't know which. But I don't think either is gonna be wrong."

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

They are similar and still both with pros and cons.

There is a pause.

"We could flip a coin," he said.

They are both coins.

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

MK blinked then he chuckled.

"Alright. Let's let the coins decide. Heads, the one coin. Tails, the sack?"

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

Red Son nodded. "Agreed," he said and will flip that coin and....

Tails.

"All right. So we'll throw in the sack?"

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

"That's what the coins decided," MK said and moved to the door. He pushed the sack into the void at the door.

"You didn't run away then and you won't run away now. And we won't leave you either. We promise."

Re: Level S - South Door

[castaside]

The sack of coins is pushed into the void, and it closes up.

But you can see blue cracks all over the door now that there's no void blocking your view.

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

"We're staying," Red Son promised, standing beside MK.

And.

Oh boy.

"Ah, that's a problem," he said.

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

That was not what Mk wanted to see. The cracks were everywhere. They couldn't get in. His eyes looked hard, were the cracks on the door handle?

"That's a big problem."

Re: Level S - South Door

[castaside]

There are cracks on the handle. Through the door. All over the house.

Do you risk it?

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

Red Son is immediately grabbing MK's hands.

He knows his boyfriend.

"We should speak to Wash and Pigeon Girl."

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

"I wasn't gonna touch it!" MK said defensively. He really wasn't.

"...You might be right but I wanna try something first." Well several somethings but first...

"Epsilon? We...need to get inside. Would you mind moving? Pretty please?"

Re: Level S - South Door

[castaside]

Epsilon might hear you, might not. The cracks are memories only, so it's impossible to tell.

Regardless, nothing happens.

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

Red Son raises an eyebrow, but slowly let's go of his hands. "Just checking. We don't need a fourth person with blue cracks and you definitely don't need identity issues," he said flatly.

He waits for a response. "...shall we contact them now?"

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

Stupid AI not listening. Or just not moving. Rude ass Epsilon.

"I guess yeah. Call them?" He asked as he stepped off the porch and tried to look under the door. Do the cracks go along under the door?

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

He pulls out his phone and considers. "I think Wash. He has more experience," he said.

Re: Level S - South Door

[castaside]

You can see blue under the door, but it's hard to tell where the cracks are exactly.

The porch starts creaking ominously.

Re: Level S - South Door

[noodleboi]

Mk was sure Red Son would yell at him later. He just wanted to see something. And he needed to see closer. With a poof, while Red Son was on the phone, he turned little. He moved close to the door and looked under. Could he squeeze through without touching anything blue?

Re: Level S - South Door

[forgingfires]

That is an ominous creaking and Red Son steps off the crouch. "MK. MK, get off the porch!" Red Son said, trying to look for the sign of the strain.

Re: Level S - South Door

[castaside]

From this vantage point you can see that the entire floor is covered in blue cracks. Even as a tiny person there's no way to avoid touching them. Not only that, the entire place is structurally unsound. Anyone going in there might not only touch the blue cracks, they might fall down into a sinkhole of them.