[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

Comments

Re: Level S (sub 1) - West Door

[schrodingerscockroach]

"The rules are Macaque," Wash said simply. "Unless you think Red Son altered his heart while setting this up. Choco and I say Heart Game, but this isn't a game. There is no outside force causing alterations, giving us victory standards or loser punishments. You can hate the rules, but the fact is, they are how Macaque is as a person."

"I'm not saying what you did is wrong, but if we get separated or something like that, then it's good to keep that point in mind. Heart Games are difficult because the answers are never easy and even for all I hate them with a passion, even I get hit with the help where I shouldn't be impulse," he said with a shrug, scratching Macat behind the ear. "They make it easy and tempting."

"Just keep it in mind, what's most true of Macaque," he said, turning for the door. Because OPTIMISTIC doesn't seem to be the Macaque standard when things are bad from Wash has seen.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - West Door

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

Wukong decided to just shut up at that point, because he was getting hit full force with the too-familiar feeling of being bad at communication again. Wash was describing a mentality he literally didn't have and wasn't considering in the slightest, since when it came down to it, if filling any slot with a contrasting but supporting memory that would reinforce Macaque despising any of them and therefore the possibility of closing himself off was the most Macaque answer...well he would do it. If he was thinking the way Wash was getting the impression off, the ice shard memory wouldn't have been the first one he used outside of the lobby...because it would just never be used, let alone in such a terribly painful room.

But at this point repeating himself wasn't worth it so into the elevator it was.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - West Door

[schrodingerscockroach]

When the jumping point from 'room full of pretty exclusively negative feelings' reaches 'put in a positive memory,' that reads as either wanting to counter and lessen the bad or being contrarian. There was no reason Wash could see to decide to put in an opposite memory from Macaque. If there was a mix of more positive emotions involved, then he could see it, but the only real positive bit was saving some of the monkeys and meeting his shadow from the memories he saw.

It really comes across as Wukong just wanting to do what he wants and Wash assumed it was the better reason, mixed with not quite getting the scope of how heart games can be with room assignment. That rooms didn't just function in a void from the others.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - West Door

[retirementsnotsopeachy]

Wukong can separate two different issues, especially when the first was phrased more as a joke when he said it. Yes, he would like there to be more positive moments to choose from that are related to the path of helping Macaque, but not just for the sake of fixing the negative. It bothers him because he knows there are more formative memories and experiences Macaque has had. And he knows personally that the suffering and the happier feelings define a lot when it's multiple things that are related. So matching the negative space with similar negativity and positive spaces with similar positivity feels too clean, too reductive. And that feels wrong, even if it's what needs to be done.

He gently strokes the snake under his sleeve. Macaque is trusting him with this, so he's trying to trust his own instincts in turn. He punches the button for the next floor and leans against the wall of the elevator.

Re: Level S (sub 1) - West Door

[schrodingerscockroach]

People are complicated things, but that is why Macaque has so many rooms, he's sure. The levels, many rooms, it was covering a lot. The complications are from many places working together.

So the best thing was to listen to the room.

Wash leans against the wall, closing his eyes. Breathing as he pets the Makitty, mixed with rubbing over the back of his neck.