Pavo Heart Game: Wednesday Session

[cryovision]

When you enter the light, you find yourself hovering weightless in a void, as if caught in a moment of falling inertia. In the distance, you hear a voice that seems to shift and twist, familiar and yet unfamiliar.

"You shouldn't be here. But since you already are, let's make a wager. If you can uncover the truth, you'll find me. If you can't, you may be hopelessly lost... What a shame that would be."

You begin falling, and your vision blacks out--

[OOC NOTE: your goals are "reveal the truth" to "find the true heart". All images in toplevels are for general inspo, please make sure you read the flavourtext cause things are not exactly as they are in the images.]

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Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

[Pavo's issues certainly stagger at the explosion! But the monster recovers quickly -- far too quickly, bearing down on you with murderous intent.

But it can't break through that stoneskin. The impact will certainly be jarring, and you'll get hurt if you don't move away soon, but you have a window in which you could escape -- or try to destroy it entirely.]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

[Oh no, we're fighting this thing. Clearly there is a 'monster issue' and there is some emotional thing in it and frankly-]

[This can't be helping whatever that is.]

[So she's moving, letting the stone move with her, much like the spell would allow, looking for where there's the most damage to stab her spear into.]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

[The thing is vaguely ball-shaped. Maybe there's something in the center...?]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

[Well then]

[Let's pull the loose stone together and try and burrow into the center!]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

[There is a resistance -- it takes a lot of force to penetrate the ever-changing mass.

But you do.

You do, and it collapses, dissolving away into nothing but a pile of black goo.]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

[She drives the butt of the spear in the ground, gonna breathe, and look. Is there anything left....?]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

[Goop, goop, and goop. If you stare at it long enough, it seems to pool into almost a shape... Something like a solar eclipse. But then it continues to puddle out into no shape in particular.

There is a lock on the wall.]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

..... [She huffs.] Seriously?

[Well, there's a lock, at least.]

[She'll avoid walking into the goop. Time to apply elemental energy to the lock!]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

[You light up the lock!

You have now lit up all 6 locks. You hear the last click, and then a rumble, as the seal opens.]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

[Woooo.]

[She will drop her rocks and head back to the main lobby to see Mini Pavo!]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

[You return to the lobby! Mini Pavo is still there, but he appears to have scooted closer to the door he originally came from...]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

Trying to go back to the cold?

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

--Oh. Uhm...

[He looks like any kid caught doing something he was told not to. He shuffles a bit, and looks down at the floor.]

Since that's... "myself", anything else is wrong.

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

Except you don't want to be cold.

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

"I" would rather be cold. Even if it hurts.

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

Rather cold then what?

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

Than let other people control how "I" see myself.

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

....what is that room?

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

...

[mmmmmmmmm he shouldn't say but...]

That place is "my" self. Identity... And I am "my" self-worth.

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

.....ah.

[There is a looooooong pause at that.]

Can we make a compromise?

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

Like what?

[he doesn't look sure, but he hasn't looked sure about anything this whole time, so...]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

Its possible to live on the ice without freezing yourself.

We can make something comfortable. Some place where you can live with the ice, but still get warm.

I...actually know a lot about that now.

[Fought an adult white dragon, and got to ask the isolated village they saved All The Questions.]

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

I...

[he doesn't trust things!!]

...I get it. And... thank you. But... feeling better about "me" has to come from "me". Or there's no point.

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[feralshepherd]

But you'll keep hurting yourself.

Re: THE SEA OF STARS

[cryovision]

Probably. But you can't fix "me". That's not your job.