Pavo Heart Game: Wednesday Session

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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Except you don't want to be cold.

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

Rather cold then what?

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

....what is that room?

...

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

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

.....ah.

[There is a looooooong pause at that.]

Can we make a compromise?

Like what?

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

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.]

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.

But you'll keep hurting yourself.

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

[But it is!]

But I want to.

If you "fix" things, it's just more lies. You can't force "me" to be different.

[It appears the longer this baby is awake the more he settles into himself. He's less halting now, though still shy and unassuming.]

That's why I want to make something together.

...I don't know you that well.

[He pushes himself to his feet, wobbling a bit. This piece isn't used to having any kind of autonomy and he's still a baby.]

But thanks.

We're pack. That means something.

At least....it does to me. [But then again...it rarely seems to others.]

Like I said... "I" have always done things on my own. But "I" do like you.

[Just... not enough to fully trust! And so he's gonna try to slip back into that blue door on alone.]

[She reaches out to grab his shoulder, gently.]

....give me a minute? I'll be right back, and then I'll let you go, okay?

...Okay.

[He will at least be that cooperative!]

[Okay!]

[She is gonna run into the office again!]

[...sorry, duty???? Pavo, but listen, these curtains can only have so much meaning in themselves.]

[And she's coming back out and gonna kneel in front of Pavo.]

This isn't changing you. This is to help you remember.

[And going to drape the curtain over him and if he doesn't fight, gonna make some kind of covering toga deal, because, well, she doesn't have much in way of clothes to give, she doesn't even have sleeves and the skirt is only so long and isn't that warm anyway.]

Others want you to like yourself more. Treat yourself better. Be warmer. Are willing to help you, you just have to let us.

Okay?

[He allowed it! He looks extremely confused and embarrassed, but he allows it.

Cautiously, he adjusts the curtain-toga a bit, looking down at it like it's some kind of strange alien create or something.]

...Okay. I understand.

[He sounds... sad. Touched, but sad. But he nods at her, before running off!

He will remember that.]

[SOMETIMES TOUCHING THINGS ARE SAD, THIS SHE KNOWS.]

[And hates how this metaphor space is fucking up her instincts. Protecting is supposed to be easy and straight forward.]

[MAYBE SHE WILL JUST RUSH THROUGH THE MAIN DOOR BEFORE SHE DRAGS TINY PAVO BACK!!!!]

[You go through the big door, into a white light.]

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