who stole your heart and the key?

[steelmyself]

In the dark, you taste something sweet and tart on your tongue, almost like apple but not quite: pomegranate juice, out of nowhere. A hint of something metallic accompanies it.

You fall down.

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[steelmyself]

It feels...hungry. And familiar. Like it's something of yours as well as this place's.

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[unaffective]

[That raises more questions than anything else, but she feels a little at peace to feel something familiar. Not that she knows what it is - it's odd.

She knows she can't spend too much time mulling over the particulars though. So she hops back into a standing position and keeps moving.]

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[steelmyself]

There's a shallow path through the ooze, but it's deeper to both sides of the path, and things reach out at you from there--pale, disembodied limbs, shapely and attractive arms and legs.

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[unaffective]

[- Pausing, moving her head to look for a clearer path first.]

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[steelmyself]

The disembodied limbs are everywhere.

They're all pretty good-looking, for disembodied limbs.

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[unaffective]

[Limbs are pretty good-looking when they're not attached to people.

She doesn't want to get dirty, so she'll start walking through the shallower path, trying not to pay the limbs any mind.]

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[steelmyself]

They grasp weakly at you, but let you through.

The black ooze slowly begins to recede as you move on, but it still clings to the floor, wet and sticky. You haven't fully emerged from it when the sound of the song suddenly sharpens, and you can make out where it's coming from--a passage just up ahead.

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[unaffective]

[Thank goodness. Moving forward in the direction of the voice.]

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[steelmyself]

The passageways widen into a full, echoing cavern here, with multiple tunnels leading off from the sides. An arch of stone twists across the cave high above, and perched atop it is a young girl, no more than ten or so, with white hair and a white nightgown. She's the one singing.

There are three swords stabbed through her heart, and blood drips down to the floor from her body. Drip. Drip. Drip.

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[unaffective]

[Well, if she can sing evidently it doesn't bother her too much. Who cares? Not this one.

She offers her a wave not too different from the one she gave earlier.]

Good evening.

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[steelmyself]

She lets her singing trail off. "Good evening, and good night, and good morning. It's all times in here."

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[unaffective]

Oh, I see. That's certainly convenient - good morning and goodnight as well, Miss!

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[steelmyself]

She might be smiling? It's hard to tell, because somehow her face is blurry and shadowed. "Are you trying to get through the caves?"

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[unaffective]

Yes. Would you know how?

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[steelmyself]

"Here." She reaches out a bloodied hand, and a small ball of moonlight drifts off it, down to you. "This should guide you."

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[unaffective]

Thank you. Your singing is very nice.

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[steelmyself]

"Do you think so...? It's all I can do for him."

The blob of moonlight drifts towards another passageway.

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[unaffective]

Yes, I like it. Please continue doing your best.

[So she waves again and turns on her heel, following the moonlight.]

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[steelmyself]

You follow the light...