steelmyself | who stole your heart and the key?

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a forest dark,
ic

who stole your heart and the key?

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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He looks dubious for a moment. "Many things threaten my--"

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"--books."

Like what?

"Monsters."

That's what he says, but somehow it sounds a bit like, Reality.

Hmm.

What's with the swords, anyway?

"They're a part of this library." He speaks as if it should be obvious.

The broken ones?

"Everything here is broken in some fashion. This is the path to Hell, after all."

...The kid at the start, huh.

He just snorts contemptuously at that.

And who are you?

He rolls his eyes. "Obviously, I am the guardian of the books."

Nothing else?

"Fool, I need no other description."

So why are they worth protecting?

"It doesn't matter. They belong here."

...What are they about?

The man sneers. "Heroes--the pathetic sort, usually. Not the kind that can save themselves."

Ahhh, it's always heroes here. Which is his book?

He speaks casually: "He doesn't have one. He doesn't have a story of his own."

No?

Where's yours?

"Hah! Mongrel, the meager echoes of my story can be found in every tale."

But he gestures to the shelf: THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH.

Sure it can.

[takes it off the shelf.]

It's gibberish inside just like every other book.

Handy.

[puts the book back :/

looks for moonblob?]

It's bobbing a little impatiently at the end of the aisle.

The man in gold gestures vaguely. "You can continue onwards to Hell over there if you wish."

There's a door. It's not locked.

Re: THE LIBRARY

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