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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Re: THE CAVERNS

[steelmyself]

It grabs you in turn and starts to try to pull you down into the ooze, with surprising strength.

Re: THE CAVERNS

[hailstormed]

[ god nope NEVERMIND

IMMEDIATELY TRYING TO YANK AWAY ]

Re: THE CAVERNS

[steelmyself]

It's a struggle, but in the end you're able to pull away from the grasping limbs before they drag you into the muck.

Re: THE CAVERNS

[hailstormed]

[ watches the limbs warily for a moment, before continuing onwards ]

Sorry...

Re: THE CAVERNS

[steelmyself]

They don't respond. 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.

Re: THE CAVERNS

[hailstormed]

[ ah...

heading for that, cautiously ]

Re: THE CAVERNS

[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.

Re: THE CAVERNS

[hailstormed]

[ UM ]

--ah, excuse me...?

Re: THE CAVERNS

[steelmyself]

She calls out, in a sing-song voice, "Hello, hello!"

Re: THE CAVERNS

[hailstormed]

Hello... um... are you okay?

Re: THE CAVERNS

[steelmyself]

"Silly, do I look okay?" She kicks her feet a little. More blood drips down. "But there's nothing you can do here and now."

Re: THE CAVERNS

[hailstormed]

Well... no, but...

[ he hesitates ]

Why not?

Re: THE CAVERNS

[steelmyself]

"I'm a long time dead. A lifetime ago."

Re: THE CAVERNS

[hailstormed]

I could take those swords out. Doesn't it hurt?

Re: THE CAVERNS

[steelmyself]

"Everything here hurts. This is the path to Hell, after all."