Alma Heart Game

[imaginemeandyuu]

You fall into mud. It is sticky and sucking and cloying and whether you stay still and try to remain calm or struggle and try to get out, you're sucked downward. You can't breathe, you can't (of course) see, and you can feel the crushing weight of earth on you. When the blackness becomes overwhelming, you find yourself somewhere else...

Comments

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

. . .

[gets in, reaching deeper, not just for the hand]

I SWEAR—

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

Once you're in, you can wrap your arms around a small, familiar body, and haul him out.

The child is drenched with mud to the point he's unrecognizable as any particular individual, but you probably know from his reaction: He hiccups, coughs up mud, and starts to cry inconsolably.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

[. . . just flops next to him, holding him against his chest]

Ugh.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

Yuu, yuu,yuu, yuu, yuu, yuu... [He's sobbing and sobbing]

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

Yeah. I'm here.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

[presses himself to Kanda's chest, wailing]

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

O-oi . . . oi, stop crying, shh . . .

[soothing enough, though]

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

T-they won't stop... [hiccuping]

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

Why?

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

I, I was so lonely...

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

. . .

[draws him closer]

I know.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

[He reaches up muddy arms and slides them around Kanda's shoulders.]

...Y-you're so nice now...??

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

Shut the fuck up, I just love you, you idiot.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

[lets out a wet laugh and presses small hands to his cheeks]

You're still a jerk, huh... I'm happy. You grew up nicely, Yuu... even if we were apart.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

[. . . leans into that touch]

We'll be together again.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

...Okay.

Can I give you a hand?

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

............

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

You'll need it to get where you're going...

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

If you actually just give me a hand again I'm going to throw you back in the mud.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

W-would you? Never mind then... I don't want to go back there, it's cold and lonely...

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

—n-no, I wouldn't!

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

Okay because you kind of need the hand but if you don't want it it's okay it just means nobody will be able to find me...

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

Give me whatever I need. Whatever you need.

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[imaginemeandyuu]

Okay.

[takes his right hand off and offers it]

Re: DOWN - Further Right (down)

[hallucinogenetic]

.........

[takes . . . it . . .]