SHOWMASTER HEART GAME (SATURDAY)

[showmaster]

A familiar voice can be heard above you, you're not sure if they're talking to you or not but it does feel like you're part of this conversation:

"What a Wonderful Story that you have. I've read it many times when I was feeling sad. You know, I wanted to keep it in my personal collection, but it doesn't seem that's going to be possible. To grant my wish, I'd have to sacrifice what it means to be a reader ... to become the story. That's The End that I'm looking for.

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Comments

[heartlands]

Oh, well - if you wanted to now, I'd listen, for sure.

[ticketmaster]

...would you play heads or tails to see if I do?

[heartlands]

Sure. That works for me.

[ticketmaster]

Okay, heads I'll tell you, tails I won't.

[holds the coin to him.]

You can flip it.

[heartlands]

[taking the coin carefully]

Thanks.

[flips!! and gets heads]

...Okay.

[ticketmaster]

I do not wish to be a Legend anymore. I do not want LEGENDS to exist anymore.

[heartlands]

[after a moment]

What would you - and us, I guess, what would we become if they didn't?

[ticketmaster]

Perhaps the answer is "human". Perhaps the answer is also "nothing".

[heartlands]

You're okay with risking that?

[ticketmaster]

Of course. I wouldn't have gone this far if I wasn't.

[heartlands]

But... That's a decision that affects everyone. Not only you.

[ticketmaster]

I know. You are correct.

That is how important it is to me.

[heartlands]

Why?

[ticketmaster]

Because I do not like being a Legend.

[She holds a ticket to him labeled REGRETS.]

[heartlands]

Then why not try to find a way to become something else instead of getting rid of them entirely?

[taking the ticket, though]

[ticketmaster]

I have tried to find ways but this seems to be the only one I’ve found.

But who knows.

You could be right. You could prove me wrong.

[And before he knows it, she’s shoving him through the subway door]