SHOWMASTER HEART GAME (WEDS)

[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

[liveslaughsloves]

Yeah. If you touch it, I think I can open a door for you.

[frontdesk]

[She blinks but slowly, as if curious, she reaches out to touch it.]

[liveslaughsloves]

[there’s a little tingle of connection, and blue lines of light start to glow under Erik’s’ skin

she can feel a door into his head through the flowering vine. it’s cracked a little bit open to let her in, if she wants.]

[frontdesk]

[fortunately children are very nosy so she peeks in first to see what’s there]

[liveslaughsloves]

[it’s a field of red geraniums, nearly endless. a strange, shifting sky, sometimes starry, sometimes misty, sometimes streaked with bold colour. and a rickety building in the distance, breaking up the symmetry: a small church, maybe]

[ticketmaster]

[She looks mystified, but excited, eyes wide.]

Wow... I'm gonna tell everyone about this!

[liveslaughsloves]

If you wanna try and bring ‘em too, you can.

[ticketmaster]

Oh, I'm not sure if I can do that, but if I can try, I will. But I'm really good at talking about people's stories, I think! I've been to a lot of places! And I collect all of the books and bring them to this place!

[liveslaughsloves]

You don’t always have to do what you’re good at, though. Have you ever wanted to try other stuff?

[ticketmaster]

I think I'd like to ride a boat.

[She nods seriously.]

[liveslaughsloves]

We could definitely do that. Is it okay if it’s a smaller boat?

[ticketmaster]

No, because you are very tall so it needs to fit you, too so it has to be at least tall sized. If it is just me, then a small one is okay!

[liveslaughsloves]

Medium boat seems fine.

[a lil medium stream with a medium fishing boat appears, winding through the flower fields; the boat looks a little like it’s cobbled together from both real and cartoon images of a boat, but it’s reasonably solid]

[ticketmaster]

Yes! Yes! Just like that! That will be a lot of fun, I think! Maybe someday...

[liveslaughsloves]

If you want me to stick around until you’re sure you want to try, I will.

[ticketmaster]

...I think you should...keep going. It is okay if you do not wait here. If I am meant to sail a boat, it will happen one day.

[liveslaughsloves]

I’m…kinda here for you, though, kiddo.

[ticketmaster]

[She looks up at him, eyes seem to be filled with an unknown emotion they aren't very familiar with.]

[And then she gets up to push "THE WORLDS" button for him.]

[And around them, various images play of worlds that the passengers might have lived through. Space, medieval times, deserts, cities, underwater, garbage, it's all there, and odd enough, the little child is in all of them, taking strange selfies where she is standing in the same spot with the same pose in each and every one.

And just like that, the images seem to fade away.]

[liveslaughsloves]

[he watches them with her, eyes wide behind his glasses]

Stories…?

[ticketmaster]

Other worlds I've been to before. And then I stopped here.

[liveslaughsloves]

…did you want to stop here?

[ticketmaster]

[Thinking about it.]

I don't think I meant to stay here for so long... but I'm not too upset about it either.

[liveslaughsloves]

D’you know what stopped you?