balancetheblood | Lucky's Heart

[Never can tell if Will-o-Wisp will be good or not, but she sounds nice at least.]

[He looks at the second and....a pause.]

[Touches the blood stain because you know. Touching in hearts.]

[ There's no one memory that comes from touching the blood stain, but more a sense of time.

Years spent escaping from Faerie, scraping by with other young people like her, and Devin, always Devin, there being in charge, being kind, being cruel.

Plenty of bruises. And plenty of love, from Lucky, anyway.

And over all of it, a stronger sense of hurt and betrayal.

Your fingers come away with a thin smear of blood over them. ]

[...Lucky. ):]

[Wiping the blood off on that handkerchief. Or....trying, at least.]

[ Nope. That blood is with you for the rest of your stay. ]

[....welp.]

[Will make note of that then.]

[....yeah, let's touch the other bloodstain with the same hand with fingers I didn't touch the other blood stain with. Just...because in for a penny, in for a pound.]

[ This is just pure emotion.

Guilt, grief, anger.

Very heavy on the guilt. ]

[Yeah, he....supposed that makes sense.]

[Pulling away his hand and going to guess there's MORE BLOOD, but...gonna look at those windows again.]

What would removing the boards do?

They're just part of the past.

And the.... [Points to the jukebox.] Whatever that is.

It plays music, when the generator's here. Or it did. Now it's just scenery.

And the thing by the stairs? [Intercom.]

It's how Dare asks for permission to let people up the stairs.

Ah.

[He looks around and straightens up.] Are you staying here, or are you gonna be following me?

[ Karen smiles ]

I can come with you, if you'd like.

It might be a good idea.

...is there any way I could help you though?

[ She considers, for a moment ]

Yes. If you're helping her, you'll help me too, sooner or later.

[Nods.] All right. Just tell me if there's anything you need.

How about we move on, and see how things go?

That sounds like a good idea.

All right.

[Going over to the stairs.]

See you later, Dare. Take care of yourself, okay?

Yeah, yeah.

[ She says it more lightly than blowing it off, and waves as you head upstairs.

The staircase is dark and steep, and when you get to the top, you're faced with a poorly-lit hallway. On the right-hand side of the hallway are three identical, unmarked doors, and on the left is one door - identical to the others but for a battered plaque that says "Office". ]

[He gives her a smile and heads upstairs.]

[Let's check out the office.]

[He's also being careful to use his not bloody hand. '-']

[ The office door is locked. There's a keyhole in the doorknob.

Also you might notice that the blood has dried, though it hasn't darkened and still is unremoveable. It no longer smears or leaves marks on what you touch. ]

[At least there's that.]

[Hmmm, let's not break the lock quite yet. Lets try one of the three unmarked doors. First one in the hall.]

Re: The Lobby

balancetheblood - 2015-02-21 03:57 (UTC) - Expand

[Okay, went through the first. Came out the third.]

[Before the Office, gonna take a look if the middle door is what I think it is.]

[ It's the apartment. You can go in if you want? ]

Re: The Lobby

protectshisown - 2015-02-27 04:54 (UTC) - Expand

Re: The Lobby

balancetheblood - 2015-02-27 05:15 (UTC) - Expand