soldieronwards | heart and soul

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heart and soul

The ground falls out beneath you. You're in midair, you're surrounded by swirling clouds, and there's nowhere stable to put your feet. The space between your body and the turbulence around you feels poorly defined as well; where do you end and your surroundings begin? Is there a stable you in the first place?

But eventually--

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A plain hallway, well lit from above, stretches out to either side of you. The sense of motion is a little more muted here. There's nothing to be found here except two exits: a clearly-marked ladder leading up at one end of the hall, and a closed hatch leading down at the other.

[to the closed hatch!]

It's firmly locked, but there's a slot as if for a keycard on the wall above it.

[hmm... well, up the ladder then in that case]

You climb up to another hallway.

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[toooo the hatch]

It's firmly locked, but there's a slot as if for a keycard on the wall above it.

[. . .]

[contemplates the hatch a moment, then heads up the ladder]

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[ heads towards the hatch first. He bends down, using all his strength to turn it ]

It's pretty firmly locked, although it creaks a lot at all that strength being used on it. There's a keycard reader on the wall above it...

I'm too old for spy games.

[ glances at the keycard reader with a sigh ] How outdated. I suppose it's the ladder for me.

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[HELLO WE ARE HERE AND I HAVE A MICSABER MADE OF CONCENTRATED LOVE AND HOPE]

[that I am trying to jam into the card reader.]

Heeeave-ho!

[ ALSO PUSHING AT THE HATCH WITH ALL MY ROBOSTRENGTH YEP ]

[also adding his robostrength to this endeavor, LET US INTO YOUR HEART BUCKY]

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A light on the reader starts to flash frantically.

Oddly enough, there seems to be an irregular pattern to its flashing, made of differing long and short lights.

... - --- .--. - .... .- - -.. --- . ... -. - -... . .-.. --- -. --. .... . .-. .

[do you think I know how to read morse code]

[STILL JAMMING IT IN, maybe singing Beginner too:]

Are we dreaming?
Are we believing in future?
Afraid of nothing, careless of what's our place
As reckless as we are
Are we dreaming now?
We should be as brand new as a child...
Let's tear off the chains that controlled us
Change your mind
Change your mind
We don't need to know anything Beginner!

Adults failed and felt ashamed
And suffering has become their trauma
Thinking they don't want to feel such pain again
They have become smart

Challenges are laughed upon
What are you protecting with your silly calculations
In order to avoid risks?