heart and soul

[soldieronwards]

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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Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[hushabyte]

[ sorts the pillows a little and hums! ]

Hmmm— perfectly neat, Bucky-san!

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[soldieronwards]

They're very soft.

There's a scrap of something just barely poking out from beneath the corner of one of them…?

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[hushabyte]

[ SO FLUFFY ]

Fluff, fluff— ehh, what's this? Someone has left something behind...

[ takes it! ]

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[soldieronwards]

It's a note, written in an elegant, feminine hand.

James,

I haven't forgotten either.

--N.

A distant memory of a kiss tugs at your awareness as you touch the paper for just a moment, and then it's gone.

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[hushabyte]

Oh, this is a "Bucky-san's romance" note... how romantic!

[ touching a hand to his lips kisses are great aren't they

flipping over for any exciting conclusion?? ]

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[soldieronwards]

The other side has something else written on it, in much plainer writing, along with a simple drawing of a flower:

PASSWORD #1

⚘

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[hushabyte]

Oh! Exactly like the scent here.

[ that'll make it easy to remember other than the fact that, well, it's a flower. noted!

time to try the clothing rack? ]

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[soldieronwards]

It's a plain wooden rack that you might hang hats, handbags, scarves, and the like on. A large black shawl is draped on it.

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[hushabyte]

[ hmmm what a pretty shawl

picking it up! ]

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[soldieronwards]

It glitters in your hands as if there are stars woven into the fabric. What fabric is it, anyway? Somehow it's unfathomably dark, and faintly cold even in this warm room. Just holding it makes everything around you seem darker and deeper and richer somehow.

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[hushabyte]

[ definitely a beautiful shawl, the night sky only in a shawl!!

making small amazed sounds at the starlike glittering, wrapping it around himself ]

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[soldieronwards]

It feels oddly comforting, despite being cool.

And for some reason, it makes you think of Aoba?

Or anyone else you might find--attractive.

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[hushabyte]

[ EVEN MORE??

heading to the closet with this still on this is the best thing in this room wow ]

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[soldieronwards]

The door pulls open with only a little resistance, but there doesn't seem to be anything much in there--it's dark and empty.

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[hushabyte]

[ going to do just a little more investigating inside before leaving... ]

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[soldieronwards]

On closer examination, there's a black scrap of cloth blending into the darkness in the far corner of the closet.

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[hushabyte]

[ I see you, cloth

heeere cloth ]

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[soldieronwards]

It's a black domino mask. It shifts in your hands, though, becoming a larger black cowl for a few seconds, before shrinking back to the domino mask again.

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[hushabyte]

Uwah...

[ what happens if I just put it on ]

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[soldieronwards]

You feel a sense of warmth and companionship, but also confusion.

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[hushabyte]

Wow, I'm warm and cool!

[ confusion can't compare to companionship and comfort and so much aoba-san

but you have to be polite, so folding the shawl underneath the domino mask ]

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[soldieronwards]

That was nice of you. Now what?

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[hushabyte]

[ well I'm going to file away that apparently this rose smell is an essential part of romance, who knows when that could be useful

and head back out to join the others when I hear singing ]

Re: THE LIVING QUARTERS

[soldieronwards]

Off you go.