post-hearts

[idolpro]

Who: Sleepyheads
Where: Honmachi Sakura Park
When: Day 326

[ After a long, long, long night, you wake in the dead zone, having slept more deeply than you've ever slept before.

Perhaps more restfully than you've ever slept before, even—do you remember your dreams? Is it all coming back to you, now?

For certain dreamers, the flower markings have disappeared, though if you wake early enough you can catch them glowing bright before burning away painlessly. With that, it feels as though maybe a weight's been lifted off your shoulders—maybe you really needed that sleep.

For certain dreamers, you may find yourself waking up with something new—was that always in your hands? Where did you get that from? Do you remember?

And, for a certain few unlucky dreamers, you may find yourself waking with pain, wounds or scars that remind you that what happened last night was not entirely a dream.

But then, who could ever believe it was a dream anyway?

The sun shines bright; Heaven's chain shines brighter. In the distance, white clouds roll toward the city, threatening rain.

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Please note: Characters may not fully remember their romps in other characters' hearts immediately. This is so that if you're still backthreading hearts, you can have your character not remember what happened or otherwise not be affected by the changes in the run until later.

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Comments

[bondsofsuffering]

[Automatically setting the elevator for sIV floor because fuck stairs right now.]

[asonoficeandfire]

[also fine with this. he'll just try to be a comforting presence.

ish]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Time to be comforting in the wonderful, fluorescent and cutely horrific dorms!

Though he's leading the way to his room in particular, down the hall.]

[asonoficeandfire]

[...follows after half a second of hesitance if he should stay or not]

[bondsofsuffering]

[His room is-!

The basic sIV setup, honestly. It's extremely tidy without any added decorations that might indicate who the room actually belongs to, to the point where it's pretty impersonal.

He is now flopping face down onto the bed.]

[asonoficeandfire]

[he looks around the room, but he's not that surprised by the impersonal state of it]

Would you like me to leave?

[bondsofsuffering]

[A pause and then, muffled:]

Do you need to be somewhere?

[asonoficeandfire]

Mm, no.

[he rubs at his neck. he's unsure about any changes he might have triggered. it's just a weird thought]

I just don't want to intrude.

[bondsofsuffering]

[He lifts his head a little from the mattress to speak:]

I don't really like being alone.

[asonoficeandfire]

I will stay, then.

[he'll step into the room and go sit on the floor by the bed]

[bondsofsuffering]

[Settling down again.]

Thanks, Duality...