Palace Game 6/3

[fujimaru]

The Dreamer In The Grand Temple
Humanity Foundation Value: ????

What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Comments

Re: the delights of a human's heart

[heartlands]

...Okay.

[a pause]

I just go straight from here?

Re: the delights of a human's heart

[fujimaru]

"Follow the path that goes before you," he says calmly. "Wherever it leads you, that will be where you need to go. I cannot leave this place just yet."

Re: the delights of a human's heart

[heartlands]

In that case, um - thank you for your help!

[and he'll continue further.]

Re: the delights of a human's heart

[fujimaru]

The remaining walk seems to take an inordinate amount of time--hours? months? It's hard to say. The air is still cleaner than it was, but there are the sounds of voices again--louder now, more openly hostile. He can make out words now, in the mess:

"--no! Stop! No, no, no, no, no... I haven't even accomplished anything yet--!"

"--I can't stand it. I spent every one of those thousand and one nights wishing for nothing more than to not die. Every fiber of my being is terrified of death!"

"This... This can't be how I die! I was... I was going to destroy...this entire world...!!!"

They're getting louder. There are so many of them.

Re: the delights of a human's heart

[heartlands]

[muttering as he walks forward, fingernails digging into his palms]

Sorry, sorry, I'm— [blinks] Actually I'm not that sorry to that last person?

Re: the delights of a human's heart

[fujimaru]

It's certainly something, isn't it.

The voices get louder, and louder, and then--

They stop.