purrrnicious | Heart Game: Run #3

[panic driving him to pull out the tracker.

WEIRD VIRTUAL FRIEND, HELP???]

[It crackles to life, showing the boy from before again, though the reception is poorer than last time.]

"Hello?"

[HOW TALK WHEN NO AIR??????]

Help...

[ Choking background noises from behind Princess Crown ]

"Wha–– o-o-o-o-okay! Don't panic, don't panic, uh–– you need to get out of there! Get back to the lift, and the air should be fine! C-can you make it?!"

[........ oh.

right.

... i-if he can power through Tyki Mikk's vacuum, surely...

g-grabbing hold of Kaguya and making the attempt to get in the lift]

[ She tries to help and not just slow their progress down though she sure is feeling the effects of a lack of breath.

Is it possible to shoot some air at the floor or nearby and try and... propel them toward the lift?? ]

[She can try. Just don't hit Crown.]

[ TRYING.

And aiming away from and behind them...! ]

[It helps a little, though not much. The feel of the rebounding air washing over them might help bring a little relief to the heavy, oppressive feeling of the stale air, if only briefly.]

[briefly is enough so he can get them to the lift, honestly

but immediately gonna collapse on the floor when he does]

[As Bow suggested, getting clear of the floor relieves the effect, and you find the next breath you take gives you cool, clear (relatively, anyway, this is still the Fright Zone) air.

You're currently on the 5th floor. The floor options are still there, but unlike before, there's a new floor indicated:

Main Floor
Floor 2 - Childhood
Floor 3 - Cadet
Floor 4 - Force Captain

Floor 6 - Audience Chamber]

[ Just gasping in air and collapsing to the floor as well.

What the hell. What the hell is wrong with these people!? ]

Hah-

Hah...

[ Breathless. ]

C...Can we just- [ BREATHE ] Can we just... get rid of him?

P...probably...

[they'd have to find out where he actually is and...

too busy BREATHING to really think too hard about it]

[ Whew... Just going to sit against the lift wall for a moment to try and get this residue panic and breathing thing back under control.

. . . It's only until she's managed to calm down a bit and get the oxygen flowing once more that she realizes there is something different. ]

. . . Hey.

[ They would have noticed this before, right? ]

The floors.... there's a new one.

[uuuugh. of course there is...]

... should we...?

[ Dream logic... ]

You know. Maybe it'll just be more direct. If it's a dream, then maybe we can just deal with things head-on...? We're in disguise, too, so... we have that going for us?

... that makes sense.

[time to. push himself up to hit the button for the 6th floor, then.]

[When you arrive on the 6th floor, the doors open on a long, concrete hallway, grey and plain. A door is at the end of this hall.

There is a Kohime here, leaning up casually against the wall with her arms crossed, in her BARiTONES uniform instead of a Horde one. She raises an eyebrow at them when the door opens.]

You two? Really?

[ OH. Uh...

. . . . . . . . Just going to stay behind Crown I guess and kind of just push him forward.

S-she's probably not the best person for this. . . ]

[s-stumbling forward]

Eh? Er... sorry for the intrusion?

[She gives a weary, long-suffering sigh.]

Whatever, you coming? You're here for the "True Core", aren't you?

Ah, yes. If you don't mind.

[ From behind Crown. ]

. . . We're allowed to just walk in?

. . . . . . . . . . Both of us?

[She gives them an odd look.]

Uh, yeah? You opened all the doors, you get a free pass. Just don't be loud, you'll wake "her" up.

[She kicks off the wall to push herself up, turning and going through the door, apparently just expecting the other two to follow.]

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