soheartless | Second Shard [Video/Action] Backdated to the 10th

Once upon a time...

There was a prince who had lost his heart. Every day, he would roam the lands in search of it, longing for those feelings that he once possessed. His journey came to a stop when he found his heart in the clutches of a raven. "I'll return your heart to you under one condition," she said to him. "You must promise to love me and only me." The prince had no choice to accept. As he took his heart back and accepted the raven's hand, she became a beautiful princess.

But the prince's heart itself felt betrayed by this choice. He had never wanted to love a raven, regardless of her beauty. And his heart was left wondering if he could truly love anyone with his entire being...

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[At some point after regaining his first heart shard and coming to recognize it as devotion, he finds himself unsure of his next move. And he flickers on the journal feed with some uncertainty - it was difficult to operate. And he stares into the feed uncertainly before speaking.]

This feeling that I feel...

It's the feeling of devotion. I recognize it.

Tell me. When you feel this feeling... What sorts of things do you do with it? How do you express this devotion?

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[Afterwards, he wanders through the village, seemingly aimlessly. He spends some time loitering by the fountain and perhaps spontaneously does some ballet. But all the while, he's also seeking Rue, as well as Princess Tutu.]

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I see. I never knew how difficult it was to either like or dislike her.

That's right, because you can't feel anything.

... wait, but how can you like her if you can't feel anything?

I feel devotion.

The feeling of devotion.

How do you know that's what you're feeling?

Because... that's what it felt like before.

Oh, I get it. You know what it feels like because you can remember feeling it. But why would you suddenly be able to start feeling something again?

Tutu.

She showed up here after all?

Yes. She's here.

I'm glad... that means we can help you get your heart back. Um, she can help you get it back, I mean. I'm not sure that I could do much to help at all.

You don't have to. [He states in a plain but not at all mean-spirited manner.]

But I want to. No one should have to live without being able to feel things.

No one at all? I see. So, I'll... be able to live better.

Yeah. That's what you want, right?

I suppose that it may be. I know that I want... I should become whole again.

... what do you mean, "should become whole again"? Isn't that what you want? I mean, don't you want to be able to feel again like everyone else?

To become whole is to have a whole heart. I don't know whether or not I want to feel all these things. But I should... become whole.

I guess the idea of feeling things would be kind of scary if you'd gotten used to not being able feel anything at all...

It could be. I'm not sure, because I currently don't feel the emotion of fear.

This is way more confusing than it should be.

It is? I couldn't tell for sure whether or not this could be considered to be confusing.

... so, um, how many pieces of your heart are left to find?

I don't know. Before... before I was here...

You never found out how many there were? But... how do you know when to stop looking? Or will you just be able to feel when your heart is back to normal?

I'll know.

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knightofratatosk - 2013-07-31 05:56 (UTC) - Expand