"the first miracle was that you were born" | HEART GAME

[miraculess]

Th- thump.

Th- thump.

Th- thump.

Darkness. Quiet. A heartbeat. Your heartbeat. Slowly, the murmur of sound. Footsteps. Voices—

Comments

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

The table creaks under the sudden movement, but that's all. Ryner may have some difficulty not falling directly on his ass; his joints feel stiff, and his body far away and numb. Like he's been lying there long enough for most of his limbs to fall asleep.

Re: the laboratory

[lonelydemon]

[so yeah, falls on his ass. hopefully not on any stray scalpels. who's on the floor?]

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

All the scalpels remain properly laid out on the folding tray. Whoever this place belonged to at least practiced proper safety procedures. ...Well, aside from the woman sleeping on the floor.

She's blonde, with choppy chin-length hair. Her labcoat is rumpled, and missing a button. She's a little dusty, but nowhere near as much as the rest of the room; it looks like someone's made an attempt to brush it off of her, but not especially recently.

Re: the laboratory

[lonelydemon]

[tries to get his wits about him, c'mon, breathe...

puts a hand on her shoulder and shakes her a bit.]

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

She rolls a little with the shake. No resistance and no response.

It's very quiet.

Re: the laboratory

[lonelydemon]

[...starts dusting her off :(]

Re: the laboratory

[miraculess]

She doesn't respond to that, either, but perhaps that's to be expected. With that much dust built up, she must have been sleeping a very long time.

The sound of fabric being brushed off sounds eerily like whispering, to the point where he can almost make out words... At least the worst of the dust is easily knocked away, even if it gets all over his hands and sleeves in the process.