Leo's mindscape continuations

[gavehimhead]

Leo's thread

[You find yourself in a very spacious library. The ceiling is very high, you can't even see to the other side of the place, and it looks like it's supposed to be very grand—besides all of the mess. None of the books are organized, half of them are on the floor or strewn about on study desks, and the other half are haphazardly tossed on the shelves. There are splotches of different colors over the ugly yellow wallpaper, like someone tried to repaint a million different times and gave up halfway through.

The entire left half of the library is covered in a window, showing that the sun has just set. There's a murky forest outside that doesn't look too inviting. Only half of the candles inside of the library have been lit, but there are plenty of obnoxious floating golden lights drifting around that you can still see alright.

There are other people there, but they're a little off. Some of them don't have faces or look like they're fading away into nothing. But they don't seem to be paying you any mind, so you're free to explore.]

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Comments

[gavehimhead]

And it's broken. But it's always been broken. It's not as if that's anything new.

[shrugs]

This is enough to hold it together, for a little while.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

I won't accept that. You ... I won't accept that you can never be fixed. It may take a lifetime, but you are not going to be like this.

[gavehimhead]

I hate to be the one to point this out, but I think it's a little too late for that.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

That's easy. I'll just stay here.

[gavehimhead]

...Not in my head, I hope.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

Aren't I already here?

[gavehimhead]

You can't stay here, though. You have to leave eventually.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

Who says?

[gavehimhead]

Say me. I don't want you in my head forever, you'll drive me insane.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

Then you'd have a better reason to let me help you fix this.

[gavehimhead]

Hmm. In any case, if you're looking for the parts to fix, you're in the wrong place.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

You're here.

[gavehimhead]

Yes, but I'm fine. The broken parts are somewhere else.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

So? All of you are my friend.

[gavehimhead]

I figured you would say that. So what do you want to do?

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

Put you back together?

[gavehimhead]

I don't think that's how it works. But we'll give it a try, if that's what you want.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

That's not right. You have to want to do it, otherwise it won't work!

[gavehimhead]

It would be nice if things weren't as broken. Then maybe I could go into the library from time to time.

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

And I'll be with you for it.

[gavehimhead]

Yes, because you're a great comfort to have while I'm walking around in my head.

[but heading over to the door...peeking out but not actually going out...]

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

Well? Come on. It won't be as bad as you fear.

[gavehimhead]

I'm more worried about you doing something stupid.

[heads out into the library!]

[kepthishead.livejournal.com]

I'm not going to do something like that here!

[comes with.]

[gavehimhead]

[Back out in the library! Nothing is different, except that there is more light in the area thanks to the open door from the room you just came out of.]

So, where to now?