[open] a starfruit along the way

[oathkeeper]

Sender: Sora
To: Everyone
Subject: Journal Text


hey guys! i'm sora! i've been hanging out in this world for about five months now!

i wanted to asked everyone something that might help me figure out what i'm looking for. i wanted to ask what you think a heart is made out of.

and i don't mean your heart that makes your body work. i mean your heart. the thing inside of you that makes you who you are. that makes you happy or feel great. that makes you angry or cry. the heart inside of you that makes you part of everything around you or makes you see the light or darkness in your world.

i guess some people would call those souls? but i've always known them as hearts!

i wanna know what you think makes you, you. what your heart says about you! and how you think it got there.

let me know!

Comments

[oathkeeper]

geeze, when you put it like that it sounds like you were getting a little bored

uh but sure, we could meet up if that's easier! it'd really like to know!

[Sora is just so trusting. But this is the first person to ask him who and the why of his questions!]

i'm not sure he's want me to babble around too much about it. that's why i'm gonna try to find out what i can for him first. but he's someone really important to me.

[lonelysmiles]

You would be quite correct!

[Alastor grins at the obvious trust of this person. Well, they'll see soon enough.]

Now I was originally planning to head to the market, but perhaps Dreambucks would be a better place for what's guaranteed to be a very entertaining conversation? Perhaps a little of those magic teas will help jog the old memory of how it felt to be alive to compare to now!

[And give him some potential insight into this person if there's anything that might react to the thoughts or emotions of his companion on the table.]

You should be able to recognize me right away -- I'm quite a distinct-looking fellow! -- but how can I recognize you so I'm not waving down every patron that comes through the door?

[oathkeeper]

sure, i guess i could go for a hot chocolate or something

[Sora is a trusting person! But he is also a very good judge of character when he needs to be. In this case, if any leads helps him in his desire to help someone special to him he's going to take it! If he needs to take care of himself along the way? Oh, he'll do it.]

what do you mean i'll be able to recognize you? do you have some weird clothes or something? you'll be able to pick me out in a crowd by my brown spiky hair! that's what everyone says about it, anyway! i'll see you there soon?

[lonelysmiles]

Now, now, that'd be telling and where's the fun in that?! You'd rob me of your reaction!

I'll see you soon then!

[And going to head to Dreambucks, settling in at a table visible from the door. He really does stand out. Being a 7-foot-tall red-and-black deer demon in a world devoid of such things is a dead giveaway.]

[Alastor browses the menu, trying to figure out a tea that would work best for these purposes. They really need to get coffee. Tea is so weak.]

[He periodically glances up towards the door when he hears someone opening it, searching for the brown spiky hair his intended companion mentioned.]

[oathkeeper]

[Sora is not sure what he is expecting when he heads to the coffee shop. Just some regular guy maybe wearing some sort of weird outfit that stands out? Maybe someone with abnormal hair? Maybe just someone who wears a funny hat? The message did say that he would be able to recognize the person easily.

So, when he steps through the door, spikey hair and all, Sora isn't expecting anything of what he sees-]

Whoa?!

[He stands there at the doorway with a shocked expression! Flabbergasted for a second, here! That is one tall red and black demon guy?! He's seen people from the underworld and people way taller than him before but this guy is crazy looking!]

Holy crap!? You weren't kidding that I'd be able to recognize you!

[He's not one to judge appearances but wow!]

Gmail, where the hell did you send this notif to?!?!?!

[lonelysmiles]

[Alastor gives a thoroughly entertained laugh, bringing his hand to his chest in his mirth.]

Ah, that reaction never gets old!

[He sweeps his hand towards the seat opposite him.]

Come come, sit down, my spikey-haired friend! Let's talk hearts and souls, shall we?

no worries! <3

[oathkeeper]

[Geeze all Sora can think right now is this guy is a little like Hades. All charm and wit and all demon too.]

It's not every day anyone meets someone that looks like you, huh!

[Sora does give a sheepish look before he moves to sit down.]

So, uh. You're Alastor?

[lonelysmiles]

I am! And you're "Sora" unless you found some way to lie when you sent your message out.

[Alastor's finger toys with the corner of the menu as he casts his gaze over the list of teas. There's a soft hiss of static from old speakers that's emanating off of him that doesn't quite blend in with the ambient noise of Dreambucks.]

I admit I'm having trouble finding an appropriate tea for this little experiment. They're about conjuring emotions, not memories. I suppose that'll have to do. Was there an emotion in particular I should focus on?

[oathkeeper]

Nope, that's me!

[Those magical journals always send with their real names attached and luckily Sora wouldn't really be the type to lie about that sort of thing anyway.

He's a little put off but Sora does order something sweet to drink anyway. A hot chocolate with extra whip on the top because of his sweet tooth.]

Uh, I guess when it comes to seeing a heart you should pick something that is the most important to you? An emotion that you have a lot of?

[Positive or negative, right? The person that Sora is trying to help runs hot on negative energies so Sora isn't really that worried about the reaction.]