Heart Seed Ruin Log

[goatsongs]

[You suddenly find yourself in the entrance to a library. Well, it should be an entrance - if you turn around, there isn’t a door behind you, but there’s a desk that says ‘RETURNS’ and a desk that says ‘HELP’, both with containers full of pens on them. There’s also rows and rows of bookcases all stuffed full of books.

Naturally, both the returns desk and the help desk are staffed: the returns desk by a bright-looking young boy, and the help desk by a serious-looking man.

Beyond the shelves of books, there’s a steel door to the left, as well as a wooden door to the right.]

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[thewildgeese]

[It's Ryuunosuke. This is pretty good for Ryuunosuke.]

Deeper inside his heart.

[Which makes no sense without having explained that this is his heart.]

If you're looking for him, I'd suggest looking for your own book.

[miasthma]

[ Oh, what is this obscure bullshit--

Fine. Fine. He'll play along, if only because he's sure that murdering this guy won't get him anywhere. There's just one problem. ]

I don't own any books.

[thewildgeese]

They're sorted alphabetically by subject. Yours should be on the left side - it's the thicker volume than the other 'Akutagawa Ryuunosuke' book.

[Even though Chuuya met that Akutagawa first, he has more to say about this one, it seems.]

[miasthma]

[ It's a book about him?

That makes more sense, but it's much creepier. Akutagawa gives Mori (he's not thinking about the fact that this is Mori) a hard look, then shoves his hands in his pockets and stalks off. Time to find this book.

Akutagawa, Akutagawa... ah, there it is. He finds it, scowls at it, then reaches out to pull it off the shelf. Let's check out that book cover, first. ]

[goatsongs]

[The cover, naturally, is a picture of Akutagawa.

Less naturally, it's a picture of Akutagawa looking not as irritated as he usually does. The face he makes when 'aloof and a little grumpy' turns into just 'aloof'. It can't be said to be approaching happy, but even that much is something worth noting, for him.]

[miasthma]

[ ... Bizarre. Akutgawa doesn't exactly look in a lot of mirrors, but even he knows he doesn't usually look so cheery. He frowns at the photograph, then flips the book open to the first page with any writing on it. ]

[goatsongs]

[That would be the first page, filled up with writing.

The book is written a little chaotically - there are more sentence fragments than actual sentences, and sometimes a thought just stops in the middle. But what there is is easy enough to understand.]

I'm glad we're friends

If I don't tell him there's a protective charm on this bracelet he probably won't ask if I give it to him

It's kind of ridiculous to worry about someone who could eat me for breakfast, but

Has a nice smile, I'd like to see that more

Would the librarian let me invite him home, to be honest I don't give a shit what she thinks but it'd make things easier

Would he let me invite him home

If I ever find out who treated him badly I'll break their knees

Don't expect him to trust me, but I don't think he'd hurt me without a good reason to