karaniji (kinome) 11

[feralphoenix]

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Content warnings for this chapter include grief and child peril.



Rainbow King: Hey, Poyoko.
Rainbow King: It seems to me... like you've probably forgotten something important.
Rainbow King: No... instead of forgetting it... it's more like you've hidden it away from yourself...
Rainbow King: I can't tell what that something is, but...
Rainbow King: I think... you should try to find it.

THE EMPTY-HEARTED GIRL AND THE RAINBOW FRAGMENTS

Poyoko: (I can see so far into the distance...)
[sfx: crunch]
Poyoko: (It's soft... just like sand.)
Poyoko: (I can hear the wind blowing softly.)
Poyoko: (This is my heart...)

Rainbow King: Poyoko, over here!
Rainbow King: It's a well. It's so deep! I can't see the bottom.
Poyoko: Hey, Snake.
Poyoko: That important thing you mentioned... is it down here?

Rainbow King: Why do you think so?
Poyoko: We walked all over, but we didn't find anything. And if I were going to hide something, I think I'd do it here.
Rainbow King: If that's what you think, I'm sure you're right. After all, this is your heart.
Rainbow King: Poyoko, I can't go with you.
Poyoko: Huh?
Rainbow King: I still can't remember who I am, but it seems like I came here from someplace else.

Rainbow King: And this well leads to the depths of your heart, where outsiders can't go.
Rainbow King: So you have to go there by yourself. Can you do it, Poyoko?
[sfx: scoop]
[sfx: drop]
[sfx: *crickets*]
Poyoko: ......... ......I'll go.

Poyoko: It's my heart. I want to know.
[sfx: tink tink]
Rainbow King: Listen to me, okay, Poyoko? At the bottom of this well... at the core of your heart, there'll be a world you've forgotten about.
Rainbow King: There's no way of knowing what it'll be like until you get there.
Rainbow King: Just...

Rainbow King: No matter what you find there... you have to come back, okay?
Rainbow King: If you can't come back, your heart will close off, and the you in the real world could die.
Rainbow King: So promise me, Poyoko. Promise me you'll come back.
Rainbow King: Please don't forget that we're here waiting for you...

[sfx: huff huff]
Poyoko: (I've come down such a long way, but I'm still not there yet...)
Poyoko: (The sound of my breathing and my heartbeat are echoing...)

Poyoko: (Is there really... a bottom to reach at all?)
[sfx: shake shake]
Poyoko: (Even if there isn't, I have to go. I'm the one who decided to come here.)
Poyoko: No matter what's waiting for me... even if there's nothing there at all... All I can do is keep going. Because...
Poyoko: That's the only way to find myself.
[sfx: slip]

Poyoko: Wh...
Poyoko: There's no more ladder!
Poyoko: Now what? Is this the bottom...? No... The well keeps going.
Poyoko: (I can't do this by myself...)
[sfx: drip drip drip]
Poyoko: (...Oh. These days, someone's always been here for me...)

Poyoko: (So I'd forgotten. I'd forgotten how scary it is to be alone...)
Rainbow King: Please don't forget that we're here waiting for you...
Poyoko: (There's no use crying! I have to think.)
Poyoko: (Now I've taken a closer look... the wall's all bumpy.)

Rainbow King: There's definitely something strange happening.
Rainbow King: I don't understand why I'm here in Poyoko's heart.
Rainbow King: Who am I?
[sfx: twinkle twinkle/spin spin]
[sfx: POOF]
Rainbow King: Oh, thank goodness! She has good memories too, even if there aren't many of them.

Rainbow King: When good memories pile up in your heart, they'll become part of the soil.
Rainbow King: Huh?
Rainbow King: (...... This person... I know him!)
Rainbow King: (He's my friend...)
Rainbow King: Eba......

Oz: Who are you?
Jester-Hat Cultist: Tch.
Jester-Hat Cultist: Ahh... I just joined up, so you don't know me yet!
Oz: Whenever anyone joins us, I make sure to greet them, and I know everyone's names and faces.

Jester-Hat Cultist: Y... you're lying... Just how many people d'you think are here...?
Oz: I know EVERYONE. Should I recite all their names for you to prove it?
Jester-Hat Cultist: (...Dammit! Now it's come to this... there's only one trick left to try!)
Oz: Hurry up and answer.
Jester-Hat Cultist: SHADDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP
Jester-Hat Cultist: DAMN TOOTHPICK, THERE'S NO WAY YOU AND YOUR SIEVE OF A BRAIN COULD PULL THAT OFF!

Oz: Ah... ah... ah...
Oz: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH YOU'RE RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT MY BRAIN IS DINKY TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH
Jester-Hat Cultist: (Thought so!)
Jester-Hat Cultist: (RTV members couldn't hack it in society... so they're all weak to getting yelled at!)
Jester-Hat Cultist: (I'll do it if I gotta, but it sure doesn't feel great.)
[Sense of decency: Owie...]

Poyoko: (Th... that was close!)
Poyoko: (I can't feel my hands...)
[sfx: drip]
Poyoko: (I heard water...)
Poyoko: (I made it!)
[sfx: SPLASH]

Poyoko: Wah!

Poyoko: (Something's pulling me down...!!)

Mom: Poyo-chan!
Poyoko: Hehehe!
Mom: Look over there! It's your papa!
Dad: Poyokooooo!
Poyoko: Yaaaaaaay!
[sfx: TRIP]
Dad: UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH
Mom: Poyo-chan!

[sfx: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH UWAAAAAUUAUHHHH]
Dad: There there...
Mom: Poyo-chan! Are you okay?!
[sfx: ahm...]
[sfx: NOHM]
Mom: Poyo-chaaaan! Do you like it?
[sfx: snap snap]
Poyoko: Ummy!
Mom: Isn't it yummy?!?!
[sfx: squish]

Mom: Poyo-chan!
Dad: Poyoko!

We love you more than anything!

Poyoko: D... Dad... Mom......
Dad: Over here, Poyoko!

Oz: I'M AN IDIOT... I'M A DOPE... I'M A MESSY EATER... I CAN'T LOOK PEOPLE IN THE EYE WHEN I TALK TO THEM... I'M ALWAYS DEPRESSED...
Jester-Hat Cultist: (Yikes, I sure set him off...)
[sfx: sneak sneak]
[sfx: HOIST]
Jester-Hat Cultist: ......Wait.

[sfx: put.]
Jester-Hat Cultist: Poyoko...
Jester-Hat Cultist: She's... not breathing...


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