#EA0000; Phantom Thief of Hearts, etc. etc.

[theshowsover]

(color!)

[A day or two into the heart nonsense, this post appears.]

This is Akira.

I have some experience with this whole "going into people's hearts" thing. The rules are different, so it might not apply, but here's what I know.

1. If something seems hostile, probably better to avoid it. Just because it's someone's heart doesn't mean you can't be injured for real.

2. If you find someone that looks like yourself, or the person whose heart this is, you should probably not hurt them.

3. Any other people inside are illusions. You won't be able to bring them out with you.

In my world, we could only go inside people's hearts if their cognition had become particularly distorted. Thankfully that doesn't seem to be the case here. Unfortunately, that makes it harder for me to know what to do to get out of someone's heart.

On the plus side, I haven't been thrown out of an airlock yet. [The worst.]

Comments

#FFDF00

[inheritance]

(Color!)

Was this ability something that was really common in your world?

[As alarming as this newest Chroma experience is, Izuku's still extremely curious about it, especially if it's something that Akira's already experienced back home.]

[theshowsover]

Not as far as I know. Until recently, I thought my friends and I were the only ones who could do it.

Now I know people before us had similar abilities, but they all manifest differently. It seems to be pretty localized to certain groups.

[He has a lot of theories but no concrete answers.]

[inheritance]

Do you mind telling me a bit more about it?

[Well, the town, technically, since they're on the forum, but since Akira posted to the forum in the first place, Izuku figures it wouldn't be a big deal.]

Was getting into someone's heart the same as what you've been seeing here?

[theshowsover]

No. We had an app for that, back home. It didn't take physical contact.

[inheritance]

[Surely he read that wrong... even though the word doesn't change no matter how much Izuku stares at it.]

You have a what?

[theshowsover]

A cellphone app. A program that let us go into people's hearts. We called it the Metaverse, though.

#9E8D50

[promissum]

[color]

I was shot by arrows in somebody's heart, but when I came back to myself I wasn't injured.

You were thrown out of an airlock inside of someone's heart?

[theshowsover]

Do you normally heal quickly?

[You never know around here...]

Yeah. The heart's owner saw the world as his spaceport.

[promissum]

Only if I have a healer or some chocolate.

Humans have been on the moon, haven't they? Why a spaceport?

[theshowsover]

That's good to know, but I think everyone should be cautious, just in case.

It represented his desire to control the world's business, with an empire run by disposable worker drones he would use until they collapsed.

[A... fast food empire. It's not very glamorous when you think about it.]

[promissum]

That sounds in line for humans.

What kind of empire was it? A mad scientist looking to control the world with robots?

#E2D383

[flinty]

( color! )

what do you mean by thankfully
so what if their cognition is distorted to hell and back the fuck you doin in someones heart you nosy ass

[theshowsover]

Usually, once their cognition was that distorted, they caused harm to themselves or others. We'd go inside to change it.

[flinty]

when you say "caused harm"... ya gonna need to go into detail for that pal

[theshowsover]

We went after people who used their power to abuse others, in various ways. Sometimes they were only looking for financial gain, but they also physically and mentally abused people, especially teenagers.

[flinty]

so criminals
ya go into criminals minds

#0000B2

[dualtone]

Do you get thrown out of airlocks a lot?

[theshowsover]

Only once.

[dualtone]

Huh.

Seems like you handled it fine.

[theshowsover]

Yeah. It was alright.

#7BB2F2

[esperimental]

[ COLOR ]

I don't know if this is a really good thing to be an expert on. It sounds a little skeevy actually; but I guess we don't have a choice here.

[theshowsover]

We only used it on criminals.

[It's not skeevy!]

[esperimental]

Wait, so you're like a cop, but you call yourself a thief?

Did thief just sound cooler.

[ priorities but you know ]

[theshowsover]

It's because we steal hearts.

[esperimental]

[ AKIRA!! ]

Did you just type that out without any second thought.