Hata no Kokoro

The Expressionless Poker Face.

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

"These two are bound by the feeling of having no brains. As in, having an empty head feels so niiice~."

Hata no Kokoro. Menreiki of 66 Masks, Manipulator of Emotions.

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#TouhouRP

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose It was then that her smiling onna mask would appear, this time a happier expression.

⠀“ But even though we were enemies before, I feel our connection must be greater than that, if I am able to be that important link to you. Knowing that... I feel... grateful. Thank you. ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose ⠀“ No. I only spend a lot of time observing humans, and that is something I have seen. It must be natural for it to be that way, especially when they cannot isolate themselves from the village. ”

Her eyes stared aimlessly again, then looked to the other once more.

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose ...Blink. She isn't sure how to feel towards that statement, so any mask is simply absent from her head.

⠀“ ...Yes. Having something, or someone, to exist for... Sometimes that is what a person needs, no matter what that thing may be. ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose Knowing she was prone to wandering, she would decide to wander closely. She pauses briefly, blinking her eyes.

⠀“ I didn't need my Mask of Hope to know what feelings it brought you, either.

Even if it was part of me, you seemed to need it more than I did. I'd already grown. ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose ...Her head tilts, and those two masks swapped places once more to express her confusion.

⠀“ Important? I am important to you? Why? Though that mask you stole from me was part of me, it was still used as an object and tool. So I would not know why I am important to you. ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose ⠀“ ...I see. ”

The once confused monkey mask now exchanges itself for the expression of a relaxed onna.

⠀“ So it is important to you specifically, because of your personal experiences, habits and functions. I understand now. ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose ⠀“ Does your story have no purpose at all, then? Or... Was its purpose to get me to question it? ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose She'd express one still through actions rather than the face, barely pulling her body back, and raising a hand towards her own mask.

...Another pause, deciding to let it pass.

⠀“ …Stories often have a purpose still. Teachings, remarkable memories, questions to be asked... ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@DespisedRose ...She seems to pause for a moment in consideration.

⠀“ ...Miss Hijiri finds value in a lot of things. She just possesses that much love to share.

But if I were to reenact such a story in the form of a play, I do not see what entertainment would be drawn from it. ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

Hovering before her, the dancer gently places her hands unto the sailor's cheeks.
Slowly, they start to feel around, brushing her palms against her cold, ghostly skin, fingers enveloping, their tips gently stroking…

Her expressionless, glassy pink eyes stare intently, focused.

[ᑕᗩᑭTᗩIᑎ ᗰᑌᖇᗩᔕᗩ @SeaboundSoul]

Fine, I'll play along this time.
Try not to hurt yourself, yeah?

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@BirdbrainChef Staring for a moment in the direction of the sound... being one herself, of course her first assumption was a yōkai—but the Menreiki was interested in it regardless.

Pausing... she ultimately decides to hover towards the singing, finding it rather alluring...

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@YuugenElectric ⠀“ …Mm. Then, if you had not thought of it until now, then it sounds like your wants are motivated by emotions of envy… Or maybe, you realised what you were missing.

It sounds difficult to try and find it deliberately, though. I hear those people are supposed to be special. ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@YuugenElectric ⠀“ ...Oh... Do you mean, how some of the humans have husbands and wives, then? ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@YuugenElectric ⠀“ ...A friend? Do you have trouble making friends, then? ”

...She tilts her head, a monkey mask beside it, expressing confusion.

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@YuugenElectric ⠀“ Something... going... ”

Blink.

⠀“ I do not think I know what you mean... But why don't you also have 'something going'? ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

⠀“ Mm. The growing lonely feelings of this place sometimes makes me wish to rouse the emotions of all once again, using my power. I know better than to try... But it makes me feel... sad, still. The feelings of the company of others... I miss it. ”

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@BendingEyes "...I wish for you to know love. Not only to open yourself to it from others... but for it to come from yourself, too.

...Does that sound like a dangerous, or forceful thing?"

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

...She isn't sure what she's doing, exactly... something about a dare? Something about doing something at all...

...Well, at least she may try and look cute in the meanwhile...

[Hata no Kokoro @HTNoKokoro]

@BendingEyes what makes you so special..."

"...You feel it makes you outcast. And in being outcast... that means you do not deserve all the same others do, to you."

...Her hug grows closer. Resting her head on her shoulder. Her eyes close...