[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/sgBOeJl.png[/img][/center][color=orangered]"A dive into the heart, huh? So what's all of this about?"[/color] A cheery and unmistakably youngish girl's voice said. The girl in question already laid on her bed, huddled among many layers of soft, warm covers, listening to the stories told to her.

Even though she was on bed, her eyes were wide open and shone with excitement and anticipation for the tales she heard every night. But just like everything else, so too did the stories had to come to end.

[color=orangered]"A story for another time?"[/color]

A nod and a gentle smile from the person at the other side of the  covers confirmed so.

[color=orangered]"Aw... I guess that I'll have to go sleep  now and find about it when I wake up. Is that alright?"[/color]

Another nod and a gentle hand ruffling the girl's bright, orange hair sealed their promise. She just had to sleep fast and, when she woke up, she would find all about this heart of all worlds, and the castle in the sky, and a girl that lives on it.

[color=orangered]"Wait. A castle in the sky? And a girl living on it? That's not part of the story and..."[/color]

Neither is the darkness that engulfed her. Or the tools she saw in her dream. A dream far too weird and too real to be just a dream, but still a dream nonetheless.

[color=orangered]"In that case, I'll..."[/color]

Pick up the rod.

[color=orangered]"Because it's cute... and you can probably whack people with it too."[/color]

...

[color=orangered]"Wha!? That's not how it works? Then I guess that I..."[/color]

Cannot change it. It's about time you...