[Just a dream. Those are a rare thing for Heart, given that he doesn't require sleep, but he makes an exception sometimes. And that must be what's going on here.

It's not a forest familiar to him, which seems odd... but only for a moment, before he stops questioning it. The mist makes it awfully hard to navigate, so he takes a little time trying to figure out where he should go. Enough time, of course, for something to start to form.

The first sign of it is a laugh. It's cold sound and one that makes Heart tense up immediately, turning very quickly to track down the source. For a bit there's nothing to be found... and if it weren't for the sound still echoing through the trees, Heart might be willing to chalk it up to his own imagination. But seeing the shape that finally appears - a simple one, a man with dark hair wearing a labcoat - doesn't help whatsoever. Heart's expression changes immediately to anger, but even so, much to his own shame, he can't help but take a hesitant (fearful) step back.

He might have frozen up slightly, don't mind him.]

[This is just one more thing on top of everything else. Heart's already tense and the sudden realization that the movement he keeps seeing might not be in his head... really isn't helping. He's narrowing his eyes as he cautiously keeps an eye on the trees, eventually stopping in his tracks.]

...That definitely wasn't my imagination, was it?

[He's thinking aloud more than anything, not so much expecting anyone to answer.]

[It's not just one figure that appears for Heart. It's many.

He thought it would be fine to just wander, see where the forest would take him. But he keeps seeing them. They're vague, quick glimpses, but he would know those metal forms anywhere. He doesn't need to see the numbers on their chests to know exactly which ones they all are.

And he tries to get close to them, he does, but it seems every time he thinks he's drawing near they've already vanished. But eventually, there's one form that sticks out more. Not silver and dark metals this time, but someone who by all rights appears human, dressed in pure white. She almost seems to dance through the trees rather than run.

It's a few moments where Heart just stands, frozen, unable to think, before he finally gives chase. But it doesn't matter. It's a long time before he gives up, but it doesn't matter. He stops himself eventually, putting a hand on a tree to steady himself and he just... breathes out. And then he punches that same tree, because fuck it and fuck this.]