#loreeeeeeeeee

One particular idea in pive been chewing on is related to that one anecdote on the last ragatha post from brydav. The idea of things coming to life through human connection and anthropomorphsizing things.

𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰?

What if someone loved something so much, it began to love them back?

No problemo mi amigo

I wouldn't say that the objects could actually spring back to life completely and be autonomous like a Puppet, because objects can never really store enough energy to make it susceptible to becoming alive. If that was possible, then by logic, the whole city should be alive and walking like a giant creature at this point.

The DIE Hearts were specifically crafted to be able to house an ENTIRE human being's soul, with the help of the runes inscribed into them. This was an ancient process dating back to ancient times of civilization, when Kings would turn their loyal subjects into sculpted stone guardians in order to protect their treasury, belongings, and lives, and when loved ones used the art of soul artificing to help a loved one cross over and find peace.

HOWEVER...just because it won't come alive and love you back, doesn't mean that it can't make someone feel something, even if they're not like Ragatha who can sense these things casually.

Under the right conditions, normal people can start sensing an energy within a specific item and react to it. Some positive, some negative. In the world of the Harlequin AU, everywhere you go, you leave a part of yourself out to the world and into your surroundings, but just a tiny, tiny bit.

Every step you took, every items you've ever touched, Every breath that is swept away by the wind and every locations visited you are leaving a part of yourself in exchange for memories, giving back to the world bit by bit that brought you here. It's why plants grow on desolate, abandoned cities, it's why nature still thrives when just decades ago.... it felt like the world stood no chance against the poisonous atmosphere of the industry that consumed everything.

It's why... there's a time where you have to leave behind your physical form and ascend to a plane that would welcome you with open arms, because your physical self is on the verge of falling apart, and is no longer suitable to house your equally just as weak of a soul, who've spent decades powering your physical manifestation. You've spent enough time in the physical realm, now it's time to move on, and rejuvenate.

It's why your body, when you have passed, decays then becomes a vital part of ensuring nature lives on, and the ecosystem thrives.

The items you leave behind can hold a part of the real you, and if given enough, treasured enough, someone will be able to feel your presence, and the impact you've left to this world.

It's also why Marionettes are beings devoid of souls. They're machines, created BY machines, controlled by an unnatural presence of power.