@gravitysuited
The Broken Vessel had heard the rumors about this cavern in the City of Glass. A cavern of truth and lies; a cave system with twisting, turning tunnels and (supposedly) mysterious properties, turning anyone who uttered a lie while enclosed within the stone walls lost in both physical body and in spirit. Leaving them mindless, soulless... hollow.
Normally, one would have to wonder why anyone in their right mind would willingly choose to go to such a place; the little vessel was staring right up at the entrance, listening to the quiet stillness of the night around xem as they occasionally looked up at the stars up above. Xey kept taking in deep breaths, kicking pebbles at xyr feet away from themselves and starting to walk inside before heading right back out again. They were scared.
...but the fact that they were filled with fear, that they could feel, was exactly the reason xey were here, wasn’t it? They didn’t want to be imperfect anymore. They didn’t want to remember being abandoned anymore. Didn’t want to remember the cracking, the burning, the rage. They didn’t want to remember any of it. Right now, xey couldn’t forget.
But maybe this mysterious cave could fix that.
Unfortunately for xem, right as they mustered up the bravado needed to step inside for real, a stranger came walking up besides xem. The vessel froze in place, nerves crashing down on xem once again as they tilted their head back to look at the human.