Welcome to my nightmare

[ninjainviolet]

Who: Sheena Fujibayashi and YOU!
What: Nightmare!
When: During the Nightmare Plot (backdated to the 5th)
Where: Her mind
Rating: PG?

[Sheena had planned to go back to Lloyd's house as soon as she could, but that plan was changed without her permission as she succumbed to whatever malevolent force decided to infiltrate the castle and put its residents to sleep.

Like many others, she now sleeps deeply, no movement or sound except the occasional protest as her slumber is interrupted by memories and nightmares she had long ago buried.

Memories that are now alive and well and waiting to share themselves with whoever crosses their paths.

Sleep well.]

Sections: Corrine's Replacement || Friendly Advice? || Left Behind

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[ninjainviolet]

[There's silence as her jaw drops and everything comes into focus.]

Yes, the castle! And I have dark hair. [Sorry, Duke.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Dammit. ]

then you wandered into mine, just as I had yours. [ But if you don't remember he's not going to explain further. ]

[ninjainviolet]

Wandered into yours? Your dream?

[She sits still a moment, trying to remember, but all she keeps thinking of is Corrine and watching him fall before her--]

Wait! There was a large creature who was hurt--

[radiantwingedone]

That would be the right one. [ Duke doesn't want to talk about it more, okay? Okay.

Shoving himself to his feet now, and double-checking that the dream had been playing with him while dusting down his coat. ]

Would exiting be a possibility?

[ninjainviolet]

[She takes the hint and silently helps him to his feet by providing support, not taking over.]

Well-- the dream usually ends when I say thank you to a certain someone. I think this time, it's you.

[She pauses.]

I'm not sure what'll happen to you, but everyone disappears in my dream, and I wake up. That's probably true for you, too.

[radiantwingedone]

.... I don't intend to be... harsh, however any aid received from my actions was... me being angry at what I thought the Spirit had done.

[ He's saying that even if he helped, he.. kinda didn't mean to. it was retaliation. And thank you for not trying to take over how he moves! ]

Possible.

[ninjainviolet]

[She shakes her head.]

Don't worry about it. My reactions also came from anger because what you thought happened to you, really did happen to me.

[A pause.]

Well then. Thank you for helping me restore Volt's faith in humanity--just as Corrine wanted.

[A quiet wind passes through as things begin to fade, bringing with it the sound of the bell Corrine once wore.]

Thank you...

[radiantwingedone]

. . . . . ? [ Duke really has no expression for how he feels at that statement. He helped something else regain faith in humanity? It's a mix of incredulity, realization at.. how wrong, that was, for him, who also had.. issues with faith in humanity, to help another regain it.

If he wasn't so tired and drained by what he thought had happened, he might have given in to the exhausted-twisted amusement and possibly laughed. It was that wrong feeling.

Maybe its a good thing that it was fading, before he can react and she could find it insulting. ]

[ninjainviolet]

[Sheena's been watching him the entire time as the world fades around him, her own version of things not doing so until he's completely gone from her sight.

And as many dreams are wont to do, the disappearance of all things abruptly speeds up and ends, leaving the dreamer alone with whatever emotion it had managed to wrangle out of them at the time before allowing them to once more drift off to sleep.]