DREAM A LITTLE DREAM WITH ME

[capax_infiniti]

Characters: all the characters involved in the Dream Event
Setting: various dreams, various locations
Format: any
Summary: Xehanort draws a large amount of the tower into worlds constructed from their dreams in an attempt to learn about everyone en masse
Warnings: ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING


[Tendrils of magic wound their way around, lines of energy flickered into existence, forming a large shape on the ground around where Xehanort sat with his back straight and legs tucked neatly beneath him. Perfect. It was a bigger scale than the one he'd done but a month before, already he could feel the flickers of connection, the shape getting brighter and more defined.

More participants. More mental drag. There was little to worry about. With Xigbar on guard duty, his sleeping body would be quite safe. No, it was time to dream... and see just who would follow.

Darkness shrouded his hand, keyblade flaring into life, and he gripped the handle in both hands, aiming it at the ground, at the keyhole defined by criss-crossing darkness responding, resonating...

drowsiness laced through him, the blade in his hands sagging downward until the tip touched the ground, his posture slacking, head and shoulders slumping slightly

in slumber, the dreams of others awaited

the Master was asleep.]

OOC NOTE BECAUSE I CAN'T EDIT THE POST IT'S ON ANYMORE AND NOT REDOING ALL OF THAT: Dreamers should post to their REAL WORLD thread explaining where their character is, if they made it to a bed or if they're on the floor somewhere or wherever.

If you have questions for me, put them in your base character thread!

If I missed you somehow, let me know and I'll add you to the appropriate section!

Comments

[deathboss]

...and Eikichi had a very good idea of what was going to happen.

Now why he was here almost made sense, the whole time-warp part aside. He still didn't move. If he was meant to witness this, he'd continue watching.

[vvvroom]

No one else does, though. Too bad for them, because it just makes them crowd closer to see what's up, trying to hear Tatsuya because now he's really quiet, muttering...something.

"The hell's wrong with him?"

Again with the muttering.

"What'd he say? Hey! Answer me, Suou!"

Energy surrounds Tatsuya and he looks up, looking pretty far gone.

"...I am thou..." He would say more, but it's too late. Vulcanus appears, shoulders aflame.

Eikichi, get out of the way, you are weak to fire.

...And so is everyone else here. Moreso because they don't have the protection of Personas. Let's uh...let's just say that it's quite...gruesome.

There is some serious fire damage on the other wall. Meanwhile, the Leader is going to need some...serious plastic surgery, just to have a face again. At least the others managed to escape, frantically putting out their blazing uniforms.

As Vulcanus fades and Tatsuya slumps against the wall, the fire alarm goes off and the sprinkler system comes on.

[deathboss]

Don't worry bro, he was way ahead of this narration, having switched to a fire immune Persona before it broke out. He didn't know if something here would harm him, but he wasn't taking his chances.

It was nothing like his own. With Eikichi, his Persona revealing itself was power lust, and being lost in it. The water had harmed them, yes, but fire was far more dangerous to the human skin. Granted he could have made that water boil up like steam but it was probably his unconscious thoughts managing to keep it in check in some twisted way. Yet...he realized if his Persona had done the same, he probably wouldn't have minded the fire damage to the students either. It made him sick, but more understanding of himself. He was different now. He was thankful for that.

And Tatsuya...damn this explained a lot of things. Things that he didn't need to ever mention out loud but, perhaps a new ounce of respect for him. Opened up a few questions as well. So the rumors he'd heard of the Seven's Leader needing face surgery weren't a lie after all. He just didn't expect...

The charged flesh smelled up the entire corridor, and pinching his nose, he realized that as soon as the sprinklers came on, students would come out and see everything. Was he meant to move away? Should he go and try to grab Tatsuya now?

Sure, why not. He was smaller than being an adult and what else could he do? Not helping those assholes, that's for sure.. He quickly ran over and grabbed his unconscious friend, Slinging him to his elbow and...shit what now? Go for an exit, he guessed.

"Idiot," he muttered. Because this was clearly all his fault.

[vvvroom]

Well, he wasn't quite unconscious, more like...a little far gone? Whatever the case, he did make an effort to cling to whoever was carrying him and...

He may have been quiet, but his shoulders jagging up and down was a pretty good indication of what he was doing...

[deathboss]

Considering his upbringing and fact he came from Japan, this was usually the time when he'd be telling the person to Man Up. Even if he was barely conscious, he could still hear him. Idiot wasn't enough. His dad would have done that to him "Stop being a child.". A-and this was Tatsuya! You know, Mr.Cool and Calm who always went on about what it's like to be a true man....

...But you know what?

Fuck it.

Fuck what was suppose to be tradition and accepted Japanese behavior, that shit is what got them there in the first place and what got Lisa teased by others. The hell with everything and what he was supposed to do! This was his friend, no matter how old he was.

"それは大丈夫でしょう"

Silently, he stopped walking as the students pass by them to run outside, kneeling and hugged him right back, letting Tatsuya cry on his shoulder as long as he needed to.

[vvvroom]

...Yes, there was some...clinging happening. He didn't even know who this guy was.

"Is he dead?"

Oh please don't let him be dead...

[deathboss]

"...nah." He smiled somewhat bitterly. "Bastards like him don't die off that easily. He got hurt, but he'll be fine in a year."

And have a nice plastic nose to boot.

[vvvroom]

...Well...there's at least some good to that, but still.

"Don't...tell anyone. They'll put me in jail. Or the asylum. They'll put me away. Please."

That's just what you do to freaks. You make sure they can't hurt anyone else. Right...?

[deathboss]

And that sent him over the edge and it was Eikichi's turn to feel his shoulders move up and down and he tried to stop his own crying.

Tatsuya...is that how you...

"N-nah. I ain't telling anyone. 'Sides, i-if they wanted to do anything to you...they'd have to go through me first. I'll protect you."

After all, Birds of a feather flock together...

The school was completely empty by now, but they could hear the sirens coming closer.

[vvvroom]

Yes, the sirens were coming closer, weren't they? And possibly other people, but nevermind that now. Tatsuya was too busy almost panicking.

"...Maybe...they should take me."

Tatsuya, no.

[deathboss]

Exactly. That was one of the words which came out of Eikichi's mouth that moment.

"No." Then in a determined voice, he added, "Stop." He looked at him with a small grin. "You know...someone I admire told me once that Being A Man means even in the hard times, you have to remember to stand strong on your own two legs."

[vvvroom]

He kind of gives Eikichi this dumbfounded look and...this might be a memory, yeah, but it's not actually in the past. It's a dream happening right now, so there's almost a moment of clarity and recognition, but-

"Tatsuya?!" The voice of a middle-aged man cuts through their little moment and it snaps Tatsuya out of almost recognizing the weird guy giving him a pep talk.

[deathboss]

"S-sir!" That also snapped Eikichi a half-fear. Wow he'd never seen much of Tatsuya's dad (especially without the deformation that Nyarlathotep had caused them), but geeze, he could be really imposing. He looked wearily at the man, tired. "H-he's fine, sir." He didn't need to explain what happened, that wasn't important right now.

"Do you need me to carry him outside, while you go off to investigate what happened?"