towerofanimus | When the dream is over...

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When the dream is over...

Characters: Meiling Hong and YOU!
Format: Any! I will follow!
Location: Dorm 02-15 ->Cafeteria (Or anywhere really! Just let me know)
Summary: Another new arrival to the Tower! Meiling is trying to find a way to figure out what happened..and to block out those letters.

[Dorm 02-15]

Slowly, very slowly Meiling wakes up to the sight of a....room? That startled her into a sitting position. This is not where she was supposed to be nor where she was when she started her nap! She quickly swung her legs over the side of the bed and thought in this, letting the letters fall to the floor.

"Huh?"

She leans down and picks the letters off the floor, opening one and looking very confused on the contents, as she was reading the one that was meant to be read AFTER the other one. Seeing as the first one made no sense, she opened the second one and her face falls. Gensokyo gone?

After reading that she sits there, just staring at the letter. The idea of Gensokyo being gone had her both confused and left in a disbelieving trance.

[Cafeteria]

After that letter and finding her normal clothing to change into, Meiling sat in a corner of the Cafeteria, eyes closed as she tried to think this all over. Everyone she knows and cares about gone...? She would not believe it! Beside her is a bowl of oatmeal that has not been touched at all as she is too busy thinking on what this all could mean, trying hard to find a reason to deny that her home for so long is now gone.

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[Remilia folds her arms, blowing a strand of hair out of her face.]

I don't believe our world was destroyed, if that's what you're thinking. It's simply too preposterous. These injuries have nothing to do with this supposed apocalypse.

[Relief washing through her for a moment but she still has not looked back up.]

But then...

[She pauses shaking her head and looking back to Remilia. The first thing she says is very soft, almost a whisper. One fist clenches part of her pants leg at what this all meant.]

They got past the defenses somehow... How did they do this then...?

Do what? There's a lot of things that have been done. I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific. [A bitter laugh, but her eyes are soft.

It's been too long. Way, way too long...]

[She just shakes her head, trying to understand it all.]

I guess I just don't understand how they could take people without others knowing. How...

[Her expression is sad and and angry at the same time...She isn't willing to ask the question 'How did they get past me and make me fail my duties?' She's almost afraid of the answer and the thought of actually failing.]

[Her voice is quiet, a bit hollow.]

There are many forces out there that are much more powerful than us. More powerful than Yukari or the Yama. They're more skilled at manipulating time and space than Sakuya could ever be.

[She nods and stands up from her chair and kneels in front of Remilia]

Even so, I failed in protecting you. Let me redeem myself in doing so here with all my ability.

[Even though all of that meant she had no chance in protecting against this, she had to try and in the end, admit that she had no way of stopping it. She would now do her best here, in a new place]

[Remilia just plops down on the floor next to her, crossing her legs.]

You didn't. It was to the very end you were loyal.

Now stop this nonsense.

[She's confused but stays kneeling. She's not exactly sure how to take this because she was expecting a lot worse then this. But she'll mull over this later.]

If you say so Mistress, I may not understand but...

[She shakes her head and shifts, sitting on her knees. slowly a small smile crosses her face.]

I am glad to see you alive and...somewhat well.

Then let me tell you.

[She closes her eyes for a moment.]

I have not been home for a year now. [A slight half-smile.] In fact, I believe it's almost a year to the date.

A year..? But I just saw you before I went to the gate today...

[This may take a while but after her protest on that she quiets down and rubs the back of her head.]

...Maybe I should let you finish first huh?

Like I said. Time and space. [And she's also a clone but we're not going there right now.]

For the first seven months, I had been in a testing facility with Patchouli.

[She won't say a word but her expression says what she won't. She is worried about how this will end up because from what she has seen, There is no happy ending of this. Although one question comes to mind.]

....Testing Facility?

Something reminiscent of a science laboratory. Spartan environment, gray walls, a lack of diversity in food, grouped into rooms of four. [She pauses.] There were "experiments" each week. Some worse than others.

[A longer pause.]

It was a cruel place. When the "subjects" became comatose from a universal sickness--and this was a frequent occurrence...they were tossed into the incinerator, with their ashes used to fertilize the plants in the biodome.

[One hand reaches out for a moment before pulling it back. That place...Something about it just both enraged her and made her sad at the same time. She gripped her pant leg again, trying to keep her cool at least until she heard all of it.

She's staying quiet this time, sure if she did say something, it would end up being something she wished to keep to herself for the time being.]

[She pauses once more before continuing.]

It was mainly Patchouli and I. Reimu, Marisa, Alice, Yuuka...they all came and went.

[She sets her chin in her hand, her tone going hollow, raw. It was almost too much to repeat, but the story had to get out somehow. Hiding it from Meiling wouldn't do anything good.]

Sakuya, Flan...and you as well.

[Her voice gains a bit of momentum, anger, even.]

Everyone was...ripped from us, torn from our arms...and she'd been there so much longer than I had. Months. Alone. She was hardly the same person anymore. She'd given up. They lopped her hair off, broke her bones over and over, burned her grimoire, made her slice one of her friends into ribbons, tore her arm off at the cost of saving me...and I still ended up looking like a piece of fried meat.

[Her fingers curl into tight fists.]

Dumped into a field of high-power UV lamps until I was nothing but a pile of ashes, then sloppily brought me back a week later. After broadcasting the entire thing on the network for everyone else to see.

[There is a moment of shock, hearing she had been there and opens her mouth to say something but remembers about 'Time and Space and drops it. She closed her eyes for a moment, trying to calm herself after all of this. She reaches out, opening her eyes that now had tears hiding in them. After a moment of hesitance, she places her hand on Remilia's shoulder carefully.]

Mis-...Remilia...

[Her eyes water a bit, and she wipes at them with her wrist cuffs to try and prevent herself from actually crying.

It doesn't really work, because the tears keep slowly falling.]

And she's probably still there. She's...probably...still at that place...

[A sob rises up in her throat, and she tries to cover her face with her hands.]

Everyone here who was at the Facility, everyone I've talked to who remembers it...they were all terminated. Dead. Ashes. So I'm...probably dead, too. Back there....she's alone...

[Once Remilia starting to cry, Meiling acts. She uses the hand already there on her shoulder to pull her closer so she can wrap her arms around her in a loose hug. She would be hugging tighter but she wanted to judge Remilia's reaction at this point. She holds back her own tears for now, They would not help and would be better shed when alone at this point.]

We will free her...I don't know how yet...And we will get her back.

[She was shaking a bit, but keeping relaxed. She was enraged that something had brought this much pain upon her family but kept it at bay. Now was not the time for it.]

[She doesn't pull away; in fact she only wraps her arms around the older girl's shoulders.]

I'm sorry, I'm not even...half the person I used to be...She isn't either, she was...changed from the first day I got there...

[Evident by her even saying 'I'm sorry.' Woah someone's ego got knocked down a peg.]

It's been too long since I've seen you.

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[She tightens the embrace, as if just that would protect her from all harm. Even though a version of her had been protecting, it was now her turn. Her voice is soft and protective.]

It's alright...There is nothing to be sorry for. We are family. Even if it takes forever, Everything will be okay...I swear it.

[Even though she can not be sure, she will still make that promise. She smiles softly, a sad overtone to it but still a smile.]

Then it is good to see you again, even in a place that isn't home.

[Her throat tightening, she says nothing but gives a small nod.

There was so much else she wanted to say, but didn't, couldn't.]

[She isn't going to move nor release the hug until she is sure things are somewhat okay. If someone had a issue with them being in the middle of things, Too bad. She may not be as in touch like Sakuya or even Patchouli would be with Remilia, but she would try. She starts to hum a little bit, giving the time to think of what to say next.]

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