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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 3, 2010 21:13:00 GMT -5
Ayaka nodded, tucking her feet up onto the cot in her usual fashion. "I guess it happened because I've been really confused," she said into the tops of her knees. "And I was thinking about him right before I fell asleep. But still... "How can you can you see someone in your dreams when you don't even know what they look like?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 5, 2010 0:14:48 GMT -5
"For the same reason dreams can be so fantastical, I would imagine.." Utsuro replied softly, with a nonchalant gesture. "Dreams are not bound by the normal laws of reason we hold to in our daily lives...the mind is free to see and do things we would never normally come up with. People...places...In a dream, nothing has to make sense."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 5, 2010 0:24:06 GMT -5
"I guess," Ayaka replied with a shrug. "I guess what's scary about this one is that it does make sense. I just... don't know how I could be seeing what I was, y'know? I mean, I'm pretty sure I know who it was, but... augh." She shook her head to try and rid herself of the conundrum; thinking herself in circles was starting to make her dizzy. "Have you ever had dreams like that, Tsutomegi?"
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 5, 2010 0:39:44 GMT -5
The boy stayed quiet for a moment, eyes falling downward as he thought about the question. "Sometimes, yes...I see my village....and my family a lot...even though I have a hard time remembering what either looked like.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 5, 2010 0:44:54 GMT -5
Ayaka, you idiot! You may be tired, but you can still think straight!"I.... see," Ayaka said softly, kind of wishing she hadn't asked. "I'm sorry." Both for the sadness he must experience dreaming about such things, and that she had pried into something like that.
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 5, 2010 1:28:42 GMT -5
"It is..not always bad." He reassured her, noting the expression on her face. "Yes, there are nightmares where I watch my village burn and my family die, and it is an agonizing relief to wake up...But then there are times where I am back in my village, everyone alive and well, and then...waking up is the nightmare.." "But in the end...they are just dreams..."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 5, 2010 1:42:30 GMT -5
".... I... see..." Ayaka shivered and fell silent. Just what was she supposed to say to something like that!? She had certainly never had dreams like that before, and had no idea how to respond. And Tsutomegi acted like they were pretty normal. She should have never brought this up.
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 5, 2010 1:58:23 GMT -5
"Are..you all right, Ayaka-san?" Utsuro asked, pulling up the blanket and setting it at her feet as she shivered. "The medic said...for you to let one of them know if you start feeling sick.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 5, 2010 2:03:56 GMT -5
And now he thought she was sick. Well, at least it got them off the increasingly uncomfortable topic of dreams (and nightmares). "Oh... no, that's not it," Ayaka insisted nervously, waving a hand in front of her face in emphasis. "I'm fine, really. I still feel a little weird, I guess," she explained with a shrug, "but not sick."
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 5, 2010 2:32:13 GMT -5
"That...is good...The not feeling sick part...that is." He nodded, clasping hands idling between his knees as he sat. "I...do not know what to tell you about feeling..'weird'.."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 5, 2010 2:35:23 GMT -5
"If you've ever slept in a tree and woken up by falling out of it," Ayaka said through a yawn and a stretch, "you'll know exactly what I'm talking about." After her solid nap and odd dream, it was hard for Ayaka to remember that that had happened only a few hours ago. "At least this time there were friends around, though," she continued thoughtfully. "The cave was on the ground, but with all the people fighting, it was pretty scary."
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 5, 2010 3:38:16 GMT -5
"..It...can be rather disorienting. It is...actually even worse when you hit the ground..tends to..rattle your brain slightly." Utsuro commiserated in the most serious of tones. "The cave?" He asked after a moment, a slight hint of curiosity to his voice.
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 9, 2010 20:49:41 GMT -5
Ayaka nodded. "When they first brought me here from my village, the fighting was still going on all around," she explained. "The ninjas who brought me needed to help, but they didn't want to just leave me, so they found a big dark cave to hide me in. They left me with lots of blankets and some food and water and stuff, and told a couple of their teammates to hide nearby just in case, and the rest went off to join the battle. Sometimes it got really scary, and I could hear the battles and the explosions and stuff, but the enemy didn't find me. They probably didn't care if I was there or not, really. But after the fighting was over, they came and got me and brought me to the village. I've been living in this tent ever since."
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Post by strangevisitor on Jan 10, 2010 7:09:57 GMT -5
"I see.." Utsuro said simply after listening to her explanation. "I think...this is the longest I have been able to stay in one place...for at least a year. It's a good tent...no leaks..no drafts...no pests...Just a cot.....and a friend." "I like it."
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Post by Tensei Kaori on Jan 10, 2010 20:22:48 GMT -5
"And everyone else who lives here," Ayaka added. "But... I know what you mean. I never lived anywhere else before, but I never had a friend either. I think... I might rather live in this tent for the rest of my life than go back to where I was, y'know?"
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