onepassingnight | 001st Secret ☽ Born to be free

[The road is wide and long, losing itself in the horizon where land merges with the sky. The landscape keeps changing at a sickening speed, while the motor roars like a hungry lion. With the empty road ahead and behind, the car trunk filled with suitcases, a flaring sun above and the wind blowing strongly as the speed increases. It's a road trip, there's no doubt of it, though the goal of the trip may be something foggy in the mind, probably as that doesn't matter, the fun here is the trip itself after all.

Tsukuyomi smiles widely as he sits in the driver's seat. It's a dream, he knows it, only in a dream he would be able to drive and feel so well with himself, but he doesn't care. For once it's a dream where there's not even one trace of those nightmares he usually has, so he welcomes it happily. The car is a white colored two seats, enough space for just him and a companion, with the roof open to allow the wind and the sun to hit them directly, speeding through the road at a bit more than 120mph.

It's a cry for freedom. One of those moments of "feeling alive" for him. If only dreams could be real.]

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[That's one of the great mysteries of life, but has always been that way. He's also a bit of a messy eater, not too terrible but he will most probably end with some bits of food on his face as he eats enthusiastically.

Indeed Tsukuyomi has never heard of the place, but he has never been good with geography anyway.]

Is that why it's named Edge? Because it's built at the edge of the ruins?

[He laughs a bit, he's honestly curious even if the question may seem a bit silly.]

I'm from Azabu-Juuban, in Tokyo! I live there with my parents and my little brother. Have you ever been there?

Yeah. We're creative like that.

[Cloud's humor may border toward dry but he's definitely starting to lay claim to it again. Given the way he's had to work out even the simplest things sometimes, it doesn't occur to him that the question is silly. His head does come around, blue eyes focusing on Tsukuyomi though at the mention of where he lives. Cloud's been there before himself. In his dreams at least.]

I know some girls that live there. Ami and Usagi.

[Tsukuyomi's smile drops a bit as he looks at Cloud, confused for a moment. Out of the two only one name strikes his attention the most at the moment. But it's just a name, and this is just a dream. He smiles, chasing away the confusion.]

Really? It feels as if the world is really small when that happens, doesn't it? You meet someone that you have had close to you for years but never saw, or someone who knows your friends, or something like that. It's as if there's no real distance at times.

I've a friend named Ami, but I don't know any Usagi that currently live there. Maybe I've missed her, do you know where does she study or something?

[Cloud doesn't catch the confusion and at the question he simply shakes his head, a brief movement.]

I've met them in dreams. The same way we are now. Ami's going to be a doctor, or already is. Usagi just - [there's a small smile] Usagi just doesn't like to study. Unless it's food.

[Well... That does sound familiar. Tsukuyomi shifts uncomfortably for a moment before he forces out a small smile and a chuckle.]

She sounds like the type that would be around here often then, sleeping in classes instead of studying. And dreaming about food. I'm not much into studies myself either and I like food, maybe we could get along well if we ever meet.

[Cloud does catch the shift this time but only vaguely. Instead he simply makes a noise in his throat of agreement.]

I remember one dream in specific that involved trees made of candy and streams of punch. If you do meet her here, you'll like her. I haven't seen her lately.

[and he's told himself that's a good thing. That she's safe and that's why she's not dreaming. Not that she's hurt or worse instead.]

That sounds like a very delicious dream.

[Tsukuyomi laughs a bit, focusing on that rather on the name of the person to whom that dream belonged. That way he can just convince himself that they are talking about someone different.]

Is that normal? I mean, how often do you tend to see people here?

[In... Dreams? It's still a confusing concept.]

In dreams?

[Cloud's not a mind reader but it's close enough to his own thoughts, both when he first realized it and still. A shrug and a small head shake.]

Usually. New people. Reoccurring people. We share each others dreams. After a while, you start to hear them when you're awake sometimes too.

[sharp blue eyes cut over]

You're not crazy.

[Tsukuyomi flinches a bit at the look in Cloud's eyes, he would have never thought that he's crazy, not with the stuff that goes on in his life already... Specially not when he has heard people claim that about him before when he came to realize his own feelings regarding himself. But even if he was the type to ever think that, that look would definitively take away any will to do so.]

I-I know... I don't think that just hearing voices really means much regarding being crazy or not.

So then, our dreams connect each other, and we dream the same things no matter where we are... That's... Kind of cool, isn't it?!

[He smiles.]

And to be able to hear people even when you're awake sometimes, that's even better, it means it all real even if it's through dreams. I wonder if that works with everyone or just a few people, like a "chosen" kind of thing.

[for Cloud, hearing voices in his head is usually the first sign he's crazy and he's had his share of mystery voices long before he started dreaming like this. He won't argue with the kid though. Especially not when Tsukuyomi was taking it so well.]

Don't know. I've seen some people from my world in dreams and they remember it in the waking world too. But I don't think everyone is in on it. [a pause.] You might dream about dead people too.

[Tsukuyomi just blinks at that.]

Isn't that something that's kind of normal? I mean, dreams tend to be things that are in our subconscious and memories, right? So it's natural to dream with those who are gone.

[Obviously he's just thinking of it in the normal dreaming sense.]

Yeah.

...

Except in these dreams they're not your subconscious or your memories.

[not that Cloud's complaining. Seeing dead people has been one of the best things about this shared dreaming for him. He still thinks he should warn the kid. It's - jarring when you realize you're not just talking to yourself]

[Yeah, he doesn't get it yet.]

What do you mean?

[Cloud tilts his head to look up at the sky above, arms folding loosely over his chest for a minute as he thinks. When he looks down again, his eyes are more relaxed. Explanations. He's comfortable with explanations.]

Two of the people in my world that died are here. In the dreams. Aerith and Zack. It's not my memories bringing them up. Other people here, who didn't know them in my world, have met and talked to them as well. When I'm not around. Some of them knew them even before I started sharing dreams. At first my friends were from times before their deaths but now - they're both after. And they're still here. Still - living. In the shared dreams. Whether I'm here or not - they are.

001st Secret ☽ Born to be free

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dun dun DUN!

so so so so sorry for the late orz I missed this tag

no problem. It's easy to do when notifs are sent to email

still sorry though orz

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