11 | dream / video

[spiria]

"Kohaku, come here."

The last part of her spirune had been recovered; it was a happy event. A happy ending to this part of their journey. Kohaku stepped forward, toward Shing, and received it, finally completing the part of her that had been shattered and scattered across the entirety of their world.

It was when it was completed, though, that something struck her as wrong. Very, very wrong.

"Shing ..."

Suddenly, a voice confirmed the feeling for her.

Kohaku!

"What's wrong, Lithia ..?"

That's not Shing!

"What are you saying?"

Creed Graphite.

Kohaku had heard this name before ... Lithia had told her of Creed Graphite. She knew that if she was saying this, it was bad ...

Still, it was Shing. It had to be Shing. It had always been him.

"You're lying ... that's ..."

Beryl stood nearby, and noticed the look on Kohaku's face.

"What's wrong, Kohaku? It looks like you've seen a ghost." Kohaku's brother, Hisui, took notice as well.

"There's another problem?"

Another voice was heard, and another figure seen; a tall man, dressed in purple armor and long, silver hair.

"Is her Spiria incomplete?"

It was then that a familiar voice spoke once more; Shing.

"... Somehow, Lithia's been revived safely ..."

But it didn't sound like Shing, despite how his lips moved in time with those words, and how his body reacted to what he was saying. Kohaku trembled, took a step back.

"Why ... are you ... here ... Creed Graphite?"

The tall, purple man from before, Kunzite, expressed his own shock at this revelation, and the other woman of the group, a taller, bustier woman with short, silver hair, spoke up uncertainly.

"I don't feel .. any enemies."

Innes wouldn't. Of course she wouldn't. This was an enemy she felt because of Lithia's influence within her ... Kohaku knew this. It still didn't stop her from reacting. She shook her head rapidly.

"No ... no ...!!"

Kunzite remained as stoic as ever. "Calm down. Do you know who Creed is?"

"You're forgetting your manners, mechanical thing!" 'Shing' snapped at Kunzite. Kohaku shook her head again.

"You're not Shing ... You're ... You're ... Creed ... Graphite!!"

Shing ... no, Creed, smiled eerily. That smile then became a smirk, and then evolved into full-blown maniacal laughter.

"Heheheh .... AHAHAHAHAHA!!"

The image here becomes black for a few moments, as a foggy transition is made into the next part; for a few moments, untelligible voices could be heard, before the first clear words were finally said.

"Creed Graphite ..."

Kohaku and Shing stood facing each other, though it would be apparent to anyone who knew the two of them that the tone of their voices were very different from how they were ordinarily. 'Shing' sneered.

"So you're finally out, Lithia Spodune ... I wasn't able to catch you in that girl's Spirmaze, but this time, I won't let you run. As long as I understand the tricks to your mind artes, I'll crush them all beforehand."

'Kohaku' sighs, closing her eyes for a moment and pausing before opening them once more.

"... Even after two thousand years, your sinfulness has not changed."

'Shing' glowered at her.

"Sinful ...? What nerve! If that's a sin, then you're responsible too!! I'll bury all of your sins with you! No buts; open the door to the Forest of Thorns!"

'Kohaku' stood her ground, staring pointedly at 'Shing.'

"So you're really not going to give up on its revitalization ... How terrible ... And what a pitiful person ... Creed, I have no reason to let you into the Forest of Thorns! ... No matter how many people you kill."

The image becomes dark once again, but this time it stays dark. After a few moments of unintelligible voices, Kohaku's voice speaks again. It sounds like some mixture of shocked and devastated, but it's very obviously Kohaku's voice; it's not Lithia.

"Hisui ... Shing's heart ... stopped."

---

Kohaku gasps and wakes up, eyes wide, and a cold sweat over her skin. She frantically looks over to her side, to Shing, and listens to his heart to make certain he's alive. She's currently unaware that any of this was broadcast at all; she's far too panicked to even think of such a thing.


( ooc: This is a joint nightmare between Shing Meteoryte [oursomalink] and Kohaku Hearts [spiria]! Expect responses from both of them. Some information about this: This dream is actually comprised of memories of a certain event that took place in their canon. Therefore, we'd like to give some credit to the game script for providing diologue. If anyone wants the game script, I'd be happy to provide a link to that, too, because I am a dirty rotten enabler and want more people to be aware of this glorious game we play from. We took a few creative liberties with a few things, as well, like Lithia's voice inside of Kohaku's head ... her exact words weren't really put into the game script, so I wrote that out to kinda make things go a little smoother.

In addition, both of us are going to be very slow, due to RL shenanigans. I'm working a hell week at work (8 days straight, and I'm only on day 3, cryyyy), and Moro has a lot to deal with at school. Oh, also, It's Moro's 21st birthday today, so everyone wish him a happy birthday!! Do it do it do it!!

Okay, I think we're done here. Any questions? Direct 'em at us, we can take it. c: )

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[oursomalink]

[Thankfully, Kohaku wouldn't have to wait for Shing to react -- he gasps awake, jolting upright and clutching at his chest as he stares into the blankets. His pupils are dilated, there's sweat on his forehead, and his other hand's clutching the comforter -- suffice to say, this was not a dream he'd wanted to relive again.]

What...?

[Even now, he's barely registering the fact that Kohaku's awake; just more or less trying to steady his heartbeat and calm down as his breath escapes in ragged breaths.]

[spiria]

[ him jolting awake all of a sudden surprised her, and she sits there staring at him for a few moments before she leaps forward, wrapping her arms tightly around him and burying her face into his shoulder. and yes, Shing. she's crying. her tears are probably falling onto your shoulder. ]

S-Shing ...

[ her voice is trembling. ]

[oursomalink]

K-Kohaku...

[He squeezes her shoulder to reassure her that he's still here, and breathing, and-- what was that, even?! It takes a while before he's finally able to choke out his next few words.]

What... was that...

[spiria]

[ she lifts her head up a little, still trembling from all of that. she takes in a breath, then lets it go. ]

You saw ... the same thing I did? Right? With Creed, and ...

[howamanlives]

Holy...! Are you two alright? Is... is the guy gonna be okay?!

video;

[spiria]

[ she's still jumpy from the nightmare, so when she hears a voice, she instantly jumps.

... and then she realizes what happened and scrambles for the SFC Dreamberry to respond and let people know they're okay. ]

H-He's fine! He's okay! We're both okay!

[ she still looks really spooked, though. ]

Re: video;

[howamanlives]

He looked like he was almost... dying! What was that all about anyway?!

video;

[spiria]

I-I don't know, I don't ... I don't know.

[ she looks like she's going to start crying again. ]

That ... happened. It happened. But it happened a long time ago.

[oursomalink]

I'm alive... last I checked...

[Albeit really spooked and not looking to go back to sleep anytime soon. Oops.]

[howamanlives]

Dude, seriously, are you okay?

video;

[wavesoakedlegs]

[Mitsuhide feels like it is intrusive of him, to have seen this dream. Dreams should be private unless one choose to share them. But...]

Good heavens, I...

[Kohaku is family. Now he has seen this, he cannot just ignore it. He does not know what to say, yet, and so simply calls out:]

Kohaku? Shing?

video;

[spiria]

[ as of the response above, she's aware that they're being watched. she takes the dreamberry into her hands again and responds, calmer, but still looking pretty freaked out. ]

Mitsuhide ...

video;

[wavesoakedlegs]

[Oh. Was this a memory? Kohaku's reaction to it, and the clarity... hmm. Mitsuhide's voice and expression are gentle, sympathetic.]

My dear, are you going to be alright?

[He won't ask if she IS alright, because that's clearly not the case.]

That was a harsh dream to bear.

video; ( ooc: how have these two not interacted more )

[oursomalink]

Y-yeah...?

[Shing blinks blearily, somewhat calmer now but freaked out enough that he's not going back to bed anytime soon.

In any case, the voice is definitely familiar, though he's trying to place where he'd previously heard it.]

... we're fine. Just... really spooked, that's all...

video; ( ooc: I really don't know, LMFAO xD )

[wavesoakedlegs]

[That's something, at least. Mitsuhide tilts his head a fraction, expression thoughtful but kind.]

I am glad... these broadcast dreams are very troublesome.

[He shakes his head.]

I know you would likely have had them regardless, but the intrusion... some things should not be shared unless without one's permission.

video

[dreamartist]

_{[This is Beryl. She remembers that scene. And now she looks panicked.]}

Shing! Kohaku! Are you okay?!

video; /cuddlessssss

[spiria]

[ she's slightly calmer now than she had been before. ]

We're okay! It was just a nightmare this time ...

[ she's still looking pretty freaked, though. ]

video; /hugs/ sorry I'm so late ;;

[dreamartist]

A nightmare, huh? _{[she was scared for a moment there]} But why do I see your dream? Do things like that happen here often?

video

[oursomalink]

We're okay, Beryl! Really...

[Shing attempts to smile back at her, though it looks more forced.]

I'm still alive, as you can see...

video

[dreamartist]

Don't scare me like that again...

_[...]

What was that, anyway? Why can we see dreams of people here?

video;

[tsundyne]

[...

...

Seeing this, Yukari is...mostly confused. If this has anything to do with what happened to them back at their home, she has no idea about it; she thinks it's just kind of a bad, vaguely scary dream. But this is Shing and Kohaku, and somehow she's come to care about them or something, so--

She finds herself turning on the feed. She only sees Kohaku at first.]

H-Hey...

[And then Shing. She looks at the both of them, but she's not sure what to say to either of them.

Why does it feel like she just saw something she shouldn't have seen?]

video;

[spiria]

Yukari ...

[ she hears her voice and looks back at her friend. uh ... yeah, she's not sure what to say, either.

... but she manages a smile. it's probably not very convincing. she's still trembling. ]

W-We're all right.

video;

[tsundyne]

You sure?

[She's about to offer to come over, maybe, but--well, at the very least they have each other, so they're not alone.

She hardly wants to impose.]

That looked, um...pretty intense, even for a nightmare.

video; ( OOC: YESSSS FINALLY AMM CR *^* )

[oursomalink]

H-hey...

[Shing recognizes Yukari from a while back; by this point he's too mentally drained from the nightmare to attempt to smile at her, but he does nod at her to assume her that he's still fine.]

The both of us are okay... we're okay, really...

video; ( OOC: YEAH IT'S ABOUT TIME TBH jeez-- )

[tsundyne]

You'd better be...

[Not much threat to her voice, but she can't resist saying it all the same. Even if she...isn't exactly sure what she's saying at all.]

Wh-What a weird nightmare.