caughtinanetwork | 002 [video/dream]

[It's a nice, relaxing day at Sakurami City's Park. It seems to be close to evening though, as most of everyone here is preparing to go home. Reisuke seems to be hanging out in an empty sandbox all by himself...his parents are absolutely nowhere in sight. It seems he's just watching some kids leaving with their parents, before he looks down at the puppets on his hands, as they now seem to speak to him.]

"Don't worry, there's still plenty of time before we need to go home!"

"That's right, we can keep playing for as long as you like, Rei-kun! So, what would you like to do now?"

"Oh, I know, let's finish building a sandcastle together! And Rei-kun will be the prince of the land!"

[Suddenly, the other puppet turns to the other, almost with a slightly annoyed tone to its voice.] "No no no, Rei-kun would be the king! He would be the greatest the kingdom has ever seen, and he would be regarded as the most elite ruler of them all..."

[Reisuke doesn't answer them back as he watches the last person leave, but after a moment he nods as he removes his puppets from his hands once more. It's a bit hard to build while wearing them, and even though the sky seems to be getting close to evening, he's still nowhere near close to making any castles, it's just a big mound of sand...maybe it would be easier if he had help, but that's fine. It's not like he hasn't done this before by himself. Still...]

"An elite king, huh..."

"Why stop there, when you could become God?"

[Suddenly, there's a strange-looking girl standing across from him and his little mound of sand that he's been working on. She takes a seat and begins to add more sand from her side of the dome, helping to shape it as she continues to speak. She begins to tell a strange story, of an entity named "Deus ex Machina", and a game to decide who should take his place as the next god of space and time. It's rather hard to believe, but...]

"And there you go, you have been chosen as one of the twelve potential successors."

"Wow..."

[Until now, Reisuke had never been sure if God was as real as his parents had claimed him to be, but now...well, if God existed, then that had to mean there were other things that existed too, right? He leans over to look through a tunnel that has been built in his mound of sand.]

"So...can you tell me if aliens exist or not?"

"...What?"

"Well...if there's a God, I thought there might be aliens, too! I'd really like to meet one! So...if you can introduce me to one, then I'll join your game."

[She stares at him for a moment before she is suddenly no longer on the other side of the mound. When Reisuke looks up, she's now standing on the top of the slide next to the sandbox as she places a hand over her mouth and begins to make an odd "whirrring" kind of sound, a light appearing and shining down over them from what appears to be a UFO.]

"Reisuke Houjou, you have discovered my secret. I am an alien."

[Reisuke finds himself being lifted into the light and before he knows it, he's no longer on the playground. Now he's standing in a spaceship and as he looks out the window, he can see that they're over-looking the earth itself.]

"So the earth really is round, huh?"

[She grins as she points to the window, to the earth.]

"Once you win the game, you will become God of that world."

"Wow, that's super elite!!"

[She nods in agreement and then starts to open her mouth like she's about to say something else...]

[But then he suddenly finds himself staring at the ceiling of the apartment he lives in. He sits up with a slight frown as he looks around, before giving what sounds like a small sigh of disappointment. Seems like he hasn't noticed just yet that the new dreamberries have recorded that dream of his...]

((ooc: surprisingly no real need for warning labels, though it does get kind of silly towards the end? also my wrists are kind of acting up, but I will try not to be too slow with tags... ;A;))

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So far, yeah! After all, she was able to show me her ship and everything... [Even if it was mostly just a dream. Not to mention the fact that she is supposed to be the assistant to Deus too, but...well, he's under the impression that Akise wouldn't know anything about that, so it's probably not worth trying to explain that now.]

She seemed interested in making you God. I didn't know aliens cared about that sort of thing. [ not that he necessarily believes she's an alien or anything, but it's worth noting an anamoly when he sees one. Taking a Kid's Dream Too Seriously™ ]

[Well Akise, you are the same person who tries to get straight answers out of small children, so taking their dreams too seriously as well is just par for the course for you isn't it. Either way, Reisuke gives a small giggle at that too.] I know, right? I wouldn't have thought they'd be interested in strange things like that either!

[ hard knock observer life. ]

Hm... Would you be interested in becoming God if it were possible, Rei-kun?

[ hypothetical question that is not really as hypothetical as it seems directed at a 4-year-old nbd; but he's legitimately curious about reisuke's perspective on these sort of things... probably moreso because he is a 4-year-old. DEUS WHY... ]

[Because Deus is a troll, that's why. He gives a thoughtful "hmm" at that, as if thinking about it.]

Well...I guess it would be really elite of me if I was able to be like God, since that means you could do just about anything you wanted, right?

[ that 'elite' thing again... ]

That's right. [ or so he assumes?? that's more or less what being a god entails— the ability to ~~troll via deus ex machinations~~ either adjust or align the proper order of things to your own choosing. if that isn't doing what you want, then he's not quite sure what is. unless we're talking about defying god, but we're not, so... ] Is there a reason you're so interested in being elite?

Huh? Well... [There's a slight pause before...well, rather than giving you an answer, he ends up answering your question with a question of his own instead.] ...Akisenii-chan, is there a reason why I shouldn't be interested in wanting to be an elite?

..Ah, it's not that you shouldn't. [ waving his hand with the slightest sound of amusement in order to dismiss that. ] It's just that it's a little odd for someone to aspire to be elite without any further definition. There isn't anything in particular you wish to be elite at, Rei-kun?

Well...I wanna be one of the greatest elites of all time, so I gotta try my best to be the best at everything possible! [You know, like being the best at playing games or killing people!]

[ well, this explains why a 4-year-old might want to actively participate in a survival game, at least... ]

I see. Is there anything you already consider yourself to be especially elite at?

Well...I'm really good at playing games--you know, like tag or hide-and-seek, or other kinds of fun games! And I'm getting a little better at drawing, too!

[...Well, about as good as a four-year old can get at crayon drawings. ^^;;]