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Jun 11, 2006 18:13

River had been curled up on a couch-cushion in 202, taking a nap.

And then she'd been dreaming.

Now, River picks up her head and shrieks.

edward elric, river tam, !location: apt 202

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shengge June 11 2006, 23:40:20 UTC

Simon always keeps half an ear out for River, when he's anywhere nearby. He was, this time, and he comes running.

"Meimei?"

fengmei June 12 2006, 03:51:49 UTC

"Simon --" Pointing shakily ahead at absolutely nothing, River jumps up and cautiously clings to him. "In their space. In their way. They're dying, they need help --"

shengge June 12 2006, 06:03:42 UTC

He holds on to her, knowing what she needs is the stability.

"Who's dying, meimei?"

No dismissing anything she sees.

fengmei June 12 2006, 20:35:41 UTC

"People in the rocks," she whispers. "Protectors didn't help them. Can't breathe in rocks forever."

shengge June 12 2006, 20:38:00 UTC

He glances at the door, more automatically than out of actually expecting to see anything, because he knows he won't.

"Is that... the people who were here before?" he guesses.

fengmei June 12 2006, 20:39:52 UTC

River almost seems to be listening for a minute, as if gaining information from an invisible messenger or some nonexistent consult.

"Still here. Still in the rocks. Not much time -- I can't find them, Simon, I don't know how -- why do they tell me, I don't know where to look --"

shengge June 12 2006, 20:41:19 UTC

"Ssh", he soothes her helplessly, "ssh, meimei. What are they telling you?"

fengmei June 12 2006, 20:48:58 UTC

"Things don't last," River says, in a voice less her own than a quote of some disembodied source. "Air. Food. Water. Life can't last down here."

"Don't know what they mean."

shengge June 12 2006, 20:50:15 UTC

He hasn't forgotten what happened on Miranda, before they found the recording, and he fights back a shiver at her words.

"Is it... could it be... a memory? Of whatever happened here?"

fengmei June 12 2006, 20:53:45 UTC

"Maybe. Doesn't make sense -- couldn't be hearing it without a living speaker. Maybe ... it isn't for hearing?"

While she means it might be someone's dream, or inner monologue, the concept of speech not meant for her is alien to River these days, so she's not exactly clear.

shengge June 12 2006, 20:56:10 UTC

"Maybe", he says with a worried frown. He knows she might catch a lot of things not meant for her.

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