[Video - Private]unerase_thisNovember 1 2011, 03:24:11 UTC
[Ed's had a pretty rotten night of sleep himself. His dreams usually aren't pleasant, but this one's just been plain weird, however no less disturbing. And despite it being something so completely different, he finds it strange how he can remember the details so vividly. If he lets his thoughts linger, he can even feel the hits he'd taken, the slash on his arm--
No. No, that isn't right. Not him. Her. Some girl named Buffy, that's what that Angel-person had called her. And he wasn't just any person either, he was someone important to her. Someone she had to sacrifice...
The young alchemist has been sitting there on his bed, having lost track of time, but hearing not only his name but Al's as well is what draws him out of his thoughts. What are the odds of hearing both those names together, much less that they're brothers- and orphans. The latter sounds odd even to him- he'd never considered himself an orphan, but that's because their father, absent as he'd been, was still alive. -but that isn't the point.
Somehow... she seems familiar.
Shaking his head, Edward, once he's managed to set the thing to properly transmit, speaks up.]
You mentioned an Edward. That's my name, and Alphonse is my brother- but no one should know that here. Just who are you?
[Video - Private]slayerdomNovember 1 2011, 08:03:24 UTC
[ she doesn't get to answering his questions yet. she's busy with her own, demanding and harsh. ]
Is he here? Your brother. Is he here? [ her tone grows sharper. ] What are you going to do? Why would you -- Stop. Whatever this is, whatever magic you're messing with, call it off. Call it off now.
[Video - Private]slayerdomNovember 1 2011, 08:38:00 UTC
I'm going off about what you and your brother are planning to do. You want to bring her back. I get it. Believe me, I get it. But, you can't. You -- [ But, she notices something. In his eyes. The way she'd felt in her dream, he wasn't this ... ]
[Video - Private]slayerdomNovember 1 2011, 08:48:19 UTC
[ There's a distant look as the repercussions of that realization sink in. He already did. And Al was -- And his leg -- And it wasn't even her. And everything she'd felt this morning when she woke up and clung to Riley and cried until she couldn't anymore, he'd had to face alone. She barely snaps back, eyes still reflecting that distant realization as she fumbles out the name. ]
Buffy. [ Slowly, she begins to shake her head. ] I don't understand. I don't -- If I'm not supposed to stop it, if I'm not supposed to help, then why would I -- Why did I feel it? Why would that happen?
[Video - Private]unerase_thisNovember 1 2011, 08:56:07 UTC
[No one should have to experience that. Even though Edward and his brother have moved on from that point, their mistake would never be completely forgotten, and the guilt easily came back, eager to sink its claws in when it found the chance.
His expression softens, golden eyes averting from the screen as he lowers his head slightly.]
....I'm sorry you had to see that...
[No. If it's anything like what he'd experienced...]
-you shouldn't have had to go through it.
[No one should.
His suspicions have been confirmed. So this is Buffy. So what he saw is something of her memories. He's not sure he should mention that just yet.]
[Video - Private]slayerdomNovember 1 2011, 09:16:45 UTC
Shouldn't have to -- You're just a kid. [ She says it in a kind of disbelieving voice. Everything she's gone through and she was at least older, but Ed, he looks -- She shakes her head. ] What was it? That ... It wasn't her, was it? That ... thing. [ Her skin crawls. The thing that came back. The monster. The thing she would get to see every day in the mirror, just because it wouldn't be obvious, just because it wouldn't -- It was her. After Willow did what she did, that'd be her, it had to be to explain why she'd ever -- Augh. ]
[Video - Private]unerase_thisNovember 1 2011, 09:26:43 UTC
[He shakes his head.] We were stupid. We shouldn't have tried, but we wanted to get her back so bad...
[There's no excuse. No amount of reasons could ever justify what they'd done.
The boy flinches.]
....no. It wasn't her. I don't know who it was, either... [But he knows it wasn't their mother. Years later he had gone to confirm this, difficult an ordeal as it had been, but he had to know...]
I think...somehow....some of our memories have been shared.
[Video - Private]slayerdomNovember 1 2011, 18:42:22 UTC
I'm sorry. I didn't -- [ what can she even say? ] I thought I could stop it. I thought maybe that was why -- but, if I can't, then why? Why would I see -- [ she stops. her brow furrows. ] What do you mean "our"?
[Video - Private]unerase_thisNovember 1 2011, 20:42:30 UTC
I don't understand it either. But I know the things you've told me now are nothing that anyone here should know- and you said you're Buffy. That can't be coincidence.
[He swallows.]
It was a dream, but at the same time, it didn't feel like one.
I saw you fighting him. -only it wasn't you, it was me. I was fighting him, and there was this statue...
[He holds back details for both their sakes, but he knows it would probably be pointless.]
[Video - Private]slayerdomNovember 2 2011, 04:51:09 UTC
Angelus. [ Her whole body feels numb at the description. At the realization. While she was dreaming Edward's life ... He had hers. Had to see Angelus and Acathla and everything that had made her turn her back on Sunnydale entirely. ]
So, what, we took a mindmeldy trip to dreamtown and came out with each other's memories?
[Video - Private]unerase_thisNovember 2 2011, 05:02:41 UTC
[Those golden eyes finally look back at the screen, eyes that have seen much more than anyone should have before reaching sixteen. Having a fragment of someone else's memories added to that was something he didn't need.]
Not quite how I would have worded it, but that's basically what I figure. I wouldn't have thought it possible, but after being brought here, that bar's been raised pretty high, whether I like to admit it or not.
[Video - Private]unerase_thisNovember 2 2011, 06:03:24 UTC
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[Slowly, Edward nods.] ...thanks. I won't say anything about...what you went through, either.
[There were plenty of his own memories and experiences that he wish he could just get rid of, but having another person's feels like he's prying, even if it wasn't gained by voluntary means.]
No. No, that isn't right. Not him. Her. Some girl named Buffy, that's what that Angel-person had called her. And he wasn't just any person either, he was someone important to her. Someone she had to sacrifice...
The young alchemist has been sitting there on his bed, having lost track of time, but hearing not only his name but Al's as well is what draws him out of his thoughts. What are the odds of hearing both those names together, much less that they're brothers- and orphans. The latter sounds odd even to him- he'd never considered himself an orphan, but that's because their father, absent as he'd been, was still alive. -but that isn't the point.
Somehow... she seems familiar.
Shaking his head, Edward, once he's managed to set the thing to properly transmit, speaks up.]
You mentioned an Edward. That's my name, and Alphonse is my brother- but no one should know that here. Just who are you?
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Is he here? Your brother. Is he here? [ her tone grows sharper. ] What are you going to do? Why would you -- Stop. Whatever this is, whatever magic you're messing with, call it off. Call it off now.
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The hell are you going off about?!
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... You already did.
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Why does she know that? What all did she see..?
His breath catches in his throat, he realizes something just as she realizes that the deed had already been done.
...if those memories were someone else's...]
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Who. Are. You.
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Buffy. [ Slowly, she begins to shake her head. ] I don't understand. I don't -- If I'm not supposed to stop it, if I'm not supposed to help, then why would I -- Why did I feel it? Why would that happen?
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His expression softens, golden eyes averting from the screen as he lowers his head slightly.]
....I'm sorry you had to see that...
[No. If it's anything like what he'd experienced...]
-you shouldn't have had to go through it.
[No one should.
His suspicions have been confirmed. So this is Buffy. So what he saw is something of her memories. He's not sure he should mention that just yet.]
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[There's no excuse. No amount of reasons could ever justify what they'd done.
The boy flinches.]
....no. It wasn't her. I don't know who it was, either... [But he knows it wasn't their mother. Years later he had gone to confirm this, difficult an ordeal as it had been, but he had to know...]
I think...somehow....some of our memories have been shared.
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[He swallows.]
It was a dream, but at the same time, it didn't feel like one.
I saw you fighting him. -only it wasn't you, it was me. I was fighting him, and there was this statue...
[He holds back details for both their sakes, but he knows it would probably be pointless.]
...Acathla.
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So, what, we took a mindmeldy trip to dreamtown and came out with each other's memories?
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Not quite how I would have worded it, but that's basically what I figure. I wouldn't have thought it possible, but after being brought here, that bar's been raised pretty high, whether I like to admit it or not.
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[Slowly, Edward nods.] ...thanks. I won't say anything about...what you went through, either.
[There were plenty of his own memories and experiences that he wish he could just get rid of, but having another person's feels like he's prying, even if it wasn't gained by voluntary means.]
Believe me, I feel the same way.
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