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[marreddreams]

[Tonight was promising to be a quiet night in the dressing room. The Tykis may be lounging in the miscellaneous bars and pubs, and the Allens are probably curled up in piles of blankets. Who knows where the Crosses are, but that's nothing new. And Lavis? Well... they're probably head-first in a book, drooling and getting ink on themselves. Yes,

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[1year_wakened]

[Boy can't get a break.]

[His dream takes place in a church. Not a fancy one or a particularly big one, but it's got a quiet grace about it.]

[The grace is overridden by the fact that Tyki is screaming amidst the wreckage of overturned pews and such things, sounding tortured and terrified and mindless with agony. He's off to the side of the dream, bleeding profusely from his new stigmata.]

[Finally, he falls to his knees, pitches over, and sort of just... is in too much pain to do anything much. It looks like he has finally passed out, but he might simply be unable to react anymore.]

[The memories of his not-long-ago Awakening don't like him very much.]

[marreddreams]

[... she knows the pain in that scream anywhere. Too familiar with it.]

[There are muffled, stockinged footsteps echoing through the church as she steps down the aisle, hands clasped behind her back.]

[1year_wakened]

[barely, barely stirring to look up.]

Road. [yes, because it's a dream, he knows who she is.]

[marreddreams]

[Keeps a rather expressionless face as she steps closer, and finally kneels down next to him. At first, she tucks his hair behind his hears, brushes it out of his face, and finally she pulls his head into her lap.]

[1year_wakened]

Hurts. It hurts.

[makes a choked sound when some of the blood runs into his eyes.]

[marreddreams]

Always hurts.

[She knows this too well - and so she just reaches out to swipe at the blood. Get it out of his eyes.]

[1year_wakened]

[he starts to respond, but he's cut off by a sudden, final scream of utter torment, because this seems to be nearing the end and it's all coming in at once. fuckfuckfuck, clawing at the stigmata--]

[--and as soon as it looks like the pain is starting to subside, he passes out for real. g-give him a second, he'll be fine. the lights in the church seem to lighten a little in response.]

[marreddreams]

[Road glances up at the stained glass overhead, barely acknowledging the scream. And she continues to pet his hair, waiting it out.]

[There's the sound of shattering glass as the window that she's looking at shatters, sending shards flying to the ground. Except, a few feet before they make impact with the stone floor, they suddenly unfurl into flower petals of various colors.]

[Up ahead, there's nothing but a starry, starry night.]

[1year_wakened]

[after a while, he opens his eyes. and they widen once his vision clears enough to take in what's happening.]

[he just blinks hazily up, having no idea what's going on, and attempts to pull himself into a more upright position.]

[marreddreams]

[The church walls are beginning to crumble around them, making a low rumbling sound. Except, as the debris falls, it continues to unfurl into various-colored petals.]

[It crumbles and crumbles, until both him and Road are no longer sitting in a church, but rather just a spot of cobblestone on top of a grassy hill. There are crickets chiming in the grass around them, and a gentle breeze rustles through the air, bringing with it the smell of a summer's night.]

[It's peaceful, for once. Road's way of saying she knows what it's like.]

[1year_wakened]

[his breathing is starting to even out by now, and he looks around with more confusion than fright. nice place you got here.]

This isn't... ["how it happened", but who is he to question?]

[marreddreams]

It was a stuffy old church.

[A shooting star zips across the sky, leaving a pink streak.]

It's better this way, right Tyki ♥?

[1year_wakened]

[inclines his head in agreement, and then gives a sort of beatific smile. thank God, it doesn't hurt anymore.]

Thank you.

[marreddreams]

[She can't bring herself to influence this dream too much. Not when she knows what Tyki's just been through - and not only once, but twice. So, she settles for staring up at the sky.]

What happens next?

[1year_wakened]

[next? to what? he'll stare with her, albeit still unsure of how to react.]

...For me, or...?

[marreddreams]

For Tyki ♥