Comments | faroresdaughter: 003. [Accidental Video]

faroresdaughter

003. [Accidental Video]

Sep 16, 2009 10:00

[The video feed comes across with the image of a sleeping girl, she is curled up under a blanket with a pained expression on her face.]

No, please! [She screams, her eyes tight shut, sweat lining her skin] It can't be! I-it can't be! I won't!

nightmares

Leave a comment

Back to all threads

[Voice] metalicvirus September 16 2009, 18:30:27 UTC

[Hayden's voice drifts across, concern in it.]

Something happen, Little One? You were screaming loud enough to, pardon the pun, wake the dead.

[Hayden is concerned, since Saria is so much littler then the average apartment dweller, and therefore much more vulnerable to bad things, in his opinion.]

[Voice] faroresdaughter September 16 2009, 19:28:16 UTC

I - I had a dream... No, a nightmare!

[Voice] metalicvirus September 16 2009, 19:36:06 UTC

[Hayden is silent for a moment, dredging up vague childhood memories of his own and what his team mate's had told him on how to deal with such things. It takes a bit, so much has settled over them. When he talks again, his voice is quiet.]

Do you want to talk about it? I vaguely remember talking about nightmares makes them easier to bear, if not less scary.

[Voice] faroresdaughter September 16 2009, 19:37:43 UTC

I don't want to trouble you good Sir...

[Voice] metalicvirus September 16 2009, 19:48:04 UTC

[Hayden doesn't mention the video. The apartment's are the apartment's, and he's said what he will about it elsewhere. The word on it will be out soon enough anyway. His tone's are strong, something in them a rock wall made to anchor a fortress.]

It's no trouble, Little One. I'm offering, after all.

[Come what may, Hayden has made his choice to stand firm. Listening to Saria's nightmare is a way that he can help, and that anchors him, perhaps far more then anything has in a long time.]

[Voice] faroresdaughter September 16 2009, 20:05:32 UTC

I dreamed I was... Getting older. [The girl mumbled, seemingly taking him up on his offer without much more polite hesitation. She was looking very frightened.] My skin was grey, cracking... My eyes were dull... I was all alone and... [She sobs a little, wiping the tears from her eyes] It was scary.

[Voice] metalicvirus September 16 2009, 20:15:29 UTC

[Hayden doesn't know much about Saria's world or people, but he can give a guess. She sounds older then she looks, and to someone who looks like a child despite the wisdom in her eyes, the thought of growing old must be terrifying. His tones are as gentle as he can make them, if still a tad rough.]

Everyone has dreams like that. Not always the same, but they focus on things like that. Getting older, being less able to rely on yourself, but having no one there for you... it's terrifying. It's alright to be afraid, though. It reminds you that you're still human, still have enough emotions and cares about others that it the thought they would abandon you when you need help or care hurts.

[A brief pause, almost unnoticable. Hayden realizes that he cares about some of the people here that way, and distantly, there are people he could come to care about back at home. He resumes talking to Saria, almost uninterrupted.A man who doesn't fear anything is dangerous, Little One. Because such a man is either insane or a fool. It is ( ... )

[Video] faroresdaughter September 16 2009, 20:18:20 UTC

[Saria smiles softly at his words, a slight blush crossing her cheeks] You are as honourable as you first said you were. Thank you for your kind words, they are indeed fraught with wisdom. You are a well balanced man...

I don't feel ashamed of being afraid.

[Video] metalicvirus September 16 2009, 20:22:59 UTC

[Hayden smiles back, pleased he could help her. If he remembers this place when or if he gets back to his own world, he'll remember that he can make a difference.]

I'm pleased I was able to help, Little One. If you have a nightmare again, don't hesitate to call.

[Video] faroresdaughter September 17 2009, 05:56:06 UTC

... Such a gentle man. Are you a hero of another world?

[Video] metalicvirus September 17 2009, 13:59:38 UTC

[That makes his smile a little bitter. Though he is in some ways in the process of becoming such, Hayden as he is would never consider himself a hero. Not with friend's blood staining his hands.]

Not really, Little One. I've commited my share of sins, some of them that I feel will stain my soul far longer then anything else. I'm just... [He sighs.]

I'm just a person, one with an ability both a blessing and a curse.

[There are too many people here that pull Hayden's pain out too easily, and in some ways, he doesn't want to taint Saria with that pain. She views him as a good person. Hayden knows he's not that good. And if something goes wrong, Saria may see the monster within him, the one that took the lives of friends with reasoning that Hayden can admit to himself, if to no one else from his home, that was paper thin.]

[Video] faroresdaughter September 18 2009, 08:58:01 UTC

[As sensitive to moods as she is, Saria picks up on that slight shift with a worried furrow of her brow] Forgive me if I said anything untoward?

[Video] metalicvirus September 18 2009, 09:13:37 UTC

[Hayden sets the thoughts aside, trying to brighten his mood. Saria doesn't know what he's done in the past, so she doesn't realize what she's asked. She doesn't need him being bitter.]

It's okay, Little One. It's something I'm still learning to bear, is all. I did something most people that I knew in my world considered unforgiveable, is all.

[Video] faroresdaughter September 18 2009, 09:26:28 UTC

... If I may ask. For what reason?

Re: [Video] metalicvirus September 18 2009, 09:38:03 UTC

[She had to ask the question. Hayden bows his head, hiding his eyes.]

I was born different in the first place, a rare break in my flesh and blood making me incapable of feeling pain or heat or cold. I chose the life of a warrior and scout despite the risks, and had those as close to me as brothers, and a woman I loved.

[He sounds tired, and pained.]

But since I can't feel those three things, I have no warning if I am at times not acting the way a rational man will, Little One. My friends became worried on a mission we undertook without my lady, and demanded to pull back and return. [He stills. Admiting this sin to Saria is harder then to Aaron or to another warrior. So much harder.]

I was not entirely in control of my own thoughts and beliefs at the time, Little One. To me, it seemed that they were the ones sick, and I... [Hayden trails off. So damned hard, to say this to one who looks so innocent. So damned hard to show her the blood sprayed across his hands and soul.I killed them, Little One. That is my sin. I killed ( ... )

[Video] faroresdaughter September 18 2009, 10:01:55 UTC

[She is silent as she listens, taking in his words and making sense of them in her own mind. When she speaks, it is after a pause, as if she has thought very carefully about what he is going to say.] Those who loved you, did what they set out to do, I can see that. They helped you to feel, they awakened your awareness of emotion, love... Regret.

Do not despair, your remorse is what makes you everything they wished for you to be. [She gives him a soft smile, if she had been there beside him, she would have taken his hands.]

Back to all threads