[Week 21, Day 1] [Dream] In Desperation, We Climb

[misfortunesfool]

(Early morning, pre-dawn.)
WARNING: Disturbing imagery with children, though completely non-sexual.

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[redeyeslasher]

[Such a detailed dream. Break quietly watched the events unfold. There was little emotion as he watched the younger Fai, or Yuui as it seemed. A prophecy about the twins of misfortune. That certainly rang a bell. In his world red eyes were seen as a ominous portend and most people feared and persecuted those born with them.

He could moderately understand the kind of toll that would have on someone and even more so on a child. Still Break watched and after a while he had to confess to watching very intently as everything seemed to turn into a nightmare.]

That was only half of your story wasn't it?

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[misfortunesfool]

[For a long moment, Fai was perfectly content to ignore this person. Because this dream, his memory, was not something for public consumption. He neither wanted nor cared for someone he'd only recently met to sit and pass judgment on what was, in his mind, the beginning of his greatest failure, the moments that tormented him the most with a steady dull ache...

Slender fingers curled in against his chest, reflex to protect the fine silvery threads of scars hidden in pale flesh that marked the truth in the images, before he rolled back to lift the Hitomi.

A friendly smile touched Fai's lips, his pale-blue eyes nearly closed to complete the effect as he chuckled softly.]

But that was the best part, Mister Break. The rest of the story isn't mine to tell~ ♥

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[redeyeslasher]

[Oh he can tell you don't want to talk about it. No use trying to hide it behind that dagger-like friendly smile. That's his favorite card to pull.]

Oh? Then whose might it be?

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[misfortunesfool]

His, of course.

[He's going to smile anyway, because he's done it for far too long to stop now. It’s more than a motion of a mask - it’s a memory. Secret smiles and hushed laughter that taunts, just out of focus or true recall, hidden there in the learned smiles and playful demeanor as if to subtly command ‘Remember Fai this way’. Remember a cheerful smile and a playful grin, an elegant flirt and a commanding magician.

Remember Fai, let him live.

Let Yuui die.

Just a matter of time, really, and it’ll be true enough. His wish is that strong, that determined.

Ice blue eyes open slowly as he quirks a corner of that razor-sharp smile, the perfect image of an accepting expression locked firmly in place.]

So tell me… does this happen often? These broadcast dreams?

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[redeyeslasher]

Then I suppose I shall have to ask him in person should he end up in this place.

[Oh yes dropped that bomb of a news on you on purpose there, Fai]

Every time someone dreams they are broadcasted on the network? Were you not informed of this particular detail?

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[misfortunesfool]

I highly doubt that will ever happen, unfortunately.

[The smile doesn't slip, but it does waver for half a beat, because from the moment Fai had learned that these 'gods' could openly and freely break the laws of logic without repercussion, he'd been thinking and looking of a way to bring his twin here.

So if Break had hoped to shock a real expression out of him... he'd have to try harder than that.

For now though, he sighs and pushes up to an elbow, sleep-mussed blond locks falling to cover his right eye as he looks at the Hitomi.]

No I knew about the fact that it happened. I'm more concerned with the pattern of repetition. How often can we look forward to having our innermost thoughts laid out on display for the delightful vultures to pick apart?

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[redeyeslasher]

This is Kannagara, toybox of the box and a prison that does not discriminate among the living and the dead. If the so called God's will it then it will happen.

[Oh he'll note that moment of surprise. Smaller gestures could be as revealing as bigger ones if one knew how to read them.]

Oh about as often as anyone checks their Hitomi. All dreams are shown, it's just a matter of the luck of the draw when it comes to who watches them.

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[misfortunesfool]

Hm, some wishes are more difficult to grant than others though. Forgive me if I fail to hold my breath~

[He does make a distasteful face at that, just a slight twist of the lips to give evidence to his displeasure. Because really...

His nightmares are those that he's spent his considerably long life hiding. It's disconcerting, to say the least, to know he's open as a book against his will like that.]

Well! I guess I'll just have to whip up a sleeping drought and see how effective that is then!

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[redeyeslasher]

And some wishes are better left unfulfilled.

[He learned that the hard way but that's the thing, he LEARNED that lesson.]

That might be worth investing into. Then again we are toys in this place so if they really want to expose your darkest secrets they will drag them out regardless.

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[misfortunesfool]

I guess it's just a matter of perspective then, hm?

[Because some wishes were about fixing what you've broken, and giving back what wasn't yours to take. Because even now, especially now, that one choice mocks him with every utterance of his 'name' and every reflection that has the terminity to catch his eye.

There's a reason Fai refuses to look in mirrors. Yuui doesn't have the right to look back.

He does, however return Breaks smile with a matching one of his own.]

My, but aren't you the bearer of wonderful news this morning. Still...I guess we'll see how effective it will be, hm?

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[redeyeslasher]

Perspective or courage. Not everyone can face their mistakes and accept them and the consequences.

[He didn't and in the end he ended up destroying the very thing he was supposed to protect.]

[Smiling again now.]

I believe in the power of information. I am merely stating things as they are. I am sure you've had others sugarcoating the less pleasant aspects of this world. But your idea is certainly worth a shot.

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[misfortunesfool]

One could also argue that one doesn't need courage if they have enough determination to see something done. But regardless... I would agree.

[Such smiles they're sharing, but the conversation is, at least, no longer directly focused on Fai. His twin is not fodder for idle conversation, after all. Not for anybody.]

Information has an unlimited wealth of power, at least to those that know how to use it.

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[redeyeslasher]

[Oh he's not forgetting that topic don't you worry Fai <3]

So true. You could say that is one of my creeds back in my world.

[The others are more personal so no sharing those.]

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[misfortunesfool]

[One can hope though, right~?]

Just one?

[Aaand a bright smile.]

I bet if I asked you what information you had of this world, you'd have an interesting answer then...aside from it being a toybox of a prison.

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[redeyeslasher]

[They can but hope isn't always answered.]

One of many~

[Aaaand a bright smile back.]

What on earth gave you that idea I wonder~

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[misfortunesfool]

[Here, have a laugh as Fai props his chin on the back of his wrist.]

Oh, I dunno. Just a shot in the dark, I guess~ But...

[A beat.]

...I wonder at the price of your information, hm? Your's doesn't come across as a heart that would give it away freely.