[ Week 31, Day 7 | Dream ] things fall apart

[ura_no_ura]

Warnings: war, violence, death

You used to think dying was just staying asleep for a very long time.

That when little girls exploded in front of your eyes in little pieces that rained down on you and matted your hair red and wet, it just meant they were going back to sleep. Because before you are alive, you are asleep. And when you are sleeping,

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[ura_no_ura]

[ When the voice cuts through the night, as clear and crisp as the glint of a blade sliding through the dark, Kakashi jolts up with a kunai in hand before realizing that the voice came from the communications device lying near his futon. He reaches over and picks up the device, looking down at it and pressing the play button to replay the video.

What's death to you now, this stranger asks.

What's death to you.

As though he had just seen.

(And maybe he had. He must have. Kakashi is now remembering that this world exposes them in the worst possible way -- knocking down the walls of the mind at sleep, opening it up naked and vulnerable to any eyes that would see, any hands that would pry. Any hearts that would feel and minds that could think: you become the dreamer in that moment, inhabit minds and memories in the most violating way.)

Or felt.

What's death to you now, he asks, and Kakashi stares down at the device blankly. Not knowing just what the hell kind of question that is supposed to be. Some kind of philosophical thing, perhaps, or maybe this man just thinks the false connection one experiences through this device gives a person some right to ask questions like that. Questions that are as invasive as the viewing of the dream itself. ]

It's a part of life.

[ Kakashi decides to answer, anyway. To play this game. It wouldn't do to antagonize someone so quickly after arrival -- especially as there is still information to gather, and Kakashi hasn't yet determined just who might end up being a good source. ]

Something that happens to us all.

[ Vague enough to mean nothing at all. ]

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[infiniillusion]

[That sounds simple enough.]

[Whether or not it sounds like the truth is another question whatsoever, but he can at least be somewhat understanding of that sentiment. As it is though, he's just going to tactlessly continue staring down the screen.]

You're in favour of preventing it.

[It sounds more like a statement, but it's really a question... somewhat. Kanda is both a little ticked off by someone lazing off on orders and relieved that there are people who cherish life regardless of war-ridden environment at the same time. It's a little weird, so he doesn't think too much on it.]