13.2 - This is not a dream my friend/And it will never end!
Effects (optional): Sympathy for the devil
Warnings: Nongraphic death, self loathing
Additional Notes: This nightmare may generate an Intense Fear effect for those in Side A. Aimed at anyone who's been opposed to Muraki's actions at any time, but open for anyone to fall victim to.
Whiteness. Whiteness everywhere. Eventually, it separates into white walls along with the sounds of steady beeping familiar to anyone who's spent a long time in a hospital. The room that comes into focus has only a single occupant -- a girl who doesn't look more than 15. At first, she's sitting up and reading a magazine that talks about new developments in treating rare heart diseases, but then she winces, grabs her chest, and the beeping grows louder. She loses her grip on the magazine and collapses on the bed.
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Muraki stands outside her hospital room, looking inside and begging the nurse near him to let him into the room. He knows her case better than anyone and he can help them revive her! The nurse shakes her head, reminding him that policy says he can't do anything when it's someone he's closely connected to. His eyes are wide and full of tears, showing more emotion than most would think him capable of.
The beeping stops. All background noise fades away. A doctor steps out of the room; Muraki reads the look on his face, rests his head and forearms against the wall, and starts to sob. It's the only sound for a long dream moment, which may be no time at all to a watcher.
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Now, Muraki stands in a lab, eyes colder than they've ever been in Somarium. He rests his hand on a box of ashes nearby and digs his fingers into the lid for an instant. Afterwards, he starts to break everything around him, systematically and thoroughly.
"None of this matters anymore. Saki's corpse is ruined and now I've lost you too, Ukyou. Everything I've spent my life working for is wasted! I couldn't save you, I couldn't bring him back. All of the blood I've stained myself with went to nothing. How can I keep being a doctor if I couldn't even save the person I loved more than myself? I can't conquer death after all."
He's crying now, but makes no effort to wipe his tears away as he continues making sure that no useable traces of the delicate, expensive equipment remain. Once that's done, he grabs the box of ashes, leaves, and sets the building on fire.
"With you gone, I have no reason to act good anymore. Forgive me, Ukyou, but the only path I have left is complete darkness. There is nothing tying me to the light."
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The ashes rest near the door of a building with a sign reading Koukakurou. In the distance, gunshots and women's screaming violate the quiet night. The dream fills with white feathers before everything fades away.
Warnings: Nongraphic death, self loathing
Additional Notes: This nightmare may generate an Intense Fear effect for those in Side A. Aimed at anyone who's been opposed to Muraki's actions at any time, but open for anyone to fall victim to.
Whiteness. Whiteness everywhere. Eventually, it separates into white walls along with the sounds of steady beeping familiar to anyone who's spent a long time in a hospital. The room that comes into focus has only a single occupant -- a girl who doesn't look more than 15. At first, she's sitting up and reading a magazine that talks about new developments in treating rare heart diseases, but then she winces, grabs her chest, and the beeping grows louder. She loses her grip on the magazine and collapses on the bed.
-----
Muraki stands outside her hospital room, looking inside and begging the nurse near him to let him into the room. He knows her case better than anyone and he can help them revive her! The nurse shakes her head, reminding him that policy says he can't do anything when it's someone he's closely connected to. His eyes are wide and full of tears, showing more emotion than most would think him capable of.
The beeping stops. All background noise fades away. A doctor steps out of the room; Muraki reads the look on his face, rests his head and forearms against the wall, and starts to sob. It's the only sound for a long dream moment, which may be no time at all to a watcher.
-----
Now, Muraki stands in a lab, eyes colder than they've ever been in Somarium. He rests his hand on a box of ashes nearby and digs his fingers into the lid for an instant. Afterwards, he starts to break everything around him, systematically and thoroughly.
"None of this matters anymore. Saki's corpse is ruined and now I've lost you too, Ukyou. Everything I've spent my life working for is wasted! I couldn't save you, I couldn't bring him back. All of the blood I've stained myself with went to nothing. How can I keep being a doctor if I couldn't even save the person I loved more than myself? I can't conquer death after all."
He's crying now, but makes no effort to wipe his tears away as he continues making sure that no useable traces of the delicate, expensive equipment remain. Once that's done, he grabs the box of ashes, leaves, and sets the building on fire.
"With you gone, I have no reason to act good anymore. Forgive me, Ukyou, but the only path I have left is complete darkness. There is nothing tying me to the light."
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The ashes rest near the door of a building with a sign reading Koukakurou. In the distance, gunshots and women's screaming violate the quiet night. The dream fills with white feathers before everything fades away.