Post #5.
After a slow third week, post four yielded a lot of prompts -- and, more importantly, a lot of fills! I was afraid that we were slowing down, but you guys really put a lot of effort into making post four a good one, and I have faith in you to continue leaving prompts and writing (or drawing, as one anon did!) fills. ♥
Fics ( #4)
Suho as a Composer ( ( Read more... )
Fics ( #4)
Suho as a Composer ( ( Read more... )
"Yes, but," and he glances around at the passersby eyeing him, all tense and on edge. Kibum's subconscious is preparing to defend itself, but Kibum doesn't know that. According to Myungsoo, after all, Myungsoo's in charge of those defenses, so when he says, "we need to get moving now," Kibum just nods.
"We need to find out what they want to know," Myungsoo explains when they're tucked away in the tiny break room with his fellow dream security associates (as he described Sungyeol, Hoya and Sungjong when they arrived).
Kibum nods. Sungyeol glances at his watch, and presses the button as Kibum's subconscious starts to hunt for the threat to his safety.
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The third dream is Hoya's. It's an outlandish action movie setting, because Kibum knows he's dreaming now. The stakes are higher, their time shorter, but they're near the end of it all. They're on an island, in a fortress in a volcano, and Sungjong's buried a vault deep inside it. It can't be too easy to get to, so they're approaching through a side door partway up the mountain.
The idea, a mere suggestion, is locked away. It has to seem like it comes from Kibum's own mind, Sungyeol had explained, when Woohyun had wondered why it was suddenly so complicated. It can't be something obviously implanted. Duh.
If all goes according to plan, Kibum will realize he's in over his head, that what he knows - a lie, carefully crafted by Sungjong - will end up costing him too much. If things don't go as planned, well, Myungsoo refused to talk about that.
"We die, basically," Sungyeol had said bluntly.
That's not entirely true, but Myungsoo's not thinking about Limbo (not thinking about who he knew there once) as he wrenches open the side door and hurries inside, Kibum half a step behind.
"Where are - ?" Kibum asks, and Myungsoo doesn't have to answer because he's cut off by an explosion somewhere on the other side of the fortress. Sungjong has a scary fondness for booby traps (something about stress relief, he's said), and Hoya indulges him probably more than he should, but they're certainly an effective distraction for Kibum's mind-grown security.
"Come on," Myungsoo says, and grabs Kibum by the wrist, half-dragging him down the corridor. Their footsteps are loud, but so are the gunshots they can hear echoing off the walls.
They haven't got much time to get inside.
And then the volcano will erupt, and they'll fall.
The dingy linoleum floor will crumble, and they'll fall.
Dongwoo's crazy driving will finally pay off, and they'll fall.
And, then.
"Welcome back."
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[In the extended edition, that would've been mind!Sunggyu. In the un-complicated version, it's not.]
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