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[truthget]

[The week had passed with a certain degree of... something surreal, fake, imaginary. Edward can remember the white room, the gate, but most of all, the emptiness of it all. No Truth, no second gate, no Al. He'd been completely alone. And even his own body had felt as fake as the seemingly endless room; it was detached, uncomfortable. As if- as if

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[dream]

[byakkoyagirl]

[Paprika, still wandering around since the last night, finds herself inside of Ed's dream. At first she has to wonder what she is seeing, until she realizes that the two - the dreamer and the dream - are meant to be brothers. She watches on silently for a moment until she finally mumbles.]

How sad.

[Then the transmutation comes and Paprika is shocked and horrified by the sight she sees. It was nothing like she saw before. Even worse, looking at it...it felt real. Too real.]

[dream]

[truthget]

[Edward twists around as the laughter echoes through the dark, but as he looks around, he only finds a woman that he doesn't recognize, someone he's sure he's never seen before. Can people dream strangers? He grips his head with an automail hand, visibly shaken but trying not to look it, and can only stare for a moment. What kind of dream is this...?

Is it still a dream? Maybe he should...]

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[byakkoyagirl]

[It was definitely still a dream. One that he was certainly not enjoying. But, she didn't quite know what to do. He looked so young. ...Finally she settles on walking closer, with some caution in her motion, and speaks.]

Why are you here?

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[truthget]

[...That... doesn't sound like some kind of guilt-tripping, traumatizing horror of the past. Which, curiously, only makes Edward's caution increase.]

Is there some other place I should be?

[dream]

[byakkoyagirl]

[She shrugs.]

How am I supposed to know? I just don't think you should be here. Unless you want to be.

[dream]

[truthget]

Who would want that? There's nothing here.

[Nothing but the monsters in the dark. He shudders, suddenly, feeling a brush of something furry against the back of his leg. Don't look down, don't look down, don't look down, it isn't her.]

[dream]

[byakkoyagirl]

[She notices the creature that reaches for him and her frown deepens. What are these things.]

Then you should go.

[dream]

[truthget]

[Edward crosses his arms, if only to keep them away from the chimera's inquisitive nuzzle. It doesn't stop her from whimpering, "Big brother", but he pretends not to hear it.]

If you know a way out of this...

[Since when were hallucinations so helpful?]

[dream]

[byakkoyagirl]

[Big...brother?]

I know a way out. I can't take you that way though. But, you know a way out too that only you can take.

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[truthget]

If I knew a way, wouldn't I have taken it already?

[The darkness goes away when it goes. That's just... how it is. Normally he'd make himself an exit, but with no material to transmute, that's not an option.]

[dream]

[byakkoyagirl]

I don't know if you would or wouldn't. I never even met you after all. [She looks around. It really is dark around here.] So, do you know why you are even here?

[dream]

[truthget]

...Not really. [He's never even sure where this is. This isn't normal- he's never actually talked to these phantoms before. They've just sort of. Guilt-tripped him into utter misery.

All in all, this is really, really weird.] Do you?

[Why is she here, if he's never met her before? This isn't a memory.]

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[byakkoyagirl]

[She doesn't blame him for questioning her like this. At this point she's use to it, whenever people find themselves able to recognize her. She shakes her head.]

I don't. I just wandered in and found you.

[dream]

[truthget]

...Wandered in from where? It's not like this place has a door. [It's not like it has anything that resembles reality.] Who are you, anyway?

[dream]

[byakkoyagirl]

I'm just Paprika. No one special. [She looks around for a moment and then moves closer to him.] We should look for a way out for you. If you don't want to be here anymore that is.

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[truthget]

...I don't. [And it takes all his willpower to keep from shuddering as he hears Tucker's whisper behind him. "You and I are just the same."] Can you help?