[Accidental Voice Post]

[emerald_archive]

Can't... fall asleep. Not yet. Nn...

It'll... if I do... I might...

*sound of stumbling walking*

Can't... I can't! No, gotta... stay awake...

*water running, then sound becomes garbled... Lavi is sitting in the cold shower with his clothes on, journal in his pocket*

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[Action]

[memorywaltz]

*invited over by Allen, Hisoka knocks on the door, frowning slightly*

...

[Action]

[memorywaltz]

*sees him in the distance and yells*

Lavi! Stop! It isn't real!

*struggles forward, the fear and despair and pain battering at his mind*

Lavi!!!

[Action]

[emerald_archive]

*hears him... this is different, yet the voice is familiar*

Not... real? No... it's not...

*shudders, trying to drop the knife, but his fingers won't unclench, and his body is still moving against his will*

C-can't stop it...!

[Action]

[memorywaltz]

*yells*

It's not real! Lavi! Listen to me and focus on my voice! Don't watch this!!

[Action]

[emerald_archive]

*wavers, closing his eye and trying to obey... but this is in his mind, and closing his eye won't help*

I... I'm trying...!

*realizes the knife is no longer in his hand now, it's disappeared... a good step*

[Action]

[memorywaltz]

*struggles forward and grabs his arm, holding tight*

Listen to me, Lavi! This is a dream. It's not real. Look!

*he conjures his own memories and forces Lavi to watch... Lenalee smiling at him from her bed, laughing at the way he bowed to her - Allen answering the door looking worried and tired*

They're fine! I just saw them both.

[Action]

[emerald_archive]

*struggles to hold onto those images, reaching up to clasp Hisoka's arm as well*

A-Allen... Lenalee...

[Action]

[memorywaltz]

*concentrates hard, pushing the impressions of Daisya and Kanda he'd gotten from Lenalee into Lavi's mind*

I haven't met them, but they're fine too. Come out! You're stronger than this, aren't you?!

[Action]

[emerald_archive]

Tryin'... m'tryin'...!

*clings desperately to those images*

They're all right, everything's fine, you're just dreamin', it's the fuckin' Malnosso who did this to you, don't let 'em win...

*slowly, the horrific dream begins to fade, bloodstained corpses melting into dark water flowing away*

[Action]

[memorywaltz]

*he keeps the soothing images steady, giving Lavi something to focus on... as well as his own feelings towards Lenalee and Allen*

... good. Focus on them. Only on them.

[Action]

[emerald_archive]

*nods weakly, knowing that this is a dream but still feeling beyond exhausted*

They're okay...

*the world around them lightens, darkness receding, fading into a comfortable blankness*

[Action]

[memorywaltz]

*waits until he's sure Lavi is stable, then withdraws*

... it's done...

*and promptly passes out*

[Action]

[emerald_archive]

*finally sleeping normally, deeper now, no dreams troubling him*

[Action]

[moonstone_curse]

*watching all this, and...*

Eh? Ah...

*gently shakes Hisoka*

Are you... all right?