043, Video/Action for those in Goldenrod Hotel (Backdated to the night the event ended)

[foolishwren]

[Most of the time, that whole cliche where people awake from a nightmare by BOLTING upright in their beds, eyes wide, sweat-soaked, and gasping like a fish? Totally false. Real life is rarely that dramatic, and accordingly, neither is Heather's normal reaction to bad dreams. She has them so often that they're rarely worth the energy to make such a

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[miniworth]

[He woke up maybe three minutes before she did, and although he thinks it's a dream he DOES REMEMBER her being there. For some reason. Something about pink animals and Heather, mixed with all the confusion about elevators and frills, Mr. Gumshoe and being in Goldenrod.

Seeing her video feed, he sends her a message.]

---Miss Heather. [A pause.] Where are you, right now? [He's siting outside the Goldenrod Pokémon Center, looking rather... glum.]

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[foolishwren]

[Her 'dream' is such a massive jumble of confusing imagery that she can hardly pick it apart right now, but she WILL remember brief flashes of carrying Edgeworth under one arm and running AWAY from something...]

[He gets his answer awhile later, when she's returned from her wobbly trip around the hotel.]

Uhm. I'm in my hotel room-- wh-- ... where are YOU?

[She squints blearily. That... doesn't look like the Violet Center...]

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[miniworth]

[....and then she'll remember hobo and it will be great.

Edgeworth's camera shifts when he sits straighter on the bench, showing a glimpse of tall skyscrapers.]

I woke up at the Goldenrod Pokémon Center, actually.. in a corner of the lobby.

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[foolishwren]

[Yes. Yes it will.]

[Heather squints at the screen further, finally sitting down in a hunched position, rubbing the back of her head.]

... Doesn't make any sense...

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[restardom]

[ sadly, there is someone lying curled in a ball right outside of that hotel, and she's blearily rousing enough to poke at the screen. Does she realize where she is? Nope, not yet. Just that it's cold. ]

H-Heather...?

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[foolishwren]

[The voice comes out of the 'Gear quietly, but luckily, Heather hears it just before she runs out the door-- and it registers right after.]

[The sound of the door opening occurs again and then Heather's pale, sweaty face appears in front of the screen a couple seconds later.]

Rise?

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[restardom]

H-hey. [ she sits up, wincing slightly. ] You okay?

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[foolishwren]

I have no idea...

[She squints at the screen.]

... Where... are you still in Violet??

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[newhero]

[have a raspy and tiny voice on your pokégear, Heather. though you might not get the message until you come back]

Is everything okay over there?

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[foolishwren]

[Yeah, it's awhile later that she gets the message, she looks a little less TOTALLY FREAKED OUT when she shows up, though.]

Yeah, uh... just. Weird night.

Are YOU okay?

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[newhero]

[he's still there! and not really sounding much better.]

I don't know where I am. Everybody else here is asleep.

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[foolishwren]

[Aw, Sora... don't worry, Heather will help! ... If she doesn't walk face-first down the stairs or something.]

You don't-- uh. Stay calm or... or something. Um. What does it look like where you are?

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[bakaitoukid]

[He's a bit groggy himself, but he's awake to reply]

Heather...?

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[foolishwren]

[The reply comes awhile later-- after Heather's finished wandering around the hotel like some kind of wandering wake-people-up-obnoxiously ghost.]

Hey... uh.

Yeah. Um. Sorry.

[She... is even MORE frazzled than she sounds when she talks to him later on.]

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[bakaitoukid]

You okay? You look a little worn out.

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[foolishwren]

I'm fine, just... Yeah, I'm fine.

[It hasn't occurred to her yet to be overly concerned beyond sheer WTF. She's not entirely sure she isn't STILL dreaming, actually.]

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[exeggutorhead]

Didn't have very good dreams either, huh?

Gonna be okay?

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[foolishwren]

[He gets his reply awhile later-- once she's done dragging herself around the hotel like an anxious home alone dog.]

Always am.

Did you have weird-ass dreams too, then?

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[exeggutorhead]

[He's glad to get the reply; what with him remembering his mom showing up and severe injuries to people he cares about, he's pretty much checking in on everyone he knows.]

Yeah. There was a dragon and the same person showed up to try and shoot me three different times. Even my damned mother came to the party. [He rubs the bridge of his nose; even thinking about it too much gives him a headache.] I don't even know if it was really a dream or not.

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[foolishwren]

[She met his mom! Nothing happened, but she did! ... Creepy lady.]

Ugh, I think...

... The Kool-Aid man was chasing me.

It was definitely a dream.

Either that or I was on drugs.

... I need water...