Forty Ninth Memory

[guardianhime]

"Just become my sacrifice…"

"NO-!"

[OOC: Likely if you enter the dream after this point, you won't IMMEDIATELY see Yuuki. She's terrified stuck in her dream, and probably in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nothing but snow and blood. She'll be scared of anyone appearing in it, likely not recognizing faces or people...at least probably not

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[seeking_heat]

Where is this?

Akiha was not unaccustomed to nightmares. Bound by the Tohno name, it'd be foolish optimism to assume her upbringing had been a normal, healthy one. The spiritual link between her and Nii-san, providing each other access to each other's dreams, only helped to increase the numbers.

But this plane was unfamiliar to her. All her life, she never recalled dreaming of such a chilled environment. (Or Nii-san's, as far as she knew.)

One aspect was familiar, though.

[guardianhime]

The white covered the ground in every direction, as far as the eye could see. Past the gales of wind it was difficult to see, but the one thing that was evident, was the red covering what should have been pure white ground.

Shivering, fear and anxiety welled within Yuuki's young chest, her long brown hair whipped across her face as she stared ahead.

Red... The word sounded familiar. It seemed to echo in her thoughts loudly, confirming the definite color. So red... There was a proper name for the substance though. The scent of it was overwhelming, even to her young nose. Tripping over her feet, as she attempted to take a step back from it her balance abandoned her however. Falling backwards, she landed flat onto her bottom, both hands reaching out to either side of her to try and soften the fall. Scary. This place was scary. Where was everyone? And who was supposed to be with her? She wasn't supposed to be alone. It was cold.

Scary.Pushing up frightfully from the ground, it was then that she noticed the red that stained her mittens

[seeking_heat]

...Now things were too familiar. Unwanted memories of a certain event, a few months earlier...

"Ah"

The sight of that child halted her line of thoughts.

"What are you doing here? What is--are you alright?"

[guardianhime]

The sound of a voice raised Yuuki's head. Brown eyes widening, she turned toward the girl who seemed to be approaching. Blinking, she shrank away nervously, staring at her uncertainly. Another person in this place? But where was here?

Abruptly another person appeared, this time a man, right behind the woman. His mouth widened into a large smile baring fangs.

"Are you lost, little girl...?"

I forgot one LITTLE thing

[missingthread]

[The scent of blood was everywhere. He wasn't sure where he was or what he was doing, but that scent was something he could never mistake. Yuuki She was around here somewhere and that was definitely her blood he was smelling.]

Yuuki? Where are you?

YUUKI!

Ahahahaha XDD

[guardianhime]

[Curled up into herself on the floor, Yuuki trembled, arms wrapped tightly around her face to stop the visions of red from dancing before her eyes. Even that action didn't help though. Eyes open or closed, crimsoned dyed her world, covering nearly everything in sight. Nothing was recognizable to Yuuki, a strange bloody maze leading her in circles. She'd wandered for a long time, unable to find an exit to this place, all the while under the watchful gaze of it. The thing...watching her, hungering for her.

Clenching her teeth, the visible shaking of her body increased.]

It's going to eat me.

A vampire.

A vampire is
going to EAT me!

Hey...at least he should be able to find her eventually

[missingthread]

[The scent of blood was overwhelming his senses. Finding her amid the mess wouldn't be easy, but she was there. Where, exactly, he was, he wasn't sure. Her voice cried out in fear, drawing his attention as panic slowly filled him.]

I won't let anything happen to you. Where are you, Yuuki? I can't help you if I can't find you.

[guardianhime]

[Why was she abandoned to this world of blood? Who's blood was it? Her own...? Someone elses? Sinking further into her knees her hand brushed her neck, where two puncture wounds could be felt.]

Blood...

[Why was there so much? She swallowed tightly. What had happened? Why was she here all alone?]

"A parent’s selfish way of doing things..."

Selfish?

"I’m sorry for giving you scary dreams…"
Whose voices...?

"Yuuki...You can do whatever you want to do. I don't resent that."

Don't resent what!?

"Well then…it’ll be good if you become my sacrifice."
N-No! STOP! I hate being alone. Don't abandon me. I'm scared. Something scary is coming...!

[Tears streaming down her cheeks, Yuuki held her arms so tightly that her nails bit painfully into her arms. The panic as another presence filled her mind was overwhelming. If it found her, him, with the two different colored eyes...!]

Go away.... I don't want to be eaten. I-I don't want-

[A sudden crunch of something nearby raised Yuuki's head, and she gasped, her eyes dilated in fear.

[hushed_observer]

The cold was the first thing Yori noticed. The second was the snow that stung her just opened eyes and made her throw up a hand in a futile defense. Glancing around her and seeing nothing but the white snow, she assumed that she was lost.

She had just started to take a step when it happened. Gasping, she stepped back as patches of red started to cover the ground. The red slowly took over the snow until all of it was blood coloured. Blood? She reached down to touch it and withdrew with a slight whimper as she realized that it was blood..

[guardianhime]

Holding her head, Yuuki buried her hands into her hair.

Lots of it. Blood. I'm scared. scary Where is everyone?

[hushed_observer]

She didn't like this at all...the blood..the storm..It can't be..can't be real! Her mind was trying to make sense of this but she was shocked and afraid, mixing what she was really feeling with the feeling in the atmosphere.

A voice came through the storm, but whether she was imagining in it or not, she couldn't tell. It did however break through her fear just long enough for her to start walking. The blood and snow under her feet she tired to stay in control, tried to think logically.

[guardianhime]

[stokerwasahack]

Another dream, the third in one night when he hasn't been part of any (to his knowledge) for more than four centuries. Henry shakes his head and spares a moment to be thankful that the cold doesn't bother him, as the dream hasn't allowed him to dress for the weather. Court finery might have sufficed for a drafty castle, but in a proper snowfall it was never enough.

[guardianhime]

The wind whipped about, regardless of the fact that the cold didn't seem to touch him. A few trees scattered the baron horizon, but there was no civilization within sight. That didn't mean that there was no one else littering the blizzard's landscape, however.

Inside of Yuuki's dreams, monsters often roamed. And for those you entered the girl's dreams, her subconscious adjusted so that they two were part of the nightmares of her world. The atmosphere thick, the sky seemed to darken slightly, despite the white of the world.

scared, A frightened child's voice echoed, without actually coming from any direction.

An ominous presence was thick in the air, it's watchful eyes penetrating every part of the mountain, it's hunger nearly tangible. A flash of mismatching eyes fills the child's vision, and possibly, even the vision of others who might have entered it's domain.

[stokerwasahack]

Henry knows something about fear. The Hunter inside of him cultivates it, relishes it, on many occasions. He feels the dream reach for him, attempt to bend him to its will, and he allows the Hunter to surface, dark eyes and bared fangs accompanying a low growl of answering challenge.

[guardianhime]

[princess_crow]

Where is this? Rue looked around, trying to discern anything in the darkness. She's good to see within the shadows, but the growing fear building within her bothered her. Why?

[guardianhime]

[princess_crow]

A child's voice? Rue hears, amongst the ominous dripping in the thick darkness. Unlike most people, those feelings were too familiar to Rue to even faze her for too long. At the wave of darkness, she shielded with the one she has within in a summon of feathered wind.

Hmpf. At least whoever that was recognized her status.

"No, there is someone else here, isn't it?" she asked, pointing out the obvious.