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[prophetize]

[ Strung up in a spiderweb canopy above the carnival, lights in green-gold- and reds illuminate the night softly. Ferris wheel cars, also dressed in lights, rock gently with a passing balmy gust, as dingy carousel ponies rest silently in the corner of the video. Tents and caravans dot the carnivale ground.

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[Dexter knows that sound. Of the many sounds that he has heard, that is something he's heard and seen in his line of work. He can't hold himself back from throwing a small comment out about it.]

Now, is burning yourself the answer?

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[prophetize]

[ He's not used to this whole mind communication thing yet. He's doubly not used to electronic devices turning on by themselves. Dexter's voice snaps him to attention, causing him to quickly toss aside the cigarette. ]

Don't know what you're talkin' about.

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[Dexter can't help but feel a little ... sympathy, if anything, for the kid. He never liked it when kids were self destructive, even if they thought they deserved it, in some way or form, they never did. But he did know if a kid avoids a question, it's best not to pry into it too much.]

Alright. You know, smoking is bad for you.

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[prophetize]

[ Insomnia can make any man do things they'd never expect. Ben isn't usually this self-destructive, not if there ain't a good enough reason for it. ]

One smoke ain't gonna kill me.

[ ... especially in the 1930s. ]

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[aeterno_arma]

That place looks a bit like the Circus where I used to work.

You don't looks so good, do you need help?

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[prophetize]

Don't need it.

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[aeterno_arma]

Don't need it or don't want it?

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[prophetize]

I said, I don't need it.

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[redhotsummers]

...so that's your place.

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[prophetize]

[ IGNORING YOU. ]

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[redhotsummers]

[Well that pisses Alex off. And you don't just...ignore him. He's given Ben his space, but he needs to talk to him, damn it. Ben is one of the few people that Alex actually thinks is okay around here.

So he's actually going to make some effort.

Dressed in a pair of jeans and his favorite leather jacket, he's happy for the night that hides the dark circles under his eyes. He walks into the carnival, slowly, just looking for Ben. Can't hide forever.]

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[prophetize]

[ Ben's hanging by the Ferris Wheel, a bottle of some kind of cheap liquor clutched tightly in his hand. Using his powers-- it always comes with some brand of shame. Guilt. A dirtiness. A Pavlovian response ingrained in by a crazy woman who thought her son of light was the child of the devil.

He likely won't sense Alex whenever he finds him, rendered shaky and distracted by insomnia. ]

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[flensing]

[Her attention is drawn by his haggard appearance, and the face that appears to answer his video has its own haunted features. She has her hair back in this dream, she is not ashen, her face is not covered in bruises and lesions, but she has seen her mirror. She is barely more than a corpse in it.]

We all live in dreams.

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[prophetize]

[ Ben has a knack for noticing folk her. The haunted, the suffering ones who are at risk, or have already given up. ]

Nah, there's reality. And there's dreams.

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[flensing]

When we each see reality in our own light, it does not make it much different from a dream.

[Dreams built themselves out of reality, could invade it too. So, truly, what was there to differentiate.]

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[prophetize]

Folks call that a hallucination. [ A vision ] Things you think you see, but ain't really the truth.

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[icaruschmicarus]

Your Place of Solace, I take it.

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[prophetize]

It's got a term?

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[icaruschmicarus]

Apparently. That is what the others call it.

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[prophetize]

The bastards are teasin' us. Giving us a piece of home, while they keep us away.