❦ Chapter III - Thoughts [action]

[melodiesoflute]

[Sitting near the river bank as last time, a gloomy Edward seemed to be idly plucking the strings of his lute until his somewhat somber thoughts popped into view. For those ever curious about Anna, this would perhaps be the only time anyone could see the lovely face of Edward’s fallen love. Images of a brunette woman dressed in a gold dress could

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[eidolon_soul]

[Rydia walks by, just in time to spot Edward. She nearly calls out to him, but realizing that he's asleep along with images of her younger self cause her to pause mid-stride. There's a small sigh upon reading his thoughts. She's getting a bit tired of having to defend her relationship with Kain all the time. Even the image of stalwart Edward riding to the rescue doesn't erase that sentiment.

She's tempted not to wake him, but the thought of the poor bard possibly broadcasting even more sensitive information while sleeping is too much. Resigned, she heads over and shakes his shoulder gently.]

[melodiesoflute]

[Once he felt someone shaking his shoulder, a question mark hovers over his head as he began to stir.]

Hm?

[Edward let's out a sleepy yawn.]

Ah, Rydia? What are you doing here?

[eidolon_soul]

I saw you sleeping....

[Rydia frowns, troubled.]

Edward...you need to be careful. A new experiment has started.

[melodiesoflute]

A new experiment? [Blinkblink?] Ah, you mean the oddities that has transpired thus forth amongst the people.

I did spot a huge white dog dreaming about flying chicken legs, and other assortments of food.

[He sighed a little.]

I suppose I should be careful what I think about...

[Eek! Did Rydia just see his earlier musings?]

[dragoon_pride]

[Kain is in desperate need of a place to think, considering the content of Rydia's latest journal entry. He heads toward the area of the lake, just in time to view those images.]

(So that's how he truly feels?)

[Kain stalks toward him with an angry look on his face.]

[melodiesoflute]

[Dreaming still, a humorous image of Kain being squashed by the Lunar Whale appears for just a moment within that white thought cloud. A little snicker came from Edward since he found that image to be quite a tickler.]

(That's too horrible of a fate even for him. I wonder how much that vessel truly weighs...}

[Not realizing he's in mortal danger now, Edward's thoughts become question marks now, red ones.]

(The Lunar Whale is truly an odd vessel.)

[dragoon_pride]

[Kain does NOT approve of where these weird visions are going. Not at all. So he gets closer to Edward... and then proceeds to attempt shoving him into the river.]

[melodiesoflute]

[Once he was pushed into the river, a shrill scream fluttered through the air as Edward splashed wildly to prevent him from drowning. Edward was flopping around like a fish for a moment or two before finally calming down.] W-who did that!? [Searching along the banks for the perpetrator, Edward's shocked blue gaze settled upon the wicked dragoon knight nearby.]

KAIN! What's the meaning of this?!

[esper_flight]

[Terra heads over to the riverside, with a basket, a blanket and a couple of books. Today seems to be the perfect day for a picnic outside, and so she plans to have one.

Wrapped up in her own thoughts, she doesn't realize until setting up her picnic sight that there's a snoozing bard not too far away. Terra pauses, uncertain what to do, then decides that as long as she's quiet, it won't matter.

Of course, that's when Terra discovers the images in plain sight above him. Forgetting about lunch, she watches the lovely woman, fascinated. Then she sits up straight as the focus of the images shifts, recognizing some of the other faces. She smiles a little, though that smile disappears upon reading what he thinks about Kain. That seems a bit harsh to her at first, but then she recalls his past. Apparently, some things just can't be forgiven.

Despite herself, thought, she finds the image of Edward facing off against the dragoon amusing and there's a small sound of suppressed laughter before she freezes, wondering if she was too loud.

[melodiesoflute]

[Still sleeping quite peacefully, Edward's thoughts shift away from Kain for just a moment to focus upon his past. Thinking of his kingdom of Damcyan, the image of his late father and mother comes into view. There was obviously some remorse lingering upon the topic of his elderly father, especially since that thought cloud of his shifted from white to a melancholy blue.]

(If only I actually heed his words, I wouldn't have such dread about returning home.)

[Straying to happier thoughts, Edward's mind strayed to the instrument shop in town since the bard really wants to try his hand playing a guitar. That probably explains why the floating guitar had so many hearts floating around it. Edward's second love in life was Anna, but his first love is Music.]

[esper_flight]

[Terra fidgets, starting to feel like a voyeur. She had only intended to pause for a moment, distracted by the novelty. There's a small smile as his thoughts shift to music, then she bites her lip. Should she wake him? Normally, she wouldn't dream of it, but what if he doesn't know what he's doing? She speaks up a moment later, in that soft, tentative voice.]

...um, Edward?

[melodiesoflute]

[Stirring once he heard the girl's gentle voice, like last time Edward almost confused Terra for Rydia until he recognized her face.]

Ah, Terra. We meet ag-[He he takes a moment to yawn.]- again.

[love_me_venus]

**You can has a stalkersailor senshi. She spies on you a bit, then watches the little bubbles. Disregarding the others, she has her inquiries set on one of them.**

Ohh, is that Anna? She's pretty.

[melodiesoflute]

[Once he heard the murmurings regarding Anna, the bard's thoughts shift back to her once more. Instead of Anna dancing within a field of flowers, it was now Anna standing along the shoreline at moonlight staring at dark skies above with little red hearts comically floating around her.

He truly did love Anna.]

[love_me_venus]

**Minako recreates the scene substituting herself in Anna's place. Her prince-to-the-rescue only HAPPENS to have Edward's face this time around, y'know, being the current bishie-in-focus.**

[melodiesoflute]

[Shifting a little in his slumber, Edward opened his eyes briefly to spot a blond haired girl nearby.]

Hm?

[Spotting something like a cloud of images floating over the girl's head, Edward turned a little red once he realized that scene looked awfully familiar.]

Oh my...