[Video] A Nightmare's Curiosity

[phobophage]

[A tortured stasis shrieks from the Vine, accompanied by vague shadowy impressions of a face in the mirror, with red eye glowing. The video quickly cuts out. A while later, it resumes, showing an empty backdrop of the Gardens before cutting out again. Finally, the video returns and stays, showing an oddly monochrome teenager

Comments

[yakuza_otaku]

C-can you, um...

... not make the vine do that again? Please?

[phobophage]

It was a nuisance doing it anyway.

[yakuza_otaku]

... s-so that means you won't anymore, right?

[phobophage]

You wouldn't know anything about the answers to my questions, would you?

[peachhat]

A pretty funny trick with the mirror you have there! Reminds me a bit of Yukari's portals

And sure, I suceeded in building a floating island. It's easy, for a celestial like me, at least. Not sure if average humans or youkai could do it, though.

[phobophage]

[Deimonea showed no signs of surprise or amazement.]

How did you do it? I'm not a human or a youkai, but rather a Nightmare. Though I've never met a youkai Dreamer. Do those exist here?

[peachhat]

I just did it. Must have a knack for it.

As for youkai dreamers, I guess you want Yukari. She's asleep all the time.

[phobophage]

So, are you dreaming?

<s>Deeeee</s> Deiiiiii

[hotshot_momma]

You seem rather familiar with dream manipulation. Who, or what, are you?

[Yeah, she's not even commenting on your gygas.gif upload there.]

Re: <s>Deeeee</s> Deiiiiii

[phobophage]

The Nightmare Deimonea. And you?

[hotshot_momma]

[gritted teeth, balled fists, slow low even tone of voice.]

Are you familiar with the San Francisco region of California, Nightmare?

[phobophage]

Nice, sunny, some interesting people? Some fun nightmares there. I see, I see. You're a Dreamer or Dream Savior from there?

Parallel Postan

[lolinnocent]

...You're the first Nightmare I've met that's been willing to talk.

Please don't do that again, it's really irritating.

[phobophage]

Oh, did you only run into the Nightmares that like giving silent treatments? And, I'd refuse if it wasn't such a trouble to pull off.

[lolinnocent]

We ran into the ones trying to kill us all and put our parents in comas if that's what you mean.

[phobophage]

Oh, those guys. So tediously destructive.

[border_phantasm]

[Unimpressed]

Slow down dear. You're clearly getting ahead of yourself. What are you, to speak of building dreams?

[phobophage]

Deimonea, a Nightmare. Yes, there's clearly much I don't know about.

[border_phantasm]

We just get all kinds, don't we? I am Yukari Yakumo, youkai of boundaries, and this is no dream, but reality.

[phobophage]

Dreamers always call their world 'reality'. But you mean that this is the waking world. How... unexpected. This denies everything I know. Which just makes it all the more fascinating!