20. [Broadcast... dream.]

[infidus]

Things are, in dreams, one might say... an empty void. A space not unlike Hueco Mungo - vast and without borders. You think this, when you arrive in the landscape of your own mind

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[lilbloodeyes]

[She watches the whole thing, unsure of what to make of it. The scents, the feeling, it is all too...real. And yet it is all played out by the Forge. How strange.]

That scent. I want it.

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[infidus]

[A few minutes pass, and when Aizen finally answers, it is from the comfort of his lounge, where he is sitting with a cup of tea.]

The bamboo?

It is rather pleasant, isn't it?

[He watches the screen for a long moment.]

And you are one of those silver-eyed women.

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[lilbloodeyes]

It's nice.

[She looks off for a few moments, as if thinking. At the mention, she turns back to the screen, keeping the one eye exposed.]

Yes. Am one. Who are you?

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[infidus]

I believe bamboo can occasionally be found in local stores. Particularly in Berend's, which seems appropriate enough.

And I am called Sousuke Aizen. You might say I am familiar with your kind. [And the monsters you become. He sips his tea.] And your name?

[Voice]

[infidus]

So it does. Of course, if it troubled me overmuch, I would have stayed awake.

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[infidus]

It can hardly broadcast a dream if one is not dreaming.

Of course, there is always the concern of memories or random thoughts being opened to the world. However, I am not terribly bothered by that, either.

After all, I have nothing to hide.

[And not because he's well-behaved. He simply doesn't care whether people know what he's doing.]

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[prescientblade]

These things aren't usually so... empty.

[not that she's feeling sympathetic or anything. you creeper.]

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[infidus]

So I've noticed. After nearly a year of watching them parade across my screen.

[hi there, teresa, just me and my tea.]

And how are your dreams of late, Teresa?

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[prescientblade]

Full. And kind enough not to share themselves with the rest of Anatole, it would seem.

I'd hate to go and shatter such a peaceful privacy by sharing it with you.

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[infidus]

How considerate of you. To yourself.

[he drags a finger, slowly, around the rim of his cup.]

How long has it been since we last encountered one another?

[video]

[girl_unlocking]

[unsure forever, and just a flash of video before she cuts the feed.]

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[infidus]

Ah, if it isn't my absentee student.

Is there something troubling you, Dawn?

[voice]

[girl_unlocking]

[RUN AWAY is what she thinks she should be doing, and almost does. It's like walking a tightrope, almost - the way she holds her breath, her movement. Presses her lips together and takes the step.]

Is that. How you feel?

[It's different than she expected.]

[voice]

[infidus]

How I feel.

[Aizen narrows his eyes a little, considering that.]

I suppose you could say that is a reasonable representation.

voice; lmao what am i doing

[theotokos]

So out of mild curiosity -- has that happened to you? It's not always a dream, it's a memory.

voice; SOCIALIZING ^_^

[infidus]

Have I stood in a void with the ghosts of the past?

[He chuckles, softly.]

Perhaps, in a manner of speaking. Still, it is a curious question.

voice; DON'T BE COY, AIZEN

[theotokos]

It's a rather simple question. Not everyone can take it the way you do, I hope you know.

voice; BUT HES SO GOOD AT IT

[infidus]

It was a curious question in the sense that, when presented with an image such as this, an average person would be likely to assume it is be a dream. Not many would ask whether it were, instead, a memory.

As it happens, you might say it is both. A symbolic memory, or perhaps an exceptionally blunt dream.

But of course, there are fewer differences between a dream and a memory than one would normally assume.