Broadcast dream;

[f_eye_candy]

It's so cold. And the thing about cold is that you never get used to it. Not after hours. Not after years. The cold would have gotten you before the hunger did, if this place wasn't what it is. If you weren't what you are. If you could die.

There is a loud thud to your left. You look up, but dully, because you already know what it signifies. Another

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[video]

[sonvisage]

[Another one in a tower? What's this?]

This is one way to get out, I suppose. Did you save them?

[video]

[f_eye_candy]

[Oh lmfao and that is like a punch to the soul after the horror of realizing that he just broadcasted that horror for anyone to see. He attempts a tremulous smile, but it twists into a sad grimace.]

No. No, I didn't. I couldn't save him.

[voice]

[lestrangestone]

[...if you could die.]

[...]

...and what are you, then?

[voice]

[f_eye_candy]

[Excuse him while he recovers and attempts to act cheerful. Great big failure. He just ends up sounding kind of tragic.]

Ahh, well, I'm a mage, if that's what you're asking.

Video;

[mosorgans]

Fai-san...? [She's not sure what to say, making a gesture as if to reach out to him, to comfort him-- except she can't, exactly, since there's a screen in the way and all]

Video;

[f_eye_candy]

[gfhsghsdshfåäkfjl oh fuck him no, he didn't want her to have seen that.]

I'm very sorry, Chrome-chan. Apparently this little thing can play... rather cruel pranks.

Video;

[mosorgans]

[it's okay dude she's in the mafia. dead people are nbd]

...Do you need to be with someone right now?

[f_eye_candy]

[Ahahahaha it's not so much the dead people as the whole "everything was my fault"-conviction that still lingers. Stupid tit.]

I'm... [The word "fine" hovers on the tip of his tongue, along with a smile, but he can't manage either.] ...yes.

video;

[maelstroms]

You got out, in the end.

[ Did you save him? goes unasked. ]

Such determination...

[ He shakes his head, deciding against saying anything further on the matter. ]

The dream has passed, at least. I am sorry for trespassing upon it.

video;

[f_eye_candy]

[Have the palest imaginable smile.] I did. But through no virtue of my own.

[Waves his hand in an attempt to act cheerful and nonchalant, but it looks stiff and unnatural.] Don't worry. It's hardly your fault. I do apologize for the unpleasantness.

video;

[maelstroms]

You needn't apologize; I am not unused to glimpsing such sights, and I've the feeling you've been more unsettled than I.

[ He returns that smile, though his eyes remain downcast. ]

You will be all right?

[f_eye_candy]

Well, it... is rather unpleasant, nonetheless.

[Hell yes, he is unsettled, and he's trying way too hard not to show it. Part of it is probably that he wants to dream the horrible dream all over again, just to hear his twin's voice again.]

Ahh, I'll be... [He shudders.] I'll manage. After all, it is not as if any of us can escape our pasts.