✗❶. 【video】

[wontstopsmiling]

[ the girl showed on the screen of the communicator seems too pale to be human- her black hair making her look even more pale. she's dressed head to toe in monochrome, and her eyes are so dark they could never be passed off as merely 'dark brown'. by her feet lays the rowan crown she was given- she has no interest in it

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[desomnia]

[ ... She's dreaming. She has to be. Even if in this place she hadn't been able to return to her usual dream world, this must be a dream of some sort. Because they don't exist outside of her dreams, so maybe she's dreaming that she's looking at the communicator and seeing this, that would only make sense.

Madotsuki pinches her cheek, but nothing happens. She's awake. She's awake and Monoe is right there, on the camera.

She doesn't waste time on words, not on this device. Not when she knows where to find the girl, judging from the surroundings. And so she immediately heads out, and a few minutes after the initial broadcast she's there, facing the girl.

... She doesn't know what to say. If it's not a dream, it's reality, and if it's reality--

That's impossible. ]

[wontstopsmiling]

[ Monoe continues to stand right where the video feed had left her. she's staring up at the sky until she hears someone moving nearby. slowly she tilts her head, eyes flicking down to regard Madotsuki nearby.

ah, so here she was. she wondered if she'd get a visit in this strange, wide area.

she smiles. ]

[desomnia]

[ It's the same. The very same as the dream, aside that everything around them isn't black as usual, but the normal surroundings of Demeleier. But the only way to test whether this is actually a dream or not.. Well, there's only one way, isn't there? Even if it might mean risking the girl disappearing again..

Madotsuki doesn't know if it's worth it, and so she stands there for a long time, mulling over the options. But in the end her curiosity seems to win out as she steps closer slowly, step by step, until she's right net to the girl.

And then she reaches her hand out to touch her. ]

[wontstopsmiling]

[ Monoe doesn't react, that same smile as ever on her face.

...but as she stays right there, not being whisked away from Madotsuki touching her, there is a long, quiet moment. Monoe raises a lily-white hand, fingers brushing against the back of Madotsuki's own. ]

Hello, Madotsuki.

[video]

[swordline]

[There's something about this girl, though in particular, the way she was just staring at the screen. A part of him tugged at the question of whether or not she was actually real, or just an illusion of the forest. Considering Demeleier for a second, he wasn't too sure if that was even possible, but.

After snapping out of it, he notices the crown on the ground.]

H...Hey, wait a second.

[wontstopsmiling]

[ she'll stare straight at Shichika on the screen, not saying a word. ]

[swordline]

[It's a little uncomfortable, but he'll at least attempt to bear it.]

You might need that crown.

[wontstopsmiling]

Why?

video;

[flashsheath]

'Life is but a dream'. Or so says a rather catchy children's song.

[wontstopsmiling]

If you can call this 'living'.

[flashsheath]

If I'm enjoying myself, I would say it is. Though, I would likely enjoy myself in hell too.

[wontstopsmiling]

That's what this place is?

[ a giggle- she doesn't seem all that scared of it, if it is. ]

[wontstopsmiling]

[ if only we had our own kitty tail. ]

I don't wake up.

[wontstopsmiling]

There's no escape from it.

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[menialtask]

If only this were just a dream. [ And Kyon over here is feeling a bit unsure... ]

[wontstopsmiling]

It has to be, if I'm here.

[menialtask]

Well, this place is unusual enough to bring people from dreams.

[wontstopsmiling]

Tell me about this place.