Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Second Dream Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Forwarded to late night

[byakkoyagirl]

[Around the afternoon, Paprika was released from the experimental alternate universe and went back to being her cheery dream girl self. And, like most others, she thought she was spared from the continued experiments.

Oh how wrong she was.

Like on the first night she arrived in Luceti, Paprika is going to be dropping into people's dreams through teleportation. Prepare to get your dreamspace invaded citizens of Luceti. Please don't kill her for this - she really doesn't want to imagine the crazy stuff you dream of.]

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[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

Mm--I'd never expected I'd get all these, but, well. Things happened in my world and I ended up being turned into a [a bit awkwardly, because he remembers the last reaction he got telling someone this:] half-demon.

[consultmybooks]

[Even though Giles still refuses to look at Paprika, he is evidently touched by her reassurance. For a moment, he looks almost peaceful.

But then he seems to remember something. And Giles laughs, and the sound is more than a little manic, more than a little hysterical.]

Perhaps it's best if you leave, Paprika. I'd like for you to go on believing that.

[Almost on cue, the library is gone and they're back in the town. They're standing in an old, abandoned lot, at the base of a rickety metal tower that looms against the black sky. A fight is going on around them, but the men and women in the shapeless gray clothes with identical expressions of thoughtless anger are being driven back by Giles' friends. Giles himself is in the shadows, watching as Buffy stands over a badly injured man on the ground.]

...it's probably best if you leave now, actually.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

But you aren't home. You don't need to live in fear in the village. [unless lol experiments sob]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

[She frowns.]

I don't know when I'll leave. I was brought here by the experiment.

...Giles, if you don't want to forgive yourself then that's fine. I forgive you, for whatever you did that was beyond your control.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

Half-demon? [She looks more bewildered than anything.] I didn't realize people could be half-demon.

[de_bel_survivor]

[Yes lol experiments] I lost control a few times and almost hurt someone.

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[He relaxes at that.] It's...well, as my friend put it, I have the body of a demon, but the heart of a human.

[consultmybooks]

[Buffy hurries off towards the tower, leaving the wounded man on the ground.]

He was completely within my control.

[Then Giles forces a smile and glances at Paprika.] But we were discussing my actions as a vampire, weren't we? Sorry, I seem to have completely lost my train of thought.

[fabrecation]

Huh... [Normally, Luke would be more interested, but in this dream state, everything is so... well... dreamy. The flowers glow a soft red color, and a shadow, although its silhouette would be familiar to Luke, comes up behind him. Luke doesn't seem to notice as the shadow takes Luke's long hair and lifts it to hack it off at the base, then lets the wind take the long strands away.

Luke merely stares down at the flowers.]

[crisisrain]

That's not what exactly what I meant by delicious.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

I know that, sir.

[crisisrain]

Argh, don't call me sir in my own dreams, I don't like it! It's just Raven, OK?

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

No he wasn't. If he was then the things that happened wouldn't have. You might have had a subconscious grasp on it, but nothing tangible enough.

[She shakes her head.] If you don't want to discuss it anymore then don't force yourself.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

You're the boss, Raven. [She laughs.]

[crisisrain]

Oh, oh! Does that mean, because this is my dream and all, that I can have anythin' I want happen?

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

I'm almost afraid to answer that.

[crisisrain]

'Cause I was thinkin' that it'd be really nice ta have some fine wine here. Maybe some fancy sushi too, I'm hungry.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

I'm not much of a chef, but if you can dream it you should be able to make it.

[consultmybooks]

[Giles takes a few steps nearer to the man, apparently not entirely aware that he's doing so.]

...I really do enjoy your company, Paprika. Like many things, I just wish it could be under better circumstances.

[crisisrain]

[He closes his eyes and thinks hard for a moment, imagining what the sushi and wine look and taste like.]

Red wine of course! I don't mind in the fish isn't too nice but considerin' we're by an ocean, I figured it'd be fresh.

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

...I don't think it ever will be. [She sighs. It feels even worse because the one time she could talk with Giles in person she was completely insulting and rude.] No one wants you to feel like this.

[consultmybooks]

I know they don't. Because, as I mentioned a while ago, I seem to always find myself making friends with very kind people. Helios and Okita-san have both told me I should take a vacation. [A few more steps.] It's a thought, I suppose.

I was going to leave Sunnydale entirely, before I was brought here. But that was before I knew that Buffy would be brought back.

[refinedmaestro.livejournal.com]

I have many people close to me. Yet recently due to the Malnosso, there is a possibility the trust we have for one another has slimmed to almost a small line. [He turns to her with a small smile.] Everything about the two of us is the same, I wonder if I truly am the same man sitting at that piano or if I'm simply the reflection of him within the world of his mind.

[blessedbyfarore]

I guess... [Link sighs - if he falls apart, he can't do anything, can he? All he can do is try - try to protect Sheik, try to protect his friends, try to protect himself.]

[Tentatively, he gives Paprika a smile.] Thanks.

[Around them, the scene is changing - still the plaza, but the snow is fading, the flowers are blooming, the sun is starting to peek out from behind the clouds.]

[byakkoyagirl.livejournal.com]

It isn't just because they're kind people. It's because they care about you. You should get through your head that there are people who genuinely think you're a good person and they have every reason to.