pc catchall for lup.

[agleam]

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[evocationary]

Ah, jeeze.

[she didn't know alphinaud that well, but. she frowns, and then:] I'm sorry, bud. Can I help? Let's get you cleaned up and maybe I can take a look at your head to make sure it isn't too bad.

[...] I might've had the same dream, actually.

[agleam]

[he nods at that, quiet, but he pauses when she mentions that, surprised.]

What was your dream?

[evocationary]

About a barber who killed people.

[she shoos him off in the direction of her room.]

[agleam]

—Yeah, no, we definitely had different dreams.

[he'd assumed so, but he'll head that way as she shoos him.]

[evocationary]

Oh. Really? What was yours? [???]

[agleam]

[after a second, he gives a small shrug.]</small. Just about some stuff from back home. I would've been pretty surprised if you'd had the same one.

[evocationary]

[immortalizes your html]

Hm. [she watches him for a second.] Well, okay. I guess I won't ask, then, if you don't want to talk about it.

[agleam]

[he hesitates for another moment, weighing what to say, but:]

You can ask if you want to. It's just that it's a long story, and I think it was too personal to have anything to do with what happened to Alphinaud.

[evocationary]

If you wanna tell me, babe, you can. It is a little strange you had a different dream than the rest of us, though.

[agleam]

Yeah. I don't remember Claude or the others mentioning a weird dream, but...

[he isn't really sure that any of them are the type to admit to something like that even if it did happen. anyways.]

I was walking through a forest, and I kept hearing this voice tell me to run, but for some reason I felt like I was just imagining it, and I had to keep calm because someone was waiting for me just ahead. Then I got... attacked by people I recognize, people who are - gone, back home. But it kind of just kept happening over and over again? They'd attack me and I'd wake up at the start of the forest again when it was over.

[evocationary]

... Whaaat the fuck.

[still walking to her room... she'll let him in.]

That sounds kind of like Claude's, actually. Vaguely. Wasn't his having to do with mechanical things that looked like his friends trying to beat him up?

[agleam]

[he'll head in as the door is opened! he pauses.]

Is he scared of machines or something? Not that he needs to be in order to not like having a dream about his friends trying to beat him up, but - I guess every part of mine just felt really personal.

[evocationary]

I don't really remember what he said exactly, seeing as I was hand deep in Cloud's face at the time.

[DON'T JUST SAY IT LIKE THAT]

... I'm sorry, though. That sounds really awful.

[agleam]

...Right. Um. Yeah.

[i love lup so much

he nods, though, after a second.]

Thanks. But... I'll be alright. I'm pretty sure whoever's in charge just wants to freak me out, I'm not going to let them win.

[evocationary]

Probably, yeah. We'll figure out the pattern eventually, but um. Good on you for not letting it get to you.

[she tugs him to the bathroom so she can fuss over his head, though.]

You got bonked, huh? Did you wake up before everybody else, too?

[agleam]

[he nods! and when she starts to check it out, she'll find there's definitely a bump on the side of his head, hidden by his hair.]

I'm pretty sure, yeah. It was completely dark in there, so I couldn't see what was going on at all before I got hit.

[evocationary]

[poor boy!!!]

Oof, that's rough. [she gently takes a towel and starts very gently brushing dirt and debris out of his hair and making sure the bump isn't going to get any worse.] Well, I'm glad you're okay. Sorry the uh, the old RNG got you this week.

[agleam]

...The what?

[teach him your slang]

[evocationary]

Oh, like, uh - random number generator. As in you got randomized.

I don't know if that's what's happening! Just, you know.

[agleam]

Oh, got it.

[......]

Honestly, I might feel a little bit better if it were random.

[evocationary]

Yeah, me too. [she says, tapping his nose.] I hope that it is and it isn't targeted.

[agleam]

[he wrinkles his nose a little after it's booped, but he doesn't look bothered.]

I don't know if any of the others have mentioned it to you, but we had something a little similar at the school. Less extreme, definitely, but two people would wake up in random locations on Friday mornings.

[evocationary]

... Oh, really? [frowny face] Do you know why?

[agleam]

Mm, I don't know what exactly made them get moved outside, but...

[he frowns]

I mentioned before I was part of the group that had to - you know. Um, we had the choice between three people each week, and all three would wind up outside their dorms... But the two we didn't pick would just sleep through it.

[evocationary]

Oh.

[sweats]

Well, fuck. I hope that's not the case here.