14. ( video ) :: dreams and reality

[herbalmedicines]

...Here again?

[Miku's voice is soft over the network, her face concerned. She clasps the communicator in one hand and the red tape in the other.]

The apartments were real... Or...?

Am I dreaming still?

[Her Camera Obscura is missing--that's troubling. It's a sign this isn't a Manor of Sleep dream--but it could be a dream all the same

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[notlikethemovie]

They're painfully real, I should think.

If we were anywhere else, I'd say 'welcome back' but I think I'll refrain this once.

[herbalmedicines]

...I suppose you're right...

Can you tell me if a woman named Rei is here?

[notlikethemovie]

She's not. At least I haven't heard of any new arrivals by that name.

[herbalmedicines]

...Oh. Probably for the best...

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[stormhelm]

... Miku?

[Yes, he's sure that was her name.]

You're not dreaming. Or if you are, we're all having the same dream.

Are you... okay?

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[herbalmedicines]

I'm...surprised. And a bit confused.

...I can't remember your name, I'm sorry.

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[stormhelm]

.... eh? Cloud.

[He's not getting it yet; to him, on the feed, it just looks like you found a slightly more revealing change of clothes.]

Did something happen?

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[herbalmedicines]

Cloud... [She faintly remembers his name.]

...It's been two years since I was here last.

[whatiholddear]

They seem to be real, anyway. That, or this is the most realistic dream I've ever heard of.

[herbalmedicines]

Dreams can be terribly realistic, I've found.

[whatiholddear]

That's true, but you wake up from dreams eventually. Or you're supposed to, anyway. If you don't, something's not right.

[unbearablylong]

Regrettably, the apartments are indeed real.