[video] 1. my spirits locked in sleeps and sighs

[hitsuzen_slave]

[the message clicks on, and for a few seconds all you can see is a white shirt, tall grass and hands. the person is breathing hard, probably trying, with litte success, to calm themselves down. they make a distressed sound, low in the throat, before a finger swipes over the camera lens and the user finally points it correctly towards his face:

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[hitsuzen_witch]

[Well, well, well....Look what the cat dragged in....It took you long enough to get here! She chuckles slightly, despite the fact that if the boy is still thinking she'S sending him on a job, it can only mean that he doesn't know what truly happens to her....]

Watanuki-kun! I have told you before. There are dreams that we have when we are awake and those we have when we are asleep. Aren't you awake right now?

[hitsuzen_slave]

[hey! you're here! so this isn't a dream. or maybe it is. who the hell knows anymore; not Wata, at any rate.]

I thought I was, before. But that was a dream as well.

What's happening to me, Yuuko-san?

[hitsuzen_witch]

I can tell you that you are well awake, Watanuki-kun.

[She takes an very serious air before she talks again]

I did not want to tell you so that you wouldn't be alarmed, but I believe you are living something that is going to mark you for life. I believe you are turning into a mouse.

[She stays serious, though her eyes twinkle. Even if they're both lost in this new world, she can't help herself and tease the poor boy]

[hitsuzen_slave]

[if he wasn't snapped out of his funk before, he sure is now.]

A m--YUUKO-SAN! I'm being serious!

[featherlikesnow]

[That's definitely a familiar voice, but not one Kohane was expecting to hear.]

... Kimihiro-kun?

[hitsuzen_slave]

[he just. perks up.]

A-ah--Kohane-chan! You're here as well?

[featherlikesnow]

[It's him, it's really him. Although she has friends in Somarium, she still missed him plenty.]

... Yes. I've been here for almost seven months now.

1/3

[hitsuzen_slave]

Seven months? But I've only just--

[martini_manjuu]

Watanuki~!

[hitsuzen_slave]

You, too? Is everyone else here?

[martini_manjuu]

Mokona just know Mokona, Yuuko, and Kohane-chan. And now Watanuki!

[hitsuzen_slave]

[plaintively] But, Himawari-chaaaaaan~

[ahem, regaining composure.]

But, haha, that idiot Doumeki isn't here to trouble me! A small consolation.

[resonancy]

... In a way, it's possible to consider this something like a dream.

[hitsuzen_slave]

Yuuko-san did say it was like a dream world. But it's not like the ones I'm used to. It's...bigger.

[a sigh] These things are difficult to explain.

[resonancy]

[surprised look]

You mean you're familiar with worlds like this?

[hitsuzen_slave]

I'm used to...travelling. Through dreams.

It's confusing.

[aura_report]

[may or may not be studying that aura of yours over the video]

This is a sort of dream, yes.

[hitsuzen_slave]

[why hello there future bff.]

That's what I'd noticed.

[a pause, as he watches you watching him.]

Yes?

[aura_report]

[caught staring again, at least this is nothing new]

I was just looking at your aura.

[pause]

...You're similar to me. And that girl, Kohane-chan.

[hitsuzen_slave]

[ Watanuki's expression actually softens. Someone who gets it, he likes that. ]

Ah, yes. I see. And you as well...?