Tearful Dream
This was a continuation of another dream, one I couldn't remember everything from until now. The first dream had me as the role of the Producer from Idolmasters. I was raising and training a girl and eventually reached stardom. We were all together on this the whole time and it was a whole lot of fun. Myself, her and our Security Officer, Tokaoka-san. It wasn't until during the end of that dream did all of my other girls that I trained or were training had their contracts and gigs terminated one by one. It was heart shattering for their dreams, all of them. It eventually go so bad that all I had left was the girl I was training. The group we worked for attempted to change her, to change the way we did things and it was having a massive negative impact on her. On all of us three.
During a show where they were announcing everything, I was told the act we originally planned called "The Impatient Princess" was going to be scrapped for something else entirely. Something that wasn't part of our heart and souls. We originally just sucked everything up and prepared to change for it. It was slowly eating away at us until while waiting behind stage with a few things from a competition of fun with the other girls that I realized we couldn't sacrifice who we were just for a profit. This was all backstage of the variety show.
Prior to the show, I was exclaiming my distaste for what was happening to my girls, to my friends. The owner cared not and just left me to my unrest. After a short cheer up by Tokaoka we went over to the show. Finally on the show it was exclaimed that we'd be changing styles and way we do things, making this the first really official announcements. My subordinate seemed completely unsettled by this change, but I came up to her and encouraged her like I always have, telling her that all the information was false and that she's continue doing what she was doing. Even went so far as to announce the title of the new work: "The Impatient Princess" much to the world's surprise. Everyone loved it, everyone except those that supported the Owner.
After when we all attempted to leave we were attacked by people from the company and I knew these were people more loyal towards the Owner then anyone else. Tokaoka stayed behind to hold them off for us as we escaped, much to her and my displeasure. We wanted to stay with him, but couldn't. It was heart wrenching. We couldn't return to our home or return to the office which caused quite a dilemma for us as a Typhoon was suppose to drop later that evening and the rain was just beginning. It wasn't until "Myself" came to give us assistance.
This entire time everything was done from a first person perspective and I have never seen my face in a mirror during it, but I could see that I, wasn't me. Myself was in the world as a fan of me, my work and the girls. He guided us through the streets and away from search parties after us knowing well we didn't do anything wrong. "I" began to explain to us that the world isn't as happy as it seems. While you were doing all this to just keep surviving, a sinister plot in the background to ruin the world was happening. "I" continued to explain that everyone was just being mindlessly lead along until you appeared and began to bring back freedom.
"I" eventually bought us to his "safe" house. "I" continued to explain that while the world outside was filled with clutter and being forced under a cold rule, the other world was free and safer. It was then I realized "I" was talking about online and I knew "I" was right. With our eyes wide open, we realized how dirty and corrupt the world was, but were too blinded by the shine to notice or our own ignorance. "I" decided to leave her in "My" care. He understood and said he'd try to save the other girls. She didn't want me to go, but I told her to keep practicing with a smile.
Leaving her behind I went out and drove directly back to headquarters and ascended to meet the owner. He congratulated me on not running and such and prepared to offer me power in order to just follow this and make the world... make the world just like his. I said no and he attempted to restrain me and capture me. It was then "Myself" and Tokaoka appeared to save my hide. Knowing it was futile to stay we all ran, it wasn't until we arrived at "My" safe house did we discover things weren't a good as we thought. The Safe house was destroyed and my girl was missing. With the storm hitting soon we went and hid at one of "My" companions homes as I sat mourning my failure to protect her.
I soon called her, just as a chance, no matter how slim and surprising she answered! She told me that she had to leave, she needed to disappear for my safety as well as those she loves. Eyes filled with tears and the sobbing of her voice she hung up the phone with a "Sayonara" and right then my heart sake. It wasn't until a week later did I notice things wrong with town even more so. All news of my girls and myself had disappeared from the world, everyone had forgotten our existence and it scared me. I went to places which I knew my other girls were at and they weren't there anymore. Places I knew were owned by my friends and friends of those girls had been replaced. It was as if the world had turned against us and succumbed to the oppression. It wasn't until "I" came up and explained things.
Calmly he spoke, "Memory is Time and Time is Memory, Producer. The people are forgetting cause they no longer have the time or memory to do so. Without their memories it's almost as if they didn't exist. Only people who do remember are us and those I'm with. Even Tokaoka is having trouble, but he's trying to hold on. He was hurt by them badly, but he's holding on to every fleeting moment with all he can. All he can remember for certain is you, but not the girls he loved to protect so much. They're not "gone" yet... but because we're the only ones remember, those that are outside the system... they're slowly disappearing." It was here I began to panic. I grabbed "Myself" and shouted, I wanted to know what I could do. What was there I CAN do. From the side of my vision though I saw the girl who left. She was passing out fliers with a fake and forced smile. Eventually some thugs knocked the flyers out of her hands and walked off laughing as she fell back, full of tears.
I was prepared to run to her, but was stopped by "Myself" as I looked angrily at him he spoke, "We can't help her right now... she doesn't even know we exist. "They" got to her and changed her... watch, look." As he said that she sadly picked up each flier again and walked over towards us asking if we wanted a flier to this new show. I sadly agreed and for a moment she seemed to lighten up, but after continued on with a forced smile. "She doesn't remember us Producer. We can't help her right now... c'mon... we need to..." My heart sank as tears began to roll from my eyes.
It was around this time I really woke up, with tears. I wiped my eyes, but they kept flowing. I realized soon after I was fully awake and I began to cry even more. I didn't want to wake up, I desperately tried to return to sleep saying in my head, "No! I can't leave it like that! I need to help! I need to finish it! I can't just disappear half finished! They still need me!" It wasn't until the third round of tears did I give up and rush quickly to my computer to write it all down. I can't forget this one... I can't. I'll come back to this world, I... I need to save them... It'll be too heart wrenching if I didn't...
During a show where they were announcing everything, I was told the act we originally planned called "The Impatient Princess" was going to be scrapped for something else entirely. Something that wasn't part of our heart and souls. We originally just sucked everything up and prepared to change for it. It was slowly eating away at us until while waiting behind stage with a few things from a competition of fun with the other girls that I realized we couldn't sacrifice who we were just for a profit. This was all backstage of the variety show.
Prior to the show, I was exclaiming my distaste for what was happening to my girls, to my friends. The owner cared not and just left me to my unrest. After a short cheer up by Tokaoka we went over to the show. Finally on the show it was exclaimed that we'd be changing styles and way we do things, making this the first really official announcements. My subordinate seemed completely unsettled by this change, but I came up to her and encouraged her like I always have, telling her that all the information was false and that she's continue doing what she was doing. Even went so far as to announce the title of the new work: "The Impatient Princess" much to the world's surprise. Everyone loved it, everyone except those that supported the Owner.
After when we all attempted to leave we were attacked by people from the company and I knew these were people more loyal towards the Owner then anyone else. Tokaoka stayed behind to hold them off for us as we escaped, much to her and my displeasure. We wanted to stay with him, but couldn't. It was heart wrenching. We couldn't return to our home or return to the office which caused quite a dilemma for us as a Typhoon was suppose to drop later that evening and the rain was just beginning. It wasn't until "Myself" came to give us assistance.
This entire time everything was done from a first person perspective and I have never seen my face in a mirror during it, but I could see that I, wasn't me. Myself was in the world as a fan of me, my work and the girls. He guided us through the streets and away from search parties after us knowing well we didn't do anything wrong. "I" began to explain to us that the world isn't as happy as it seems. While you were doing all this to just keep surviving, a sinister plot in the background to ruin the world was happening. "I" continued to explain that everyone was just being mindlessly lead along until you appeared and began to bring back freedom.
"I" eventually bought us to his "safe" house. "I" continued to explain that while the world outside was filled with clutter and being forced under a cold rule, the other world was free and safer. It was then I realized "I" was talking about online and I knew "I" was right. With our eyes wide open, we realized how dirty and corrupt the world was, but were too blinded by the shine to notice or our own ignorance. "I" decided to leave her in "My" care. He understood and said he'd try to save the other girls. She didn't want me to go, but I told her to keep practicing with a smile.
Leaving her behind I went out and drove directly back to headquarters and ascended to meet the owner. He congratulated me on not running and such and prepared to offer me power in order to just follow this and make the world... make the world just like his. I said no and he attempted to restrain me and capture me. It was then "Myself" and Tokaoka appeared to save my hide. Knowing it was futile to stay we all ran, it wasn't until we arrived at "My" safe house did we discover things weren't a good as we thought. The Safe house was destroyed and my girl was missing. With the storm hitting soon we went and hid at one of "My" companions homes as I sat mourning my failure to protect her.
I soon called her, just as a chance, no matter how slim and surprising she answered! She told me that she had to leave, she needed to disappear for my safety as well as those she loves. Eyes filled with tears and the sobbing of her voice she hung up the phone with a "Sayonara" and right then my heart sake. It wasn't until a week later did I notice things wrong with town even more so. All news of my girls and myself had disappeared from the world, everyone had forgotten our existence and it scared me. I went to places which I knew my other girls were at and they weren't there anymore. Places I knew were owned by my friends and friends of those girls had been replaced. It was as if the world had turned against us and succumbed to the oppression. It wasn't until "I" came up and explained things.
Calmly he spoke, "Memory is Time and Time is Memory, Producer. The people are forgetting cause they no longer have the time or memory to do so. Without their memories it's almost as if they didn't exist. Only people who do remember are us and those I'm with. Even Tokaoka is having trouble, but he's trying to hold on. He was hurt by them badly, but he's holding on to every fleeting moment with all he can. All he can remember for certain is you, but not the girls he loved to protect so much. They're not "gone" yet... but because we're the only ones remember, those that are outside the system... they're slowly disappearing." It was here I began to panic. I grabbed "Myself" and shouted, I wanted to know what I could do. What was there I CAN do. From the side of my vision though I saw the girl who left. She was passing out fliers with a fake and forced smile. Eventually some thugs knocked the flyers out of her hands and walked off laughing as she fell back, full of tears.
I was prepared to run to her, but was stopped by "Myself" as I looked angrily at him he spoke, "We can't help her right now... she doesn't even know we exist. "They" got to her and changed her... watch, look." As he said that she sadly picked up each flier again and walked over towards us asking if we wanted a flier to this new show. I sadly agreed and for a moment she seemed to lighten up, but after continued on with a forced smile. "She doesn't remember us Producer. We can't help her right now... c'mon... we need to..." My heart sank as tears began to roll from my eyes.
It was around this time I really woke up, with tears. I wiped my eyes, but they kept flowing. I realized soon after I was fully awake and I began to cry even more. I didn't want to wake up, I desperately tried to return to sleep saying in my head, "No! I can't leave it like that! I need to help! I need to finish it! I can't just disappear half finished! They still need me!" It wasn't until the third round of tears did I give up and rush quickly to my computer to write it all down. I can't forget this one... I can't. I'll come back to this world, I... I need to save them... It'll be too heart wrenching if I didn't...