Fifteenth Flame - Video - Mister Sandman

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[Oh, thought bubbles. The source of much woe and annoyance throughout Vatheon. But this could be Lea's chance! Maybe it would show that beneath it all, he's really a bright young man who simply has large ambitions, an equally large heart, and lots of energy.

Or not.

The feed opens up with Alex the red chocobo chick pecking lightly at the screen. He

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[boundbynaught]

[Even after all that's happened and Lea's woken up, guess who's still staring at this thing, trying to figure it all out?]

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[After everything is cleared away and Lea is awake, he finally comes back to answer the feed.]

L-Listen, I'm a teenager, I can dream whatever the hell I wanna dream.

[He's put himself in a corner. Literally. Fuck you, bubble, you aren't allowed to feature in the video.]

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[boundbynaught]

[Yeah his face is kinda stuck like this and his bubble is firmly fixed in a ? position. Although now an eyebrow quirks at Lea.]

... Why? I mean... [His brows knit together, then he reaches out to push a button.]

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No, I guess that's pretty much it. Why?

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What the hell does that mean?

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I'm not saying it's a bad thing or a good thing or anything, alright!

I just don't get what the point is.

[[Prepubescence, he has it.]]

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...Wait. What point?

...Are we talking about the shark? Listen, I don't know what was up with the shark, but it just kinda happened. That's dreams for ya.

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Not the shark, everything after the shark!

It just looks... not fun to me, I guess.

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[Apologies in advance, Rep, but Lea's 'asshole' button has just been pushed. Really, he's just desperate for a chance at getting way from his own embarrassment.]

Aaaaw, it's okay, man! One day, you'll stop being a little kid and realize what grown ups do.

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[boundbynaught]

[Ahahaha that kind of asshole button he knows how to deal with.]

So grown ups spend all their time licking each other? Yeah right.

[His bubble has other plans to deflate his bluffing bravado, though: 'Not that I'll live long enough to be a grown up, probably.' ]

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Oh, Rara, Rara, Rara. You just don't know about the adult world. Erogenous zones, man, look 'em up-

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[Wait-]

What the hell is that about?

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[He tries to shift so the bubbles out of frame - only gets about halfway. It's not enough to conceal the '!!!' it temporarily displays.]

Nothing.

[Half-viewable, though, is him laying on the ground as he's disappearing into the darkness.]

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Want to know what's 'nothing'?

[He puts his hands up and cups them around an imaginary ball.]

All the crap between my hands? That's nothing. That? [He jabs a finger at the screen, in the direction of the bubble.] Is something.

Spill.

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[His bubble first provides: 'Definitely too much like Sora.' alongside an insistently speaking face.

He tries the silent treatment again, but it only replays the scene, zoomed out this time to include Riku standing nearby. So now he's sure what Lea saw.]

... Me, disappearing into the darkness. 21 days ago.

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...Well, it won't happen here. Dead people come back to life all the time- they even arrive here when they're supposed to be dead!

It's a second chance.

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[boundbynaught]

That's what Ven said too. He doesn't know I died, though.

It's still hard to think I have much of a future. You get to think about... grown up stuff, or whatever; you're lucky.