12th Combo - [Video]

[redcladidealist]

Damn it, I think Zelos is in a sleep coma again. He's not the only one, either. Colette's still asleep- [At least that's what he thinks. He's a little out of the loop, completely unaware that he'd been in a sleep coma, too.] -and Dino was in one, and Zack's friend, and other people. It's like they're contagious or something

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[soulsymmetrical]

...Hm. I knew sleep comas were relatively "common," but you've brought up an interesting observation.

[redcladidealist]

Yeah. I mean, I've heard of people going into comas because they got hurt, but nobody I know who's been in a sleep coma got hurt, so it's gotta be something else.

[soulsymmetrical]

The reason for these sleep comas has yet to be determined, and for all we know it could be random coincidence.

[thinking.]

However this is a dream world...

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd frowns. He still doesn't really get how that's supposed to work. All of this... a dream? A little of his confusion, and perhaps a little skepticism, creeps into his voice.]

You think we might sleep more because we're already supposed to be asleep?

[soulsymmetrical]

I'm not sure. The fact that we're sleeping to begin with is strange enough if this were just a literal dream world.

[muses.]

I recall someone doing a survey about sleep comas, but I'll have to go through the archives to find out who.

[redcladidealist]

A literal dream world? What other kind is there?

[Ugh, research. Lloyd is more than happy to leave that in this guy's hands, especially since it means using the Dreamberry, which he's still not all that great at.]

That's a good idea. Maybe there's a clue we can use to figure out how to cure it.

[soulsymmetrical]

Instead of a world existing within dreams, this could be a completely different world-just like how my world is different from yours.

A simpler way to put it is try to imagine if everyone arrived in your world instead.

If that is the case, then we're not merely dreaming-we are actually living in this world some way or another.

[redcladidealist]

Oh! Yeah, that's what I'd been thinking. I've been to another world before, and it definitely wasn't a dream. I thought you meant another kind of dream world that wasn't literal.

[soulsymmetrical]

What I meant was-[sigh. now he's getting himself confused.] Nevermind. We seem to be on the same page.

[still there was something that had intrigued him.]

But you've been to another world?

[redcladidealist]

Yes. My world is connected to another world called Tethe'alla. That was where I was before I came here. Well, sort of. I was trying to get back to Sylvarant, so I guess you could say I was in between. [He scratches the back of his neck.] Or something like that. I don't really get how it works.

[soulsymmetrical]

[pause.]

So when you arrived into Somarium, you were traveling between the two worlds?

[redcladidealist]

[He nods.] I went through a Gate that was supposed to take me home, but it brought me here instead.

[soulsymmetrical]

A gate? [that's really making him think.]

How exactly did this gate work?

[redcladidealist]

Uh...

[...totally asking the wrong person.]

I didn't really get it, but it was a Gate that opened each month when it was a night with a full moon. There were big rocks with angelic writing and the Gate just appeared.

[soulsymmetrical]

...Hm...

And you used this Gate to travel between worlds. [though it was pretty clear he was talking to the wrong person about this.]

I don't suppose there's someone else from your world who would know more about it?

[redcladidealist]

Yeah.

[Lloyd thinks about that for a moment. Raine would have been the best one to ask, but she's not here. Of the people who were here from his world...]

I'm not sure. Maybe Sheena, since she's traveled from Tethe'alla before. And... maybe Mithos?

[That last name is added very hesitantly. He's not sure what Mithos knows, but if he really is four thousand years old...]

Sheena Fujibayashi and Mithos Yggdrasill.