Dream [009] Lucid Dreaming

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Warnings: None!
Dream Effects: A sense of real happiness

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[scientize]

[Naomi's reply comes quite some time later after she manages to get another hour or so of sleep.]

Hm? [She doesn't completely get what Abel is trying to say.]

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Oh, I see. Something else in common, huh?

[unfearful]

[There's something that strikes Dominic about this dream-not because he'd ever been told those words, as his parents had died too quickly for that. No, it's... probably something he'd say to Anemone, if he had the chance.

Quietly:]

... Who was that man?

[scientize]

[Simply, because what else needs to be said?]

My older brother.

[unfearful]

Foster...?

[Seeing as how they look nothing alike.]

[scientize]

Yes, that's correct. I was orphaned early on and he adopted me.

[chose_death]

[Javert, who hasn't had a chance to view this dream until far later into the day, is quiet and thoughtful for some time, a deep, distracted grimace on his face. His lids are cast toward the floor. Something is bothering him. He cannot quite understand what he is seeing. He muses through his teeth,]

This Frank is the same as that boy with the soldier.

[scientize]

[Naomi's already picked herself up and moved into her lab with her second cup of coffee when Javert finally calls. She answers with a contented smile, looking far more happier than him over the dream.]

Yes, that's correct. I shouldn't be so surprised that you remember him.

[chose_death]

[Javert lifts his eyes to hers, an eyebrow disappearing into his bangs. Considering the look on his face, his posture and tone of voice are exceedingly calm and aloof.]

So? [he prompts her in want of an explanation.]

[scientize]

[Naomi's grin only turns playful at the question. She knows exactly what Javert wants to hear from her, but that doesn't mean she'll just hand it over. When have things ever been so easy with her?]

So what?

[punchesbards]

[ Ezio is currently outside when he sees this, riding around on Santo while he avoids his cottage for a while. Though at the moment he's kind of just stopped in a field in Espoir since he has to hold the dreamberry with his good hand, and hope the horse doesn't shove him off while doing so.

The entire dream is familiar in some sense. He has been told plenty of times to move on with his life, but the process is difficult. He had a family once, a family he'd love to see again if at all possible. Even if the only way he could was in Somarium.

The assassin, while smiling, has underlying distress written on his features. How ironic something like this happened right after a fight with a good friend of his. If Naomi knows him well enough, she might see it, ]

Good morning, bella mia. Sleep well~?

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[Really, Ezio. How could a perceptive woman like Naomi not notice?

Though the dream has put her in a strangely good mood, the woman's happy expression turns the slightest bit concerned for her friend.] More or less, I suppose. But what's bothering you?

[punchesbards]

[ Not as planned. he keeps smiling for her despite that. Just bad timing, Naomi. That's all it is; ]

Bene.-- Me? Nothing really, just started my day on a bit of a sour note. It'll pass.

[scientize]

[Keep smiling all you like, handsome. It isn't working.] I'm no therapist, but you can always talk to me, Ezio. There's nothing I like more than starting my day with a bit of gossip.

[stoicism]

Moving on... [He softly murmurs these words to himself as he looks down to the screen of his Dreamberry, watching the dream as it flickers to a close. He recognizes himself - his future self - quite well by this point. To see Naomi so joyful in the dream though, even as he casts her away is a confounding sight - but perhaps that's what the doctor wanted most of all? The words he spoke, were they what she's longed to hear from him?]

Is that what you must do in order to achieve happiness?

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[And there he is.

Naomi's happy mood continues even as Frank calls her in regards to her dream. It seems quite strange to have him comment so questioningly on something he had indirectly said to her so long ago, but she's already prepared herself for this conversation.]

In most cases, yes, I do believe it is. You can't move on into the future of your life if you are stuck mourning over or obsessing about the past.

[stoicism]

[He pauses for a moment, appearing as though he's considering his words carefully.] Though I am incapable of speaking for my adult self, in the time I have grown to know you here in Somarium, all I have found myself wanting is for you to be happy.

[scientize]

[Of all the things Naomi had expected the young boy to say to her, that most definitely had not been it. She's touched to know he cares that much for her even if their relationship is completely different than the one she remembers. How can the woman even begin to show how much she appreciates hearing those sweet words from him? ]

I'm happy to hear that, Frank. Your happiness is all that I've ever cared about.

[And really, how can she be upset any longer that he's moved out of her home after saying that? It's ridiculous to force the blame on Danny when Frank has always made his own decisions.]