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bravenewworld2014-10-23 11:28 pm
a_gentle_boy) wrote in bravenewworld2014-10-23 11:28 pm
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[Scenario One]
[At last, he's managed to pop back into the Real World long enough to get some sleep... And of course, the dreams start right up like clockwork. As with many others, the first is a nightmare.
The scene is a burning forest at night. Clouds of smoke billow through the air, trees are hellishly crackling and disintegrating, and the occasional monstrous roar echoes through the night. There is a sense of grave danger... Though it's too dark to see, out in the night, there seems to be a faint silhouette of something enormous and monstrous... and two glinting lights as of eyes.
The scene is strange, though, like watching a film. It blurs suddenly, and focuses now on three people running as quickly as they can through the burning forest. A redheaded boy is in front; behind him is someone with an identical face but blonde hair, perhaps recognizable... There isn't much time to process the scene before the blonde boy trips and falls; he is quickly grabbed by a woman behind him in a red dress and pushed forward.]
Run, run!
[The two boys run. The scene lingers briefly on the woman as she halts... slowly grabbing a burning stick and turning around. But the 'camera' swings now to follow the boys. They run without speech. There is no time or energy to do anything but dash through the forest and pant breathlessly. Trees collapse around them; the fire licks at their heels, but still they run...
A scream suddenly echoes through the night, but it cuts off quickly.]
Mom!!
[The boy with red hair whirls around.]
Where's Mom?! She was right behind us!
I-I don't know...
Mom! Mom!
[With reckless abandon, the redheaded boy screams and runs backwards the way they had came. The other boy doesn't move, too frightened to do anything but collapse to his knees and scream.]
No - Claus! Claaaaaaaus!
[The scene of the forest suddenly freezes in place... before abruptly crumpling into nothing, leaving Lucas kneeling in an empty, pitch black void. His breathing is heavy and his eyes are brimming with tears as he stares down at his knees and continues to call.]
Claus...! Mom! Don't go...
They're gone. They're gone. It's all... because of me...
[Scenario Two]
[The second, in contrast, is pure bliss. A field of sunflowers stretches as far as the eye can see, bright and beautiful. The sky is cool blue, with the occasional perfect puffy cloud drifting by... It's almost too idyllic.
Laughter can be heard in the distance, with the occasional echoing voice.]
Claus! Don't run too far!
I just want to see the edge...! Lucas, are you coming?
[There is no response from Lucas. He is lying down in the middle of the field, facing up towards the sky with his arms crossed behind his head and a light smile on his face. Around him flicker the ghosts of three people... The woman with the brown hair is the most consistent, kneeling down beside Lucas or taking his head in her lap, though she, too, slowly fades whenever anyone comes near enough for Lucas to take notice.]
Ah...
[It seems as if he is properly lucid in this dream, as he will greet anyone who appears.]
[At last, he's managed to pop back into the Real World long enough to get some sleep... And of course, the dreams start right up like clockwork. As with many others, the first is a nightmare.
The scene is a burning forest at night. Clouds of smoke billow through the air, trees are hellishly crackling and disintegrating, and the occasional monstrous roar echoes through the night. There is a sense of grave danger... Though it's too dark to see, out in the night, there seems to be a faint silhouette of something enormous and monstrous... and two glinting lights as of eyes.
The scene is strange, though, like watching a film. It blurs suddenly, and focuses now on three people running as quickly as they can through the burning forest. A redheaded boy is in front; behind him is someone with an identical face but blonde hair, perhaps recognizable... There isn't much time to process the scene before the blonde boy trips and falls; he is quickly grabbed by a woman behind him in a red dress and pushed forward.]
Run, run!
[The two boys run. The scene lingers briefly on the woman as she halts... slowly grabbing a burning stick and turning around. But the 'camera' swings now to follow the boys. They run without speech. There is no time or energy to do anything but dash through the forest and pant breathlessly. Trees collapse around them; the fire licks at their heels, but still they run...
A scream suddenly echoes through the night, but it cuts off quickly.]
Mom!!
[The boy with red hair whirls around.]
Where's Mom?! She was right behind us!
I-I don't know...
Mom! Mom!
[With reckless abandon, the redheaded boy screams and runs backwards the way they had came. The other boy doesn't move, too frightened to do anything but collapse to his knees and scream.]
No - Claus! Claaaaaaaus!
[The scene of the forest suddenly freezes in place... before abruptly crumpling into nothing, leaving Lucas kneeling in an empty, pitch black void. His breathing is heavy and his eyes are brimming with tears as he stares down at his knees and continues to call.]
Claus...! Mom! Don't go...
They're gone. They're gone. It's all... because of me...
[Scenario Two]
[The second, in contrast, is pure bliss. A field of sunflowers stretches as far as the eye can see, bright and beautiful. The sky is cool blue, with the occasional perfect puffy cloud drifting by... It's almost too idyllic.
Laughter can be heard in the distance, with the occasional echoing voice.]
Claus! Don't run too far!
I just want to see the edge...! Lucas, are you coming?
[There is no response from Lucas. He is lying down in the middle of the field, facing up towards the sky with his arms crossed behind his head and a light smile on his face. Around him flicker the ghosts of three people... The woman with the brown hair is the most consistent, kneeling down beside Lucas or taking his head in her lap, though she, too, slowly fades whenever anyone comes near enough for Lucas to take notice.]
Ah...
[It seems as if he is properly lucid in this dream, as he will greet anyone who appears.]
Scenario two
Oh gosh, excuse me. [He rubs his nose with his index finger while walking into the middle of the field.]
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...They don't seem to actually come down.
Lucas will sit up with eyes opened wide and blink slightly in alarm at this intrusion.]
Oh. Ah. ...Bless you.
[The ghosts of his family have vanished entirely with this introduction from Goten.]
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Wait, there's someone talking.] Thanks! Though, um, sorry about your flowers.
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It's fine. I can always just make more.
[In the space of about ten seconds, another patch of sunflowers buds out from the ground and rapidly shoots upwards - though an empty space is between Goku and Lucas now.]
...Do you want to watch the clouds with me?
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Oh gosh, WHERE DID THOSE SUNFLOWERS COME FROM? The sudden growth of another patch caught him off guard, but at the same time, Goten's amazed.] Oh wow! That's really cool.
[Watch the clouds?] Sure! It sounds like fun!
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Um...
You look a lot like someone I know already...
Are you related to Mr. Goku?
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At the mention of Goku though, he turns his head to look at Lucas.] Yeah! He's my dad!
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[He's a little surprised. Goku seemed pretty young to have a kid this age.]
It must be a lot of fun having him as a dad... He seems really nice.
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He's the best! But he's not home very often. [Then again, neither is Goten.]
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My dad, too. I used to not see him for days because he was out in the woods taking care of things...
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Oh? Is your dad a ranger too?
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...He used to be. We... actually lived out in the forest. It was my mom and dad's job to keep an outpost going there.
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That's what I wanna do, explore! Maybe I can meet some really strong people out there! [And be friends with them.] What about you?
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[Lucas smiles.]
But... sometimes I feel like it's better for me to stay in the city. Most of my abilities are for healing... so the doctors would like me to help if I can.
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Right. I work in the Medical Center sometimes already, too... mostly as a student. There's still a lot to learn.
[He gazes out across the field.]
Sometimes I really do want to see what's out there, though. We've already uncovered so much we never even knew about just a year ago...
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Me too! But everyone says it's too dangerous. [At least, his mother does.] I dunno what they're worried about, since I'm really strong, and I can take care of myself! Plus I'll have my friends with me. [But if Lucas wants to see what's out there too, wait a minute!]
Oh, that gives me an idea! [Goten hops up and turns to Lucas.] We both wanna see what's out there, right? So maybe we can go on an adventure together! Maybe we can find something the grownups can't find! [This sounds like a wonderful idea.]
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I'd like that...
But, um. You'd have to make sure your parents are OK with it. I wouldn't want Mr. Goku thinking I'd kidnapped you or anything...
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Oh boy, we're gonna go out and find something totally cool! It's gonna be so awesome!
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[If he actually got permission, he'd probably just take Goten to the Mountains or something so he wasn't in any serious danger, but it would be fun going out of the city again...]
Have you ever been outside before at all?
((Heya! Just a note that I'll be out of town on business tomorrow through Wednesday, so I apologize in advance for the lack of tags!))
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((\o That's fine!~ I'd say have fun, though I'm not sure how much fun you can have while out on business. >w>;))
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The only thing cool I've found in the forest was this stone that had a Spiritomb in it!
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...Spiri...tomb?
[Wow he'd never seen anything like that in the forest.]
Is it... a nice Spiritomb?
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