[Day 69] Morning - Public Channel

[steadydollypegs]

Anybody ever had a dream about dyin'? But it feels so real that it's less like a dream and more like... a memory? An' it's not you dyin', it's somebody else, but yer seein' it like it's you.

[That is so specific Doll. Surely nobody has had this same experience. There's some awkward tense air before she continues.]

Normally I don' dream much, but this was right unsett'lin. Couldn' sleep much after.

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[steadydollypegs]

It... it was ice, yeah. Def'nitely ice. Dunno why I wasn' dressed fer ice, seems a bit foolish now that I think about it.

Anyway. She jus' told me ta 'survive', but I didn' much like that. I wanted ta help. [Apparently she shared that with whoever this was in her dream.] I saw somebody move down a darker tunnel, so instead'a goin' down the lighter, warmer one, I followed the shadowy-figg'r.

[prazerbutterfly]

Dreams don't always make sense but say for a moment they did, it would likely be because one was in a hurry or they didn't expect ice. Then again, men have done more foolish things out of self pride.

[He's not giving advice because he's listening. He wants her to talk it out. To feel better.] Because it was important, or because you felt you had to or wanted to?

[steadydollypegs]

...all that. [It's a strange realization.] It felt like... my whole life depended on findin' this person. But I also wanted ta do it. Fer myself and fer her.

And as I followed her, the walls... they were all shadowy too. Like there were... people in 'em. Tryin' ta get out.

[prazerbutterfly]

[Again, he's listening like a good boy. He knows Joker and her haven't been on the best of terms lately because he's a stalker. Except a lot of this sounds out of the ordinary.]

Sounds important. Whoever she was that is. Your whole world, in her case. Is that how you were 'dying' as you put it? Did you die for her?

[steadydollypegs]

No... [She shudders, but holds the sound in. Just remembering the images of what happened to her are enough to make her skin crawl.]

I found her, sealed in the ice. I tried so hard ta get her out before she died, but she just... fell apart into ash. I took a moment, grievin' and regrettin' I didn' get there sooner, then I turned 'round an'--

[Doll swallows.]

There was a spear 'a ice through my chest.

[prazerbutterfly]

[Normally he wouldn't press her but she seems hellbent on talking and Tyki obliges with a faint hum of his voice when she responds.]

Are you going to be alright? Is there someone with you right now? [It's all he knows to really say.] I hope since it was a dream you didn't experience any pain.

[steadydollypegs]

It wasn' painful, no, but... [But it scared the bejeezus out of her. Brought up bad memories, too. All things told maybe it was silly that she felt so shaken by this dream when she hadn't been hurt.]

...I don' know, maybe I'm bein' too soft.

Naw, nobody's with me now, I'm jus' takin' a rest in my tent.

[prazerbutterfly]

There's nothing wrong with being a little soft after a frightening experience. Even adults get scared, little princess. Death isn't something someone so young should experience so early yet it happens.

I can come over if you want. Or you can come here with us tonight or even for an afternoon nap. It's just Mister Rhys and Mister Strange in my tent. Plenty of room. There isn't any need for any of us to be awake during this break.