[IC] Post-braindive Post!

[fulltimeheroine]

[Wow, those dreams sure were trippy. Let's talk about that.]

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[copyrightabuse]

At first, I wasn't able to recognize that it was you.

[fulltimeheroine]

Why? What happened?

[copyrightabuse]

Because... I wasn't able to get very close.

[fulltimeheroine]

...Let me guess: you died in that dream.

[copyrightabuse]

Eh—? How did...

[fulltimeheroine]

The rare-type's special ability has two aspects: a shield of "divine protection," and what you saw, the goddess of destruction. Special Abilities in our world are determined by genetics, but powered by one's life force... While the first aspect stops it, the second absorbs it.

[copyrightabuse]

Then, what I dreamed was...

[fulltimeheroine]

What could happen, if I am not careful.

The last time it happened, I had remembered something extremely traumatic. I nearly killed my friends.

[copyrightabuse]

[have a deep bow in apology]

I'm sorry... for viewing something I shouldn't have.

[fulltimeheroine]

Please, do not apologize.

You have every right to know about that.

[copyrightabuse]

Still, it was without your knowing and without your consent. So for that much at least, allow me to apologize.

[fulltimeheroine]

Camp is more to blame than you.

[copyrightabuse]

That was Camp's doing?

[fulltimeheroine]

It makes sense, does it not? Neither you nor I have the ability to read minds or view dreams, and influence from an individual in camp would not work on me.

Camp is the only thing that makes sense.

[copyrightabuse]

Ah... yes.

[fulltimeheroine]

So do not be so quick to blame yourself.

[copyrightabuse]

[he nods, slowly]

Um... Is there anything I can do for you?

[fulltimeheroine]

Talk to me about what you saw.

If you have any questions, I want to answer them.

[copyrightabuse]

Are you sure? It was... well...

[fulltimeheroine]

I am.

[copyrightabuse]

[He fills her in on the dream, from the warehouse to the forest where he met the little girl, the dragonflies, and how that all melted away. And finally, what happened when he was finally able to reach Sakura at the end... He speaks slowly, in part because he was trying to remember the sequence of events and in part because he wanted to be as delicate as he could, considering that there seems to be some sort of reality to this dream he witnessed.]

[fulltimeheroine]

I see. You went the same way as Ayumu-kun and Maka-chan.

[copyrightabuse]

Th-... The same way?

[fulltimeheroine]

They had dreams similar to yours, and what everyone saw at the ends was... something that can happen to me. It is brought on by extreme trauma, and thus highly unlikely to occur here, but it is still a possibility. I lose all understanding of the concepts of good and evil, holding as little regard for human life as a toddler playing with bugs. I will drain the lives of whoever gets too close. That is the dark aspect of my ability.

[copyrightabuse]

So that's... also part of your power.