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 Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:50 pm
The meeting hadn't lasted long and neither had the effects of whatever he'd had to drink while sitting on the bleachers waiting to wake up. It had taken shuffling back to his dorm room to rest a little bit longer before he woke up feeling a little bit more like himself again, albeit a slightly stranger version of himself. Even if they didn't ask for reports (c'mon, it was a 98% chance that they would) he would have to sit down at some point and write it all down... Every bit of what he could remember about Wonderland. He left his shoes off this time, although he still pulled his coat on over his pajamas like a robe, crossing down the hall to knock on Inoke's door. He couldn't recall having spotted him at the meeting; didn't really figure that the other hunter wanted to see him, or anyone else for that matter, but he'd at least give it a go. Gotta be neighborly and all. [< Or stupid.>
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:58 pm
He hadn't wanted to see anyone, or himself really, which is why when he'd heard the announcement he'd pulled is blanket up over his head and ignored it. If someone, ie; someone important, noticed he wasn't there they'd probably just give him heavier chores or whatever if it was that important. Otherwise they'd probably just want official reports and he'd get some text or something about when to turn it it.
He wasn't going to want to do that either. That would mean thinking too hard about everything that had happened. That wasn't a pleasant thought.
It was even less pleasant when he heard a knock on his door. Groaning he pulled himself up, tugging his pj pants back into place, and slunk over to the door and pulled it open enough to look out the crack. "... what?"
Seeing Arland on the other side he wasn't quite sure which he wanted to do more, punch him or slam the door in his face.
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:07 pm
He wasn't sure if the one-word greeting was because he'd woken the other up, or if it was because he was still angry at him for prying. He was certain, well, partially certain, that Inoke had gotten over that by the time he had started worrying about him, but...
As he began to think about it he frowned, the look almost alien to a face that almost always had a smile on it. His brows were furrowed and for a moment he looked almost child-like in a vaguely lost, hurt fashion.
The look only lasted for a moment, though, and he'd soon enough put a smile on his face again. "Weird dreams. Just wanted to make sure you'd made..." No, 'made it back' wasn't right as they hadn't gone anywhere. "... You were okay. Lotta people slept like s**t."
<Understatement.>
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:14 pm
He blinked at the other for a moment before reaching up to run a hand though the mess of his hair. "Slept like s**t is an understatement. I'm not even sure that -counted- as sleep. Which is why I was trying to actually get some"
It just hadn't been working. He kept having visions, memories, of wonderland and none of it was of anything pleasant. He doubted anyone who'd been there was really remembering anything pleasant that hadn't been lies cooked up by that AI.
"I'm fine. Just pissed off and tired." Why couldn't it have been that pretty blond from the mirror vision? At least dreaming of him would be nice.
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:27 pm
"Right." He nodded before taking a step back, turning slightly on his feet before glancing back over at the other hunter. "So get some sleep and maybe come find me when you want to talk? I know you don't want to, and I can understand why not, but it isn't good to keep s**t like that... And s**t like what makes us," he gestured to the coat, "bottled up inside. I know if I were you I could use a friend right now... But I'm not, you that is, and that's cool."
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:32 pm
"If you're going to try to butter me up to get me to talk bringing me breakfast when you drag me out of bed works better." Not that he really wanted to talk anyway. Talking about it hadn't ever helped anything.
Sure it would be a little different talking to someone who knew that monsters were real but that didn't change that it wasn't something he liked to remember. No one would want to remember something like that unless they were sick in the head.
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Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:35 pm
He held his hands up, open palmed, ignoring the nagging voice of Tivadar in his head emphasizing how much of a bad idea he'd thought the whole endeavor was from the start. "I wasn't trying to butter you up. I was just letting you know that my room's right over there." He made a gesture towards the door he'd shut before making his way over, shrugging slightly as his hands fell back down to his sides. "I'm too tired to argue. The coffee down in the gym wasn't strong enough and I'm going to need more if they're going to expect reports on this s**t... Like I said, I just wanted to let you know that if you needed a friend you've got one."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:54 am
He bit down on his tongue to stop a rather rude remark from getting past. Being tired and mentally worn out wasn't helping his temper any and for all that 'Land might deserve getting yelled at he was right. He was too tired to do that right now. < Wow, can't be all that worried about you if he's not even trying. Why do you like him again? >He didn't really have an answer for Vi so he ignored her. "Thanks." 'Land was probably just out of it too, give him a day or two and he'd be back to his usual self. He could just some good sleep and push everything back behind the doors it was supposed to stay behind. "Look, Land ..... do you need to talk? I mean, I'm not mad at you. Just mad. If you need to talk that's cool. I mean, that alll was pretty ******** up."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:53 am
"Honestly, man, I... I don't know what I need after that." His fingers swept back over his dreads, hand resting on his head for a moment only to fall back down as he shook it. "Copious amounts of Irish coffee? Drugs? Therapy? A smoke?" He laughed as if making a joke, although the sound was tense and strained enough to carry a bit of the hatter's madness lingering from the dream world in it. "Maybe I just need a cup of tea." He said at last despite knowing it would be a while before he'd be able to make himself drink something like that again, even as someone who preferred it over soft drinks and a number of fruit juices. "I should go find Ceres, or someone else who's been here longer... See if this sort of s**t is normal." His eyes drifted up to the ceiling for a moment before he looked back down to Inoke. "I really did just want to make sure you were ok."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:29 pm
"I don't think normal is a word that applies around here anymore." Not after everything that had happened. "If there was some big assembly for it I doubt it was normal." It was just another ******** up thing to add to their new lives. "Copious amounts of drink and drugs would probably just make it worse. Hallucinations and whatnot." He was okay though. Or as okay as he was going to get any time soon. He wasn't really sure he'd ever be 'okay' again but he could go back to 'good'. "I'm fine, for a given level of fine. But if you want to go over stuff we can do that."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:47 pm
"I want to dig around for one of my sketch books until I can find one that has empty pages and start drawing. I want to drown myself in music... And sleep forever." He laughed again, this time sounding every bit as tired as his eyes made him look. "At the same time I want to stay awake because what if I fall asleep again and what if..." What if I don't wake up? He didn't say it out loud, couldn't bring himself to say it out loud, but the thought lingered in his head and fell to a sickening lump in his stomach. < Obviously that won't happen. I am not going back on a shelf.> Without thinking about it he laughed softly at Tivadar, shaking his head slowly and probably looking more than a little bit crazy again.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 3:52 pm
"What if you go to sleep and it all happenes again ... or you don't get out this time." He murmured. He'd been sleeping like crap since he woke up because of that. Part of him was afraid if he really fell asleep again he'd just end up right back in Wonderland and might not make it out this time. Even Vi's lullabys hadn't helped. "Tividar would probably b***h enough to wake us all up, yea?" Given what Land had told him of how the weapon acted. "Or is he being quiet? cause I can't get Vi to shut up."
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:08 pm
"It was weird, that's for sure... But I honestly don't know what was the weirdest part. I don't know if it was sharing a dreamscape with so many other people, if it was being in Wonderland, of all places... Or if it was..." Dying. Yeah, that was it. That was probably the weirdest part. In any other nightmare he'd had he couldn't ever recall having one in which he died. He'd always woken up before then and this time he hadn't... "He's not usually all that chatty; a bit snarky when the situation calls for it, but not too chatty." He was glad, actually, not having to carry on an internal conversation about the subject with his weapon when part of the problem was that the whole thing had happened within his head.
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:28 pm
"Probably better than the other way." Not that Vi had been rude about it but she kept wanting to make sure he was alright and poking at his headspace where she was allowed. "Vi's not bad ... but she's always liked to talk." He shifted slightly, holding the door a bit further open in case 'Land didn't want to stand in the hallway anymore. "Talking trees were pretty weird ... seeing futures that don't exist was worse though"
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Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 4:42 pm
"See... The trees didn't bother me. I think I was alright up until the whole... Crazy a** MissingNo place." He acknowledged that the other had opened up the door to his room a bit, taking that as a sign that maybe things were okay and there was a chance they might be able to find some semblance of normal. He didn't take the offer, though, instead glancing back over his shoulder to his own dorm room. "... How about we throw some actual clothes on and go find some coffee? I meant what I said about the sketchbook... Might as well get this report started and maybe we can put together a more efficient one if we work on it together?"
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