Palace Game 6/3

[fujimaru]

The Dreamer In The Grand Temple
Humanity Foundation Value: ????

What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

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[eggstinction]

[CHIRP CHIRP CHIRPCHIRPCHIRPCHIRP]

Ritsuka!

[fujimaru]

[ She makes a sleepy little cranky noise, rolling to smoosh her face more into the pillows. ]

[eggstinction]

[goes to the bed to crouch on the floor next to it and pat her back]

Ritsuka, it is time to get up.

[fujimaru]

[ She whines a little, lifting an arm to bat at him, clumsily, her aim off because her eyes are still closed. ]

C'monnnnn... five more minutes...

[eggstinction]

Five more minutes.

[there's a quiet clicking as moon starts counting his fingers ten times over]

[fujimaru]

[ Thanks, Moon, you're one of her favorites.

She's under again while he waits, though she does roll and curl up a little closer in his direction. ]

[eggstinction]

[takes her hand to hold it. and so she can't bap him again when the five minutes are up.]

Now it is time to get up.

[fujimaru]

[ Her fingers curl in his, flexing a little, like a cat's paw. But when he says that, she finally squints her eyes open, peering at him. ]

...??

[eggstinction]

[thumping his tail on the floor like a dog that's noticed its person is looking at them]

We need to put this ornament back where it goes and you need to get up.

[fujimaru]

...Moon?

[ Why are you in her room, she doesn't get to say, because she looks around and realizes that she does not recognize where she is at all. ]

Uh. What did I miss?

[eggstinction]

You missed not a lot, but also a lot. Something went wrong and caused your consciousness and a few others' to retreat inside yourselves while your possessions took the forefront. But Akira's partner, Fran, gave us a way to go and help you back out again.

[fujimaru]

My--oh jeeze--

[ She tries to sit up without letting go of Moon's hand or the globe she's been holding. ]

--Did he do anything stupid? I'm sorry if he was a jerk.

[eggstinction]

[puts out a couple hands to help her up]

He made your eyes bleed when he was making a throne for himself... I do not know if they will be sore when you wake up. But he was helpful in telling us where to find you.

[fujimaru]

Ehhh, bleeding eyes is probably the least he could've done. My body's not really suited for magic on his level.

[ She is GETTING UP NOW, though she is pretty wobbly at first. ]

...he told you where to find me?

[eggstinction]

He has a temple here. He opened a portal from there to this room.

[fujimaru]

He...

[ She looks around the room again, and her face does an extremely complicated series of expressions before it settles into a vaguely blank confusion. ]

...I see... I guess there's much worse places he could've put me.

[eggstinction]

Yes, some of the places I passed on the way here were not so nice…

[looking around like wait shit actually does this room have an exit, is there a door or do we gotta backtrack]

[fujimaru]

Ehh, is that so... I don't know what they've done to this place, I just live it most of the time.

[ There is A door, which is where she begins to toddle towards. ]

[eggstinction]

[follows after her, putting a hand on her back for support]

I would not know either. I am a dream, but not this kind.

[fujimaru]

Usually in things like this, I'm the one visiting someone else...

[ She's mostly steady, but she is not above using his support. It's nice of him to do. ]

[eggstinction]

You have done something like this before?

[fujimaru]

With my Servants, yeah. They don't dream, but they do--remember things? There's this whole mind meld thing that happens. I only kind of get the details.

[eggstinction]

It sounds very intimate...

Do you know if you will wake up once we put that ornament back?

[fujimaru]

That's just what it's like... but I have no idea! Let's find out.

[ Through the door they go! ]