[Yeah. That's what he thought. This is... if they assume Crimson is creating some form of Disturbance, then this is another layer to it. That explains why the other ones had multiple difference scenes, yet they'd only seen one from Crimson thus far.]
[Zeke rises from his crouch, lifting up his sword as he does with a slight tremble in the blade betraying his sudden nerves. No one would call him a coward, and perhaps some suspect he has no idea what fear is (or common sense)... but the sudden instinctual fear hits deep and hard, right in the solar plexus of the soul, knocking free its metaphorical breath before Chaosbringer can even bring up a defense.]
Ai-Doll. We need to get through a door or we need to wake up. Now. Your choice.
[Legend though she may be, she isn't Indestructible.]
[ It almost feels like a blow to the stomach. The searing gaze of something that shouldn't be looking at them — it's heavy enough that she feels half crushed, her breath all rushing out of her. This trip has already been strange enough as it is but now she's got the feeling they're stumbling even further than they'd initially planned.
Proceed or retreat. Push forward or wake up.
She swallows hard and pulls in a shallow breath so she can force her voice to stay steady when she answers. ]
Right now? We wake up. We have no idea what's on the other side of any of these doors even if we could get them open. We need to come back with a plan.
[Damn it. Of course she'd chosen the one he didn't want. Chaosbringer knows they've opened the doors, somehow, and one option as to what's on the other side at least. And even if he didn't, he'd charge ahead rather than be balked.]
[But he'd given her the choice, because he has no right to drag her into danger purely because he's a stubborn muttonhead, and he's going to respect that.]
[He jerks his head in a quick nod.] Do it. I'll cover you just in case something's weird, then follow you.
[And once again, he will absolutely do so. The first time he says that and doesn't follow through is the last time anyone will trust him.]
[ Ai-Doll stays just long enough to give him a firm nod before she vanishes back to the Waking World.
In the moment Chaosbringer is left alone, all that focus zeroes in on him. It's an absolutely crushing pressure, like something is descending out of the sky to get a closer look at him.
[ It takes too long. Much, much longer than it should. It feels like trying to swim through treacle. Usually intent is all it takes to whisk a Dreamer back to wakefulness but this time...
For a second, it almost feels like something is trying to drag him back. To close his eyes and keep him sleeping forever. But just as he's starting to get really, truly worried...
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[Zeke rises from his crouch, lifting up his sword as he does with a slight tremble in the blade betraying his sudden nerves. No one would call him a coward, and perhaps some suspect he has no idea what fear is (or common sense)... but the sudden instinctual fear hits deep and hard, right in the solar plexus of the soul, knocking free its metaphorical breath before Chaosbringer can even bring up a defense.]
Ai-Doll. We need to get through a door or we need to wake up. Now. Your choice.
[Legend though she may be, she isn't Indestructible.]
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Proceed or retreat. Push forward or wake up.
She swallows hard and pulls in a shallow breath so she can force her voice to stay steady when she answers. ]
Right now? We wake up. We have no idea what's on the other side of any of these doors even if we could get them open. We need to come back with a plan.
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[But he'd given her the choice, because he has no right to drag her into danger purely because he's a stubborn muttonhead, and he's going to respect that.]
[He jerks his head in a quick nod.] Do it. I'll cover you just in case something's weird, then follow you.
[And once again, he will absolutely do so. The first time he says that and doesn't follow through is the last time anyone will trust him.]
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In the moment Chaosbringer is left alone, all that focus zeroes in on him. It's an absolutely crushing pressure, like something is descending out of the sky to get a closer look at him.
Does he leave? ]
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[...plus he's legit scared, but he'll never admit that.]
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The bad news is... ]
EXCURSION END
For a second, it almost feels like something is trying to drag him back. To close his eyes and keep him sleeping forever. But just as he's starting to get really, truly worried...
He wakes up. ]