{ At 9:01 a.m }
Lyra: [She came into Ami and Kato’s room, turning on the lights.] “Good morning! How did you guys sleep?”
* The two children were on the bottom bunk looking at Ami’s phone sharing her earbuds, they looked tired and miserable *
Kato: -he looked at Lyra for a moment and nodded a hello before turning back to the phone-
Ami: -she just stared at the screen ignoring the comment-
Lyra: “...Did something happen?”
Kato: lets just say the whole, ‘sleeping’ thing didn’t work out..
Lyra: “What do you mean? What happened?”
Kato: Freakishly realistic nightmares, you know your life’s complete when you get a front row seat to watching your dad die.
Lyra: “W-What!? Did the same thing happen to you, Ami?”
Ami: No..
Lyra: “Then what?”
Ami: -she whispered something that sounded like ‘static’-
Lyra: [She thought for a moment.] “Describe to me what the place looked like, both of you.”
Kato: -he thought for a moment- gray. It was a big gray thingy.
Ami: -she added- lots of stairs some went up some.. down.
Lyra: Shoot. Did it happen again? Where’s Jeckle? [She nodded.] “You two, try to forget that. I’ll be right back…”
Kato: ok..
*The two went back to watching the phone screen in Kato’s eyes it was the missile, in Ami’s eyes almost everything was static-
Lyra: [She quickly ran over to the still locked bathroom door.] “Sorry for busting in…” [She hastily picked the lock, going inside and seeing Jeckle with static over her chest, but no apparent wound. She seemed to be unconscious.] “...Dang it, Jeckle..”
Jeckle: [She woke up, groaning.] “I want a cookie...with M&M’s...and whipped cream…”
Lyra: “Cmon, we’re cleaning you up. You are awake when you walk in both Kato and Ami’s dreams, right?” [She put Jeckle over her shoulder, walking to the sink and setting her down.]
Jeckle: “That’s not me...she feasts on people’s weaknesses…”
Lyra: “You sound drunk.”
{ With Ami and Kato }
Kato: -he looked at Ami desperately- stop! Were going to get caught-!
Ami: -she quickly took a sip of whiskey and sighed- no were not.
Kato: -he heard Lyra and Jeckle talking and grabbed Ami dragging them back to the room causing Ami to spill the drink all over the carpet-
Ami: -she exhaled- the static is gone. It worked.
Kato: doesn’t mean you should do it -he looked upset as Ami laughed at him-
{ With Lyra and Jeckle }
[Lyra had gotten the static off of Jeckle.]
Lyra: “You seriously can’t remember anything? You don’t remember walking in people’s dreams, at all?
Jeckle: “Nooope. I’m telling you, that’s not me!”
Lyra: “Well, I guess it’s some variation of you, because it looks like you. People who get sent there literally go through your last name.”
Jeckle: “If I could change that, I would, promise!”
Lyra: “Alright...let’s just drop it. I’m gonna go check on Ami and Kato.”
[She walked back to the hallway.]
{ Ami’s laughter could be heard in the hallway she sounded drunk because she couldn’t hold the whiskey well }
Kato: shhhhhh~!
Lyra: [Upon hearing their voices, she raised her body, basically floating silently towards them.]
Ami: -she was laying against the wall now feeling miserable- urgh..
Kato: it's fine this’ll blow over.. I think..? We’ll just hid you from Lyra and- -he stopped talking-
Ami: what?
Kato: there's no point in hiding it might as well tell her.
Ami: ARE YOU CRAZY- -her voice was muffled by Kato’s hand-
Lyra: [She floated into view.] “It’s okay...just, don’t do that again.” [She calmly took the bottle and chucked it outside.]
Kato: -He looked down at his feet and briskly walked out of the room-
Ami: -she muttered- Kato! Don’t leave me here with- -she stopped talking Kato had already left-
Lyra: [She looked a bit hurt.] “Are you okay, Ami?..”
Ami: I’m fine.
Lyra: “You’re clearly not...I’m sorry you had that dream. Nothing she said was true, okay?”
Ami: Well if you know why’d you ask? -she’d say this sarcastically-
Lyra: “I wanted to check if you were still lying to me...it’s irrelevant now. I’ll get you some water...go ahead and sit down, alright?”
Ami: -she’d sit down on the bed uncomfortably- sure.
Lyra: [She handed Ami water, sighing.]
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{ With Everyone Else }
Ace: -he closed his eyes leaning against a branch sighing- Should I tell her… no. it would hurt them both so much.. I couldn't do it..
King: -he snuggled up against Dust falling asleep-
Dust: -she put her arm around him falling asleep against him-
Ace: -when they were both asleep he jumped off the branch and walked over to Dream and Passive, gesturing to Dream he asked- Do you know where NM is?
Core: *lonely in his little tree house*
Epic: -walks into the clearing they were in with Cross trailing behind him sipping coffee- Hey!
Core: *sniffle* H-Hey
Epic: -He threw a bag of food and it hit King in the face- We got some cookies! -he looked excited-
King: ow.. Cookies!?!
Core: i'm not hungry
King: I’m always hungry if the foods good -he nommed on a cookie-
Core: *he moved over to the corner looking really tired*
Cross: -sips coffee- -__-
Dust: -she woke up and sat up off of King- Hey Epic.. -she nodded toward Cross- Cross.
Core: *He looked up at everyone and relaxed a little*
Epic: -he started doing some kind of weird small dance slightly moving his feet-
Cross: -he stared at Epic- What are you doing?
Inky: *shy boi* H-Hey guys *he looked nervous about something*
King: -he nommed on another cookie- hello!
Inky: u-um has anyone new showed up yet
Dust: -she shrugged- since Reject I haven’t seen anyone.. maybe the portals will finally stop opening.
Epic: -he was still doing his dance- I saw some guy drinking tea the other day I think I annoyed him though..
Inky: *he was shaking a little*
Cross: -he patted Epic’s head- don’t worry you annoy everyone you meet its nothing new
King: -he laughed-
Epic: -he stopped doing his dance for a second thought about what Cross had said and went back to dancing-
Dust: -she turned toward Inky- you ok..?
Inky: *he was trying to calm down* p-panic attack
Dust’s POV: Oh shi-
Inky: *he was taking deep breaths*
Dust: Just.. breathe and try to focus on a non-moving object..
Inky: *he looked at a picture on the wall and started calming down* th-thanks Dust
Dust: -she nodded- your welcome.. Papyrus used to have panic attacks.. -her voice trailed off-
Core: *still in the corner hiding*
Epic: -he turned from dust and inky to core- you ok?
Core: i-im fine
Epic: Okie-dokey! -he went back to dancing-
Cross: Epic, you idiot.
Core: *he covered his head, holding back from crying*
Epic: -he looked at cross and blinked- what? He said he’s fine-
Cross: I’m not even going to try-
Core: *thinking* “does he know!?”
Dust: -she turned from Inky to Core- hey.. -her voice was soft- you ok..?
Core: I’m fine *he smiled*
Dust: -she shook her head- I’ve heard that so many times it's an instinct to suspect it's a lie.
Core: i'm just gonna go outside *he started walking to the treehouse ladder*
Dust: Alright.. -she walked over to King who was nomming on a cookie and leaned against him sighing-
Core: *he left quickly accidentally dropping his journal*
Epic: -he walked over to the journal- hey you dropped this-
*Core was already gone*
Epic: andddd he’s gone-
Core: *he ran to a nearby hollow tree and sat in it crying*
Epic: -he was about to open the journal-
Dust: don’t- open it..
Epic: Why? It right here and-
Dust: Doesn’t matter it's not yours!
Epic: Fine. -he put the journal down at his feet-
Ace: -he was now leaning against a tree having teleported from somewhere else-
Dust: -she waved Ace over and gestured for him to sit by her and King-
King: -he shifted uncomfortably-
Ace: -he teleported to Dust sitting on the right side of her- hey! -he was giving a half smile-
Dust: Hey! -she was holding King’s hand-
Core: *realizes he dropped his journal and started panicking
Epic: -he picked up the journal and put it in his now empty bag- Imma keep this here until the kid comes back. -he began dancing once again-
