[Video] A Nightmare's Curiosity

[phobophage]

[A tortured stasis shrieks from the Vine, accompanied by vague shadowy impressions of a face in the mirror, with red eye glowing. The video quickly cuts out. A while later, it resumes, showing an empty backdrop of the Gardens before cutting out again. Finally, the video returns and stays, showing an oddly monochrome teenager.]

This is so fascinating. This place all feels weird and I can't really grasp things here which's kind of irritating, but it should be interesting learning how here works. I wonder if this is what another Queen's Dream World feels like. Or is that too much of an assumption? But I'd love to learn this Queen's secrets.

And did you enjoy my welcome? I had to work hard to get the Vine to do that. I can't get the mirror to act like a portal which's rather annoying but other than that it just took a little fear to make it cooperate. Oh, would you know anything about this Queen? And if I could build dreams here, I wouldn't do it at her whim, but it's still annoying that I can't seem to do that even when I want to. Has anyone succeeded in building anything here?

Comments

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

C-can you, um...

... not make the vine do that again? Please?

[phobophage]

It was a nuisance doing it anyway.

[yakuza-otaku.livejournal.com]

... s-so that means you won't anymore, right?

[phobophage]

You wouldn't know anything about the answers to my questions, would you?

[peachhat.livejournal.com]

A pretty funny trick with the mirror you have there! Reminds me a bit of Yukari's portals

And sure, I suceeded in building a floating island. It's easy, for a celestial like me, at least. Not sure if average humans or youkai could do it, though.

[phobophage]

[Deimonea showed no signs of surprise or amazement.]

How did you do it? I'm not a human or a youkai, but rather a Nightmare. Though I've never met a youkai Dreamer. Do those exist here?

[peachhat.livejournal.com]

I just did it. Must have a knack for it.

As for youkai dreamers, I guess you want Yukari. She's asleep all the time.

[phobophage]

So, are you dreaming?

<s>Deeeee</s> Deiiiiii

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

You seem rather familiar with dream manipulation. Who, or what, are you?

[Yeah, she's not even commenting on your gygas.gif upload there.]

Re: <s>Deeeee</s> Deiiiiii

[phobophage]

The Nightmare Deimonea. And you?

[hotshot-momma.livejournal.com]

[gritted teeth, balled fists, slow low even tone of voice.]

Are you familiar with the San Francisco region of California, Nightmare?

[phobophage]

Nice, sunny, some interesting people? Some fun nightmares there. I see, I see. You're a Dreamer or Dream Savior from there?

Parallel Postan

[lolinnocent.livejournal.com]

...You're the first Nightmare I've met that's been willing to talk.

Please don't do that again, it's really irritating.

[phobophage]

Oh, did you only run into the Nightmares that like giving silent treatments? And, I'd refuse if it wasn't such a trouble to pull off.

[lolinnocent.livejournal.com]

We ran into the ones trying to kill us all and put our parents in comas if that's what you mean.

[phobophage]

Oh, those guys. So tediously destructive.

[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

[Unimpressed]

Slow down dear. You're clearly getting ahead of yourself. What are you, to speak of building dreams?

[phobophage]

Deimonea, a Nightmare. Yes, there's clearly much I don't know about.

[border-phantasm.livejournal.com]

We just get all kinds, don't we? I am Yukari Yakumo, youkai of boundaries, and this is no dream, but reality.

[phobophage]

Dreamers always call their world 'reality'. But you mean that this is the waking world. How... unexpected. This denies everything I know. Which just makes it all the more fascinating!

[notvitiligo.livejournal.com]

You've been watching too many Japanese horror movies.

You need the magic dirt to build anything. It's out in the, uh, edgy areas. Like, the areas on the edge, not areas that act like jerks for attention or whatever.

[phobophage]

I inspired a few of their techniques, though Dreamers're clever and inventive enough to come up with most of them on their own. And others've been telling me about this interesting dirt.

[notvitiligo.livejournal.com]

...just to make sure, before we go on: You're making the claim that you're not human, yes?

[no-hometown.livejournal.com]

This is Sephiroth, of SOLDIER. I am new enough here that I do not consider myself qualified to answer your questions.

I was interested by your manipulation of the Vine. You mention fear? How did you apply the stimulus?

[phobophage]

It has enough of a sense of mind and fear for a Nightmare like me to affect.