Sixth.

[azumods]

NIGHTMARE. Riley has been largely absent for the past day; he's needed the time, he's said, to try to sort out what should be done about Darkrai and Cresselia. Whether they can be contacted from a safe distance; whether there's something he can do to ensure that there's no risk to the rest of you. You fall asleep on Friday night. You don't remember deciding to fall asleep on Friday night; perhaps you were in the middle of doing something. Perhaps you were keeping watch over the rest of the group, perhaps you were talking to someone, perhaps you were unable to drift off and sitting up poring over notes or books by flashlight. Perhaps you were already well asleep by the time it happens. Either way, Friday night begins to slip into what's technically Saturday, and that's when you drop off. And you are, quite literally, falling. The sensation is a strong one, somehing that disorients you almost immediately, the sort of thing that happens in dreams only to be accompanied by a hypnic jerk that wakes you up safely in your bed, only that moment of awakening never comes. The landing isn't a hard one, however, wherever you've ended up; it's one you're aware of, but not one that hurts you in any way, there's no physical pain. There's only you, and the ground, and the absolute darkness surrounding you. You should get up. Get your bearings. The darkness won't last long, but what it reveals to you when it breaks might not be as welcome as you might think it is...

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[enjoymyatelier]

[....I mean it’s gonna take him a while to compose himself, but once he does he’s going to...

...have... a realization........

...

He just kind of kneels down in embarrassment and shoves his face in his hands because oh god people probably saw that.]

[takestheblame]

[Kiryu only saw the very end of that. He approaches, having chosen Kayneth as the first person to try to reach]

Kayneth! You hear me?!

[He's not sure if they're all figments of his imagination or what]

[enjoymyatelier]

[he’s not going to remove his hands from his face, so he’ll sound a bit muffled when he responds.]

Only if you didn’t see any of that. Otherwise I’ve gone temporarily deaf.

[takestheblame]

I have no idea what you're talking about. [He lies, and approaches Kayneth] Come on, stand up. Are you real? Are you...really here?

[He's not sure if he'll like the answer. If Kayneth is just his imagination, then that means what he saw in Haruka's room is reality? Did he just snap and start hallucinating out of despair?]

[enjoymyatelier]

No, I’m here.

[he rubs his eyes a bit and stands up, looking Kiryu over...]

Ah... you haven’t keeled over yet. That’s... that’s good.