[Voice] Looking for Patterns

[halfdarkened]

If anyone's up for it, how about some show and tell about the nightmares? ...I'll share mine on the board if anyone's interested in sharing theirs. Maybe there's a connection.

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[private to Xion]

[halfdarkened.livejournal.com]

[There's silence a moment, but when he speaks, there's a distinct tone of understanding.]

...Mine wasn't so straightforward, but the basic idea's clear. [He pauses again. Does Xion know? ...Everyone else does, one more makes no difference. It's clear the dream bothered him.]

I dreamt I had power over flames. Sort of like Axel, but I could become a huge white-hot firebird. King Mickey told me to protect Disney Town, so I did. Nothing could get past me. But I kept setting the area outside town on fire, so I moved to a mountain. Why I didn't just stop using the fire a while I've got no clue. Dream logic. While I was up there, an army came. Their armor was black and polished until it shone in the light. I took them all down... The first helmet I looked into, I saw my dad. Then Kairi. Sora. Mickey. Mom.

[There's silence before the recording shuts off.]

[private to Riku]

[whodoyou-see.livejournal.com]

[...oh geez, Riku. Xion's quiet for several moments before she speaks.]

I'm sorry, Riku.

[there is a similarity between their nightmares... but to her, that doesn't help at all.]

[private to Xion]

[halfdarkened.livejournal.com]

...You don't need to be. It was my fault. I let power blind me in my dream. Just like it did before. Just this time everything went as wrong as it ever could have.

We both took down loved ones and had everything we cared about taken away. Guess that's something...

[private to Riku]

[whodoyou-see.livejournal.com]

I guess...

Are you alright?

[private to Xion]

[halfdarkened.livejournal.com]

...I need eight hours solid sleep.

[private to Riku; now locked as tight as she can make it]

[whodoyou-see.livejournal.com]

[she feels you, Riku.]

...If it helps any in figuring this out, I don't think it's the Organization. I asked Axel, and he didn't know what it was either. And the Doctor said it wasn't happening outside the city. Maybe that means something?

[private to Xion; permalock at his best]

[halfdarkened.livejournal.com]

[His voice certainly sounds intrigued.]

Really. Considering Axel's good at working all the angles, I'd think he'd know.

Darkness is taking over outside, and nightmares are taking over in here. ...Xion. I don't know if you can even answer this. I know you're walking a fine line. ...But what IS Paixao? None of us have memories of it. Did the Organization create it, or did the Castle do it by itself?

...Are you okay?

[private to Riku]

[whodoyou-see.livejournal.com]

I... don't know. I never really thought about. I guess I thought they made it, but I don't know how they would have.

...I need eight hours solid sleep.

[private to Xion]

[halfdarkened.livejournal.com]

...Would Axel know?

Hm. [It's a note he hums that's somewhere between understanding and a barely amused laugh.]

Xemnas, would probably consider tired members... Inefficient. Can't believe I'm saying this, but finding the answer to these nightmares would benefit the Organization, too.

[private to Riku]

[whodoyou-see.livejournal.com]

I could ask him.

I guess it might. [Though it only occurs in the city, and most of the Organization stay on their floor.]

[private to Xion]

[halfdarkened.livejournal.com]

Do it. We need all the information we can get on this place. As if Castle Oblivion itself wasn't hard to pin down.