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Warnings: Spoilers for the manga, more HTML abuse. o/;;
Dream Effects: Generally loneliness, before it builds up to the overwhelming feeling like you're surrounded by people who care about you.
Filter: From [livejournal.com profile] boat_lights, [livejournal.com profile] sinnerofdreams, and [livejournal.com profile] namelessqueen.


 

 

 

“You’re trying to impress someone, aren’t you? Road asks, and he’s ten, but it’s not so much

impress

 

as it is that he wants—needs—to be

useful or else

he might get thrown away.

Dewey wouldn’t want a useless person, after all.

And without Dewey, Dominic is nothing.

 

He’s alone. It repeats itself over and over in his head

alone alone alone

but now he has Anemone and the world

 

          so it’s okay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fingers flying across the keyboard, his eyes glued to the screen, he’s twenty and he reads word after word:

noise         Anemone               the colonel

and he’s realized that

the

colonel

can’t

be

trusted

anymore.

 

 

And there, that woman’s told him—the truth about everything.

 

But did he really want to know?

 

He falls to his knees because

because

sometimes there are people

you shouldn’t believe in.

Because you don’t hack into the records of people you trust.

 

 

 

“And that's why I'll be hoping that you will no longer trust anyone. It's for the best, I assure you,” Vincent tells him, and for a moment

Dominic believes him.

 

—Then he promptly realizes why that’s the most idiotic thing he’s heard yet.

 

 

“And so, idiot or not, I’m backing you!” he shouts at Renton, while the other boy simply stares at him.

But he hasn’t gone crazy—he’s just

 opened

his eyes.

For real this time.

So don’t let this become a mistake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He’s in Somarium now, and he’s

alone.

He won’t ever see his world again.

Anemone won’t be a part of his life.

 

alone alone alone

Is it still okay?

 

 

 

“You're my friend and I'd like to do something nice for you and see you smile...” Estelle says.

 

 

 

“So if there is anything that you would like to talk about, I'll listen anytime.”

Minato.

 

 

 

“You want me to kick anyone else's ass instead?”

“Wha—?”

Ken laughs awkwardly. “Well. Omi's not the only person here I wanna see stay safe, you know.”

 

 

By the way, is there anything you wanted for your birthday? — Atsuro.

 

 

 

 

And then Estelle’s running towards him, before she wraps her arms around his neck

 

and nobody touches him like that

 

but he smiles and hugs her back.

 

 

Minato holds out a can of soda to him

even though Dominic wonders what others even

see

in him.

he let Anemone die

Still, he takes it.

 

And Ken’s less than stellar grammar aside—

Youre not alone.

 

not alone anymore

 

Dominic smiles.

Thank you.

—To everyone.

 
           

 


---


[Well, that's probably the best dream Dominic, who's reverted back to his normal age by now, has had in a long while. However, he doesn't dwell on it long before picking up his Dreamberry and placing a filter on it. As much as he'd like to shove this dream in Vincent's face, he'd rather the man not know about every one of his friends—even if the filter won't take care of all of his acquaintances.

Still, once he's done, Dominic smiles softly, stroking Gulliver softly.]

Date: 2010-10-04 03:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
I'll keep that in mind. Does having a pet count?

Date: 2010-10-04 03:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
Not unless they drink all the coffee behind your back and never buy more.

Date: 2010-10-04 03:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
[Well, Dominic's practically sworn off coffee thanks to the colonel, but choosing not to mention that, yeah.]

Looks like I'm safe, then.

[1/2]

Date: 2010-10-04 04:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
Well, it doesn't haveta be coffee. He's done it with milk before, and cookies, and...

[Wait a second. That--]

[/2/2]

Date: 2010-10-04 04:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
You sure?

[--well, whoops.

[That leads him right on back to what was with the way this thing started and that really kinda wasn't what he'd meant to say, to be totally honest, but like it or not something about the whole situation really is bugging Ken. And Ken never has been very good at keeping his mouth shut when things start bugging him.]

Date: 2010-10-04 04:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
[...]

You're not talking about roommates anymore, are you?

Date: 2010-10-04 04:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
No.

[To the point as ever, though he at least has the grace to look a little uncomfortable.]

I'm kinda worried about you.

Date: 2010-10-04 04:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
[This is exactly what he's trying to avoid.]

... Don't be. I'm fine.

Date: 2010-10-04 04:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
[Yeah, but how long for?]

I... kinda can't help that. I'd worry about anyone I liked if they had that Diva... woman after them.

[Crazy bitch, Ken. Just say it, you'll probably feel better.]

Date: 2010-10-04 04:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
... You saw that, huh?

[He was really, really hoping that no one he knew did.]
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
Yeah. I... [He hesitates.] Well, I'd seen her round before.

[Yuriko, Ken's thinking. I dreamed of Yuriko and she told me--

[Okay, Hidaka. Cards on the table time. Funny, he's been thinking of that stupid dream a fair game for everybody for so long and did Dominic even see it? Now that he thinks about it, Ken's not at all sure he did. Well, if he's not going to be open with Dominic then what the Hell kind of right does he have to expect Dominic to want to be open with him? Fair's fair.]


I had this dream. There's this girl I knew back home and we - well, she was in it. A while back now. Anyway I had this stupid dream and that Diva woman called up about it, her and a lotta people, but she was just... just this total creep. Said I should dream about killing people or somesuch crap and... anyway she kinda stuck in my mind and next time I see her she's done something to her face and she was calling you out and I--

[He breaks off, coloring slightly, and looks away.]

I just wanted her to back off you.

[I'm sorry.]

Date: 2010-10-04 11:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
[... So Diva knows that Ken's a friend of his—a piece of information that could easily get back to Vincent.

Damn it.]


... Thank you. [For defending me.] Though in hindsight, that probably wasn't the smartest move to make.

Date: 2010-10-14 11:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
Huh? You don't haveta...

[Thank me. I don't really think I deserve it, it was a dumb-ass move.

[Yeah. He knows it. Doesn't need Dominic to confirm that. Ken gives him a lopsided semi-smile - he isn't sure if he's feeling awkward or embarrassed or ashamed or what, he just knows he's causing trouble again and he doesn't know what the Hell he's supposed to do about it.]


I know... Ain't a lot I can do about it now, I guess. Sorry.

[OOC: Yeah. Super slow. I'm really sorry about this, it's taken way longer than I thought to shake this thing and RL happened hard the last few days.]

Date: 2010-10-15 12:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
It's all right. Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later, anyway...

[He's talking more to himself than Ken by the end of that sentence, though. Because it's true, isn't it? Vincent has an uncanny knack for discovering everything Dominic tries to keep secret, from his insecurities to his actions to his friends—]

... And I'm a little glad, to be honest.

[Not because Diva knows about his friendship with Ken, mind you—but because someone cared enough about him to do something like that.]

[ooc: It's perfectly fine! <3 RL > RP, after all. o/]

Date: 2010-10-15 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
I guess. Ain't like anything stays secret here very long.

[He shrugs. Between the dreams and the moon messing them about and everyone in everyone else's business all the time... yeah, it probably was only a matter of time before whatever it was was bugging Dominic ended up out in the open.

[He's a little surprised by what Dominic says next, though. He blinks.]


Huh? You're glad?

[But I screwed up, didn't I?]

Date: 2010-10-15 12:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
Like I said—thank you.

... I'm lucky to have you as a friend.

[Because even though Ken's reckless (not that he has any right to criticize that) and it'll probably get him killed one day, he gave a damn—more than that—and that's good enough for Dominic.

Honestly, it's moments like these that make him glad he didn't stop trusting in others—didn't listen to Vincent.]

Date: 2010-10-15 01:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
Heh. I think I'm the lucky one.

[Ken isn't totally sure himself what he means by that. He's just... well, he knows damn well that there's plenty of stuff that Dominic's really not happy with and probably no end of very good reasons why he's always been so carefully distant, and he's glad that for all that, Dominic still feels he can count him as a friend. So he smiles, and hopes that for all he's - well, let's just say he's got issues of his own. He hopes he's been a decent friend, in spite of them.

[As for Diva - well, bring it on! He'd take on her and twenty like her, if it'd keep Dominic safe. But that said...]


I'll try and stay outta trouble, okay?

Date: 2010-10-15 01:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
I'll hold you to that.

[And, not for the first time, Dominic wonders what he did to deserve the friends he has now—and he means that in the best way possible.

So, just as how Ken would call Diva simply to defend him, Dominic'll fight against Vincent—put up with all his taunts and threats—for as long as he has to, if it'll guarantee his friends' safety in the end.

Date: 2010-10-15 01:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
Well, I can't promise nothing'll happen. But I'll try.

[It's the best Ken can say - or hope for.

[He means it, or at least he wants to. The last thing Ken wants is to cause Dominic more upset than he's already dealing with - still less to do something like that in the misguided belief that he was somehow doing the guy a favor. Sure he wants to get to the bottom of this, and sure he wants Dominic to stay safe - but he doesn't deserve that. It wouldn't be fair on him.]

Date: 2010-10-15 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
Then I guess I'll just have to settle for that.

[He knows he can't ask for more, especially not from Ken. To try and stay safe... that's all he can ever really ask from someone, isn't it?

And if he knew for certain that Ken was refraining from asking—that it hadn't just slipped his mind—he'd be grateful. To be honest, he's usually fine with talking about these kind of things, but again, with Ken? Not quite.]

My poor boy, he's so reckless. ;.;

Date: 2010-10-15 01:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
Well, if you can manage not to let it bug you, I probably better learn to as well.

[He smiles again. He really does want to help.]

It's a miracle he isn't dead yet xD;

Date: 2010-10-15 02:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
[The problem is that Ken's idea of 'help' might get him killed needlessly.]

Right. And... I'm sorry.

Honestly, I'm as surprised as you are.

Date: 2010-10-15 02:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
What're you apologizing for?

[Ken blinks again, then frowns. He's honestly confused.]

Date: 2010-10-15 02:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] unfearful.livejournal.com
For making you worry.

[For not being honest.]

Date: 2010-10-15 02:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] insorrow.livejournal.com
Well, that ain't anything you can control, right? Ain't like it's your fault that Diva woman's a psycho.

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