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defectorDream Effects: Generally loneliness, before it builds up to the overwhelming feeling like you're surrounded by people who care about you.
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boat_lights, sinnerofdreams, and 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. |
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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. | | ||||
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| 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. |
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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. | |||||
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“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. | |||||
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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.]
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My poor boy, he's so reckless. ;.;
Date: 2010-10-15 01:59 am (UTC)[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)Right. And... I'm sorry.
Honestly, I'm as surprised as you are.
Date: 2010-10-15 02:17 am (UTC)[Ken blinks again, then frowns. He's honestly confused.]
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Date: 2010-10-15 02:20 am (UTC)[For not being honest.]
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Date: 2010-10-15 02:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-15 02:28 am (UTC)Well, you're right about that. Still, I'd rather not have people worry about me if I can help it.
[... As touching as it is.]
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Date: 2010-10-15 02:34 am (UTC)[That's what Ken tells himself, anyway. He'd take a little embarrassment over loneliness any day.]
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Date: 2010-10-15 02:47 am (UTC)[His smile's a touch sadder now, though. He's still sincere, but... this is really starting to remind him of years' worth of loneliness—and Anemone, Anemone.
—Because he didn't want her to worry about him either but when she did, for the first time he could remember, he was... happy. Except—he knows that that kind of happiness with her can't be permanent. Not here. And he's accepted it, but that doesn't stop it from hurting sometimes.]
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Date: 2010-10-15 03:07 am (UTC)[There's definitely something the matter. Ken can't quite put his finger on what the problem is here: he just knows there is one, that yet again he's managed to say the wrong thing and he wishes he knew what to say to make it better, or at least make Dominic talk to him...
[He doesn't, and he doesn't understand why Dominic won't. Ken is not a smooth talker, he's not very good at verbal games or coaxing information out of people who might not want to give it. All he can do is ask and, if he's turned down, what is there for him to do but let it go or ask again? Nothing that he can think of, and neither option seems to be the right one now. So he just smiles again, and this time his smile is nothing but helpless.]
I'm not much help sometimes, am I?
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Date: 2010-10-15 11:46 am (UTC)You're more help than you know. I wouldn't be thanking you if you weren't.
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Date: 2010-10-15 05:44 pm (UTC)That's good.
[More than good. Now he only looks relieved. The last thing Ken wants is to become a burden to a guy who seems to have quite enough to trouble him already...]
Thanks, Dominic. For telling me, I mean.
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Date: 2010-10-15 07:23 pm (UTC)What are friends for?