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[thenightmarebegins]

[Vincent is off in a forested area not far from town. He's seated under a tree, thinking and watching leaves fall.]

Yet another alternate reality... but something about this was different from others. As if we were living out a set story, each time...

[It's not as if they have the exact same fairytales on his world, after all, but there had been a strange way to how the week's events had unfolded that it was noticeable. He wonders about it, vaguely, and about the parallel to the one he'd lived through and how it fit into his own background. There's also plenty of other things on his mind, the typical human vs monster divide, and the love issues... but he won't bring any of those up on here.]

[He takes a red leaf in hand as it falls and stares at it.]

...the time of year... it's close. Perhaps it's best if I spend it away.

Comments

[doubleppk]

Maybe because they're used to relying only on their powers.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Yes... and none have encountered anything like this predicament before.

[doubleppk]

Oh, I don't know... Jack Horner had.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

...How so?

[doubleppk]

He was in a prison camp like this for people with super abilities.

It was easier to break free though.

[And Fujiko's been kidnapped by mad scientists for testing purposes way too often than any logic or reason could possibly dictate. She doesn't have superpowers though. Ironically enough.]

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I understand. There were... situations like that on my world as well.

[doubleppk]

Hontou?

I mean, really?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Yes. We had to deal with a corrupt scientist, who used people for experiments... among other problems.

[Which is... a lot to get into.]

[doubleppk]

That's terrible! How did you get away?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

[Much of that is an even longer story, starting decades ago and ending in the more recent past...]

We ultimately had to fight him.

[doubleppk]

You weren't stuck in this kind of encampment then?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

No. [Mad scientist part aside.] Although you could say I've been... stuck before.

[doubleppk]

Oh? How? In what way? Was it scary? Was it like this? Were you trapped in a different word? [This is why her captors stuff a sock in her mouth sometimes.]

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

[...why not...]

In the basement of a manor where unethical scientific experiments were carried out.

[doubleppk]

Creepy.

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Incredibly.

[And he hasn't even mentioned the coffin.]

[doubleppk]

[That would faze her less than you'd expect.]

How'd you get away?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Someone... found me, after many years passed.

[doubleppk]

I know how that is...

Someone close?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

I didn't know them at first, but... they grew to become an ally.

[doubleppk]

You didn't even know them, but they still came for you?

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

They didn't know they would find me. At the time, they came for another purpose.

[doubleppk]

Oh. Breaking someone else out? [She is just so nosy.]

[chaotic-dirge.livejournal.com]

Another purpose entirely.

[doubleppk]

Defeating the captors? [Excited by this possibility. MAYBE the Third Party is their secret saviors... except probably not really ever... maybe if they got turned.]