[Because that's the type of person Cloud is, always wanting to help, even if he's pushing himself too much. Well, he probably doesn't mind the extra cash as well, but Scott's willing to bet he just wants to aide others. Almost everyone in Aldrip is like that, right? ...Not that doesn't make Cloud any less kind.
Really, he should be getting him some water, but Scott doesn't yet move from his spot, still standing around with that deep concern. His furrowed eyebrows only deepens when Cloud starts mentioning about black outs-- that sounds worse than headaches, man!! But it also sounds familiar, perhaps scarily so, and he's not sure if he's relieved or not that someone else is going through the same thing as him. Feels less alone, but also, he doesn't want others to experience it either.]
...Um, they wouldn't happen to feel like... strange visions, would they? Like, they feel so familiar and real, but definitely never happened before. [This is so specific.]
...Yeah. [ Cloud looks up at Scott as he says that, the word leaving his mouth almost breathlessly. And lingering tension in his face from the headache seems to slacken as Scott describes exactly what he's talking about. ]
I wanted to write them off as a dream — you know, you black out and you dream for a second, but it feels like you've been asleep longer... that sort of thing. But they feel too consistent. Too... lifelike, even with how strange they are.
[ There's a bit of a pause as he leaves that hang in the air, as the expected question comes. ]
You've been getting them too, Scott? [ There's some relief that he's not just crazy, but if it's something that's beyond just him... then something weird really is going on. ]
[He half-expected Cloud to look more stressed out when he mentioned the visions, but he's glad that it's honestly caused the opposite reaction. Guess he feels the same way as Scott, as in it's kind of nice to face something like this together, instead of entirely alone, even if it sucks for your friends. It makes Scott feel like he made the right decision as well, something important to him as more strange things keep happening.
As he starts having doubts about... his own identity.
Still, he listens, his uncovered eyes watching Cloud. It's almost scary how similar his experience is to Scott's.]
That's pretty much been my experience, yeah. [The teen shifts awkwardly in place for a moment, before nodding in a slightly more determined manner.] It all feels too real to just be a dream.
[He bites his lip.]
Not to mention... I normally don't dream in red and whenever I get these visions, they're always in red for me. [And that's really messed up, right? What does that even mean? Some sign of the end??]
In... red? [ That catches Cloud off guard, some, but it's probably just some difference between his own visions and Scott's. He shakes his head. ] I can't say that's been my experience, but what I saw was... it's weird.
I remember a girl in a church. And a... hole in the roof? I woke up in a bed of flowers, but I got the distinct feeling I'd been falling for a while, there. And there was a red-haired man in a suit who wanted to take her away. And we fought. I called myself a 'first-class soldier'... so I was... military?
[ His face softens a bit, slacking. ] Too real to be a dream, too strange to be a memory. Certainly can't have been anything that happened here... right?
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[Because that's the type of person Cloud is, always wanting to help, even if he's pushing himself too much. Well, he probably doesn't mind the extra cash as well, but Scott's willing to bet he just wants to aide others. Almost everyone in Aldrip is like that, right? ...Not that doesn't make Cloud any less kind.
Really, he should be getting him some water, but Scott doesn't yet move from his spot, still standing around with that deep concern. His furrowed eyebrows only deepens when Cloud starts mentioning about black outs-- that sounds worse than headaches, man!! But it also sounds familiar, perhaps scarily so, and he's not sure if he's relieved or not that someone else is going through the same thing as him. Feels less alone, but also, he doesn't want others to experience it either.]
...Um, they wouldn't happen to feel like... strange visions, would they? Like, they feel so familiar and real, but definitely never happened before. [This is so specific.]
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I wanted to write them off as a dream — you know, you black out and you dream for a second, but it feels like you've been asleep longer... that sort of thing. But they feel too consistent. Too... lifelike, even with how strange they are.
[ There's a bit of a pause as he leaves that hang in the air, as the expected question comes. ]
You've been getting them too, Scott? [ There's some relief that he's not just crazy, but if it's something that's beyond just him... then something weird really is going on. ]
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As he starts having doubts about... his own identity.
Still, he listens, his uncovered eyes watching Cloud. It's almost scary how similar his experience is to Scott's.]
That's pretty much been my experience, yeah. [The teen shifts awkwardly in place for a moment, before nodding in a slightly more determined manner.] It all feels too real to just be a dream.
[He bites his lip.]
Not to mention... I normally don't dream in red and whenever I get these visions, they're always in red for me. [And that's really messed up, right? What does that even mean? Some sign of the end??]
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I remember a girl in a church. And a... hole in the roof? I woke up in a bed of flowers, but I got the distinct feeling I'd been falling for a while, there. And there was a red-haired man in a suit who wanted to take her away. And we fought. I called myself a 'first-class soldier'... so I was... military?
[ His face softens a bit, slacking. ] Too real to be a dream, too strange to be a memory. Certainly can't have been anything that happened here... right?