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[morescaredofyou]

[Peter couldn't really believe that he was actually turning on a device with mouse ears and intending to use it. Really, he had his dignity. Well. some dignity. A tiny shred of it.

He also couldn't believe that this thing hand been handed to him by...some other thing. A floating thing that kind of resembled a pig, sort of.

Warily, he eyed the communicator - and anyone who would be watching this broadcast.]

Someone please tell me that I'm hallucinating. Or at least what the hell is going on. But mostly, I'd really, really like to hear the words "None of this is real, you can stop worrying now", please.

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[changingtheflavor]

I-I'm sorry, but I can say that. At least I don't think this is a dream.

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[morescaredofyou]

Uh, hi? [well, she doesn't look like a supervillain. that's something, at least]

Are you sure about that? Because dream still seems like the only answer that makes sense. Because I as far as I know those things... [Peter spins around the communicator to point the camera at the moogle floating around over in the distance] ...don't exist.

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[changingtheflavor]

I believe I would remember if I fell asleep. [And cue Tohru making that usual girly noise when they see something cute.]

I saw one of those when I arrived, they are so cute.

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[morescaredofyou]

[Peter pales a little at that - not that Tohru can see it, seeing as the camera is still pointed at the Moogle. He still remember's that nightmare-thing he'd encountered at Doctor Strange's place. And he hadn't realised that he'd been trapped in a nightmare until it was well underway]

No, you might not. Really.

...Cute. Really. [Peter does not sound at all like he agrees with you there, Tohru.]

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[changingtheflavor]

[She shakes her head slightly.]

Maybe I could be, but my dreams don't usually involve people I don't know.

[Which reminds her...] I'm sorry! I didn't mention me name. My name's Tohru Honda. [And then she nods.] Very cute indeed.

[maximumbet]

'None of this is real, you can stop worrying now.'

[ You can practically see the sarcasm dripping from each word. ]

[morescaredofyou]

Wow, you've totally convinced me there. I really feel so much better now.

[Peter can so sarcasm too you know]

[maximumbet]

Glad I could help ya.

[ Oh awesome. He's usually surrounded by uptight no-fun military folk who just get mad and don't even attempt to snark back. ]

But no, in all seriousness your world has been 'consumed by darkness'. There's no getting back.

[morescaredofyou]

Wait, what?

Consumed by darkness?!

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[bitchblade]

If only. I had thought the same thing, ...but I'm afraid this is real. [ she'd really hoped she'd been drunk or something, but nope. ]

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[morescaredofyou]

Okay, but if this is real...what exactly is this?

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[bitchblade]

I wish I knew. I arrived recently too... so I don't know all the details. But I did hear that the darkness consumed our worlds or something, but it sounds like crap to me. I wish I knew

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[morescaredofyou]

Someone else was trying to tell me that. It definitely sounds like crap. What does it even mean? Darkness can't consume anything. It's not even a thing, it's just the absence of light.

Unless "the darkness" is just a code for some kind of horrible, world eating eldrich abomination.

(Please don't let it be a world eating eldrich abomination.)

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[applejackd]

I can't do that sugarcube. It's a real, as sad as it is. ...and 'fore ya'll ask, eyep, I'm real too. I ain't no figment of yer imagination.

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[morescaredofyou]

[Give Peter a minute: he needs time to process the fact that there is a brightly coloured, talking pony talking to him. A talking pony can't be real. He's sure that if he just stares at it for long enough, it'll disappear in a puff of smoke.

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Nope, talking pony is still there. Crap.]

I think I'm going to need to go have a nervous breakdown now...

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[applejackd]

[ this is the expected response. gives him a moment to let it sink in. ] It ain't that bad... [ huffs. ] I ain't no reason t' have a breakdown. c'Mon. Buck up!

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[morescaredofyou]

No, I think after after managing to survive what happened to New York only to find myself here where there are talking ponies and people telling me that somehow the entire world was 'consumed by darkness', whatever that means, now is the perfect time to have a breakdown.

[wavesinherheart]

I'm afraid this is all real.

[morescaredofyou]

That's what a figment of my imagination would say.

[wavesinherheart]

That doesn't make it any less true, does it?

[morescaredofyou]

Neither does saying "this is real" mean that it is.

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[exsistingismysin]

This is all so very well. Though you can pretend to still be in a dream and see what happens.

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[morescaredofyou]

You know I must have missed something, because I am not seeing anything around here that can be described as "very well".

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[exsistingismysin]

[He laughed slightly.] I've been here for over a year so I've kind of gotten use to this place. But if this is a dream, then why haven't I awake yet?

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[morescaredofyou]

Wait - you've been here an entire year? [Peter looks suitably horrified at this]