14th Combo - [Dream]

[redcladidealist]

The dream starts off simply enough, with the figure of a glowering forevveraglub standing with arms crossed. The scenery around him is indistinct, perhaps a field or a forest. rainbowpalette, a girl, is standing in front of him. Neither one looks happy, but the girl is particularly upset. Eridan snaps something at Kanaya, who looks like she's almost in tears.

For a moment, the dream fuzzes and goes out of focus and...

You know what? This sort of dream is best represented with a series of horribly drawn MSPaint pics~




THREATEN THREATEN THREATEN



Lloyd leans forward, smiling at Kanaya as he holds her protectively. "Don't worry," he says. "I don't care what Eridan says about the future. I'll make sure it never happens."

"Thank you, Lloyd." Kanaya smiles back, arms around his neck. "You're a really good friend."

And watching them draw close, seeing how happy they are, the only thing Eridan can do is sob. If only he'd been nicer to his friend, that could have been him in her arms!

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[foretolds.livejournal.com]

Me, too. But it's okay. I think it was meant to happen.

[redcladidealist]

[Oh.]

So... it was just her time?

[Wow, she must have been stuck in her shell a really long time if she was that old.]

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[Kind of more complicated than that but WWHATEVVER.]

[redcladidealist]

[Thinking of it as the inevitability of old age is much easier for Lloyd to deal with than thinking of it as fate. He nods sympathetically and leaves it at that.]

That's too bad...

But at least you still got to talk to her, and she still got to be your mom. I bet she was amazing.

[He really can only imagine.]

So, if you were adopted, do you have any dragon brothers or sisters?

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

[She giggles.]

She was amazing! And it doesn't really work like that!

[redcladidealist]

Huh? What doesn't work like what?

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

Our lusus adopts us after we finish our trials! They don't have offspring of their own!

[redcladidealist]

They can't adopt you if they already have kids? Hmmm. I guess that's fair enough.

I don't have any brothers or sisters, either. At least, I don't think I do. It's just me and my Dad.

[foretolds.livejournal.com]

Do you like it better that way?

[redcladidealist]

[Lloyd shrugs.] I wouldn't really know. Since I've never had them, I don't know what it's really like. I mean, it looks like fun, but maybe it isn't when you're actually growing up with them.

But I'm happy with my Dad, and I have friends who I think are just as close as family. That's enough for me.