That she dreams of water after the river of Death is probably predictable. But it's far from the quiet, insistent current of that place.
It's impact, water as hard as stone, driving no breath from her body because she had none-
has-
she has-
she has no-
She's sinking, the water red as dawn, lit from above by gold so bright it's painful, hurts in all the places that water is intruding, pushing into her where it shouldn't-
Red tendrils tangle around her, like a creature pulling her down, and she has just one arm to fight it. No legs to kick, no air to scream, no bugs to call, just one hand.
Bodies in the water all around her. Familiar faces, no masks. Brian. Rags. Lisa. Kiryu. Shen Jiye. Dad. Hunter. Ulla. Jacobi. Jon. Shen Wei. Tim. Misty. Jedao. Rachel. B. Sweeney. Mom. Riley. Zhao Yunlan. Emma. Maggie. Dragon. Scraps. Iris. Jesus. Trevor. Shaw. Loki. Thomas. Amy. Rosita. Hilbert. Kepler. Trixie.
Everyone's in pieces. Legs and hands, eyes and guts, heads and bodies. Shattered and sinking into that boiling golden light. Just like her.
Re: Dream - For the twins. [cw body horror, disembowelment]
He sees Zhao Yunlan's sightless eyes, didi's long hair drifting around his severed head, the beautiful white of it stained with blood, a hand he knows is xiao Jedao's reaching towards him from the mass of mutilated bodies, and it takes him longer than it should to realize that it's a nightmare. That it's Taylor mei's nightmare.
He centers himself, pushes away the choking sense of fear and helplessness and tries to make himself a steady point of calm and safety, of reality amidst the horror.
It's not real, xiao mei. If it's another flood then it's probably pointless to try and convince her of that, but if it's just a normal nightmare--as if this horror could ever be just anything, or at all normal--then perhaps they can ease her out of it. And Shen Jiye and I are here with you, alive and well. Because of course he can feel his twin's awareness there as well.
Dream - For the twins. [cw body horror, disembowelment]
It's impact, water as hard as stone, driving no breath from her body because she had none-
has-
she has-
she has no-
She's sinking, the water red as dawn, lit from above by gold so bright it's painful, hurts in all the places that water is intruding, pushing into her where it shouldn't-
Red tendrils tangle around her, like a creature pulling her down, and she has just one arm to fight it. No legs to kick, no air to scream, no bugs to call, just one hand.
Bodies in the water all around her. Familiar faces, no masks. Brian. Rags. Lisa. Kiryu. Shen Jiye. Dad. Hunter. Ulla. Jacobi. Jon. Shen Wei. Tim. Misty. Jedao. Rachel. B. Sweeney. Mom. Riley. Zhao Yunlan. Emma. Maggie. Dragon. Scraps. Iris. Jesus. Trevor. Shaw. Loki. Thomas. Amy. Rosita. Hilbert. Kepler. Trixie.
Everyone's in pieces. Legs and hands, eyes and guts, heads and bodies. Shattered and sinking into that boiling golden light. Just like her.
Re: Dream - For the twins. [cw body horror, disembowelment]
He centers himself, pushes away the choking sense of fear and helplessness and tries to make himself a steady point of calm and safety, of reality amidst the horror.
It's not real, xiao mei. If it's another flood then it's probably pointless to try and convince her of that, but if it's just a normal nightmare--as if this horror could ever be just anything, or at all normal--then perhaps they can ease her out of it. And Shen Jiye and I are here with you, alive and well. Because of course he can feel his twin's awareness there as well.