[open dreamdive] no longer human

[thesettingsun]

WHO: You!
WHERE: Shuji's subconscious.
WHEN: August 18.
WHAT: Dreamdiving!
WARNINGS: Depends on how the dive goes, but a likely one is suicide.

[Maybe you weren't even in line of sight of Shuji. Just about everyone has a reason to be out and about on a Saruday afternoon, and nobody wants their day interrupted by the ground falling out from under them. Maybe you don't even instantly recognize that the library entrance you fall into would be part of Shuji's subconscious and not anybody else's.

This is how things ended up for you today, unfortunately. Might as well take a look around and see if you can't spot the man himself.

Locations are in top-levels added as divers enter them.]

Comments

[maidofmistakes]

Heart? So that's what this place is? How's that work?

[thesettingsun]

Everything's a stand-in for something else. That lamp was him encouraging himself, 'til about a minute ago.

[maidofmistakes]

Oh, man... I -- I can fix it! I'm pretty good with art supplies!

[thesettingsun]

You'll cut your hands up more...

[But, okay, if she wants to. John rummages around in a cabinet under a table until he finds some glue.]

[maidofmistakes]

[She winces, but nods regardless.] That's okay. I need to make myself useful, anyway. My sister's practically invulnerable, and I get all her powers, so it should be fine, right?

[So time to figure out where all these pieces go.]

[thesettingsun]

[John will... try to help! Mostly by pointing out glass shards that look like they might fit together.

They could be here awhile.]

[maidofmistakes]

[Maybe.]

Kinda wish I had the heat vision already. So, uh... does this make you part of Mr. Tsushima? You don't look like him.

[thesettingsun]

You don't think there's any resemblance?

[There is not any resemblance.]

[maidofmistakes]

Um, I don't know how to tell you this, Mr. Heart, but you're white.

[thesettingsun]

...can't argue with that.

Shuji's the type to keep people he's close to in his heart. More literally than normal. And we're best friends, so I get to hang 'round here.

[maidofmistakes]

Huh... So it's because he really loves his friends. I guess that explains the library, too. ...I think.

[thesettingsun]

Yep. They're just about the most important thing in his life.

[maidofmistakes]

What if... you saw what's definitely you, but not you? Would that be weird?

[thesettingsun]

...Might be somethin' Retrospec did. They love to screw with our lives, no surprise they'd do it to our memories.

[maidofmistakes]

Maybe. Do you think it's really their fault, or do you believe them about mistakes and enemies and stuff?

[thesettingsun]

They're a pack of liars and I hope I get to kill them myself.

[Views expressed belong to individual heart manifestations and are not the views of Shuji himself, no Retrospec employees were harmed in the making of this dreamscape, etc.]

[maidofmistakes]

Whoa, whoa! Isn't that a little harsh?

[thesettingsun]

Mmmm... nope!

[There's a shuffling noise that comes from the coffee table. A pile of magazines is there suddenly, the top one reading: 'Shuji and John's #1 Argument! Best Friends... Except When It Comes to Retrospec?!'

It also says '10 Hair Growth Tips You Won't Believe Really Work', so. That's the kind of magazine you're looking at.]

[maidofmistakes]

[Blink blink... huh.]

Still, come on. Everyone deserves to have a chance, at least.

[thesettingsun]

[John puffs out a sigh.]
Haven't they gotten a chance already? Seems to me Shuji's been forgivin' 'em for way too long.

[One of the headlines changes to 'Shuji Reveals All: "I Love You, John, But You're Kind Of Bitter Sometimes"']

[maidofmistakes]

[She gives a nervous laugh and sighs.]

So I... guess you're his idea of you.

[thesettingsun]

Somethin' like that. He's too complimentary, but that's Shuji for ya.

[maidofmistakes]

He is a pretty nice guy. Even if I do make messes of things.

[thesettingsun]

Aw, he knows you're tryin' your best.

...But my job's keepin' the stuff in here from gettin' broken or messed with, soooo...

[You're on thin ice here.]

[maidofmistakes]

[Gulp. Gonna just focus on repairs.]

So everything in here is important to Mr. Tsushima, huh?