Chapter 5: Revelations of the Past

=Ash lifts her head as she wakes up noticing him lying next to her, she smiles=
Hey... Morning....

=She looks into his eyes still smiling, as the light form outside brightens the room=

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(in the dream)

=i turn around and see Jay, I walk over with a tray of food= Hey, want some food? I'm not really sure what it is, but...uh, it looks like food!

=i smile=

(He sees her eyes open)
(He smiles)
@Ash
Good morning to you.

(He lays down beside her and kisses her)

How did you sleep

Not helpful.

I knock the tray away

You are aware we are on a ship that is crashing down onto a planet right?

I drag him to the window and point outside

Look!

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=my eyes widen= Are you fucking kidding me? Why the hell didn't they sound the alarm?

=i run over to the intercomm and push the button= Bridge, this is Spartan Dormii Fortuni, what the hell is going on?

=She kisses him back=
Great... Better then I have in a long time...

=She laughs slightly=
Sorry.. I didn't mean to fall off like that...

@Ash
Its okay.
You needed your rest.
I had a short chat with Nikolaus earlier.

I see multiple small objects in the space and use my visor to zoom in. I notice they are hundreds of marines and officers.

Erm....Dormii....I don't think your going to get a response...

I begin to hear birdsong again

Oh gre...

I fall asleep, waking back up on the bench outside the village. I head into the post office and drag Dormii to one side.

Listen. I've been having this really weird thing happen all day.

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=i turn to her= Hey, nice to see you, too. What do you mean?

=i face covers with worry, and concern=

=She sits up quickly=
Nikolaus?! Where...? He was here...? What did he say..?

=She stares down at Draco=

I keep falling asleep and waking up inside a random UNSC Ship that's crashing on a planet. And then there's this weird guy as well.

(He sits up as well)
(He sighs)
@Ash
He didnt say anything.
Dodged my question. Just like he had dodged yours.

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You've seen him, too? Called himself the Dream Lord or something? Played a little song and we move around?

=He wakes in the medbay. He feels dazed and confused. He tries to get up, but is imediately put back down due to the pain in his chest. His slash wounds have stopped bleeding, but have not fully healed. He tries once more to get up, with no success. He goes for his Comms, but remembers that the reason he was wounded was because he wasnt wearing his armor during the duel. He falls back onto the table. He wonders if anyone knows where he is=

Yeah. Wait, that means we've been having the same dream, at the exact same time. That's not possible?

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=i shrug= It seems it is. So, what do you plan to do? Wake up, or live it out?

=She looks at the door of their room=
Really...? That it...?

=She runs her hand though her hair, still watching the door=
Why was he here...?

Why dose he make me so uncomfortable...?

@Ash
Said he had something to do.
I have no idea what.
I.......saw him kill the clerk in the lobby

I'd like to wake up. Question is. Which one of these is the dream. Because he said there would be a deadly danger in both of these to me. So i don't think we have the choice of living it out. In fact that worries me, what's the danger in this one?

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=I make a half-grin= Old age is all I can think of. Maybe...death by swallowing a bad piece of chicken? I don't know. Whatever it is, let's try to avoid it, okay?

No... i'm going to go running righ a....

I hear the birdsong again and promptly fall asleep, hitting my head off of a box as i fall.

What?!

=She turns back to Draco=
Why!? He killed the clerk...? Does anyone know..?

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=i wake up on the floor in the cafeteria= Ah, are you kidding me? Not again.

=i see Jay has a slight cut on her forehead. i move over to take a look= Hey, you ok?

I stand up slowly, feeling my head

Urgh yeah... Right we need to figure out which of these is a dream. I don't want to die in real life thanks. So lets look around, see what doesn't seem right.

(He shakes his head)
@Ash
People. They saw the body drop.
They did not react. They.....They just kept sitting and standing.
Staring at me........

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=i smile as i make sure she is ok= Well, for starters, you cracked your head on a box, and now you have a cut here. Seems out of place to me. Maybe this is the dream? I don't know.

What the hell happened Draco..? Did they see you with the body..?

=She stands up from the bed=
What did you do..? What hell is Nikolaus up to..?!

okay...... you seem a bit busy...I'll catch you later.

=walks away with a sandwich=

wonder how Voutan is doing.

Maybe, or does that mean the village is a dream?

I ponder for a minute before snapping to my senses.

Alright lets find out how much time we have until we crash.

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That's a good idea. Let's go see if we can get some sensors online so we can tell how far and how fast.
=i move to a door and open it, and the air starts to rush out. i quickly close it= Okay, not that way.

(He looks at her)
@Ash
I didnt do anything.
They just stared at me.
I know they also saw the body drop.
They didnt even worry about that.

(He stands)
I wish I knew what he was up to.
I wish......

So it would seem crashing isnt the only thing dangerous on this ship then...

I head on over to another door, opening it

This looks safer

The birdsong starts again

This is bad Draco... What if they think its you?! What are we going to do..?

=She paces round the bed, thinking=

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No, no, no...

=i fall asleep and wake up in the village post office= Gah, stop it! Just let us live!

=i move over to Jay and sit her up= C'mon. This isn't helping.

(He shakes his head)
@Ash
I dont know.
I want answers.
I know you do as well.
He said something about the new clerk coming in and answering our questions.

Draco... What did you get yourself into, we should of seen this coming.. Nikolaus can't be trusted...

=She continues pacing round the bed=

@Ash
I.........I dont know.

(He walks up to her)
(Stopping her pacing)

Hey, dont worry, we have gotten out of worse.

(He gives a reassuring smile)

=She stops, her eyes meet Draco's=
But... What are we going to do.. We don't now what this is! It could be anything! What if he's crazy..?!


=She looks away her eyes meeting the floor=

I stand up with Dormii's assistance.

Right let's just go outside. We need to find out what the danger is in this world

We leave the post office and just as we reach the duck pond there is an announcement on a nearby loudspeaker.

(He tilts her head up to meet his gaze)
@Ash

We have dealt with crazier.
This........is just a new person.
We will figure it all out.
Like I said, the clerk that had replaced the one Nikolaus killed will answer our questions.

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=i sigh= I thought we were done with all of this. It's been 13 years, dammit!

=i turn to Jay= I think we found the threat.

=She sighs=
But who are they..? We don't know what their going to say... What if they ask something from us..?

=Her eyes stare into Draco's=

You think genius?

I sigh and notice teams of Elites descending down from purple grav lifts to the surface

This looks like it could be very bad.

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=i look at her= Got a knife or any form of blade? I don't know who this person is that they want, but I doubt we are going to hand them off.

Before you say it, I just want some reassurance. I'm not going to attack unless they do first.

Hmm

@Ash
We will just have to go with the flow.
Thats all we can do right now.
If they ask something from us.
Give stipulations. I dont know.

(He looks into her eyes)
Its going to be okay.

But... How.. Do..

=She shakes her head=
Your right... We'll be fine... I hope...

=She looks around the room again=
I don't like this.... Anything could happen...

@Ash
So, what do you want to do.

=She sighs=
Not a lot we can do... If we have to wait here for that clerk...

=She smiles back to Draco=
Any ideas..?

(he smiles back)
@Ash
Well, I think I do.

(He kisses her)

If you know. You want to look over the "data" again?

=She laughs kissing him=
Do you really think that's wise? I mean... Someone was just killed...

=She sighs=
Sorry... My mind is on other things...