~*~fourth entry~*~ dream recording

[itsgunnabe_mei]

Sender: Meilin Lee
To: Everyone
Subject: Passive Dream Recording
Warning: N/A, will change if needed.

A flash of light! It's a harsh spotlight, like someone is being interrogated! There stands our young heroine, trying to block the light with her eyes, confused and frightened. "W-what's going on?"

Five shadowy figures stand behind her. Each one is holding a flashlight, making the light even more intense. The walls are steel blue, there's no escape.

One of the voice speaks... it's a young man. 

(Anyone who has been subjected to Mei thrusting a certain boyband at them may note it's a familiar voice.)

"Baby, you're under arrest."

Mei whips around, startled, and clutches a hand to her heart. "W-what?! But... But I didn't do anything!"

The other figures begin to speak up - all of them young men.

"Oh, you're a criminal, all right."
"It can only be you."
"Cause baby... it's a crime to look that good!"

The harsh lights now turn into theatrical spotlights! Why, it's Mei's favorite singers, the boyband 4*town! (Yes, there are five members in a band called 4town, roll with it.) They're all dressed as policemen, and begin to break into song and dance - Mei squeals with glee, and giddily joins in. After all, she knows this song by heart! It's all fun and fabulous for a few minutes... but then, a siren breaks out, and a red alarm flashes.

"Oh no!" Says one of the hot young men. "It's the warden!"

Mei isn't worried - sure, there isn't another member of the band, but she's guessing that the surprise guest is another sexy piece of eye-candy. "Oooh, who is it?" She giggles, wiggling back and forth in anticipation. "Are they gunna lock me up and throw away the key~?"

The men begin to back away warily as the newest shadowy figure approaches... and they too are dressed in police attire... but it's not another young cute boy. It's a middle-aged Asian woman.

Mei's eyes almost pop out of her skull in sheer shock. "MOM?! What are you doing here?!"

4*town abruptly vanishes as Ming Lee looks down at her daughter, her voice quiet but saddened. "Meimei... how could you? After all we discussed, after all you went through... how could you tell everyone about the Red Panda?"

Mei swallows, at a loss for words. She looks around, but she's all alone, save for her mother. "I-I'm sorry! I just... I thought... things are different here!"

"And look at the people you're surrounding yourself with!" Ming continues as she approaches Mei, who almost seems to shrink under her gaze. "Demons? Hellhounds? People who claim to be swords? You're hanging out with men more than twice your age! Whatever happened to Stranger Danger? There isn't anyone there to protect you! What am I supposed to think?"

Mei holds herself, unable to come up with any form of defense. Her eyes start to get blurry with tears. "... Please don't be mad, mommy... I just... I just wanted some friends, and they understand me, and... they..."

"Oh, my little Meimei." Ming comes to her daughter and pulls her into a tight, loving embrace. She tenderly strokes Mei's hair as Mei clings to her. "I'm not mad at you... I'm just worried. But it'll be all right. Things will be different from now on. I won't let any of these awful people get near you. In fact... I think it's best we never let anyone near you at all."

Hold up. Mei freezes in place. "Um. What?"

Ming's voice becomes wayyy too cheerful. "Like you said, I'll lock you up and throw away the key. That way, you'll never be in danger again! And you can always stay my little Meimei!"

Before Mei has a chance to object, she's suddenly thrown into a jail cell and the door slams shut on her! She grabs the bars, shaking them hard, letting out a horrified - 

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Which is when Mei falls out of her bed, the dream ending right then and there. 

Comments

[itsgunnabe_mei]

[ As Mei picks up her journal, her stomach begins to twist and turn.

Oh no. Oh nonononononono - ]

Depends. Did you see anything just now?

Sender: Kashuu Kiyomitsu

[redbeauty]

[ Wait, why is he being grouped up with everyone else? What's wrong with being a sword?! ]

Hey.

I'm sorry. I didn't know telling you that would add stress onto your plate.

[ He doesn't think what he is is bad at all, to be honest, but her mother sure as heck does! ]

I still support your decision to share your story about the Red Panda, though. It's your secret to share.

-

[itsgunnabe_mei]

1) it's not your fault
2)it's my fault
3) DID EVERYONE SERIOUSLY SEE ALL OF THAT????

[redbeauty]

1 & 2) I don't understand how it's your fault?

[ He thinks about how to answer number 3 for a moment. ]

3) No, of course not.

I did hear the song, though. You could tell me about that.

Sender: Mammon

[stupidmammon]

[ Geeze... a goofy dream quickly changing to a complete punch with nostalgia just like that. For a moment Mammon almost felt like he was back in the celestial realm being oppressed by everyone. He's not sure what to say to start this. So instead he sends her a cute sticker.]

[itsgunnabe_mei]

so everyone saw this

great fine fantastic amazing wow what a night

[stupidmammon]

I'm afraid so kiddo... But hey, it's not the end of the world ya know?

sender: alphen

[refire]

Sorry you went through that. You always seemed so energetic so I thought you were carefree but it turns out you have a lot of troubles of your own.

If you need help you can always talk to someone.

[itsgunnabe_mei]

actually the best help i could ask for right now is you pretending you didn't see any of that

but that's not gunna happen

[refire]

Yep, that's not gonna happen. I don't think I can turn a blind eye and act like I didn't see anything.

Would it help if I kept my mouth shut after this conversation? I won't go around talking about it to everyone.

Sender: Yamatonokami Yasusada

[hairpinings]

[ While he was lucky enough that only his companion seemed to have seen his embarrassing dream recently, he knows the feeling of how embarrassing and humiliating it can be. And this one... definitely seemed like a doozy.

So maybe instead of confronting her about it, he thought it might be good to change the subbject. ]

Meiii, I couldn't get any sleep so I decided I'd doodle.

[itsgunnabe_mei]

[ THANK YOU YASUSADA, YOU ARE NOW HER MOST FAVORITE PERSON ]

oh my gosh, that's so cute!

[hairpinings]

[ WOOHOO! SUCCESS! ]

My skills could probably use some practice, but I thought it'd be fun anyway.

Sender: Anya

[grandduchess_anya]

Hey, um… Is everything alright for you right now?

[itsgunnabe_mei]

NOT EVEN A LITTLE TINY BIT

[grandduchess_anya]

(Oh dear, it sounds like Mei didn’t have a good dream at all and she is not in the mood to talk about it. So instead of getting into her nerves even further, Anya quickly imprints a still life painting of daisies she is currently working on at the moment for a change of pace. Anya is super sorry for seeing it in the worst timing possible.)

sender: Ace

[donfire]

Hey Mei! Are you doing ok? Want some sweets?

[itsgunnabe_mei]

actually i don't think i can look at anyone

for like

ever

sorry, my inbox didnt have this tag orz

[donfire]

Why? This dream seems really cute!

Are you scared for people to see you?

Sender: Amy Rose (late, hope that's okay!)

[pricklybloom]

[ Wow, that sure is some dream. It almost seems kind of silly on the surface, but Amy knows that there's more to it than that. ]

Hey, you okay?

sure!

[itsgunnabe_mei]

NOT EVEN A TINY LITTLE ITTY BITTY BIT, NO

Sender: Seto Kaiba

[blue_eyed_obsession]

What... did I just watch?

[Kaiba had managed to avoid peeking in on others dreams for a considerable amount of time, but that wasn't a trend that was likely to continue. At least this one had the added benefit of not being an interactive one.]

Do people really fall for such cheesy pickup lines...? And what's the big deal about this panda nonsense?

[Not that it was any of his business, but red pandas weren't exactly a secret?]

[itsgunnabe_mei]

HOW ABOUT YOU PRETEND YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AND WE ALL FORGET IT