1 🌺 Dream Broadcast

[mooglebow]

Sender: Serah Farron
To: Everyone
Subject: Dream Recording



The dream seems simple enough. Two people, one of which is Serah, looking out over a city. It feels happy. Serah even says it: "It's the end of our journey."

They did it. They saved this world that they're looking out over now, with a large satellite hovering over the world as another one encased in crystal falls and shatters. Serah's thought can be heard now, though, as she gazes at the new world hanging in the sky above her:

"I can see her again. I can see Lightning, and Snow, and everyone. Noel can have a happy future now, he won't be alone anymore when we have to return to our own times. We can all be happy now."

But as if floating in an out of body experience, Serah seizes up, and a mark appears in both of her eyes. Images flash of a world between life and death, the sky behind the satellite that now hung in the sky turning dark.

A ringing bell. A death knell. The sound of those trying to outrun the chaos and their screams in the distance. Her world becoming a new one, but not in the way she expected.

Her sister and Snow fighting.

A final world ending in a burst of light and destruction.

A woman on a throne, crystalized. A female voice, speaking.

"I'll never forget. I promised you that. Even if I stand to lose everything, I'll preserve your memory for the tomorrows yet to be."

Serah's final thought, as the boy grabs her wrist and pulls her into a protective embrace as her final breath leaves her body, is simple.

"I have no regrets. None at all."

The last flash is Serah embracing the woman from before, bearing a striking resemblance to each other, and asking, pleading something almost heartbreaking:

"Don't forget me. Promise you'll remember me."

Serah's dream ends when she wakes, and only a choked back sob is audible as the last thing the tapirs have captured.

Comments

[tailsneverfails]

[ Instead, he just stands there holding out his own coat. The cold never bothered him anyway ]

I wasn't planning on taking you too far, but, it might get chilly...

[mooglebow]

[Oh... she takes his coat hesitantly, but pulls it around her shoulders all the same. Hope you don't mind if your jacket gets a little dirty since she's shorter than you, Eizen!]

Thanks. Where are we going?

[tailsneverfails]

[ If he cared about it getting a little dirty he wouldn't have offered it in the first place, Serah!!! ]

No destiny in mind. Just a walk. It's better to get some fresh air than lie back in bed and let your mind wander back into chaos.

[mooglebow]

[Eizen wasn't wrong. Even if she knew all of that was going to be stopped and her final vision wouldn't come to pass completely, it was still hard to see it, knowing what it ended with for her. So she nods and follows along beside him with a small smile.]

That sounds good, actually. Lead the way, big brother.

[The 'big brother' part is because she knows dang well he is one, but also... he was like an older sibling to her before, even if he doesn't remember. That's fine, it's jut nice not seeing his floating head and nothing else because his curse is weird.]

[tailsneverfails]

[ Ignore the tinge of pink on his cheeks. It's dark, she must be imagining it if she sees it...! He'll just click his tongue and start walking.]

This is like a dreamy land sort of place, right? So there's gotta be something near by that's nice and relaxing.

[mooglebow]

[She's totally imagining it!!! It's why she's smiling a bit more :)]

The water is always relaxing. We could go down to it from here, I think. Well, if you don't mind the water.

[tailsneverfails]

Water doesn't like me too much, but that's why I gotta annoy it further, right?

[ He flashes her a small grin. ]

[mooglebow]

Yeah, I guess so! Well, I don't think you can drown just by putting your feet in, if you feel inclined to do so. Even your bad luck wouldn't let that happen!

[At least... she's pretty sure.]

[tailsneverfails]

Honestly, that'd be a pretty impressive way to drown. I wouldn't even be mad at that point.