she's a siren in the night, with streaks of red and blue

[realists]

WHO: gaby, jyn, & silena
WHERE: around the city
WHEN: dec 20, 2511 through jan 1ish, 2512
WHAT: open & closed catch all for ooc sept & october
NOTES OR WARNINGS: please see individual threads for applicable warnings

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Comments

[myownwoman]

Wouldn't dream of it.

[ which is funny

because it's a dream.

she's already changed the past -- if only -- so clearly they don't have to conform to the strictures of reality. they could steal a boat, they could steal a car, they could blow up the bomb and the island and themselves. ]

We don't have to follow this horrid dream.

[ it's almost a realization. ]

[resleeves]

Yeah.

[ goddamn dreams. at least he wasn't in stronghold this time. ]

What, are you just going to murder everyone because you can? Get some fucking stress relief out of this?

[myownwoman]

Why not? Dying got us out of it last time.

[ her dying, specifically, but logic dictates the same thing would happen in this dream. blow up the island, blow up the dream, wake up. they shouldn't even feel anything. except gaby isn't exactly suicidal, even in a dream, nor is she particularly murderous so it sounds more like she is convincing herself. ]

Unless you can think of some other way to wake us up.

[resleeves]

What's this all building up to?

[ he motions at the group of people that have converged on them. the two that he's punched, her father, and anyone else. ]

Anything specific that maybe this fucking dream's waiting for to happen? I don't know how to get out of something but mine seemed to end when the Envoys found us.

[ and someone had shot her, sure. ]

[myownwoman]

I hear the gunshot. That is how I wake up.

[ victoria murdering her father wakes gaby up. despite knowing it already happened, that isn't something gaby actually wants to keep reliving. she would prefer to wake up literally any other way.

the irony of waking up from his dream in a very similar manner is not lost on her. ]

[resleeves]

Do you want me to kill her before she can do that?

[ wouldn't change what happened in reality but it would stop her from reliving it. ]

I don't mind.

[myownwoman]

[ gaby has watched him -- in a different body -- cut through dozens of people with his sister, soldiers and yakuza alike, and the answer should be an easy yes, please kill her. victoria dies, it won't change anything except the timing and even then it's a dream. victoria is already dead, it won't change anything, full stop.

but asking kovacs to kill someone for her, or accepting his offer, feels too far. she did not ask to dream about an ethical and existential crisis. ]

No, thank you. It'll be over soon.

[ a matter of minutes, really. that decided, gaby heads down the path after her father, toward the dungeons where the bomb is held. ]

[resleeves]

Doesn't mean you need to watch it.

[ it's just a fucking dream. maybe they could walk away, go somewhere else, let it play out. ]

You don't need to punish yourself.

[myownwoman]

[ she pauses, considering, as the rest of the dream seems to pause in the same way.

he's not wrong, she is punishing herself. called out. ]

It wouldn't bother you?

[ she gestures idly at victoria but she can't seem to verbalize "killing her" even if that is obviously what she means. ]

[resleeves]

You think she'd be the first person I killed?

[ far from it.

he shrugs. ]

It wouldn't bother me. You want me to do it, I'll do it.

[myownwoman]

I have seen you in action, Takeshi.

[ literally has already seen him kill people. and she assumes, that his father was the first person he killed based on everything she has learned about him so far. that doesn't mean she wants to be the reason he kills someone else. in a dream. when she is already dead in reality.

puffing out a sigh, gaby nods. ]

Yes, then.

[resleeves]

[ the use of his first name still makes him feel strange but whatever. she's not going to stop so he doesn't even say anything. ]

Just tell me when there's going to be an opening. I'd do it in front of everyone but that just seems uncouth.

[ yes, he knows that word. he shoots her a look and winks. ]

[myownwoman]

[ gaby's laughter tends to be a demure little puff of humor, but when he winks at her, she outright snorts, fingers lifting to pinch the bridge of her nose. he probably will not be bothered by the added violence. ]

Yes, we wouldn't want that.

[ she starts moving again, aiming to head halfway down the corridor and pause, waiting for victoria in the dim light. ]

[resleeves]

[ kovacs follows, even going as far as to whistle as he walks. if it draws attention, so fucking be it. it's a fucking dream. ]

No, we wouldn't want that at all.