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[chainsawn]

Is this a dream?

[ It's difficult to tell when she's awake and when she's not, after all, with dreams of her own room and world sometimes blurring in with the stranger ones - and this one would definitely fit in with the stranger ones. So despite the situation, the teenage girl is fairly calm, her voice even and a little on the quiet side. ]

... Ah, wait. If this is a dream, nobody will tell me it isn't real. [ She hums, pondering it as if it's an interesting concept to her. ] What a mystery..

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[Voice]

[snowyvalemaiden]

If it be a dream mon, we all be havin' it and let me be tellin' ya. Most wouldn't be callin' dis here a dream. More like dem nightmares.

[Voice]

[chainsawn]

A nightmare is a kind of dream too though. Just a different kind of dream. [ although that begs the question.. ] ... Why would they call it a nightmare? Because of what the letter said?

[Voice]

[snowyvalemaiden]

Sometimes it be hard ta tell wetha a nightmare be real or not. It jus' be a turn'a phrase.

And, if ya be askin' dat question, it means ya be new here mon.

I won't say it be bad all da time but... well. Der be times when real bad tings 'appen mon. Da towah ain't always safe.

[Voice]

[chainsawn]

... 'New'. [ she repeats the word to herself before nodding. ] Yes, I think I am new.. even if it's a dream, it's one I've never been to before. So I'm new.

What kind of bad things happen? [ she can imagine a few things, but.. ]

[Voice]

[snowyvalemaiden]

Well, death be at da top of da list, but der also be torture, violence, sorrow, crazy beasties, forced experiments...

Hold up, I might be hittin' it off da wrong way already if ya be new.

Look, it's, odd. But if ya stay outta trouble, chances are notin' bad will be 'appenin' to joo mon. It be a very weird place dat be for sure.

[Voice]

[chainsawn]

[ Death, torture-- what kind of place is this? Even in her dreams she never died before, she mostly just got locked up, but there haven't been many times it was worse. Maybe a few times, but.. ]

I'll stay out of trouble. [ of course, nobody wants to have that happen to them. ] But how do you do that in a place like this? The same way you would normally?

[Voice]

[snowyvalemaiden]

Yup, der be certain floors and certain people ta look out for. I don't be knowin dem all, but s'long as ya be stayin' near da staircases so joo can escape anyting dat might be poppin' out, joo should be fine.

[Voice]

[chainsawn]

So whether something is trouble or not is divided by floors..? Can't the trouble just move up or down a floor if it felt like it?

[Voice]

[snowyvalemaiden]

Da people can, yeah. But da creatures dat be belongin' to a floor seem ta like were dey be livin'.

Dunno exactly why, but dat be how it's been since I got 'ere and how it's been for sum o' da people I talked to.

[Voice]

[chainsawn]

That's a little strange.. They must really, really like staying where they are, in that case. [ not that she can't understand that feeling. ]

So are there places where no danger at all will come?

[Voice]

[snowyvalemaiden]

Dey must, or da controllers of dis place be keepin' it dat way.

As far as wat floors be safe, I don' be knowin' all a' dem, but I be sure da dorms and da first four floors be pretty safe mon.

[Voice]

[chainsawn]

That's good. After all.. if they weren't, things could sneak up to you while you're sleeping.

[anon text]

[nodeviations]

I would like to think it is, but as it stands, the typical attempts at pinching one's self haven't worked.

You're more than welcomed to try, however.

[text]

[chainsawn]

I've already tried that.

[ it's only natural, pinching herself is how she always wakes up from her dreams. ]

Nothing happened, I thought that was strange. But I still didn't know if I could be sure.

[theresnosuchthing]

If it's a dream, it is a very interesting one, don't you think? “ヽ(´▽｀)ノ”

[chainsawn]

I think most dreams are really interesting. So I don't mind seeing this one at all if it's a dream.

[theresnosuchthing]

And if it's not a dream? (。ヘ°)

[chainsawn]

I guess I'd start having to be a little scared then, maybe. The real world isn't supposed to be like this at all.

[theresnosuchthing]

Mmm, I guess. Maybe it's something else entirely! ヾ(´￢｀)ﾉ

[chainsawn]

So if it's not a dream nor the real world, then what could it be?

[theresnosuchthing]

I don't know! I guess we have to find out. (ヘ。ヘ)

[chainsawn]

But how do we find out? Do we just explore until we find the answer?

[theresnosuchthing]

Isn't that how we find out about everything? Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ

[chainsawn]

That's how I used to find out about everything back home. There was always a lot to explore.

[theresnosuchthing]

You must feel right at home here, then! (＾▽＾)