03 - [Action/Video]

[primordial]

[Action- in front of Daemoniac Inc. Cancer District]

[Walk through the Cancer Ward, and you will probably spot the large building in the middle of it, a state-of-the-art structure that reflects the technological wizardry of the area. One might marvel at it, and the locals do seem to be doing so as their eyes wander over it, but there is one person who does not seem to be marveling at it at all.]

[You might look over this young man sitting on a chair outside an internet cafe, with his disheveled appearance and general unkempt hair that scream "possibly homeless or worse", but his gaze, strangely enough, never seems to leave the building. Look closer, and you'll see that the knuckles on his hand grasping the cup of water before him are white, he's grasping the thing so tightly. And his stare holds a level of malice that contrasts harshly with his general harmless appearance...]

[This is not the image of a man who is happy about what he is looking at, at all.]

[Video]

[Sam Erstwhile appears on screen, frowning sadly- while everyone is busy with the hubbub of the tournament coming up, it seems like he'll be the only person who will always be miserable, no matter what.]

Look, um...I hate to ask this, because it's totally unrelated to anything about the tournament, but I felt I really needed a answer to the question as soon as possible.

[He lets out a sigh as he scratches his shaggy head.]

W-what's the best way to get rid of nightmares?

Comments

[acapriciousthing]

It depends a lot on where you're from. The Greeks had their underworld, modern Americans have their heaven and hell. A lot of it comes down to where you think you belong.

[primordial]

So, what, it's just...all up to our own imaginations, then? Like, if I wanted to go to heaven, I would, despite what I've done?

[acapriciousthing]

If you really believed it was where you should be.

[primordial]

[He's silent at that, because...he knows that no matter what, St. Peter is not going to be calling his name anytime soon.]

What if I wanted to be with a particular person after death? Somebody who had already died. Could that happen?

[acapriciousthing]

That happens a lot. People really make amazing bonds.

[She actually rather loves seeing that]

[primordial]

Oh. Oh, that's...

[And for the first time in a long time, some remnant of a genuine smile appears on his face.]

That's really nice. I'm glad.

[acapriciousthing]

It's really quite sweet. Call me a hopeless romantic, I guess.

[primordial]

Ha, that's ironic. Death being a hopeless romantic...

What's next, you like chick flicks too?

[acapriciousthing]

I prefer Disney movies, actually.

[primordial]

Disney?

[Wow, talk about irony.]

...What's your favorite?

[acapriciousthing]

That's a hard call... I'm pretty fond of Little Mermaid. My brother got all grumpy about them changing the ending, but I like happy endings.

[primordial]

Ah, from the one where she turned into sea foam, right? I don't know...I think I like the original one better. It was more tragic, really.

[acapriciousthing]

He liked it because it was the original ending. He could be pretty stubborn.

[primordial]

Who is the brother of Death, now that I think about it? He's not Death too, is he?

[acapriciousthing]

The one I was thinking of is Dream. There's Destiny and Destruction too. And my sister Despair and Delirium. Oh, and then there's Desire.

[Just... Desire]

[primordial]

...You all like the letter D, huh.

So, what, you're all like anthropomorphic concepts of those things?

[acapriciousthing]

People are always commenting on that for some reason.

And yes, that's exactly what we are. Fundamental forces of the universe.