video; un: labyrinths

[buildindreemz]

[ Ariadne's eyes are fever-bright, her skin pallid. She's clutching something in her hand, something she's reluctant to share with anyone else. Her eyes dart away, then back again, as though she's looking for something - or someone - out of the corner of her eyes. ]

Have you ever thought you were going crazy? Ever... questioned reality?

[ Christ, she's becoming a huge cliche, and she knows it, but there's nothing she can do about it. She didn't think she'd ever be in this situation. Maybe it was her own hubris. But now, here she is. Seeing shades again. Not sure if this is real or a dream. ]

I don't - it's hard when - none of you are -

[ Real. They're not real. She's thought that was a possibility, since arriving, but it's becoming clearer - or maybe muddier? The past several days.

Ariadne starts, jumping a little at something she sees offscreen. ]

I don't know what she wants from me. I never met her in real life. [ Annnnnnnnd cut.]

Comments

[reek]

As though nothing you've ever known is real?

[buildindreemz]

a dream. it's a dream.

[reek]

[ His experiences are not the same as hers by a long stretch, but he's heard so many contradictions and been called a liar so many times, he's begun to wonder if perhaps he did dream up half of what he believes to be real.

A touch of madness does run in his family, though. ]

I've wondered as much.

I've not taken ill, but since I woke here, I've begun to doubt if I actually experienced half of what I believe I experienced at home.

[buildindreemz]

I know what was real and what wasn't back home.

here is more confusing

[reek]

I may feel the same.

[buildindreemz]

are you seeing dead people too?

[reek]

In a sense.

[ Robb. Robb is supposed to be dead. ]

[buildindreemz]

it's terrible isn't it. but i'm afraid to try and wake up.

[reek]

No.

[ It doesn't seem to bother anyone else. Robb's family seems pleased to have him back. He doesn't make them uneasy, and they don't push him away as though he's a ghost who shouldn't be here. Perhaps they think it, but they don't let it show. ]

That does not trouble me quite so much as everything else.

You truly believe you're dreaming?

[buildindreemz]

if I did i would've woken myself up already

[ That's the problem, though. She's not sure. ]

[reek]

Can you explain?

[buildindreemz]

If I knew this was just a dream, I could throw myself off a bridge, for instance. You don't die in a dream.
You just wake up.

[reek]

[ He can confirm that much. He's had countless night terrors, and he never dies in any of them. But, then again,
that leads him to his next point-- ]

I have dreams here. I have them every night. They're the same dreams I had at home. I wake from them, and I'm still here and still nothing makes sense.

[buildindreemz]

You can still dream while dreaming. Definitely doable.

[reek]

How would you know? How can you be so certain?

[buildindreemz]

Haven't you ever woken up from a dream, only to realize you're still dreaming?

[reek]

No.

[ Not that he can recall. It's an odd thing to ask a man to recall, particularly someone in Theon's mindset. He's frustrated, and now he has another reason not to trust himself because Ariadne makes a very good argument. ]

It's just the illness. You will feel differently when it's passed.