[ welp, this seems like normal and healthy behaviour.
assuming he's all curled up on a sofa or something, so date's going to sit down opposite him and keep himself a distance somewhere between close enough to reach out and steady him if he needs it, but not so close as to crowd him. ]
Bad one, it sounds like. Not that the other one seemed good, but...
[ me sweating knowing 2/3 of the mods are canon familiar with aistf ]
Like you were experiencing a memory first hand?
[ he looks thoughtful ]
… That’s… kind of like a somnium. Although I’ve never been killed in one, or had physical injuries that existed outside of one. But experiencing an abstract dream or memory that you can feel and influence…?
Exploring a memory’s similar, but a somnium is literally exploring it inside someone’s head. That’s why it’s six minutes — a body can’t hold two minds for much longer than that. Not safely.
It doesn’t sound like Gideon was anywhere nearby while you were going through all that, right?
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Lavi's bandaged and cleaned up by now, but his body's curled around him like he's been trying to hold himself together for mumbled amount of hours.]
...Adventure. [his voice is very hoarse, but he mumbles it out] Like Bixing's.
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assuming he's all curled up on a sofa or something, so date's going to sit down opposite him and keep himself a distance somewhere between close enough to reach out and steady him if he needs it, but not so close as to crowd him. ]
Bad one, it sounds like. Not that the other one seemed good, but...
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[talking about it is helping, delivering it in a factual monotone is even better.]
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[ … ]
Wait, they’re memories? Like the incident at the library the other week?
[ oh god someone’s going to end up in a somnium ]
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I'm pretty sure. It felt like... they'd been there before. I could hear their voices sometimes. Emotions too. So it was like a memory memory.
[does date remember getting fcked up in a somnium]
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Like you were experiencing a memory first hand?
[ he looks thoughtful ]
… That’s… kind of like a somnium. Although I’ve never been killed in one, or had physical injuries that existed outside of one. But experiencing an abstract dream or memory that you can feel and influence…?
[ haha welp ]
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So that's what a Somnium does, huh.
[he's glad he received this lore after muffled amounts of trauma]
Maybe hell's giving it a personal spin? It felt longer than six minutes though.
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Exploring a memory’s similar, but a somnium is literally exploring it inside someone’s head. That’s why it’s six minutes — a body can’t hold two minds for much longer than that. Not safely.
It doesn’t sound like Gideon was anywhere nearby while you were going through all that, right?
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...No. Not physically, and she was surprised when I told her about it.
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Not "physically".
[ he's picking up what you're putting down. ]
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...It was like she was there sometimes. Emotionally, memory-wise?
[he rubs his head]
Childe wondered if it had to do with how she died.
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… Ah. I haven’t asked her about how she died, but —
[ he thinks. ]
It’d make sense if it came up in a memory they used to torment other people with.
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[a little frustrated]
Mine wasn't anything like hers, but I don't want anyone seeing it.
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[ he pulls a face. ]
Airing personal stuff like that feels wrong.