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[The feed clicks on, intentionally. Charlie's hand pulls away from the device and it shows her, unusually calm and surrounded by fire. Things are on fire but nothing is actually burning.]

So...I'm sure I'm awake. I heard my alarm clock and all and things were okay for a second or two but then when I got outside...

[She turns the camera and there are extra buildings, a bit warped and twisted because everything is more nightmare-ish in her dreams and there are people running from the buildings. Faceless people. People who flicker as they go because again, this is how it goes in her dreams.]

I know this place. I don't like it.

[She's not going to say why. A man approaches, faceless as usual, a scar on the left side of his face quite visible and his hair, white and tied back and he has a gun but Charlie hardly flinches. Instead, her hand reaches out and with a flick of her wrist, he's gone in a flash.]

This is a curse, right? I have twenty-four hours of this shit to put up with? [A pause.] At least the fire isn't actually harming anything.

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I'd be careful coming here.

[Guess who is a smart big sister who can guess what you're up to, Ken?] I left my apartment and everything looked like this so I just kept walking.

So...you're not sure where you are?

[Yeah, that's a level of awful he can't put into words. He'll start at the apartment and keep walking until he finds that then.]

I think I have a vague idea bit I can't really be sure.

It's alright.

[Doesn't matter. He'll still find her. Bubbles popping all around him as he runs.]

[She'll wait. She's on a bench, just watching. The bubbles make her smile and she turns to look at Ken.] Hi.

[He stops when he sees her, then looks around him, wide-eyed.]

You're not in any danger in this, are you? [He thinks, even if she's not, it's still horrible to look at, and she clearly has bad memories attached to it. He'll stay with her, no matter what. They bubbles are more stationary now, just floating, harmlessly.]

Nope. None at all and neither are you. [She's watching the bubbles, calmly fascinated.] Those are pretty.

[He looks at them, suddenly remembering they're there.]

Yeah. They look a lot bigger, and more colorful in my dreams.

You dream of bubbles often?

Lately, yes. I think it's...probably because of the picture we found recently? I've dreamed of them since then.

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