Surface [Part 2]
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esp_dragonFandom: Noblesse
Summary: Ashleen wakes up.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 609
Total word count: 2,085
Status: Work in progress
Ashleen woke up. She wasn't home but... Oh, she had to be dreaming. That would explain why everything was different, why everything felt weird. Everything was too sharp, too loud, like they were right up next to her face, demanding her attention.
Even her head felt weird. There was no familiar weight there and when she ran her hand through her hair, her fingers combed through far faster than she was used to. She pulled her hair there in front of her face.
...Silver hair...? Almost like Ahjussi's. She stared at it before shaking her head. Definitely a dream. Was she dreaming she was him?
She stood up and — woooah, she was tall! Maybe as tall as Ahjussi!
She nearly tripped over her feet as she walked over to the door. It was like she was floating, feeling lighter and needing less to move. She nearly walked into the door too, the distance she needed to open it bigger than she was used to.
She had almost gotten used to walking when she heard someone come up behind her, an arm slipping around her shoulders.
"Hey, em, you drunk or something?" The person was a man with short black black hair and a white stripe at the front. His hair shook a bit as he chuckled.
"I'm dreaming!" she replied, smiling.
"Dream-" The man blinked, then replied with a smile. "Oooh, I see. And your name's Ashleen, isn't it?"
"Yup!" She didn't need to ask how the man knew her name — she was dreaming, after all.
"How long you been dreaming for?"
How long...? She'd woken up and then walked out of the room. "A couple minutes?"
"Do you wanna meet other dream people?"
"Sure!" Why not?
The man -Tao?- led her further into the house, down stairs that seemed to go into the ground. The house melted into shiny bright walls that looked like they could reflect light if Ashleen looked at them in the right way. The doors even opened by themselves!
While she was distracted with machines along the wall, she heard someone approach them.
"Hey, Boss!" She turned in time to see Tao waving his hands in the blond man's direction. She felt like she could recognise it, but she couldn't understand what Tao meant by it.
The blond man blinked. "I see..." He did? He turned to Ashleen, a smile on his face. "Ashleen, we're going to do a small check-up, if you don't mind."
"What for?" she asked, walking over and hopping up onto the table that she just knew would be used for checking her over.
"To see how strong the dream is," the man -Frankenstein- said, placing one hand on her shoulder and guiding her down until she lay on top of the table. "This won't hurt."
Of course it wouldn't. She closed her eyes in preparation for the bright light that would pass over her.
It didn't take long and she cracked an eye open when Frankenstein called out to her. "Ashleen?"
"Mm!" She sat up with a huff and then blinked at Frankenstein and Tao. "It's weird," she admitted. "The dream is feeling more and more real." She peered down at her hands as she flexed them. The skin was darker than she was used to. A lot bigger too. She felt more grounded, like she was actually interacting with everything now.
"I see..." Frankenstein said, glancing between something on the scanner and her.
She wasn't too worried though. "This place is too different from home to be real; I just have to wait to wake up!"
"Yes," Frankenstein said, his voice soft. "That's all we have to do."
Summary: Ashleen wakes up.
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word count: 609
Total word count: 2,085
Status: Work in progress
Ashleen woke up. She wasn't home but... Oh, she had to be dreaming. That would explain why everything was different, why everything felt weird. Everything was too sharp, too loud, like they were right up next to her face, demanding her attention.
Even her head felt weird. There was no familiar weight there and when she ran her hand through her hair, her fingers combed through far faster than she was used to. She pulled her hair there in front of her face.
...Silver hair...? Almost like Ahjussi's. She stared at it before shaking her head. Definitely a dream. Was she dreaming she was him?
She stood up and — woooah, she was tall! Maybe as tall as Ahjussi!
She nearly tripped over her feet as she walked over to the door. It was like she was floating, feeling lighter and needing less to move. She nearly walked into the door too, the distance she needed to open it bigger than she was used to.
She had almost gotten used to walking when she heard someone come up behind her, an arm slipping around her shoulders.
"Hey, em, you drunk or something?" The person was a man with short black black hair and a white stripe at the front. His hair shook a bit as he chuckled.
"I'm dreaming!" she replied, smiling.
"Dream-" The man blinked, then replied with a smile. "Oooh, I see. And your name's Ashleen, isn't it?"
"Yup!" She didn't need to ask how the man knew her name — she was dreaming, after all.
"How long you been dreaming for?"
How long...? She'd woken up and then walked out of the room. "A couple minutes?"
"Do you wanna meet other dream people?"
"Sure!" Why not?
The man -Tao?- led her further into the house, down stairs that seemed to go into the ground. The house melted into shiny bright walls that looked like they could reflect light if Ashleen looked at them in the right way. The doors even opened by themselves!
While she was distracted with machines along the wall, she heard someone approach them.
"Hey, Boss!" She turned in time to see Tao waving his hands in the blond man's direction. She felt like she could recognise it, but she couldn't understand what Tao meant by it.
The blond man blinked. "I see..." He did? He turned to Ashleen, a smile on his face. "Ashleen, we're going to do a small check-up, if you don't mind."
"What for?" she asked, walking over and hopping up onto the table that she just knew would be used for checking her over.
"To see how strong the dream is," the man -Frankenstein- said, placing one hand on her shoulder and guiding her down until she lay on top of the table. "This won't hurt."
Of course it wouldn't. She closed her eyes in preparation for the bright light that would pass over her.
It didn't take long and she cracked an eye open when Frankenstein called out to her. "Ashleen?"
"Mm!" She sat up with a huff and then blinked at Frankenstein and Tao. "It's weird," she admitted. "The dream is feeling more and more real." She peered down at her hands as she flexed them. The skin was darker than she was used to. A lot bigger too. She felt more grounded, like she was actually interacting with everything now.
"I see..." Frankenstein said, glancing between something on the scanner and her.
She wasn't too worried though. "This place is too different from home to be real; I just have to wait to wake up!"
"Yes," Frankenstein said, his voice soft. "That's all we have to do."