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[color=f7976a][b][i]It's only a dream...
 
 
 
It's only a dream...
 
 
 
FUCK!
 
 
 
Wake up, Kousuke!
 
 
 
It's only a dream![/i][/b][/color][/center]
 
 
 
[indent]Kousuke rushed through the dream-like maze that had sprung up around him, swinging around wall after wall and skidding to a halt every time he came to a dead end, only to whip around and run the other way. The last thing they remembered, they were in the library, sitting in a back corner by a window that looked over the campus, 'resting', as he would claim, though [i]sleeping[/i] was more accurate. Before the semester, Kousuke had specifically arranged they classes to give themself an extra long free period between his afternoon classes and his evening classes, a time they happily used to nap away the stress of the earlier part of the day before moving on the the next.

They had barely even sat down, however, before everything went dark. Normally, Kousuke was not one to fall asleep so quickly, but he was [i]sure[/i] that was the explanation. It was the only logical explanation there was! Surely, this was a dream. A nightmare, more likely. It was on par with his usual terrors: alone in the darkness with distant or disembodied voices all around him. Check all over with that. The labyrinth was new. As was the fact that he couldn't actually [i]hear[/i] the voices. Undefined whispers they just couldn't make out, no matter how hard he strained. [i]That[/i] was unlike his nightmares. The voices were usually there to ridicule him, laughing at his demise and calling him names, speaking as though he wasn't there and talking about how strange he was and questioning whether or not he was even human. Those were the voices he was used to, and he hated them. Somehow though, the whispers were worse. Somehow, the fact that he couldn't hear what they were saying sent him into even more unease than the clearer voices did.

As he came to a place where the labyrinth split off into multiple directions, Kousuke finally stopped running and just spun in a circle, looking down every path and straining to see some, [i]anything[/i] hinting at which way to go. The whispers seemed to grow louder as his anxiety started to peak, and Kousuke ducked his head down as he fell into a stooping position and covered his ears. It was no help. The voices continued. Possibly even louder, and Kousuke grit his teeth against the noise.

[sub]"Stop it,"[/sub] he said aloud, quietly, then again, a little louder, "Stop it......stop it...stop it, [i]stop it[/i], [i][b]STOP IT![/b][/i]" What had started as a quiet murmur grew into a fierce yell and he curled further in on himself, gritting his teeth even harder, "Just fucking stop it!" he screamed into the darkness. There was something different about his voice in the moment. Something...[i]commanding[/i]. It felt powerful, in a way, [i]supernatural[/i] even...[/indent]