Pine Garden

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vega (Dream Side)

Ugh…

Something bright irritated his eyes. For a moment, he wanted it to just go away. His body was still, comfortable, in a sensation that felt familiar. Warm. Like a babe still in the womb. With a frown, he blocked his eyes and managed to open them, and suddenly he gasped.

Lights and bright colors surrounded a lone man. A massive tent was caging him along with a massive audience, easily more than tens of thousand eyes fixed on the stage.

“Laaaaaaaadies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! Come on, come all! Welcome to our grand show!” A massive, fat man with the face of a pig cried out to the crowds.

Ugh. When his vision grew less foggy, he began to see his surrounding… audience more clearly. Watching him weren’t people, but animals. From zebras, to giraffes, to monkeys to pigs to horses and even chicken, everyone surrounding him wore the body of a human, but their likeness was anything but. The mere sight filled him with revulsion, as they indulged in their disgusting show and ate from cattle-feed. Other than that, the ground was covered in deathly flames, and massive stairs connected a rope from one side to another. A fall from that height... no beast could survive it. Let alone the flames, so hot they felt like hell itself.

“How ridiculous. What is this farce? I-“He tried to move away, but his eyes widened when he realized he couldn’t. His body wouldn’t move! Was he drugged? Before he could realize it, the swineherd’s announcement with his guttural squeals.

“For your entertainment, we have brought you the most wondrous show! *snort* Behold, this beautiful little morsel is going to perform a walk of fire!”

That is when he realized that it wasn't that he couldn't move. He was pinned down by two figures. From each side, a woman wearing an earring gripped on his arms and kept him from going forward. Its face and body was more beautiful than anything, its purple hair of a gleam that could steal a heart. And yet, they wouldn't let go. Because he lost, he could never surpass this wall as he was.

[SINIB]

Tsumiko

"Mmmnnnn." She made a hesitantly soft grunting sound. It had gotten better here, but the memories of life at home..."

Her heartrate rocketed and she began to breathe rapidly thinking about it. She didn't want to go back. She reallyd
 Didn't want to go back!

"N-no, I mean, yes!"

[Elf]

Emiya

Emiya felt his chest tighten at the sight of the terrified girl before him. 

The terrified girl who has both Sakura and Rin inside of her, he reminded himself.

"Hey, you're okay now.  You're safe.  If anyone comes after you, well, most things die when a sword goes through them at Mach 3," he said as he pulled her into a hug and stroked her back.

[SINIB]

Tsumiko

Tsumiko shuddered violently when he touched her, as if she hadn't been expecting physical contact. "Y-es... well..."

She feared that if she verbalized it, that it would all immediately come back.

Tsumiko shook her head.

[Elf]

Emiya

Emiya pulled back enough to look at her.

He moved one hand to gently pull her hood down so he could look at her face.  "Now, only if you want to stay here.  If you don't want to stay here with me and Tohsaka -" the cat meowed - "then let me know.  If you want to stay here, we'll get your things and I can make a room for you."

[SINIB]

Tsumiko

Tsumki shuddered again. She clenched her teeth and she could barely breathe, even though she was breathing so fast!

"Mmm!" She made an affirmative sound and pulled him close into a hug, breathing in and out of his shirt after burying her face in it.

[Elf]

Emiya

"Oh, okay then," Emiya said with a chuckle as Tsumiko pulled him into a tight hug.  She burrowed herself into him, much like Sakura had.

He returned the hug and stoked her hair.

"We'll go get your things after we eat," he said.

[SINIB]

Tsumiko

Tsumiko held him close. She let out a loud stuttering series of breaths, exhaling her tension. She did it again a couple of times. "O-ok..."

[Elf]

Emiya

Emiya felt her relax in his arms as Tsumiko's breathing became more even.

"Come on, we still have curry rice to make," he said as he stood up, bringing her with him.

[Bern]

Lulu

Someplace, Sometime...

Clap clap clap clap clap.....

"Marvelous. Simply marvelous. I haven't seen a vision as splendidly twisted as this in a long long time. Oh how it makes my heart flutter with an emotion, an emotion I haven't felt for ten, nay 100, no, 1000 years and weekends. Is this what they call excitement, could it be? could it truly be? After all this time? Oh how should how I deal with it? I should gracefully make my entry.... No something more modest!"

Of course this was all within hearing range of the man who was basically chained down and forced to watch all of this dastardly spectacle. Soft steps could be heard down, like the person was very light on their feet, but was something else wrong with the quality of this sound, and that as the lack of shoes. It as confirmed but a moment later as a blonde woman in a black dress walked around and stopped in front of him, blocking his view of the pig headed man. The source of the odd sound as abundantly clear now, she was indeed not wearing any shoes.

"Hey there..... You know this is a dream right? None of this is real, None besides little Lulu here.... Yeah i'm here focus on me, you don't wanna see more of that pig do you? think happy thoughts... Today's defeat is just tomorrow's victory!"

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vega

His eyes sparked at the sudden presence, and he turned to gaze at the one who spoke to him. She was... strangely bewitching. That wasn't to say the woman behind him, sporting locks as bright as gold, was anything short of gorgeous. But something stirred in his heart at her sight. He grit his teeth, for then and only then did his expression turn to shock. A dream?

How ridiculous. Something so filthy and grotesque could surely not be borne from his own self. No, perhaps she was the one dreaming. It would make far more sense. Perhaps she was some insane fan who had pulled him into her vile imagination.

But she was quite adorable. Perhaps he'd forgive her this once. And besides, she did have one point: he'd rather pick a beautiful woman to a swine any day.

"Hey, woman... what are you talking about?" He asked her, not even acknowledging her name. Meanwhile, the circus music and bright colors kept dancing, as if this was still part of the show.

[Bern]

Lulu

Adorable?

Did he seriously have that as first thought? That was such an earnest reaction, picking this form was the right choice after all and she so was so happy about it.

So happy she could dance.

Or at least spin around in place before courtseing to him like very proper lady. Because she was very very proper ufufufu...

"It's Lulu mister, but I'll overlook since you think I'm adorable. Are you seriously not getting it yet tho? You're in a dream, where else would a girl like me approach. Hmm Hmm... It looks like an abstract representation of you view the world. That pig over there is your daddy right, right? And I think you're afraid of turning into him after getting your ass kicked."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vega

His expression darkened, and a frown crowned shining eyes that could seriously kill.

"That's not funny. Even as a joke."

[Bern]

Lulu

She shrugged not really bothered by his glare, mortals were always like this when staring their darkness in the eye. Nothing she could do about that.

"Your dream, your rules. You could be dreaming about cute girls feeding your grapes but here we are. Looks to me like you want it"

Slap.

She lowered her right hand, the hand that had just slapped him but....

"See no pain, you're dreaming."

[Kotomine_Rin]

Vega

A smacking sound echoed through the tent, and silence. There was no pain, no sound, other than the drumming of his heart. Then rage. He moved without a thought, grabbed her by the shoulder and pointed straight to her chest with an accusing finger.

"You wench! Of what right do you have the audacity to strike Vega's fa-"

His enraged cry stopped short when he realized it. He moved.  Surprised, he shifted his eye left and right to notice the two girls holding him down were now fading, like smoke. Their shape bulging and tearing up like clouds of cotton candy in the wind.

"I see." He calmed down, and looked at the interloper. So she was telling the truth. How.... intriguing. "And yet, I have no memory of you. If this is a dream, what dark recess of my mind could spawn a devil as wicked and charming as you?'