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Failure.

He'd heard it enough through his 33 years of life. He'd believed that it defined him for almost as long. Failure, waste, disappointment, burden. The words spoken ad nauseum. And now, after what he had just been through, the words were circling inside his head once more. Failure. Such a miserable failure. Can't do anything right. The blood on both his hands, a bit upon his face, staining his beard. Crimson stains upon his shirt, his glasses askew on his face, a few tears in his eyes. The hands close into fists, as he lowers his forehead onto the heels of his palms. Kneeling there, he grits his teeth. "Darlene..."

He can hear gulls around him. He looks up, to find that he was no longer where he once was. This wasn't some city along the east coast... This was an island. Was it another hallucination? Was it the city toying with him? The sounds were genuine. The smell of salt water permeate his nose. The feeling of the granules of sand against his knees. If this was a hallucination, it was the most immersive one that he'd been in since this whole situation started.

Moving closer to the water, his hands shake as they plunge into the ocean waves. The blood begins to come off, as he splashes some onto his face.
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Jonathan sighed, laying down under a palm tree, his sight simply staring at a distance. A far off look on his expression, still reliving the events of what happened by what it seemed to be so long ago. He could still remember the look on the face of his victim as he slid down from his scimitar. It was out of self-defense, but Jonathan felt that was simply an excuse. He had killed someone for the first time, and he kept reliving that moment.

Since then, he had never bothered unsheathing Natch, for simply holding the grip was enough to paralyze him. Fortunately for him, he hadn't run into any Heartless yet, but he knew it was a matter of time. Standing up from his spot, Jonathan began walking towards the beach. There, he saw an older man, probably even in his thirties, not that the swordsman could tell from where he was standing, washing his face. He was hesitant to greet the stranger, but it was obvious he was not from around here.

Jonathan knew a Converger when he could see one. "Excuse me." He called out, only moving a bit closer to where the man was and standing on that exact spot. He wanted to get the stranger's attention first.
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(This takes place after the second date thread with Sorin and before the upcoming “Dead Til Dusk” in Multiverse Expanse.)

The calm ocean breeze helped clear her thoughts as she lay there in the sand, staring at the blue sky above her. With how crazy things could get in the worlds, it was nice to just relax and not have to worry about a single thing.

Audrey Crowe couldn’t remember the last time she felt this content. Perhaps hanging out with Sorin and having a good time helped lift off some of the stress and personal doubts she had been dealing with lately. Sure, she had made a couple of missteps during their “dates” (instinctively going in for a kiss was not the best way to end one), but she was happy to just go out and have fun with herself, like a normal young woman.

Now that she was on her own again, the dream-wielder took the time to re-evaluate where to go from here. There were still more worlds to explore, she still needed to improve on her skills...and she still needed to confront Ignis. And for that matter, she needed to return to Silent Hill one of these days, face the trials head on instead of hiding away like she had done.

But she’d worry about all that later. For now, all she wanted to do was relax…

Of course, in this universe, the chances of having a quiet, relaxing moment were very low. Not far away, she heard the small splashing of water, the sound making her sit up and look towards the source. She saw the older man washing his face with the ocean water, frowning. She didn’t remember anyone else being here when she arrived. For that matter, she didn’t hear anyone suddenly appearing here.

A new Converger, perhaps?

Though she stood up and started to approach, she was initially wary. Even though she was getting better about it, she still hadn’t gotten over her distrust of adult men. Having been attacked by insane cultists and encountering a stalker, even if it was towards someone else, didn’t really help with that. However, she kept her precautions to herself for now, stopping just a bit before the man. She also noticed the other guy that looked like a goth stopping by, only giving him a brief glance before she looked back to the adult.

“...you okay?” was all she asked, unable to hide the wariness in her tone. She hoped this wouldn’t end in a fight and needless bloodshed, if it were to come down to that.
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His hands were trying to rub off the blood where he hears those two voices. The warm salty water drips off his face, wetting his beard, mouth and nose covered by both of his hands. Immediately, his hands drop down, grabbing a hold of a familiar item: A metal baseball bat. Turning, he stands up, eyes wide out of a sense of panic. "Who are you!? What..." On the verge of hyperventilating, he actually takes a look at the two. Both were younger than him, and for the most part, they seemed normal enough... but with what the hell he had just been through, he wasn't taking any chances. "What's going on? What is this place? Is this another trick?"

He continues to breathe rapidly, his vision beginning to blur, his whole body actually beginning to shake. His panicked state was obvious to anyone who looked at him. "Ju... Just..." His eyes roll up in the back of his head, as he falls down onto the sand, passed out.
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Jonathan blinked, not having expected the man to pass out of shock at seeing both him and the girl that just arrived after panicking at the sight. With a shake of his head, he walked towards the unconscious stranger and knelt down besides him. "Let's at least move him away from the water." With that, he pulled the stranger away from the water and into the closest shade.

He left the man there and stared back at the girl that appeared. "I don't think I got your name. ...It's Jonathan, by the way." Jonathan searched his pocket for his own MP3 player. Once he pulled it out, he played a song and put on one of the headphones. "We'll have to wait until he wakes up. Hope you don't mind Nightwish."
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The minute she saw the man reaching down for the metal bat, Audrey instinctively reached for the Dreamweaver, prepared to draw it if the man would strike. Though without expression, she frowned as he just...started panicking. Like if he just got out of a life-threatening situation…

A familiar feeling she shared once.

Shaking her head, she held one hand up in a ‘hold on’ gesture, keeping the other on her bowsword just in case. “L-Look, this isn’t a trick, just calm down and we could--”

Too late. In his state of shock, the man had passed out on the spot. Lifting her hand away from her weapon, Audrey just let out a sigh. “So much for that…”

Nonetheless, she helped the young man move him to the nearest shade, mostly dragging him by the arm. Strength wasn’t her strongest suite. She thought of conjuring up something to help move him better, but settled against it, not wanting to send him in a further shock if he were to wake up then.

Once that was settled, she looked back at Jonathan as he introduced himself. “I’m Audrey. Audrey Crowe.” Though sitting back on the ground to wait for the man to wake up, she decided to go ahead and pick up the other half of the headphones, especially once she heard the music that played. “You kidding? I love Nightwish.”

That did remind her of something, though she kept it to herself for the time being. Lately, she started getting dreams...what seemed to be glances of newer things popping up. New releases. Among those were new songs by her favorite band, but with a new singer. As sad as she was about that, she did like what she heard of those songs.

And that was only the sane dreams she had. The less said about Wendigos and psychotic flowers, the better.

Anyway, as she listened to the music that played, she looked back at the unconscious man, having to frown. The way he reacted to them was almost similar to when she first appeared out in the worlds, only he was prepared to fight while she ran away in a panic. Not only that, but now that she had a better look, she saw that he was only wearing one glove. She felt...somewhat powerful waves coming off of it, and was almost ready to reach over to have a closer look.

However, she pulled her hand back. That would’ve been an invasion of personal space, and she didn’t want him to have another freakout.
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Some time passes before the man comes back to consciousness. As he does so, his eyes catch the glint of fading sunlight over the ocean, before he looks at the two younger people there, his mood more sedated, but still anxious. The bat was still nearby, but for now... just for now, he'd try to relax before whatever horrors are due to come again. "Am I dreaming?" Moreso, he said this to himself rather than to the others. He rubs his face before running a hand though his hair."I gotta be dreaming, because this makes no sense..."
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"Good to meet another Nightwish fan." Jonathan said, a small smile on his face. It had been a long while since he smiled and simply watched the unconscious stranger. Soon enough, the man woke up and Jonathan turned off his player, to allow the man to speak. He frowned as the stranger wondered if this was a dream.

"Sadly, it isn't. We're all actually here." He replied, keeping his hands away from Natch. Jonathan didn't want to agitate the man further and frankly, he preferred not touching the scimitar right now nor at all. "You're no longer wherever you're from. You were brought here. To.... this world here. It's called Destiny Islands."
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The man listens as the young gentleman explains. "Another... world?" He shakes his head. "That makes no sense. Are you implying that I'm... not on Earth anymore? That I've gone into outer space?" He gets to his feet. "That's preposterous. I mean, this place looks like it belongs at the Equator, which brings up a whole lot of questions... But another world? I just can't believe that." He reaches down, grabbing his baseball bat. "I'd sooner believe someone was screwing with my head, and I've had way, WAY too much of that already." He doesn't bring his bat up in defense, but merely holds it against his side.

"Now, I want the truth. No lies, no deception, no screwing with me. I don't have the patience for it."
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Audrey frowned as she watched the man’s reaction. Judging from it, he was most likely from the Realm of Waking rather than Reality, which made things much more difficult to explain. Truthfully, she didn’t know how else to go about it other than being straight-up, which would probably lead to them getting bludgeoned by that bat.

Or maybe she was being too paranoid.

She took a deep breath, got to her feet herself, and held up her hands in a gesture that she meant no harm. “Look, you might not believe me when we tell you this, and I can’t blame you for that, but what I’m gonna say is the truth. Or, what I understand of it, anyway.” She paused, taking another breath.

“This is another world like he said. Think of it like...another version of Earth, or something like that. There are others like this, worlds scattered about. Places where people like us travel to.”

Another pause. “Okay, so this is where things start getting a little crazy, so please don’t freak out. The reason you’re here now, why other people are being taken out of their worlds, is because of something called the Great Convergence. From what I know, it’s the result of some overly complicated plan and a bunch of people dreaming so much that everything became real. Or...something.

“...does that make sense to you?”
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"...Are you saying that this is all some kind of metaphysical construct, and we're all in some massive communal dream state?" The man shakes his head. "That's nuts, and that's saying something." He can't help but laugh. It was so ridiculous! But, somehow, in some deeper way he couldn't explain, it made sense... kinda. "I mean, by your definition, we wouldn't even be..." Stopping, his jaw is agape as he shakes his head. "Okay, I don't even wanna think about this anymore, because my brain is hurting and I'm getting a sinking feeling in my gut."

Putting the bat away, the man takes a deep breath. "This'd make one hell of a story, though. I admit that much."
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"Yes, it does." Jonathan nodded in agreement to the stranger. "But it doesn't mean you're stuck in this world. There are ways to go around. You could even go back if you wanted." He added, stretching. "As unbelievable as it is, there are ships that let you travel between worlds. No different than those from sci-fi, but the designs and materials are.... different. They're called Gummi ships. Either Audrey or me could give you a lift to a world that has those. You'd need to purchase one but if you explain your situation, they may give it to you for free."

Jonathan thought for a moment to see what else he needed to tell him. "There are a lot of people like us. I heard we're commonly referred to as Convergers. Some who are like you. I've already met a few of them myself."
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As the man listend, two words sink in. "Go back?" The man pauses, his face going more forlorn. "What would there be to go back to? All that's left there is..." He shakes his head. "No. There's no going back." Thoughts of failure, accusations slung at him by others... There was no need for that anymore. This was a clean slate.

It hit him. Freedom. He finally had freedom. Free from his past, free from the sideways glances of others, free from judgment. He had to take advantage of this. "What... What kind of other worlds are there?"
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Once more, the familiarity began to sink in. Refusal to go back wherever he came from, feeling there was nothing left. It was as if he were...

Before she could question him on this, Audrey instead went on to answer his question, "Well, there's here, Destiny Islands, for one. Mostly relaxing, though you never know when something could strike. There's also Radiant Garden, sort of like the 'hub world' for people like us, if we need to pick up items, ships, or information. There's also Twilight Town, which has some pretty scenic areas to visit. And then there's...well, let's just say someone like you would be really out of place in bright and colorful places."

With that out of the way, the dream-wielder took a breath, wanting to get this out of the way before any of them planned on leaving. "There's...one thing I wanna ask, though." She walked a little closer, only keeping her distance in the case something went wrong, and looked the man in the eye.

"Where exactly did you come from?"
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The man bites his inner lip. Why did she want to know so bad? Maybe... Maybe he could share. Maybe he wouldn't be judged. His posture relaxes. "Well, my home was this little town called Echo Falls. But that wasn't where I was taken from. The place I was taken from was this... resort town a couple hours away. It's called Silent Hill."
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"Silent Hill?! You were in that psychological horror town?" Jonathan commented, surprise. That would explain why the man panicked when he suggested going back. It made a whole lot of sense after all. He wondered why Audrey would ask him about that. Had she been in that world too? Jonathan seriously couldn't see it, especially since the way she was dressed suggested otherwise. So many questions was starting to fill his head, and yet he pushed them all back. It was making him think of his first kill, something he admitted he was forgetting up to now. "I'm.... sorry for what I said earlier. About going back. I shouldn't have...."
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"...."

That was the confirmation she needed. His reaction, that strange feeling she felt from him...he was another victim of the town, just like her. She wouldn't ask what he faced there; she knew for a fact that Silent Hill would throw everything it had to break a person down. Instead, she closed her eyes and took a breath.

"Well...you don't have to worry about going back. If you're out here, that means the town won't have a hold on you anymore." This was ignoring the fact that her own personal nightmare was still after her, but that was a different story. "Anyway, we'll get you to Radiant Garden as soon as possible so you can start traveling on your own."

Before she could start moving, she realized that they hadn't introduced themselves to him, or vice versa. "Oh, and my name's Audrey Crowe; this is Jonathan. What's your name?"
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As the man looked at Audrey, he had a sense of familiarity. Not physical familiarity, but a sense of ... how could he put it? Weariness? Yes. Weariness that echoed his own. Surprisingly, that gave him a sense of relief, that he wasn't alone.

"My name? Ezekiel Carver." His hand reaches out towards them, ready to shake their hands in response.
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"...nice to meet you." Despite her uneasiness, Audrey allowed herself to shake hands with the man. She didn't know if it was her personal mistrust of adult men or that weird feeling she was getting from his gloved hand, but she still felt...odd about this.

Not that she'd show it, anyway. She wanted to help a fellow survivor out, and the further away from anything Silent Hill-related they were, the better.

"S-So then. We'll head to our ships and make our way to Radiant Garden. You can decide who to go with or...whatever." She turned away then, heading towards the shack that housed a Save Point.
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Jonathan simply nodded in agreement with Audrey. He looked at the girl in a different light now, wondering about her interest in Silent Hill. Was she a fan? Or was she just like Ezekiel, someone who had been in the town itself and affected by it? He knew he did just meet her after all, which simply magnified the mystery. Jonathan normally didn't like being in the dark, but recent events had made him not want to know what others had gone through. He can only imagine how hard it was being affected by such things.

Shaking further thoughts out of his head, he followed Audrey towards the shack where the Save Point was located. He kept some distance from the girl, stopping for a moment to motion for Ezekiel to follow the two.
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