Memory and Dream

[aeons_crackshot]

Annabelle feels groggy when there's suddenly a bright light in her face, causing her to open her eyes. The grogginess is quickly washed away by fear and dread. The machinery stretching above her and the table that she's strapped to is terribly familiar by now.

She struggles and curses, but there's no one human in here right now, just a robot guard. The screaming gets on the nerves of the human scientists, you see.

Annabelle can't help but tense when she hears that all too familiar whine of the machine starting up. Electrical energy arcs from one piece of machinery to another and the pain begins.

It feels a bit like being punched all over her body for a minute or two, but the worst pain comes much faster this time. Annabelle can't see, can't think, the world is nothing but agony, as if every nerve has been set ablaze....

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[leadinghome]

Connor feels it the moment it starts: there is a reason Luke does his 'speeches' to people who are asleep, REM stage means their minds are open.

Easy for him to step inside and reach for Annabelle, but easy to make a mess if he is not careful.

It is past. Happened, but is not happening. You are safe. He lets the words echo, and touches the most recent real memory of Annabelle's: going to sleep in her room, watched over by him.