Now my head's exploding and time is standing still

[dj_jiraiya]

Who: Yosuke Hanamura and OPEN
When: 4/13
Where: The Shared Dream(s)
What: Catch All for "Dream a Little Dream" event
Warnings: Violence, mostly. Mentions of murder.

[ Each dream will have it's own top level, please no more than two people per dream! If there's a particular dream you want that I haven't included below, just hit me up and I'll work something out! mossflowered]

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Calm the hell down!

[dj_jiraiya]

There's the sound of wind howling, a window is open in the hospital room along with the sounds of pitiful crying from the full grown man before him. Surround him were Yosuke and his friends, all in various states of anger and anguish for the little seven year old that died because of him. Because of this man.

"What are you doing?" Your partner asks quietly.

Namatame flinched a little. "I... I was scared s-so I... I..."

"You have your life," The raw emotion in his voice surprised even himself, but Yosuke continued on. "And now you want your freedom too?!"

Chie behind him reacted right away. "It's your fault Nanako-chan's..." She broke off with a near sob, gritting her teeth.

But the man, Namatame, shook his head. His eyes were wide and frightened, but Yosuke didn't care. "I-I didn't! I-I..."

They are all interrupted by the TV in the room turning on on its own. It shows... the same man on the screen, dressed in a couriers uniform. Rise is the one who spoke next. "Is it 12 o'clock? Is it the midnight channel?"

Was it? He hadn't been looking at the time. But they all recognized who was on the screen but... but how?

"I failed to save her. It's because you got in my way!" His voice was distorted, eyes a sickening yellow.

"Another Namatame?!" Yosuke couldn't believe it. "But the real one is right here and we already beat his Shadow!"

"No," Naoto spoke up. "Come to think of it, Namatame never faced his other self. And we didn't witness his Shadow returning to his body as a Persona, either... perhaps that's why we're seeing this now."

"What the..." Namatame couldn't believe it himself, staring in horror at the TV. The Shadow continued on. "I failed. But it wasn't my fault. And the law can't touch me anyway..."

"What?!" The real Namatame shouted, but Chie didn't give him time to respond more. "Is this what he's really thinking?! Then... he wasn't deranged or anything, he knew what he was doing!"

Yosuke was seeing red. "To hell with the law... I won't ever forgive for what you did...!"

"This-! Please! Stop...!" Namatame begged, holding his head as he struggled to comprehend just what was happening, what was on the TV, and the kids surrounding him. Kanji spoke up, not letting Namatame come to terms. "Huh? Stop what? We ain't even done anything yet. Or do you want us to do something? Something fitting for a bastard like you!"

"Do whatever you want," The Shadow grinned horribly. Yosuke felt his blood boiling. "You hate me because the child died, don't you? I don't care either way. Living or dying makes no difference to me. But you... You're different." He stopped to chuckle. "You can't do such a thing. You wouldn't dare, right?" He continued to laugh. "I'll continue "saving" people. It's my mission...!"

The TV shit off, only the cold sound of the November winter wind was heard now. "M-Mission..." Yukiko's quiet voice broke the silence. Naoto muttering a "my god" as the weight of that fell on them. He was going to get away with murder, and continue murdering-!

"Please... s-stop..." Namatame begged.

"He wants us to stop," Yosuke's voice was hard and unwavering, staring down at the begging adult. "What should we do?"

Chie gave a confused "What do you mean?" behind him, but he didn't care. He knew the others would know. Kanji was the one who answered. "We can't let this bastard do as he pleases."

"No way am I going to walk out of here doing nothing."

The girls still seemed confused, but Naoto wasn't. She walked over to the TV and pointed out how this must be a luxury suite. Most hospital rooms didn't have such large TVs in them. With something like this, Namatame could escape at any time. Although... "Once he enters, he may never find a way out."

The weight of that sentence hit half the group like a hammer. "Wait... are you serious?!" Rise said. But Kanji interrupted. "You just gonna turn your back and walk away?"

Chie argued that they couldn't do something like that, it was clear Yukiko and Rise were also in agreement. Yosuke was having none of it. He turned around. "Everyone, listen to me! If we're gonna do this, now's our only shot. We won't get a second chance. At this rate, the guy's gonna get off the hook and go around 'saving' people again..."

Just like he "saved" Saki-senpai, who ended up upside down hanging off an antennae. Tch!

"You just heard what this bastard's really thinking! If that happens, it'll be just like Nanako-chan and senpai! Who knows how many innocent people will die this time? I can't let something like that go!" His voice, still angry, was also beginning to crack. "Someone close to me died... her killer can't be convicted...And now I'm gonna let the same thing happen again?! There's no way I can do that! It's just wrong, isn't it?!"

"B-But Yosuke..."

"All we have to do is push him inside the TV... that's it. We do that one thing and this is all over." He knew exactly what he was implying. "If any of you want no part of this, then leave the room. I'm not gonna force you to stay. As for me, nothing can make me forgive this bastard... but..." He looked to his partner. His best friend. "But before we do this, I want to hear what you think."

He had been silent this whole time and it was his cousin that died! Surely, he could agree, right? "Wait a second here..."

Yosuke was not expecting that at all "We don't have time to wait! If we don't do this now the cops'll come back! What're you trying to say?!"

"We're missing something," Yu tried again.

"Something we don't know? What don't we know?!"

"Namatame's true feelings!" That made no sense, Yosuke was getting angrier now and it was being directed at his own best friend as he felt his blood boil higher. "But we just heard this guy's true feelings on the TV!" His voice was rising even higher as well, all but shouting. "What didn't you understand?!"

"Something's bothering me a-" But Yosuke didn't let him finish this time, this was nonsense. "Well, what is it?! I already told you there's no time to waste. Are you even getting at something here?! Or are you just stalling?!"

Yu looked frustrated, struggling to keep his cool as he tried again. "We're missing something here."

"Missing?" That made him pause, only just a little because more importantly, "Dammit, I've heard enough of this bullshit! Give me a straight answer! Are we doing this or not? That's all I give a damn about right now!"

"CALM THE HELL DOWN!" While it was said to Yosuke, who immediately looked completely flabbergasted at hear Yu actually shout like this, the way it was shouted meant it was directed at everyone. But Yosuke knew right then, it was mostly at him. It was an awful feeling that overcame him as Namatame continued to whimper on the floor. "Tch... I'm perfectly calm."

No, he wasn't.