Journeys to the Dreamscape

Part 2

Hitomu
I knew we were going on a mission to rescue this Satoru character very soon. But... I don't even know what this guy looks like! How can we be sure to trust them? I decided to sneak into the lab late at night and go into the Dreamscape to see if I could make contact with them before anything else happened. When I was sure Musouka was asleep in her room, I made my way quietly into the lab. I laid on the platform nervously for a moment before I took a deep breath, shut my eyes, pressed the button, and let myself go limp with sleep. Once there, it was how it usually was once you first enter. A clean white slate of which you had the freedom to dream up whatever you'd like. I walked around a bit absentmindedly expecting something to happen. I then shook my head as I remembered what I had to do in order to get anything to work. You could tell I hadn't been there in a while. I closed my eyes and thought back briefly to how enthusiastically she had talked about her experience meeting this person. I opened my eyes and a vast landscape appeared before me.

I was just at the border with my feet partially touching the grass under me while the rest of my foot was still standing in the white plain. I stepped over and began to walk around this strange new place. Around me were rolling hills and a water fall between two large mounds of grass, rocks, and soil. In the distance upon one of these hills, I saw what looked like somebody looking off into the distance of the white plain. I thought that must have been them! I ran towards the hill as fast as I could and began yelling "hey!" Once I was close enough to them, I could see they had long, straight hair. It was a strange sort of green with long orange strands mixed in curiously. I stood looking at them a moment in wonder. Nothing but the wind blew as a swarm of fireflies flew around them briefly, making them turn around to look at them curiously. Once the bugs flew away, they were facing in my direction when they eventually met my gaze. They had on a long knee length fern-green casual sweater-like dress, the same tone as their hair and eyes which had a strange orange ring around the outside. W-was this... "S-Satoru?" I questioned them. They smiled at me kindly and nodded. I couldn't help but get brightly red-faced at this. T-THEY were Satoru?? Sure they had quite an appealing appearance but... Musouka?

They must have seen my expression as their body moved in a sort of laughter yet no voice escaped from their mouth. They began to move their arms and hands with an amused expression on their face, that is when I could hear a voice. Their voice. "{My appearance depends on the mind of the person who is dreaming,}" they explained. "{I appear and sound in a male image to our young Dreamer. I'm not too surprised to see your reaction towards my feminine appearance and sound.}" I hummed in a sort of understanding. 'Young Dreamer'?, is that what they called Musouka? This was... Very strange. "{But it is very nice to meet such a close friend of her's. She had quite a lot to say about you when we met.}" I nodded gratefully at their compliment. Musouka spoke about me to such a captivating person such as themself?? But I just had realized; I hadn't said a clear sentence to them the whole time I was here! I mean I knew they had an attractive complexion but come on! I cleared my throat and began. "W-well, I'm Hitomu. Musouka has had a lot to say about you too. I just came here in an attempt to see who I was dealing with here...". They nodded in understanding. "Also, I wanted to find out... How do we find you? Where is your location?" They looked down a moment and put a hand to their chin. They then formed a sort of look of realization. They smiled "{I'll transmit a sort of memory for you of the name and directions to my location. I wish you luck.}" I formed a sort of unsure expression but nodded. I guess I would find out when I awoke. Their captivating semblance wasn't helping me understand either much to my embarrassment. I could only imagine what they looked like in Musouka's eyes... "{Well... What might your Single Dream be?}" they asked then. I laughed nervously, "ah ha it's just my name... But don't we all have that one special dream for the future?" I said. They smiled and nodded. They may have liked my response. "{Well, may that single dream come true to you. I'll see you again soon.}" I could hear them say. I then felt a sudden pull of my arm as they drew me closer to them quickly. "{You know, she's shown me some fascinating things about your customs. You have just done so as well.}" What did they mean by that? They then planted a quick kiss to my cheek. I was about to gasp in shock at how unexpected it was when I found myself awake back in the lab. My face flushed with what just happened. Well... At least I know who Satoru was now.