To Catch a Dream

[Nine1122]

Legion

"Well whatever you do, you should stop taking whatever pills they give you." Scott suggested. He knew it was bad advice for one patient to give another but if Carmen did want out she was going to need a slightly more clear mind. Someone who was drug-addled was hardly ever useful so they probably wouldn't be much help escaping this place. "You could always try an annoying letter writing campaign to Providence."

Date: March 3, 2013 | Company: Other Patients | Powers: Elemental Manipulation (Suppressed) | Personality: Scott Ryder

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『 Ȼɑɼɱεɳ Ϣɼɩʈε 』

"Those usually take months, if not years. I don't think Oliver has that kind of time." Of course, Carmen was heavily biased when it came to that sentiment. Even if he was relatively safe for the time being , Carmen wasn't prepared to leave him there for any longer than she had too. Not after what she had experienced at the hands of the Dominion. Perhaps they hadn't physically hurt her, but one could argue what they had done was worse. A broken body was easier to fix than a broken mind. She wasn't willing to share all of that with Scott though. At least not yet. While she knew of him, being in the same facility, she didn't really know him. One thing was certain though. She'd need help escaping. "Do you think they would let you join one of the work programs?" She inquired. They were in the minimum security ward. That had to mean Scott was relatively stable compared to some of the others.

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What if a dream was reality and reality was a dream?
What If things we imagine actually happened?
And real life situations were artificial?

Wake up in your dream
You can do anything there
Well I know you will
Because you've been there so many times before
Take your dream

March 3rd 2013

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[Nine1122]

Legion

Scott raised an eyebrow at Carmen's question but after a moment of consideration he nodded. "Probably. Why?" Scott could probably guess where Carmen was going with this but he wanted to hear her say it. He wanted to be able to fall back on the claim that she asked him to help her. It was a defense mechanism he'd developed when he was young to make himself feel less responsible for the actions of his many other personalities. Naturally none of them have the same issue.

Date: March 3, 2013 | Company: Other Patients | Powers: Elemental Manipulation (Suppressed) | Personality: Scott Ryder

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[Deadly_Tiger]

『 Ȼɑɼɱεɳ Ϣɼɩʈε 』

It had occurred to Carman at that moment that she had no real reason to trust Scott. He'd been kind enough to enquire about what was troubling her, but that was really about it. In her drug-induced haze, she'd been far too forthcoming. It was far too late now, so Carman's only option was to forge ahead and hope Scott didn't decide to tell one of the doctors about her escape plan. "If we both get on with laundry, with your help, I can sneak out with the clothes. Once I'm outside the power limiters, my illusions will take care of the rest... Unless of course, you would be willing to come with me." She added. Carmen didn't exactly want to go by herself, but she could hardly expect Scott to go with her. She wasn't even sure if he believed her about Oliver, and even if he did, it was a big ask. Just put your personality disorder on hold and go running across the country with a chick with PTSD. No big deal at all.

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What if a dream was reality and reality was a dream?
What If things we imagine actually happened?
And real life situations were artificial?

Wake up in your dream
You can do anything there
Well I know you will
Because you've been there so many times before
Take your dream

March 3rd 2013

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[Nine1122]

Legion

Scott thought for a moment and then shook his head. "Sorry, it is just too much of a risk." He said before tapping on the back of the chair that Carmen was in. "I'm sorry, Carmen." It seemed as if Scott was going to walk away when suddenly something shifted. He had a thought, a kernel that had popped in his mind and called forth a lesser personality. Scott turned back to Carmen with a small grin. "But if you got on with the janitorial staff you'd have access to the trash shoot and that leads right out of the building. Sure you'd have to sneak past the external security but the trash shoot would get you out."

Date: March 3, 2013 | Company: Other Patients | Powers: Elemental Manipulation (Suppressed) | Personality: Scott Ryder

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[Deadly_Tiger]

『 Ȼɑɼɱεɳ Ϣɼɩʈε 』

Carmen only nodded. She was disappointed of course, but she knew it was a big thing to ask of someone she didn't really know. At least he seemed genuinely sorry for not being able to help her. She hoped that meant he wouldn't rat her out. Then he looked back at her with a grin. Hope filler her. Had he changed his mind? She looked at him expectantly, as he gave her some advice. She nodded again, this time with a smile. "That's a great idea, thanks, Scott." A lot better than anything she had been planning anyway. A lot less complicated as well.

The rest of the day passed in a relative haze for Carmen, as she went through the motions of the daily routine at the hospital. That night Carmen was visited by Oliver again. She hadn't exactly told Oliver where she was or why. Only that she would get help and rescue him. In the world of dreams, he had no way of physically knowing where she was. This night she told him of Scott. That Providence wasn't convinced he was still alive, that they thought she was just having normal dreams about him, and they didn't want to waste resources on a rescue that might not be true. She needed help, she couldn't take on a Dominion compound on her own. He needed to help her convince Scott. She wasn't sure how much Oliver believed everything she said, but he seemed willing to go along with it. She gave him as much information as she could about Scott, hoping he could find the other man's dreams quickly. When she woke the next morning, she felt guilty about not telling Oliver the truth, but then justified it to herself. What good would the truth do? It would only cause him more worry.

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What if a dream was reality and reality was a dream?
What If things we imagine actually happened?
And real life situations were artificial?

Wake up in your dream
You can do anything there
Well I know you will
Because you've been there so many times before
Take your dream

March 4th 2013

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[Nine1122]

Legion

Oliver would never find Scott's dreams. He'd never find Scott. Scott did not sleep that night. When Scott laid his head down to rest, Salazar sat up in control of the body. Carmen's word and Scott's thoughts had been enough to entice the persona into control. He wanted to scheme with her, to help her escape and find Oliver because when he did it would allow him to escape as well... killing the people they'd kill along the way was just a bonus to his freedom... Early in the morning while most of the campus was still asleep, Salazar knocked on Carmen's door. He was not quite as patient as Scott so he would not wait for them to acquire proper access. Escaping his room after curfew was trivial, escaping the facility might be less so.

Date: March 3, 2013 | Company: Other Patients | Powers: Elemental Manipulation (Suppressed) | Personality: Salazar

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『 Ȼɑɼɱεɳ Ϣɼɩʈε 』

Carmen rolled out of bed at the sound of knocking at her door. She assumed it was an orderly, but couldn't fathom what they wanted at this hour. Groggily she crossed the small room while trying to stifle a yawn and pulled the door open. "Scott? What are you doing here?" The shock of him standing at her door quickly shook off any sleepiness. She quickly stepped backed and motioned for him to come in before any guards or orderly, or even whoever was supposed to be watching the cameras saw him standing there.

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What if a dream was reality and reality was a dream?
What If things we imagine actually happened?
And real life situations were artificial?

Wake up in your dream
You can do anything there
Well I know you will
Because you've been there so many times before
Take your dream

March 4th 2013

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[Nine1122]

Legion

"Come quickly, an orderly overheard us talking. They are going to separate us and increase your medication so we need to move now. Come on." Salazar instructed as he began walking down the hall. He didn't go into her room and he didn't care about the cameras. Once they escaped they'd have a target on their back anyways, what did it matter who saw them leave? He made his way towards the trash chute, or at least the closet he suspected was holding it without regard to whether or not Carmen was following him. He was trying to put her under pressure to force her to act quickly. It was his hope that with her back against the wall she would just follow him.

Date: March 3, 2013 | Company: Other Patients | Powers: Elemental Manipulation (Suppressed) | Personality: Salazar

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[Deadly_Tiger]

『 Ȼɑɼɱεɳ Ϣɼɩʈε 』

"How did you..." Scott was already heading down the hall before Carmen could finish the question, leaving her with two options. Go back in her room and close the door, or follow him. He didn't even look back! She glanced back into her room nervously, before rushing out the door following him. Something didn't feel right, but the idea of losing her only chance of saving Oliver was too much. Things were going to be a lot more difficult if they left the facility with nothing but the shirts on their backs. She did a sort of silent jog on the balls of her feet to catch up to him and whispered: "What's the plan?"

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What if a dream was reality and reality was a dream?
What If things we imagine actually happened?
And real life situations were artificial?

Wake up in your dream
You can do anything there
Well I know you will
Because you've been there so many times before
Take your dream

March 4th 2013

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nine1122

 

[Nine1122]

Legion

Salazar did not answer Carmen until he'd found the trash chute which he pulled open and gestured for her to use. "Escape before anyone knows. It's early enough that they'll be changing the guard right now. Night crew is leaving and morning crew is coming in." Scott hadn't known these facts to be true. He hadn't consciously been tracking the movements of the guards from one place to another... but Salazar was. Salazar watched everything through Scott's eyes and he planned. He schemed. He did it all in silence and so Scott would never know the extent of how prepared Salazar was to escape.

Date: March 3, 2013 | Company: Other Patients | Powers: Elemental Manipulation (Suppressed) | Personality: Salazar

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[Deadly_Tiger]

『 Ȼɑɼɱεɳ Ϣɼɩʈε 』

This couldn't possibly work. Getting out couldn't be that easy. It was a cliche out of a bad movie. Yet, despite her doubts, Carmen didn't question Scott. What did she have to lose? Worst-case scenario, she'd end up back where she started. Locked up. Okay, well maybe getting stuck in the trash shoot would be worse, but she banished that thought to the back of her mind. Her stomach clenched, full of butterflies. Carmen took a deep breath and climbed into the shoot feet first. Out there, there would be nothing suppressing her illusions. She let go and entered a free fall. It wasn't like these were exactly designed for people to go down. The landing was a rough one, even with the bags of garbage to cushion her fall. The wind knocked out of her, and a bit dazed, Carmen started wading through the trash, trying to get away from the shoot, assuming Scott would be shortly behind her.

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What if a dream was reality and reality was a dream?
What If things we imagine actually happened?
And real life situations were artificial?

Wake up in your dream
You can do anything there
Well I know you will
Because you've been there so many times before
Take your dream

March 4th 2013

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[Nine1122]

Legion

Oddly enough when Carmen looked back for Scott, she wouldn't see him following her down the trash chute. In fact he wouldn't come down the chute at all. Carmen would find herself- quite unfortunately, still inside the facility. It appeared that the trash chute lead specifically to a trash room on one of the basement levels because the caretakers had considered patients using the trash chute to try and escape. Worse yet, Carmen was inside a dumpster within a gated area of the room, clearly meant to trap patients trying to escape. Yet before blame could be turned on Salazar who'd left her to her fate in the chute, Salazar came through the door at the far end of the hall. He tilted his head at Carmen, jingling the keys to the gate in his hand. He'd taken them from a guard in a less than kind manner. "I thought that might happen."

Date: March 3, 2013 | Company: A fool | Powers: Elemental Manipulation (Suppressed) | Personality: Salazar

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『 Ȼɑɼɱεɳ Ϣɼɩʈε 』

There was a moment of panic when Carmen first realized she was trapped. Did she dare yell up to Scott not to come down? That would surely get them both caught, while they had a small chance of breaking out of the cage. She wondered how Scott's lock picking skills were. Yet, he did not come down the shoot. Soon she began to wonder if he had been caught, and if he would giver her up or not. And how she was going to get out of this cage alone. When 'Scott' walked in, he'd find Carmen carefully inspecting the cage

The desire to save Oliver was at war with her desire to tell Scott off. Carmen wasn't in the habit of biting her tongue but giving him a well-deserved berating might put an end to his willingness to help her. Or worse he might leave her locked in this bloody cage, while he went back to his room, security none the wiser about his involvement. It was with great effort and a deep breath that she swallowed her rage. "Well, hurry up and get me out. We've got to be out of the city before they realize we are missing."

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What if a dream was reality and reality was a dream?
What If things we imagine actually happened?
And real life situations were artificial?

Wake up in your dream
You can do anything there
Well I know you will
Because you've been there so many times before
Take your dream

March 4th 2013

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nine1122

 

[Nine1122]

Legion

"No we just need to convince Edmund to let us hide underground." Salazar mused to himself as he walked over to the gate. To him this was all part of the plan and as such he didn't pay much mind to Carmen's clearly suppressed rage. She couldn't fault his methods until they were caught and odds are she didn't want to know how he'd gotten the keys he had now. Salazar had ensured they needed to escape. If they were caught now they'd get to become very familiar with a cell with padded walls.

Salazar finally found the right key and put it into the lock, slowly turning it and freeing Carmen from her cage. "Hurry up." He said before turning and walking out the door he'd come in through. There were stairs up to the surface not far from where they were and if Carmen followed Salazar he would lead her to the surface and then to the facility's parking garage where he'd turn to her for aid. "Can you hotwire a car?"

Date: March 3, 2013 | Company: A fool | Powers: Elemental Manipulation (Suppressed) | Personality: Salazar

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