[IC] Mirrors and Dreams [LunaGrey & Jett Ryu]

[Miraboreasu]

He lay down on his bed, the blinds closed, and sighed. This was his third straight month in the St. John's Hospital Psychiatric Ward, and Drew felt trapped... more than usual, at least. The radio he was allowed to have played music. "We Built This City" by Starship, he thought. Maybe it'll make me feel better. He stared at the ceiling for a moment, and then glanced at the mirror. Something flickered in the corner, and when he turned to look in the spot it reflected, he saw nothing out of the ordinary.
"A reminder," a woman's voice said over the PA system, "All patients must file for weekend visits before tomorrow night."
Drew sighed again, shook his head. "Not gonna do that," he muttered.

[LunaGrey]

The cold chill she felt in her back made her stir. Someone was here, someone who could help her. No, that's nonsense no one was here to save her. "What a fool I was to think she'd come back for me." The cold and dark void ahead of her stretched as far as she could see, the world she'd been in for so long hadn't changed nor shifted since the last time she was here. The girl in her mind, her pale face and big brown eyes had lured her here and now, here she'd stay. Haunted by the many nightmares and dreams she had witnessed, Evangeline stood up, the void, it was shifting, she could feel it. Suddenly it opened to her and out she stepped, only to face the room again, the reflection of her desires, freedom from this dreary world. Sadly this was not the case, she was in the room again, but on her side of the mirror. There, lying on the bed, is that? Evangeline couldn't believe her eyes, finally! Peeking around the reflection of the mirror she watched him for a moment. He appeared bored, but he is of like mind, otherwise the void would have never opened, then that means. Evangeline gasped, his gaze floated over towards her, quickly she fled to the other side, out of sight.

[Miraboreasu]

He heard something that wasn't the music. Drew quickly shut it off. The mirror.... it looked... off. He drew closer, hand extended. The new med he'd been put on had a side effect of hallucinations. Maybe he should just roll with it.
"Hello?" Drew said quietly.

[LunaGrey]

Evangeline closed her eyes and held her breathe hoping he hadn't noticed her. The first encounter was bound to be scary for him. What if he doesn't want to help her? What if he runs away or maybe her won't even believe it. It's now or never girl! Taking a tentative step towards the mirrors edge, she stepped into sight. "Hello." She smiled a small smile. "Don't be afraid." She placed a hand on the mirror, it reverberated a bit, almost as if it was a liquid. The mirror was no longer a solid.

[Miraboreasu]

Drew was stunned. "I'm hallucinating, right?" he asked. "This is a side effect of the meds I was put on." He backed away, uneasy. "Or maybe I'm just dreaming..."

[LunaGrey]

Evangeline put her hand down slowly, "I won't hurt you I promise. What's you name stranger?" She kept her lips in a cheerful grin, she didn't need him running off now. "Also no, you aren't hallucinating nor are you dreaming." This is going to be a difficult case, she could tell.

[Miraboreasu]

"I'm Drew," he answered. "And you are?"

((Sorry for the short post. I'm fanboying over the new Transformers commercial.))

[LunaGrey]

She smiled, "Drew, well that's new." Giggling she realized she had rhymed, and it was actually funny this time. "How did you end up here Drew?"

[Its alright, I've been gone for so long so I apologize, and also sorry for my post too, I'm having a bit of a brain block.]

[Miraboreasu]

Drew fixed his glasses. "You want the truth? It's not something I like to talk about."

[LunaGrey]

Evangeline nodded, 'I'm not not much for conversation either on the subject, but I thought asking that would help move things along a bit faster, I'm Evangeline by the way." Watching him she noticed, he doesn't look like much of a threat, but what if he truly was insane. The last time she had tried to help someone she'd ended up almost as crazy as the last one was. The truth was she needed help, and no one else had been here in so long that she felt like she had no other choice, and if he can help her, than she'd take that change again. "If you don't want to talk about it right away to a stranger, I suppose we could talk about something else, like maybe how old are you and where are you from?"

[Miraboreasu]

"I'm eighteen," said Drew. "I'm from a small town called Hill Creek." He paused, going over her name. "Evangeline... that's a beautiful name."

[LunaGrey]

She nodded, "I see, I'm eighteen also." She smiled, her eyes mentally rolled. 'Yeah, for the last six years I've been eighteen,' her mind said, nagging at her.
"So , do you have any questions so far, maybe about the mirror?"

[Miraboreasu]

"The mirror is definitely a question," Drew murmured. "What's causing this, if it's not a hallucination? And don't say magic. There's no such thing, even though it's what I enjoying writing about."

[LunaGrey]

Evangeline laughed, and actually meant it. Her smiled left quickly though. "I can't give you as much of a answer as you can give me, this isn't magic at all." Pushing a finger on the mirror it only rippled again as if it were solid but still a liquid. "This Mirror is a prison for me, I cannot be released from it without your help or people like you." She pointed to a floor board on her side of the mirror. "Open the floor board, a journal is there, it is from the previous patient, it should have some of the answers, I've never gotten to read it, seeing as I am inside here." She motioned to the mirror again.

[Miraboreasu]

Drew carefully opened it up, thankful that he was in a room without cameras. The floorboard came away surprisingly easily. As she'd said, there was a journal. What fresh hell is this? he asked himself, thumbing through the old pages. How did someone get away with this?

[LunaGrey]

The pages were worn and yellowing. The cover was bound in leather, it looked very old. She smiled, "Interesting right? Now hand it to me, you won't be able to read it." The pages were written in another language.

[Miraboreasu]

Drew touched the book to the mirror, and the surface began to shift as if he were dipping the old thing in water. He recoiled slightly, dropping the book through. "What the hell?" he asked, alarmed.

[LunaGrey]

She giggled at his surprise and easily caught the book. Opening it she read the first few words and smiled with glee. "This won't hurt, I promise." She put a hand onto the glass and began to read from the yellowing pages.

Suddenly the room began to dim, all light seemed to only come from the mirror now, a tight grip seemed to reach him leaving him motionless, Evangeline continued to chant. Then it started to pull him in, towards the mirror. Shouting the last words, the mirror blew with a blinding white light the room filled with it. Once the light faded the two were face to face in the mirror. "Hello there Drew, and welcome to my home." She put a hand to his shoulder, it was real. She could touch him and now they were together inside of the mirror.

[Miraboreasu]

Drew was extremely alarmed. "Th-Th-This can't be possible," he murmured. He turned to look at the mirror and saw... himself slumped on the floor. "Am I dead? Seriously, what just happened?" The light had dazzled him, but now that sense of wonder was being replaced by a rising panic.

[LunaGrey]

"Alright don't panic just breathe ,okay?" Evangeline said in a soothing voice. "You're not dead, just a husk really, the form you have taken is apart of a dream, this is your dream now and you're apart of it. She pointed to his still breathing form, "See you're alive but in a dream like coma to anyone who will happen to stumble onto your body."