Connection with Faith

CONNECTING...

Oh no... not again, the air is so thick and gross..

• mawsmonster (moss) - "Hello? Where are you?"

I'm in that strange place again... with the greenish fog, and the old brick church, and this little graveyard...

• nerdyganii (nerd) - "Who are you?"

My name, I think, is Faith.. but I can't be sure...

• davethelighthousekeeper (loom) - " are there graves in the graveyard? (this is very important to me)"

Yes, and, new statues..

• loom - "what kinda statues, how do they look like?"

They're moving too fast for me to tell, stop, stop it's so loud.. you're making this dream worse...
Ow!- C-Crap, my hand.. I forgot about the bushes..

• nerd - "Have you been to this graveyard before?"

I've been here so often, I don't like it.. I want to leave... I've never liked this place... The air makes my throat close up, I hate it, I always wake up so stuffy...

• almarane (alm) - "Hello Faith. Sorry for the loud noises, we are always very excited to meet new friends.
  • I guess this place is rather gloomy from your reaction...
  • Here, you can come near us if you want, and make sure you don't step on anything unpleasant while doing so.
  • Nothing should happen to you while we're here. Take a deep breath, try to open up your throat as much as possible, and tell me if you feel better.
  • If it's the smell that's bothering you, maybe you can try breathing through your clothes or your hands ? It helps, sometimes."

It's so foggy and humid, the air is so thick I hate it... It smells like petrichor which would normally be nice, but.. it smells rotten, too...

• alm - "Yeah, I guess that's to be expected in a cemetery... Sorry.
  • But we're trying to understand what is happening to you, so if we work together we may make it so you don't have to have this nightmare anymore.
  • Is that okay with you ?
  • Can you put up with this a little longer so we can prevent that from happening again ?"

Mhm..

• alm - "Thank you, Faith."
  • So, first thing first, let me explain the situation to you.
  • We are the Convalescent, and we are trying to understand what is going on here.
  • We have a few questions we would like to ask you. Some of them might be unpleasant, but if you can answer them as best as you can, we will be very grateful to you, and maybe that will allow us to prevent other unpleasant things from happening later.
  • But first... Is there something we can do to help you ? Some of us are getting concerned, you don't seem to be doing good..."

Nowhere here is good... it's gross out here and in there... I don't want to be here at all....

• min - "its going to be okay ❤️ I'm sorry you're going through this, faith"
• nerd - "im sorry you're going through this Faith. Is it okay if you tell us what's going on in the real world?"

So much... and these dreams aren't helping...

• nerd - "How often have you had these dreams? Are we always here?"

I have them a lot... No, no this is the first time I've seen anything living here that hasn't tried to hurt me...

• nerd - "what things have tried to hurt you? Would it hurt you too much to describe?"

They're like weird stone people.. not like statues, like... jagged stone, with horns and spikes... like gargoyles, almost... a-and paper dolls....

The paper dolls live in the church... but the gargoyles come from the woods...

• nerd - "Do you think there's anything going on in the real world that's making you dream like this?"

Um... T-Today, my father was very mad, and... he started throwing things at me again, and told me not to leave my room until I memorized a s-specific verse from the Bible- which I still need to do, I'm sorry, I still haven't perfected it..

I think he was mad about something with Ms. Evans again..

• nerd - "why would he be mad at Ms. Evans?"

S-Something with her son.. a-and my sister, and fees on the housing going up... I think... He was really mad about it, and I think he started drinking after the phone call..

I would've talked to Adrianne about it but papa confiscated my computer last month..

• nerd - "I'm sorry all of this is happening to you, Faith, we can stop talking about your father if it causes you too much pain."
• nerd - "Do you know Ms. Evan's first name? We thought you were talking about someone named Raine."

Raine.... that's her son. Her name is Sunny, I believe.. it was so long ago since we've last spoken...

• nerd - "So Sunny Evans? Raine is her son?"

Mhm... I-I think, at least.. He's a therapist now, isn't he..?

• min - "he is. I'm so sorry your father is mean to you faith, you deserve better. we're here for you, okay?"
• min - "if you see us and want to talk about anything, we'll listen."

I've been having this dream since I was very little... I-I'm glad you were here tonight...

• nerd - "why do you think your father would be angry at Ms. Evans?"

B-Because he's paying for her house.. she can't work, and she's taking care of my sister.... it's a lot, and papa gets mad at her often...

• nerd - "I'm so sorry that happens, do you mind telling us who your sister is?"

S-She's younger than me and Raine, around 14 I think.. her name is Vailley... Sunny and papa had her when I was around 5.. a-and they split a little while after... I never stopped thinking about that..

• nerd - "Do you mind elaborating a bit on Vailley? If its not too painful"

She's very bright... creative, and kind... I don't know her too well, though, I'm not allowed to see her... Papa thinks that whole family is just sinners...

• nerd - "Sorry to change topic so suddenly but remember how we told you we've spoken to a lot of people? Well we spoke to Adrianne before and she said your father was the librarian, is that true?"

He is... the church library is very big, it's the first basement of the church.. I have to help him keep it nice and clean..

• nerd - "The first basement? How many basements are there? Have you been to all of them?"

U-Um... I know there's at least two... I've only ever been allowed on the first one,, f-for Sunday school, and to clean... I-I'm actually training to be a teacher for the Sunday school, so that's exciting..

• nerd - "Sorry we keep jumping to different topics, we're just thinking of the right things to ask you before our time runs out. Do you think there's a certain trigger that makes you dream this? Is it your father?"

I don't know... I-I sometimes tell Adrianne about it, and she hugs me so nicely... it's the only good thing I ever get out of this dream...

• nerd - "She seems like a very nice friend to you, I'm happy you have that connection with someone?"
• nerd - "Do you happen to know why your father is paying for Sunny's housing?"

Because she can't work... she's too ill, a-and he'd feel bad.. I think...

• nerd - "We have a few more questions for you, we apologize again for bombarding you"
  • What is Sunny ill with that won't let her work? How long has she been ill for?
  • What was the verse you had to memorize? Can you remember what it was or at least the passage it's from?
  • Could you tell us more about the paper dolls and gargoyles? Since we're statues ourselves the whole "gargoyle" thing might be of some significance to us

U-Um... I think it's something mental... but I know her bones aren't the best either..
Um... It was,, s-something in Leviticus... I-... I don't remem...
T..The... Oh... O-Ow.. That's so loud,, U-Um
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Raine Evans: "Poor thing. Alarm clock is getting the best of her."

DISCONNECTED.

Raine Evans: