01<@Ardweden> [Day: Tuesday, September 14.  Time: 4:30 p.m.]
 01<@Ardweden> [It's after swim practice!  Javy's managed to clean up and all of 
that good stuff, and most of the other guys have already left.  Let's see where 
he goes with this.]
 01<@Ardweden> [Session Start!]
 06* Javy finishes giving his hair one last towel dry off, folds it quickly, and 
puts it in his bag. He looks around to see who's left about.
 01<@Ardweden> [Zack is still there, putting his stuff away in his locker.]
 06* Javy shoulders his bag, checks to make sure he's got his cross in place 
under his shirt, and nods to Zack. "Um... you almost done? I, uh... I'm gonna 
go, so... um. You'll, uh, be... you know. The last."
 01<@Ardweden> ["Yeeeah, it's no big," Zack says as he closes his locker, then 
moves to the bench to put his shoes on.  "See you tomorrow, Javy."]
 06* Javy nods again. "Yeah. See you." His voice trails down, and he shifts his 
bag before heading out to go towards the art room. Maybe Nate is still there!
 01<@Ardweden> [Javy heads across the building and up a flight of stairs, 
eventually reaching the art room.  The door is open, and Nate's in there, 
putting away supplies.  "Hey!" he says cheerfully.  "You got out a little 
early."
 06* Javy smiles a little. "I got changed quickly."
 01<@Ardweden> ["Yup."  Nate finds where the rest of the brushes live and puts 
them where they belong.  "So, what's up?"]
 06* Javy glances around, seeing if there's anyone else around. "Uh... is it... 
um. Are we... alone?"
 01<@Ardweden> ["Uh..."  Nate looks around.  "Yeah, I think?  Mr. Young left me 
to clean up."]
 06* Javy nods. "I just... it's, uh..." He trails out, and swallows. "It's 
private. Just... we could talk here, or go somewhere else. As long as we can 
talk by... you know. Um. Ourselves."
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate looks concerned now.  "Yeah, sure.  Shut the door?  What's 
wrong?"]
 06* Javy shuts the door, and sets his bag down near the door, before going to 
sit on the edge of one of the worktables near Nate. "I... you know. There's been 
some big things, things, uh... just. Happening. And... I, uh. I want to talk 
with you about it. I... want you to know."
 03* Ciara is now known as Sydney
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate walks over, not sitting, but still.  "Okay?  Is... I mean, 
is everyone okay?"]
 06* Javy nods. "Yeah. I mean, for now. Yeah." He winces. "Crap, I'm making it 
sound like someone's got, um... like, cancer. Or something. It's not like that, 
it's just... yeah." He looks stuck.
 01<@Ardweden> ["Okay?"  Nate still looks worried, and probably rightfully so.]
 06* Javy grasps the end of the table in one hand, starts to talk, stops, and 
then tries, "Look... it's, uh. This is weird stuff. And I, ah... just, I want 
you to know it's all, uh, it's true. Just, uh... promise you'll..." He stops, 
and twitches his other hand against his leg. "You'll... take it seriously, 
right?"
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate now switches from worried to puzzled.  "Sure?  Look, Javy, 
if this is about- about Tiffany or anything..."]
 06* Javy blushes, and looks up at him sharply. "No, uh, it's not. I mean, not 
really. Like, uh... she's involved, but it's not like that. That kind of thing. 
I... look, uh. It's that obvious? Uh..." He colors more, mumbles something, and 
ends on, "... some other time."
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate blinks.  "Is this about that project?"]
 06* Javy squeezes the table. "Sort of. Uh... look. So. But you promise, right? 
You'll listen to the end?"
 01<@Ardweden> ["... Sure."]
 06* Javy nods, and tries to compose himself. "I don't even know if, uh, I 
should. Tell you this. I didn't ask the others, but I just... it feels weird, 
you not knowing. For me. Um. They probably don't care." He winces again. "I 
know. I should just, uh... spit it out. Get it over already. Right?" He smiles, 
self-deprecatingly.
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate smiles a little.  "Pretty much."  He walks over to the 
table and sits down.]
 06* Javy takes out his cross, and turns to look at him. "It's... okay, so. A 
few weeks ago... we, uh. Some of us. We ended up at this place, the Lunatic 
Fringe. And... we, uh. We got these, uh... abilities. From the person who works 
there, this old lady. We signed these contracts, and... and since then, we can, 
ah... we can, uh." He mumbles something, colors, sits up straighter, and says, 
"We 
 06* Javy can go into dreams. And work on saving people."
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate blinks.  He doesn't seem to know what to say to that, so he 
just kind of nods.]
 06* Javy just continues, then. "We... it's us, uh. Tiffany and Syd and Hank and 
Tyler. And me. You, uh, you know how all those other people have had, uh... you 
know. Problems. Waking up. Or are really sleepy. That's... it's connected. We 
have to, ah... we go in. And we help. But not as us, as, ah, these... like, 
mythical creatures. Or beings. Or... yeah." He looks at Nate, half-pleadingly.
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate looks confused.  He opens his mouth, then closes his mouth, 
then opens it again and settles on, "Okay?"]
 06* Javy leans forward. "I... I feel like I'm not saying it right. We... uh. Do 
you have questions? Do you believe me?"
 01<@Ardweden> ["... I don't know.  It's pretty, uh... it's pretty weird, 
Javy."]
 06* Javy rubs the cross through his shirt. "I know. It is weird, but... it's 
how it is. All I can say is, it's how it is. You know? I... we... I wouldn't 
make this up. You know me, Nate, you know that."
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate shakes his head.  "I- I don't know.  That's *really* out 
there."  He gets up, walks over to get his stuff, then stops and turns to look 
back at Javy.  "How do you do it?"]
 06* Javy thins his lips. "It's... we sleep, and wake up in this place. A haven. 
In our dream forms, it's not just like us. Then we go... there's this door, and 
we go into the dream world. It starts, like, like here, like Ashgate, but then 
we travel... and you go into different places, and people's dreams... interact 
with different things."
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate frowns.  "Okay.  That's gotta be... weird."]
<Javy> It is.
 06* Javy nods firmly. "It really is. But it's still real."
 01<@Ardweden> ["Right.  Uh."  He rubs at his forehead.  "So... did you save 
me?"]
 06* Javy hesitates a second, and then nods. "Yeah. Uh... actually, I made them 
do you first. When I saw what was happening with you."
 01<@Ardweden> ["Man."  Pause, and Nate eyes Javy.  "You're *not* joking, 
right?"]
 06* Javy shakes his head, and smiles wanly. "Nate. When would I ever have joked 
about this? Or something like this?"
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate blinks, then laughs a little.  It sounds weird.  "Given 
you've never talked about anything like this, I guess it would be never."]
 06* Javy nods, slightly abashed. "I... I didn't ask for it. But, it's here. And 
I was really happy, uh, we could help. Um, you, I mean. And the others, but... 
yeah."
 01<@Ardweden> [Another pause, then Nate asks, "Which one were you?"]
 06* Javy hesitates himself, and then says, "The one in the Japanese armor. With 
the bow and the sword and the lights." He pauses, and adds in a low tone, 
"The... it's, uh, Susano-o. You know?"
 01<@Ardweden> ["Oh."  Nate furrows his brow, trying to remember, then goes to 
his backpack and pulls out his notebook.  He flips through, probably trying to 
find the pictures he drew of that dream.  "I don't remember him *sounding* like 
you.  Aaaaand now I sound pretty crazy, too."]
 06* Javy smiles at that. "No, it's cool. It's not crazy. It's... I sound 
different. Like, we're not exactly the same, right? I mean... Hank is, um, Joan 
of Arc. In there, I mean."
 01<@Ardweden> ["... The shining blond girl in the armor?"]
 06* Javy nods, almost happily. "Yeah, that's Hank."
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate looks down at his notebook.  "Huh," he says, in kind of a 
go figure way.  "This really ties in with those ghost stories and stuff you guys 
have been looking into."]
 06* Javy nods again, now looking relieved. "Yeah, that's why. It's because we 
wanted to know more. Most of us, we didn't know anything. About this, I mean."
 01<@Ardweden> ["Well, I'm not gonna lie, it's still really, really... really 
REALLY weird, and I'm not too sure about it, but-"  Nate shrugs, then tries a 
smile.  It still looks funny, but at least he's trying.  "I guess you actually 
got super powers.  Can I make a comic out of you?"]
 06* Javy laughs. "I don't think I'm ready for that. But, um... maybe if we get 
better." He laughs again, a lot of the tension gone from his voice.
 01<@Ardweden> [And Nate smiles again, a genuine one this time.  "Yeah... glad 
you're feeling better, at least."  He picks up his backpack.  "Want to get a 
burger or something?"]
 06* Javy nods. "Sure. I'm good with that."
 01<@Ardweden> ["Sweet.  And you can tell me about that, uh... thing.  Like, can 
you actually *use* that sword and bow?"]
<Javy> Yeah, I can. I just... I mean, I just know. It's not just that, even. But 
it's all fluid, I can cut and slice. Or aim well. It's actually pretty amazing, 
now that I think about it.
 01<@Ardweden> [And so, they went out for burgers while Javy told many of the 
group's secrets.]
 01<@Ardweden> [Session End!]