Video| In all my dreams, it's never quite as it seems

[ushahin]

[When the video opens up, Ushahin is lying once again inside his bathtub. It's about five o' clock in the morning, so at least he's only waking up the resident of Hadriel up at the crack of dawn instead of the middle of the night this time. He's considerate that way.]

Does anyone else hear it? The music? It's so lovely.

[There is, of course, no music. What he's hearing is the tune he's caught from passing through someone's mind while they sleep. It's had quite the effect on him.]

Music makes everything quiet inside.

[He starts humming to himself, tapping his fingers to keep rhythm. If that tune sounds somewhat familiar, well, it might have been your mind he was tapping into.]

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[ushahin]

Of course you haven't. There's no one else who can do precisely what I can do.

[He's arrogant, but only because he's been around long enough and honed his skills for long enough to become so.]

In answer to your question, yes I can.

[somuchlove]

[At least over text he can't seem them roll their eyes. Golly, that was bad...]

It must be interesting to see inside people's minds! What does it look like?

[ushahin]

No two minds look precisely alike. Some look empty but have many thoughts flicking around. Others look like a room with doors or boxes filled with memories. Once, I found a mind so vast and wide I fell into it for hours, and might be falling still if I had not been rescued by friends.

[somuchlove]

That would be so much fun to see. Too bad I can't do it.

[They're being honest. It'd be pretty cool to see inside people's heads, even for a not so nice reason.]

[ushahin]

It comes at a price. You would have to be touched by madness to be able to access the full extent of the powers I possess.

[Ushahin never had a choice in the matter, though he has grown to relish his insanity over the years.]

[somuchlove]

Madness goes well with a demon.

But that aside, I still find it interesting even if I would not be able to see myself. There are so many different powers here.

[ushahin]

Is that what you are then? A demon?

[At this point, nothing would surprise the Dreamer for very long.]

[somuchlove]

Yes. The demons that comes when people call its name.

[It's fitting. They can't be human so that was the next best thing.]

[ushahin]

How very interesting.

[He murmurs the word in a sincere tone, meaning them without any sort of sarcasm.]

It is a rare being that knows themself for being what they truly are.

[somuchlove]

It took a long time for me to understand.

[A long time and a whole lot of dead monsters.]

[ushahin]

It always does.

[He nods sagely. Old and mad he may be, but with age has come a little bit of wisdom.]

But once enlightenment comes as to what you are, then comes the task of finding your place in the world. Have you managed that yet?

[somuchlove]

[Now that's one hell of a question. Chara was long gone by the time everything truly rolled around. They just...followed along with Frisk throughout the runs as a ghostly backseat driver. The narrator.

And then they both walked the path of genocide. As things stood, there was only either another Reset or the absolute. A restart or...moving on.]

For now, I believe I have. There is nothing more left.

[ushahin]

[That sounds like something he himself would have said. In Ushahin's case, his world still remained, but everything he had worked to keep close to him in his life was gone. His home and all those he cared about were destroyed.]

And are you satisfied with how it all turned out?

[somuchlove]

Yes, I am. But I am not finished as well.

[Two people remained before the job was finished and the game needed to be moved on from. That's all that was left.]

[ushahin]

What was the unfinished business you had left to you?

[somuchlove]

It's a secret.

[They're not dumb enough to mention what they needed to do on the network, after all.]

[ushahin]

Fair enough.

[He wouldn't go blabbing to someone he had just met either.]

What is your name?

[somuchlove]

I am Chara. You are?

[ushahin]

Ushahin Dreamspinner.

[A name that suits him well, for he picked it out himself.]