A person sitting in his appartment was crying manly tears as he watched last bit of hope distinguish from yamato's hands as the viver card of her only friend and hope burned right in front of her eyes without her being able to do or even know anything about his whereabouts.
As the person thought that she would loose all hope and break down just like he had once done in his life , he was surprised as instead he got to see something that he had wished he had done once to rewrite his greatest regret.
To never loose hope and keep dreaming for a better future.
He couldn't continue to watch it anymore as he was reminded too much of his own situation. So he just paused the Episode of One Piece on his tele and laid down for a bit to calm down a bit.
But he was just reminded more of his mistakes
and their consequences as he laid their alone, no one to call out his name remaining in his life anymore.
Without noticing it he had fallen asleep with a wet face buried in a pillow.
While sleeping he had one of the weirdest dreams ever but when he woke up their were no more tears or regrets to be seen in the Person's eyes only amusement and a little hints of nostalgia could be precived in his eyes.
As for what he had seen in his dream, That was...
[Raymond Ashworth's Pov]
' I wish that i was that strong, to be living in a nightmare from the day you are born without any hope and after finally finding that hope only for it to be ripped it away from you without you being able to do anything. But still not giving up, I really really wish i was that strong. '
While thinking of things i could not change anymore, i fell asleep.
To me this was wierd, i never had dreams. Even when i was in really deep asleep, i just didn't.
I means i had plenty of nightmares but dreams no, Dreams were a luxury.
Both the ones you have while sleeping and the ones you put your heart and soul into to achieve.
As for me i was just a piss poor guy living in a rental apartment going through life one paycheck at a time. Hell the last time i ate anything luxurious was at a party which i had snuck into.
So no... I had to give up on my dreams because of some circumstances and from that day on my late night dreams gave up one me too.
Anyways backing up from my sorce of depression,
I look around and find my self on a cliff looking into the sea and a forest to my back.
The salty breeze was gentle and the rusling of woods and animal cries from the forest distant.
I knew this was a dream because one i could see a boundary like barrier erected in a dome like shape, cutting off the ocean at the horizon and second i had six fingers and a thumb in both of my hands.
When you live through enough nightmares you get paranoid real quick and to keep myself sane i had developed this habit of counting my fingers after reading somewhere that dreams always obscure the details.
And plus this technique had helped me through a lot of panic attacks.
As i was enjoying the view and inner monologing.
I hear rustling of vegetation behind me.
As i turn around and wait for an Eldridge horror or worse a family member to walk through the foliage like usual. I was greeted by an unexpected person.
A person who i had a hard time recognising at first but then it hit me. I had just seen this person in the real on tele not too long ago.
The iconic Pirate look and a really unique moustache. I mean if i saw him in the real i would definitely ask for a selfie and complement him for the outstanding cosplay.
" Gol D Roger " I blurt it out subconsciously.
As he just looks me staright in the eye and grins.
" Finally the Time has arrived. " He says boistrously and walks towards me.
" Isn't this dream a bit too unique, Am i only meeting you here because i feel asleep while watching One Piece. " I ask calmly and sit down while dangling my legs on the edge of the cliff.
Seeing me siiting down Roger also joins me as he picks up some bottles of wine from somewhere and passes me one as he opens one up and starts chugging his like he was drinking mineral water.
" Phuuha, What a good Taste. Brat Let me tell you never have i waited this long to meet someone. Do you know how much patience it took to collect the dream energy to make this safe zone for us to meet? I even had to resort to the nightmare tactic" says Roger as he points towards the horizon while still looking down at me due to his big framed body.
" What? " I ask as i try to prosess what he just said.
" You're telling me you are the cause of my nightmares for the laast 2 years?" I ask and then realised where i was. As i open unlabled wine bottle and take a swig while replying
" Yeah, ha ha Maybe i shouldn't be pulling all nighters just to catch up to the anime before the release of Gear 5."
Funnily enough the wine tasted weird.
I didn't even expect to taste anything but instead it taster like...hmm..like..
" Like a party? Its because its not wine, its your memories bottled up. " says Roger like he knew what i was thinking about. While still drinking from the bottle. " Its not that you are thinking it kid its that you are dreaming it. And me, I am an expert when it comes to dreams. "
Wh.. What. Ok so just maybe like a tiny little percent of me is thinking or i guess dreaming that this guy might be saying the truth about this stuff?
" Yeah, Sorry about your messed up life kid thats also partially my fault I guess. " Says Rog... Whoever this person is.
And my whole world felt like it had both ended and started up again at the same time,
Like the pieces finally fell into their right place.