Lucidstuck II

Derrick: deep breath, ask what's been concerning you



You sit on the couch with Him and take a deep breath...

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Derrick: The fight with Zendo... Reggie says I defeated Zendo but I don't remember. What happened?
???: Well, I'm always watching, but through pure will alone you hold me down. Sort of like...
???: A big grizzly bear sitting on you, I'd be stuck under the weight of your will for reasons I'd also like to discuss with you.
???: During that time, Emily's life was in danger, and for a moment, you eased up. Enough for me to get through to you, so I sent a request to help you.
???: And to my surprise, you took it, and let me out. To which I became the dominant aspect of your being, and you took a back seat.
???: That's why you don't remember.
Derrick: Okay...
???: Why are you acting so nervous? I'm not a stranger to you.
???: We've been together our whole lives. I'm literally you, Nightmare.
Derrick: Why... Do you call me that?
???: Hm? Nightmare? That's your name. Well, that's what you named yourself when you eventually god tiered.
Derrick: What??
???: ???
Derrick: I haven't god tiered.
???: ... Yes you have. But it's incomplete. Thankfully.
???: This was supposed to be to show how you are different from your body, But I don't see it that way.
???: To me, both your body and soul are Nightmare.
Derrick: ... Are you evil?
???: Are you?
???: I'm you.
Derrick: I let you out but... I didn't want to.
???: Yes you did, otherwise you wouldn't have.
Derrick: You do bad things...
???: I do what's necessary.
Derrick: You'd hurt sister?
???: If I felt the need, sure.
???: Nightmare, you should understand that your most passionate feeling, the thing that spurs me on the most, is self preservation.
???: My strongest drive is to protect you. But you like to channel this towards others that you really care about.
???: Even then, as you've witnessed, they're not protected completely. At any time that position can shift and they'd be as worthless as anything else.
???: You say you're afraid of me, why?
Derrick: I don't hurt people.
???: Ahh... The high road.
???: Listen closely. There is a big difference between a man who can crush his enemies but chooses not to and a man who cannot crush even the tiniest insect even if his life depended on it.
???: I am that difference. I am the one who will make the tough choices for you, all you have to do is let me.
Derrick: .....
???: You wanted to meet me, right?
Derrick: .... Yes.
???: I know I keep saying this, but it's quite difficult to truly understand just how important these words are.
???: I am you.
???: If you avoid me, you're avoiding yourself.
???: You have to get to know me. We need a better relationship.
???: And the best way to get to know me, is to spend time with me.
???: That is, to spend time alone.
???: You have many friends, that's great. But they also need to get to know themselves.
???: As far as I'm concerned I should be the friend you spend time with the most right now, and I'll tell you why.
???: This place, it causes people like you to have uhh... strange aspects take hold.
???: Parts of who they are get split up and thoughts manifest how they appear.
???: I'm sure you've heard the term, Lunatic right?
Derrick: Yes Reggie had told me about it. I think.
???: Okay, well the gist of that is a "thing" that looks like an angel and a devil kind of starts stalking you to bring that side out of you.
???: You know the thing I'm talking about, right?
Derrick: Yes.
???: Well, that side that it brings out? It's me!
Derrick: ???
???: Yep, I am your lunatic self.
???: When our relationship is bad, well, how could I better put this...
???: When two people have a bad relationship what tends to happen?
Derrick: Betrayal?
???: Yes, but trust is heavily involved there, the answer I was looking for was more...
???: They stop communicating.
???: Now what do you think a person who doesn't communicate with themselves looks like?
Derrick: No morals? No inner contemplation? Uhh..
Derrick: No direct--
???: There! No direction. They don't know where to go because their mind doesn't care to stop and reflect.
???: Now that directionless side takes dominance and needs a guide, but who?
???: The same guide that was pushing it on in the first place. The thing tries to be your friend by making you think its helping you, but it's not. It's leading you to destruction.
???: Now if your communication is good? Something wonderful happens.
Derrick: ...?
???: It's called Lucidity, or your Lucid self. That's also me!
???: It's like Lunacy, but you have clarity. You know exactly what you're doing and your mind is at peace.
???: This state is something that "Thing" wants to keep from you, because Lunacy and Lucidity are all part of the same coin, that coin being your true potential.
???: See, people may tell you God tier brings you to the peak of your potential...
???: Wrong.
???: At any time, you can be the true version of yourself in this land. You just have to believe it.
???: There is a darkness that exists in everyone. Their shadow. The potential to do great horrors, and magnificent wonders. The shadow is not to be neglected or ignored, which is to neglect or ignore your true potential.
???: Sounds a little phony, right?? But it's true.
???: Emily for example, she thinks she's not commander material, but she has the strongest faith out of all of us.
???: This makes her potentially the most powerful.
???: Now you and I, we need to come to an understanding.
???: When you lock me away, you let a lot of nonsense fly by.
???: As you can see I'm not a violent person, I CAN be.
???: I know you want to pretend everything is fine and nothing bad is happening but the reality is that is simply not the case.
???: But the good thing is, you don't ever have to deal with it if you don't want to.
???: When you let me take over, I understand you took a back seat but you don't have to.
???: Like the morning with your sister. I yelled at her, yes. But you remembered!
???: We are supposed to work as one, not in turns.
???: What do you think?
Derrick: I think you're right.
???: That's good.
???: I've been talking a lot, do you have any other thoughts?