#surprise! telefunken's great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandson

[fafnirhumgy]

dream a dream a dream a dream

"hey."

dream a dream a dream a dream

"hey!"

dream a dream a dream a dream

"HEY! WAKE UP!"

"Kafka:: Initiating Rider Kick Form. Brace For Impact."

dream a dream a genom a dream

what.

There is a blue dragon standing over you. You can see it through the eyes closed shut by something inky. Something that only you deserved.

At his side stands an [other]. Something that was supposed to protect you. But why did it have so much fangs? And teeth? Did you do that? And the overall form...

No, both are familiar. That dragon looked like a [fantasy]. Someone you could love to be with, only in your dreams. And that [other], they were supposed to be a kind song-beast. A [protector]. Not a... whatever they are right now.

The [fantasy] is still there. No, it's no longer your fantasy. A [friend] you never met, but your hearts were always linked from the moment you two were born. The light that links both you and them is proof of that.

Ah, but this ink... it's getting in the way. Only natural, hm.

"Hey, listen to me. You're the one I'm linked to, aren't you."

Linked? That much is obvious. You attempt to snark, but your mouth is sealed as well.

"...right. Not exactly in the position to remember clearly. You know how research was made to sustain-"

People like me. Genetically incompatible Reyvateils. Genometrics, instead of Hymmnospheres.

You can practically see the research papers you read so many times.

"Yeah. But in order to access Genometrics, you have to be Chained with someone."

With the Song Server, of course.

"No."

Explain.

"The Song Server... a mass of Songstone, even one as powerful as a Song Server, is still just a computer. A computer that runs on H-Waves, but you know what I mean. You need something alive. Truly feeling, independent. An equal, or greater, to touch hearts with."

...you can't be serious. Chained with someone on Ra Ciela from birth. How? With the physical distance, even attempting to initiate would be impossible.

"Same way we can talk to you guys."

Oh.

7 Dimensions theory. If they could twist tes, who's to say wa-fen would be harder? If voices can be shared across that great beyond, even if it was just voices, who's to say hearts - [feelings] - cannot?

Hah. Science really is the future.

"Yeah. All it needed was a way to link similar feelings, similar core desires, and our [hearts] can do the rest. Blessedly simple, thank Cosal."

wasse EXA_PICO.

So now what?

"Now... I'm getting you out of here."

How? Your voice and [feelings] are here, but you... you aren't. Even if he used that [power] to form a body, it isn't enough to rid the reality that he couldn't be-

"Never say never. Didn't your heart say the same?"

It's foolish. Dare to dream? Of what?

"...humor me for a second."

Fine.

Dream...

You wanted to help people. To be a [hero], at least in other's eyes.

You wanted to create something that will be [remembered]. Little steps, little hobbies.

Most of all, you wanted to be [something else].

Go [somewhere else].

Meet... [someone].

Meet... meet. You.

You responded to my dream. And you've been here all this time.

Why now? Why, my [friend], when you were already so intimately entwined?

"Because I wanted to learn more. The good, and the bad. All 9 layers. Even if it doesn't turn out the way I'm hoping, isn't that love? As a friend, as a partner, as a person you can depend on. Someone you can entrust your dreams to.

"I was afraid, at first. That you would reject me. That's why I only Dived when the others were doing it too. I know it was a bit deceptive... with how closely our personal Genometrics are, being what we are, it didn't take much experimentation to add myself there.

"But then with each layer, I grew more curious. I wanted to know more. To help more. By the 3rd, I was already invested. Almost jealous I couldn't be there with you, and people like Leona or Azul could.

"...I honestly don't get what you see in them..."

Heh.

Oh. You laughed?

"...hihi. Made ya smile."

Shuuuut up. Not like I'm going to tell them anyways, I know how to not get weird over small crushes.

"But you still think they look good?"

Don't they?

"True. Their confidence is pretty infectious, I guess. I find myself falling back on their [feelings] in the waking world sometimes, too!"

Mmm. Good-looking, and admirable in some regards. Good people, good hearts.

Kind of.

"Kind of."

...

Hm.

"Oh, yeah, almost forgot."

Forgot what?

"Ah, nothing much. Care to dance?"

Why? Even though I admittedly feel better, I can't get out. Whatever you plan to do with this, my [blot] is melded with the foreign [blot] from the others.

"Eh, doesn't matter. It's a dream, isn't it?"

Dives aren't dreams. {You can't stop yourself from smiling.}

"Ah, potato, potahto. Come on, dance with me!"

...fine.

rre revm anw hopb gyen ieeya, ware slepir slep A dream is a wish your heart makes / When you're fast asleep

they danced for many hours under a blue moon, the same azure hue as the dragon's scales.

la revm khal hopb fandel zash, yetere yorr houd houd oure In dreams you will lose your heartache / Whatever you wish for, you keep

they laughed over this and that, reconciling the things that had happened both past and present. smoothing over misconceptions, learning more about each other.

sam-sye nyei-nyei-nm iyon=lym-fu ih-rey-uia Have faith in your dreams and someday / Your rainbow will come shining through

they shared their dreams. their hopes and desires, now given words. they shared their fears too, for they were closely related.

N woo ahih W shin ih remu vy-ela a-wang-zei No matter how your heart is grieving / If you keep on believing

when the time came, the dragon had no choice but to leave.

ah=kie-kaya The wish that you dream...

what remained there, then, was a boy with the heart of a beast, his throne of ink, a locked door with light shining behind the keyhole without a key... ...and the key to his heart's freedom.

u-ja-a Will come true

though his eyes were filled with tears, his smile remained full of joy and hope.

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Diving Protocol: SUCCESS!

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GENOMETRICS LV8 of [Yuuki Gyenshire]: 100% completion;

Chain Reinforcement Complete - [MILGRAM => YUUKI];

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Achievement: Blottager Regalia

Chained Song(s) (Re-)Extracted:

Dare to Dream -> Glass Slipper

TxBIOS_GENOLINKER -> Promise Ride - Wonder & Star

Wasteland Imagination Master Key

Tyria Imagination Key

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>>Initiating Reawakening Procedure for Diver(s): Milgram<=Avi.QuL.Droc, Yuuki Gyenshire }

[rocknrollarticles]

A Christmas present event from Bravo magazine, December 20th, 1971

Second round in the big BRAVO Christmas Bazaar — again three rock bands give you presents:

Nicely packaged and full of flair

This time Deep Purple, Rattles and Mungo Jerry have packed mysterious packages with great gifts for their fans! Every BRAVO reader can wish for one of them. Which surprises are involved and how you get them is on the next page

The big BRAVO Christmas Star Bazaar II:

You can win that!

Write your wish for a present (not the name of the star!) on a postcard. Send this card to BRAVO-Star-Bazar II, 8 München 13, Postfach 702. Don't forget to clearly write your return address. The deadline for entries is December 26, 1971. Each BRAVO reader may only send in one wish card for each Bazaar episode. The winners will be determined by drawing lots — to the exclusion of legal recourse. And now: Toi, toi, toi!

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) gives away a "Concerto 1" Hohner accordion

Ray Dorset (Mungo Jerry) is giving away "Microflex 100 sensor" Agfa filming camera

Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) is giving away a "Loewe R 199" radio with time display

Edna Bejarano (Rattles) gives away a "Philips Electrophone GF 210" record player

Jon Lord (Deep Purple) gives away a "Grundig Hitboy" portable radio

Paul King (Mungo Jerry) gives away a "2209 AV automatic" Philips cassette recorder

Ian Paice (Deep Purple) is giving away a Victoria polo bike with gears

Colin Earl (Mungo Jerry) gives away a "Tamina de Luxe" Philips portable radio

Frank Mille (Rattles) gives away a "Mister Hit 71" Telefunken turntable

John Godfrey (Mungo Jerry) gives away a Hohner "Melodica"

"Zappo" Lügen (Rattles) gives away 10 long-playing records of your choice

Peter Hesslein (Rattles) is giving away a "Braun Sixtant 6006" electric razor

Roger Glover (Deep Purple) gives away a "Mister Hit 71" Telefunken record player

Attention!

The BRAVO Christmas Bazaar continues. In the next issue, 27 stars — from Roy Black to Udo Jürgens— will be competing in the big gift parade. By the way: The preceding double page in color — glued to the side of the Bazar double page from BRAVO No. 51 — makes a chic pop band poster.