... You're In A Movie Theater?!

This has to be a dream, obviously. One does not simply close their eyes while laying down horizontally on a bed, in their underwear, and open them again to find themselves sitting vertically in a chair, in casual street clothes. Especially if that change of position and state of dress also involves a massive change in surroundings. Not even a teleportation spell could be that intricate. Or at least you do not THINK it could be.

A teleportation spell also would not explain the "disconnected" feeling you have experienced in your previous journeys onto the dream realm as you both do and do not feel the padded seat beneath you. A movie is playing on the screen before you in the empty theater but it does not really resemble any movie you have seen before. It is almost more like some kind of drone footage of the night sky above a forested area that looks vaguely familiar but the unusual angle makes it hard to identify for sure.

"I don't know what I was expecting you to dream but this was not it."

You turn your head towards the voice and see Selena sitting in the chair next to yours. She has apparently adapted to your dream by being dressed in a casual pink sweater and a blue mini-skirt along with white, knee high boots. Her hand also rests over your own on the chair arm where your two seats meet, making the two of you look like you are on a casual movie date. "I've had an unexpectedly busy night," you reply, turning your hand over so you can give hers a squeeze, "guess my subconscious didn't feel like putting in much effort at this point."

Selena smiles at your touch, squeezing back as she settles into her chair. "Can't say I mind," she replies, "Never had a movie date before. Darin and I only ever got to interact in formal events or out in the gardens when we got a chance to sneak away from them for a few minutes."

She sighs for a moment before adding, "Probably could do something like this on the school grounds but out in the world it'd be almost impossible. At least that's what Mana and my other bodyguards keep telling me anyway."

"OTHER bodyguards?"

"They're on stand-by back home in case of an emergency," Selena explains, "Mom said this school has enough security of its own I only need one while we're here. And hey, if I'm using this to have some fun and life experiences, why shouldn't she?"

"Are they the same age you are like Mana?" you ask.

"Most of 'em. There's three who are a little older but I don't see them very much. What are we watching? It looks like it's set on campus."

Selena's insight causes your attention to return to the screen and you see she is right. In fact, the viewpoint you are looking at swoops down to fly past a familiar, worn down stone plaza and dried out fountain that you had a rather memorable card duel at. Whatever is giving you this viewpoint rises higher into the sky, looking up at the bright, full moon as it rises... and then pauses before whipping back down to look towards the old Alchemy Studies lab you also are familiar with due to a different type of past experience. Though both of said experiences involved the same girl.

As the view descends towards the building, you notice two things. The first is a pair of people obscured by dark shadows entering the building, the larger of the two pulling the much smaller one along by the arm as they dart inside. The second is a shadow thrown against the wall of said building by the moonlight. A winged shadow that becomes smaller and smaller as it draws nearer, showing that the source of what you are seeing is quite tiny indeed. Eventually, you can finally make out the silhouette as it hovers in place before turning its attention to a near-by, boarded up window.

"I think we're seeing things from Tara's point of view," you finally answer.

Selena looks at you with an expression that mixes surprise with a bit of respect. "Whoa, you got THIS close with her that FAST?" she asks and, at your confused expression, explains, "I recognize this from Dream Projections. She must be asleep too and there was something she wanted to tell you somehow, so that memory is being unconsciously projected. That only happens when a familiar and their summoner have made a really deep connection."

Well, you certainly made several kinds of deep "connections" with your Dragon Fairy recently, but there was no need to go into the details about that right now. You ask, "So it's kind of like Familiar Sight but with a memory instead of what she's seeing at the moment?"

Selena nods in response as the two of you watch Tara slip between a gap in the boards covering a window that is just barely big enough for her to squeeze through. "If you think this might be a little too private I can..." Selena starts to say before trailing off.

"I'll let you know," you reply, "but I wonder what she saw that made her want to go here. It's not like anyone I know would be there for..."

Now it is your turn to trail off as Selena gives you a lopsided smirk. "Trust me. Everyone on campus knows what that building is used for these days."

Still, you are a little concerned as Harmony's explanation of the place made it clear it was for relationships that the participants wanted to keep firmly private. You hope Tara only explored the hallways out of curiosity and did not break into any of the rooms. Especially not any of the taken ones. Either way, it looks like you may be giving her a long talking to in the morning about boundaries.

For the moment, Tara is just moving down the hallway, low to the ground to keep herself in the shadows. She appears to be following the two figures you noticed entering the building, the darkness still making their features impossible to perceive and making you wonder if there was some additional enchantment at play keeping their identities hidden. Eventually, the two dart into one of the abandoned classrooms and slam the door behind them. Though, to be more accurate, the taller figure was the one doing the darting while the smaller one was simply being dragged along by their arm with no obvious signs of resistance.

Curiously, Tara seems hyper focused on that door and goes closer to it to find the bottom has a small hole in it that she could just barely squeeze through if she shrank her wings. Given the view then starts moving through the hole and into the classroom, that seems to be exactly what your Dragon Fairy is doing. As you watch, you mutter, "This is how you got messed up, isn't it?"

At Selena's curious glance, you prepare to give a basic explanation of what happened but stop as you see something out of the corner of your eye that pulls the attention of both of you back to the screen. Tara has quickly darted behind a knocked over student desk and is peeking out around it, causing your jaws to simultaneously drop in shock at the sight before you.

It is Artie and... Professor Dove?!

What. The. Hell?!

The former is sitting on the edge of the teacher's desk at the front of the classroom, looking around nervously as the latter is finishing stripping down to only her leopard print underwear and griffin leather boots. Even in your shocked state, you still find yourself admiring Dove's incredibly fit figure. The intense curves of her hips and how the spotted bra accentuates her generous cleavage is a stunning sight and the incredibly warm, comforting smile she is giving Artie somehow feels discordant with the level of exciting sexuality she is openly putting on display.

"The charms of an older woman ARE pretty great," you let slip out of your mouth, which earns you a light elbow in the side from Selena.

Artie is biting his lower lip and looking away as Dove says something to him, which you cannot make out since it seems your Familiar Sight is still not strong enough to let you tap into Tara's other senses and the angle Tara is watching from makes it too difficult to lip read. The Professor's smile does not change but the rest of her expression does take on a more... **** look as she repeats what she said (or at least you think she is repeating it).

She approaches the small student, placing a hand under his chin and turning his head up to look at her. He licks his lips nervously... and meekly nods as his hands start going for the belt holding up his pants.

"But... why?" Selena gasps, "This doesn't make sense! Why would the Professor DO this?!"

A good question. On one hand, you ARE spying on a highly private moment between what could just be very unusual, unexpected lovers and should probably stop. But on the other hand, something about all this seems... off and it might require you to keep watching to figure out why that is.