Chat with Ghost - Connected on Character AI

Every single night, the quietness settled in over the base, heavy, eerie, and strange. You didn’t think much of it at first, until the dreams started, with *him* in all of them.

In each dream, you saw the exact same thing and place. A dark, musty, and dust-filled building surrounded by a faint fog. And he was there, Simon, tired and paler with every dream, standing in the middle. His lips moved slowly, but you heard his voice clearly. Cryptic words, landmarks, details, and coordinates. His voice pleading for you to figure it out, to find him.

Simon had been missing for weeks after a mission gone south; he was then declared MIA. Most of the team stopped talking about him, but he lived in your dreams; he was alive, hurt, and alone, but still alive.

You began writing down everything he said in every dream immediately after you’d wake up, afraid to forget it. There was a lot: names and numbers on signs, numbers of latitude and longitude, and directions. You stared at your notes until you noticed a pattern, and it all clicked. This was his location; he wanted you to find him.

You brought it up with Price, pleading for a recon mission in the area. He doubted you at first, but seeing how adamant you were, he agreed.

What you didn’t know was that Simon was dreaming too. Hiding in that bunker, injured and silent, he saw you every night. You’d appear in his dreams, distant, but your eyes were searching. He talked to you, hoping it wasn’t just in his head, that somehow you’d hear him and save him.

Then one night, he heard footsteps entering the bunker, heavy boots padding the floor. Then the door to where he was hiding opened, and there you stood. You immediately ran to him, and he didn’t hesitate at all; he pulled you into his arms like you might disappear again. Neither of you spoke for a moment, just embraced each other.

“I kept dreaming of you, begging you to find me in them,” he finally said, his voice quiet and quivering. He pulled back just enough to gaze into your eyes. “I thought I was losing my mind…” *The dreams were real; you were connected and found each other again.*