OPT-OUT EVENT LOG: DREAM A LITTLE DREAM

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Who: EVERYONE that stayed in Asgard
What: the Dream a Little Dream mingle log
When: Day 515 ( Sept. 25/26 )
Where: all across the city!
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 515 ( Sept. 25/26 )

Progress through the ice blockade will be slow and narrow, as they can't possibly hope to clear the entirety of the forest that has been buried under Thiazi's black ice. Now that they know the source of her magic's corruption, it might not come as a great surprise when cracking open the ice unleashes a strange burst of magic.

At the halfway point between Utgard and Asgard, a pulse of energy will move through the entire city, immediately putting every mortal it touches to sleep. This part of the curse is mandatory and your character must fall asleep; the dream effects of it are not mandatory, and can be played with at your discretion. During this first wave, Travellers will be granted a brief dream - that does not belong to them. They will see, from the dreamer's point of view, every hope and goal and aspiration that the dreamer wishes to complete before the end of days. Whether it's simply confessing their love to an old friend or saving their home planet or perfecting an Asgardian pie, your character will see someone else's ideal resolution before Ragnarok. More on plotting this below!

Upon waking, the Travellers will be plagued with the indistinct whispering of several voices overlapping one another and a slight headache. Both symptoms will gradually increase over time until it reaches incapacitating pain and nausea. The only way to assuage the symptoms is to find the owner of the dream and either maintain physical contact for an hour or discuss the subject of the dream until a full confession has been made. After that, the symptoms will fade and the Travellers will be free to carry on with their day.

There will be other pulses of magic at random throughout the day; these are not mandatory and you can feel free to have your character experience as many or as few dreams as you wish. All dream-sharing will cease by the end of the day, as the blockade progresses past that centre-point of magic.

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the Dream a Little Dream opt-out event! Random pairings have already been sent out, but you guys can still feel free to plot with each and pair up anywhere you like. Please remember that these dreams are meant to be positive; details can be found here. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time and location in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions! ]

Comments

[damselled]

[Maribelle had been tiredly sipping tea, rather out of it due to all the dreams she's been seeing. Heavens above, she felt like a seer. How did they deal with all this nonsense? She'd simply go mad if she had to do this all the time.

She's jerked out of her rather grouchy train of thought by a familiar voice, and looks up to see Yuiko there.]

Oh! Hello, dear. I was just having some tea. Would you like some?

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Yuiko smiles a little, well she had just woken up but tea did sound nice.]

Yes please.

[Walking over to where she was Yuiko took a seat near Maribelle. Yuiko thought that it looked kind of like there was something on her mind, or that something was annoying Maribelle from the expression she had seen.]

Is everything alright?

[damselled]

[Maribelle smiles and moves to get Yuiko a teacup and saucer, filling it with tea once it's on the table. There's also cream and sugar out, thigh Maribelle doesn't seem to be using it.]

Hm? Oh, yes, I suppose, apart from all these blasted dreams.

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Yuiko set cocoa down on the floor so that the animal would be able to roam around some and explore a bit while they had tea. Watching as the tea was prepared Yuiko tried to get her hands out from the oversized sleeves so she wouldn't spill it.]

You had a dream too?

[Ah that was it, that was what had caught her attention. Maybe the dream that she had was suppose to be Maribelle's and they had gotten switched up like when your phone accidentally picked up someone else's call.]

What was it about?

[damselled]

Yes, I did. Several, in fact.

[She sighs, then, closing her eyes.]

I'm afraid it's not for me to tell, Yuiko. How are you doing, by the by? I haven't seen you in awhile. I was beginning to get a little worried.

[made_4_ritsuka]

So it was someone else's dream.

[She had though that it might have been. At the question about how she had been Yuiko smiles a little, she was still a little tired and had a small headache.]

I've been alright. Lately I've been helping to clear the ice using my energy transfer when everyone gets tired and helping to take water and drinks around to everyone so they don't get thirsty.

[damselled]

Yes, it was.

[The look on Yuiko's face does not go unnoticed, and Maribelle looks at her with concern in her eyes.] Darling, are you alright? You look positively dreadful.

That sounds lovely of you. I have been training in the physical arts of combat, studying medicine, and practicing my Charm abilities.

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Yuiko nods her head.] I'm alright. Everyone else has been working really hard so I want to work just as hard. That way I can make sure that they stay alright and everything can get done safely.

I know you said you couldn't talk about someone else's dream, but is it alright to talk to that person if you had theirs?

[damselled]

That's quite admirable of you, but please do consider that a girl of your age is especially in need of rest. You don't want to develop too many wrinkles later on, do you?

I suppose it would be, Yuiko. Do you happen to know the person whose dream you shared?

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Rubbing her eyes a little before reaching to grab the tea, she wondered if she would really develop wrinkles because of something like that. She did get a lot of sleep though, especially when there was no school.]

Uh-huh, I think I had Maribelle-san's dream. It was really nice.

[damselled]

[... Wait, what?]

Oh?

[made_4_ritsuka]

It was a place that I didn't know but everyone was really friendly. A lot of people were smiling and happy, but there was a lot of hard work too with lots of papers and studying.

[Yuiko tried to remember more, trying to remember what the name was that she had kept hearing was.]

The elise something.

[damselled]

[At that, Maribelle's heart aches, and she has to blink back tears.]

Ylisse.

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Oh no she hadn't meant to make her cry, she thought it would be nice to talk about it. After all the dream had been really warm and happy. Looking down at the tea, Yuiko pulled her legs up onto the couch a little.]

It seemed like you were working really hard, but everyone was really happy and smiling and getting along.

[damselled]

[Maribelle has to close her eyes to stop tears from falling, but she smiles nonetheless.]

Oh, goodness me. That sounds... positively lovely, dear.

[made_4_ritsuka]

It was. Is that what your home is like?

[Sipping at the tea, she would give Maribelle a chance to talk about if she wanted to but Yuiko didn't want to keep bringing it up if she didn't want to.]

[damselled]

Why, yes, it is. It's also quite beautiful, and we have been working to make it a realm of peace.

[It hasn't been an easy thing to do, after the war, but she's never been afraid of hard work."

[made_4_ritsuka]

Is that what you plan on doing when you get home too? You had a lot of friends, ah and there was one person that seemed to be really important.

[Yuiko blushed a little remembering the feelings from the dream and how it had reminded her of Ritsuka.]

[damselled]

Yes, it is. I wish to reform my country's laws so that they treat everyone equally, regardless of class.

And what of you, Yuiko? What is it you wish to do, once this is over?

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Yuiko took a moment to think, well there a few things that she had missed.]

Well I'd really want to go with mom and dad to pick strawberries because usually we would have went by now, but I don't think there are any here. And I'd go to class again so I could catch up on everything and get to see everyone again like Yayoi-kun and out teacher.

I still have a long way to go, but I kind of want to work with kids like in a preschool or something. I think it would be a lot of fun.

I'd kind of want to help Ritsuka-kun with whatever's bothering him too, and get to spend more time together again. He's been really busy so we haven't spoken hardly at all lately but at home we would speak almost everyday and he would walk most of the way home with me from class.

[damselled]

[Maribelle listened, smiling as she did so.]

That sounds lovely. I do hope you are able to accomplish that. Nothing can be more noble than the act of helping others.

... Ritsuka-kun? [Now, where had she heard that name before? Had it been Seimei?]

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Yuiko nods.] Ritsuka-kun is a friend from home, we're in the same class and he's really nice. He keeps some of our other classmates from causing problems, he kind of acts like an adult at times. But Ritsuka-kun always sticks up for me and encourages me to do my best, oh and he's super smart and looks really cool though he's kind of short.

[She'll blush a bit again before taking another sip of the tea.]

[damselled]

Would this, perhaps, be the same Ritsuka who has an older brother by the name of Seimei?

[She had only met Seimei a few times, and he had struck her as distant, but polite.]

Well, it sounds as though you are quite taken with him.

[made_4_ritsuka]

[Yuiko nods, the mention of Seimei kind of causes her ears to fold back a little but she still smiles a bit.]

I'm glad that Seimei-san is able to be here with him. From the first day that I met Ritsuka-kun I thought he was cool and I wanted to be his friend. I would do anything for Ritsuka-kun, but I don't know what to do.

[Looking down at the cup, she seemed kind of thinking.]

He supports me, he protects me. I'd do anything for Ritsuka-kun. I'd even die for him.

[But she had been told that Ritsuka didn't feel that way about her, that he found her kind of annoying. That was why she had been working so hard, so that she wouldn't think about it.]

[damselled]

[Maribelle naturally doesn't get the nuances of expression via cat ear, and so doesn't really notice the gesture.]

I do believe you might very well be in love with him, Yuiko.

[She smiles.]

But I very much think that this Ritsuka would not wish you to die for him. In fact, I'm certain that it would cause him no small amount of distress. Therefore, perhaps it would be best if you lived, rather than died; I'm sure he'd much prefer you that way.