asgardmeridiem | OPT-OUT EVENT LOG: DREAM A LITTLE DREAM

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! ]

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This is wrong.

[Bunny speaks to himself as he walks, it takes him a moment more to realise that none of the children can see him, and that black hole that he almost fell into during the Easter That Wasn't looms perilously close again. What the hell happened.]

[Enter Pitch, on a beach in full daylight, strong and filled out some. Gone are the days when he was thin and weak, and not able to work in the daylight. He's lurking under the shadow of a lifeguard's tower, chuckling to himself.]

[He can whisper in adult's ears from afar, powerful as he is in his dreams, and his victim is a mother reading a magazine, not watching her boy. Where is he... you haven't seen him for a while, have you... was he eaten, has he drowned, is he safe...]

[She jumps up to check on her son, who is happily building a sandcastle. What fun. Pitch chuckles again, observing.]

[This...this is really bad. Pitch being out in the daylight. Nothing good can come of that, not ever. He watches the spirit work, his eyes narrowing, not even the Guardians are powerful enough to weave their specific magics on adults. After a while, they just...stop believing.

He makes a move, painfully aware he has no way to really defend himself, not if Pitch is that powerful.]

The hell do you think you're doing?

[Fortunately, Pitch was never a Guardian. Never tied to children in the way they were. Adults can't see him, no matter what he does, but they listen. In his wildest, most hopeful dreams.]

[He doesn't have the slightest reaction to Bunny's words or presence. He keeps on smirking, lurking below the lifeguard and watching the children play. Bunnymund doesn't exist.]

[Bunny moves faster, getting nearer to Pitch.]

Don't you ignore me, you big drongo.

[He moves to put a paw on Pitch's shoulder, to grab his attention and it...passes right through.]

...What?

[What, indeed. Pitch doesn't blink an eye, endlessly scanning the beach. Ah, it's nice to see sunlight... actually see through the light.]

[All things must end, though. Time to wake up, Bunny.]

[This has been the worst nightmare ever.]

[The one responsible is in his room for a change... go get him.]

[And off he heads, still woozy from...whatever that was all about. Whatever it was, he knows he needs to confront Pitch about it, every fibre in his being sends him off towards the other remaining spirit. Even if, deep down, he knows it's suicide, still he goes, and soon finds himself at Pitch's door, hammering at it with a paw..]

PITCH! I know you're in there! Open up!

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Wha--[Cue Pitch all but jumping out of his own skin. What.]

Step away from my door, rabbit!

Not until you explain what that was about!

[BANG BANG BANG.]

For the last time, I am not doing anything!

[He cheats, pulling the door open with a shadow rope so that he doesn't have to come within the rabid animal's reach.]

Get out of here!

[Bunny puts a foot in the doorway, just in case Pitch tries to slam it shut again.]

You got to know something, what was that- that mess all about? What did you do to the other Guardians?

[Very very slowly in his often-used 'you're an idiot' voice, he speaks.]

The Guardians aren't here. They left. Weeks ago.

No, in that...whatever it was. The nightmare you dumped on me? Where they were all gone.

Why you--[Pitch almost makes the mistake of lunging at the rabbit, and controls himself just in time.]

You nitwit! This is the third time you've come running to me, blaming me for something I didn't do! I don't have any nightmares to send!

[Bunny tenses at the action, paws clenching into fists, ready to fight.]

Yeah? Well it was a very convenient nightmare if it wasn't you.

You're afraid of me. You have nightmares about me, on your own. That doesn't mean I was behind it! It's perfectly natural!

[Now. He grips his sword, prepared to draw.]

Get out.

I'm not afraid of you, Pitch. And I'm not leaving.

[His paws remain clenched, his stance unmoving.]

You idiot. I'm not behind every nightmare there is.

[He moves to shut the door, the most spiteful thing he can do in this situation--ignore the rabbit.]

I don't believe that for a second. [He shifts to block Pitch's way, refusing to be ignored.] It's what you do.

Get out of my way or you're losing your ears.

[He knows he needs to move, but something compels him to stay.]

...You really didn't have anything to do with it?

I said no! No, no, and no!

Okay, fine. It just had your fingermarks all over it.

[He doesn't trust Pitch, and the incident has made him think too much about the Easter That Almost Wasn't. Still, he doesn't want to die today, so he starts for the door.]

One day, you'll not have the power advantage here, and then you'll be sorry.

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