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

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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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She smiles a little at that. She gets to look cool even if Ellie doesn't see it. Yeah, that sounds about right. Messing with the glove she took off, she takes in a deep breath then lets it out. She doesn't feel good but...

"She and I got in a fight once and I ran away without saying goodbye. The night I died, I ran away from everything I'd ever wanted just to be with her again, to have her tell me she wanted me. I fucked things up and the Infected found us. I got her back and then I died. She's had to do a lot of really bad shit on her own and live with a lot of terrible things without telling anyone."

She says it so bluntly, like she's really okay with all that. He can't even imagine what it must feel like, knowing you're dead in your own world, knowing this is your last chance. It seems different from being aware that you could be killed any day just because of a dangerous situation. There's nothing to be done at the point she's at. Just wait and make the best of it.

It's kind of sad, but he thinks he's starting to understand. Killua nods, listening.

The pain and nausea start to ebb, not as bad even if he doesn't feel completely better. Riley was right; talking seems to help.

"You must be really happy she's here in Asgard too."

"Yeah. One last chance to make the most of things."

She laughs a bit and goes to put the glove back on her hand, looking up at him. This is her last shot, the only thing she has left in the world. Outside of this place, she doesn't get to exist anymore except in memories. Sometimes that hurts way more than she wants it to but then other times she's glad that at least she'll exist there.

"But, I guess if everything really has to end then I'd want to be the guardian spirit to watch over her. Make sure she's okay." She shrugs. "Sounds dumb but as long as she needs me then I'm going to do all I can to be there for her. It's...it's all I want."

He doesn't know a lot about Ellie and Riley's world, but he knows enough-- more now, and none of it is good. The bite had looked pretty awful. The corpse in the dream had looked worse.

Killua looks away, withdrawn, thoughtful. A little sad, too. The words sound familiar, somehow, in his thoughts.

"I understand."

"You know, when we were making up, I wanted to kiss her so damn bad but I couldn't get the guts to do it. She's the one who kissed me first." She laughs a bit and kicks at the floor under the table.

"At least I can now though? But yeah, I know that if this place is temporary that I won't be there to hold her anymore. I guess I should get pissed or upset but I decided I'd rather believe I can do that instead."

There's a weird pang, almost fear, at the situation Riley is describing-- time running out, almost not being able to do the one thing she really wanted to, be with the person she wanted to be with. He swallows hard, a little distracted, but actually smiles at her thoughts on the matter. Of course.

"This place isn't so bad, sometimes. In a way... You're lucky."

"Yeah. I probably am."

She watches him after that, wondering how to ask this next part. She could beat around the bush but that's not her style with people who aren't Ellie. Well, might as well just go for it.

"So, is that how you feel about Gon? That you want to make every second count?"

He sighs heavily but answers this time, with an uncomfortable shrug.

"I guess."

It's not like Riley's situation is his own, and though he doesn't necessarily stay awake at night fearing it or anything, it's a tough thing to think about: missing your chance.

"Look, it seems to help to talk about it. So the best thing to do is just tell me about it. At least I won't go telling people about what you say."

She nods at him, basically telling him to spill. Seriously, she can wait for ages and it doesn't look like they have another option here. This one seems to be working anyway.

"Tell you about what?" he snaps, unable to restrain himself this time. He can't believe Riley saw something so personal and embarrassing. He doesn't even know how he feels about it yet, and now Riley knows too? This isn't something he wants to talk about or share.

"I don't even know what to say!"

She shrugs at that and puts her hands in her pockets with a little smile. "Hey, it's your dream. You'll have to figure out what to tell me until the shitty feeling goes away. It's cool though. I can wait."

And she does. She seriously falls silent and lets him figure out his own shit as she waits for him.

"I don't-- That's not fair," he complains, but settles down to think, uncomfortable and embarrassed.

"Anyway. I wouldn't actually... do it."

"Kiss him?"

And she figures that's probably part of the problem. Plus, she totally thinks he should do it.

"Yeah," he whispers, looking away.

He can't do it. It's pretty ridiculous to begin with, but thinking about it now-- How is he supposed to bring up something like that?

"I can't control what I dream about, okay? What does it matter?"

"Good question."

She gives him a little grin but falls silent again after that. Seriously, she knows how hard it is to talk about the personal stuff but she's already come clean. Now it's his turn.

"What do you mean, 'good question?'" Killua demands, starting to get irritated.

"It's not a question! It doesn't matter."

He can't risk messing up what he already has with Gon, what he knows is already a miracle. He can't afford to do that.

She lifts her brow up at that. Suuuuuuure. It doesn't matter. Yeah. Exactly that. Uh-huh.

"Why are you staring at me like that?!"

"I said I could wait. I'm waiting."

Riley sits forward again then gives a shrug.

"A lot of stuff means more than you think it does."

She sits up and shows him her Angel Knives shirt.

"Ellie got this for me. Anyone who looks at it would think it's just a shirt but I fucking love it." Then she shows him the scar at her lip. "Got this messing around with Ellie. They probably seem stupid to you but they mean a lot to me. So, if the kiss means something to you then it does."

Killua watches her, the things she points out, and bites the inside of his cheek to think about it.

Finally, he caves.

"How did you ask Ellie?"

That makes her blink a bit. "Ask Ellie what?"

"You know..."

Ah, shit. He's blushing a little, and tugs at the collar of his shirt.

"To kiss you and stuff."

Riley laughs a bit and scratches her cheek, blushing a bit.

"Ah. Well...remember that part where we had a fight? I ran away for awhile and when I found out I wasn't going to see her again, I realized she's all I wanted to have. So, I ran back to the military school, nearly got shot, and rescued some water guns. Then I went to get her and I took her to this abandoned mall where we ran around for a bit. She wanted to talk but I...I couldn't do it."

She lets out a sigh and looks across at him.

"But I lit up the mall for her because the electricity wasn't actually gone. And we went running around looking at all the things, pretending we could be normal kids for a bit. When we finally talked, I told her some shit and she finally admitted she didn't want me to go. Next thing I know, she kissed me."

Now, she looks down. "I didn't ask her or anything. I thought I'd fuck it up. She made the first move."

Listening carefully, Killua can admit the story is sweet, but... It's also not super helpful.

He blinks at her, surprised.

"She did? So what you're saying is... you actually don't have any advice at all."

"Honestly, I'd say you're more of an Ellie so you could just grab him and kiss him?"

Sounds like good advice to her?

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