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

[daddyissues]

Hey, no.

[ They both feel like jerks now. He shakes his head firmly, putting the mug down and settling both arms around her again. ]

I was being selfish bringing it up in the first place.

[hollowchild]

No, you weren't. It's...just true. It's something that happened that means something.

[she's still not looking at him, though.]

I mean, I...it was the stupidest reason in the world, that I got up. If I'd given in, Christine would have been right about me, and I couldn't abide that. That's all. There wasn't anything noble about it, or anything to live for. I just didn't want her to be right.

[daddyissues]

Well, she was wrong. You're stronger than that.

[ Connor hates Christine for that answer. His jaw works tensely for a moment before he buries fingers in her hair again, despite the fact that both their headaches are gone now. ]

I mean it was selfish talking about this at all. But when people lose the fight, they go home, and I don't--

[hollowchild]

[no, i don't really think i am, she's about to say, but then he goes on, and

oh.

of course. she pulls him close, wrapping herself around him as much as she can.]

I'm not going to leave, Connor. The last place I want to go is home.

[daddyissues]

I know you don't, but it just happens.

[ And he's not terribly reassured by any of this, but now that he's spit it out he might as well cling back. ]

How do you feel about being duct taped together for the rest of the apocalypse? Sound good?

[hollowchild]

If they were going to let me go, I would already be gone. Everyone but you and the Doctor have already left.

[she strokes his hair and hums softly, as though considering the merits of duct tape.]

I think that would possibly make our respective jobs rather tricky.

[but she's smiling, just a little. it's there in her voice.]

[daddyissues]

[ If he hadn't been certain after the conversation with Maria, this would have done it. He's still not reassured, but the smile in her voice relaxes him a bit. ]

It definitely would, but I'd feel better. [ A tiny nuzzle into her hair and his voice drops even lower, barely a whisper. ] You can't leave.

[hollowchild]

I've been here this long, I'm going to see it through.

[she tilts her head to kiss his shoulder.]

I'm not going to leave you.

[daddyissues]

[ He's quiet for a moment, then laughs softly. Of course she caught that. ]

You'd better not.

I haven't been home enough lately. How about we both take a day off, once the blockade is down?

[hollowchild]

That sounds like an excellent idea. Just a day to ourselves.

[daddyissues]

[ Connor hums approval, smoothing a lock of Sophie's hair away from her face. ]

What should we do all day?

[hollowchild]

[she quirks an eyebrow, and the corner of her mouth.]

I don't know, have we finished that list?

[daddyissues]

Yeah, but I can proooobably come up with things to add to it.

[hollowchild]

That seems an easy way to fill our schedules.

[daddyissues]

You know. I try to be romantic, threaten you with duct tape and everything, and that's all you want to do?

[hollowchild]

Duct tape is romantic now? I thought that went under kinky, my mistake.

[daddyissues]

[ Connor mumbles something that sounds like 'smartass' and pulls her head back with a grip on her hair. ]

Now you're just giving me ideas.

[hollowchild]

[she doesn't resist at all, letting him control her head and bare her neck.]

How very terrible.

[daddyissues]

I think... [ He admires her neck for a moment, then drops a kiss on the tip of her nose innocently. The smile doesn't match at all. ] You should close up for the rest of the day. Might as well be in bed, just in case we fall asleep again.

[hollowchild]

[her eyes never leave his mouth, and he may even be able to see her pulse accelerate in the veins of her neck.]

You make an excellent point. No need to take chances.

[daddyissues]

Safety first.

[ Releasing her hair, Connor dips his head to kiss her properly. He was hopeless after all, he thought, just not in the way he'd spoken of earlier. ]

I've got to get healed before it blisters. Meet you at home?

[hollowchild]

[she just melts into the kiss, hand coming up to touch the side of his face that isn't red and sore. this, at least, this she can believe in.]

All right. I'll see you soon then.

[daddyissues]

[ Connor stays there for a long moment, leaning into her hand, then sighs dramatically and straightens up. Off of his lap she goes so that he can stand up to leave. He instantly feels cold, but heads out with a smile and wave anyway.

Soon, it is. ]