ofthebeast: ("If he has a conscience he will suffer f)
ofthebeast ([personal profile] ofthebeast) wrote in [community profile] eswareinmal2012-05-25 08:41 pm

Action: but you never tire of dreams

Characters: Any willing dreamers
Open? Yes
Where: In your minds
When: After the party
What: Part two of the dream plot!
Warnings:


The party went on, with the beast's head on display. A proud, twisted thing. Behind false ruby eyes, it waited. And as the music became slower and the wine less plentiful, it waited still.

Those who had gazed upon it at the ball. Those who had seen it once living in the forest. All heroes who dared to look upon its face and dream still that they would be able to live another day...

There are all sorts of ways of living. In waking. In sleep. Perhaps, now, they would find one in between.

(ooc: Feel free to keep tagging into the party post! Once your characters go home and go to sleep of their own accord, that is when the dreaming will begin. Remember, it is up to you to set up what kind of world your character is trapped in and how best to help them. Plotting post is here, make use of it!

The beast's power will wane once the bulk of the dreamers have escaped his curse. If your character was not at the party but you still want to involve them in the dream plot, that is fine! They can either help get people out or have seen the beast wandering in the woods before it was killed and have caught its attention that way.
canistricari: (!spirit | lol)

[personal profile] canistricari 2012-05-26 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
He giggles again.

"Your time with your friends is so limited! Do you really want to end it so quickly?"

[personal profile] for_that_i_run 2012-05-28 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
No, he didn't... but he was also curious.

"Why would it be limited now? There is nothing left to prevent us from being together."
canistricari: (!spirit | watching)

[personal profile] canistricari 2012-05-28 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Except, perhaps, reality~" He flits around Eagle's friends once again.

[personal profile] for_that_i_run 2012-05-28 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Again they don't notice Coyote. They weren't really there anyway.

"But, this is reality."
canistricari: (!spirit | lol)

[personal profile] canistricari 2012-05-28 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"You think so?" Coyote cackles loudly, right in Hikaru's face. "I wonder if the others would agree!"

[personal profile] for_that_i_run 2012-05-28 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Leave her out of this."

Eagle nearly stood so he could get between Hikaru and that creature but... shouldn't that have woken her up? Hikaru wasn't that hard a sleeper was she?
The confused Commander looked to Lantis who was as peaceful as ever.

"Lantis?"

He didn't receive a response.
canistricari: (!spirit | magnificence)

[personal profile] canistricari 2012-05-28 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
He backed off, but continued cackling madly. Let the dream run its own course now.

[personal profile] for_that_i_run 2012-05-28 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Lantis's stunning eyes staring at him unblinkingly, Eagle had to look away...
That reaction wasn't right. Even a reserved person like him would have said something to answer a question.

"If this isn't real then what is it?"
canistricari: (!spirit | watching)

[personal profile] canistricari 2012-05-28 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
His cackles quieted into giggles, and he turned to get in Eagle's face now.

"You can't guess? Poor, sad little man! All alone even in his own mind!"

[personal profile] for_that_i_run 2012-05-28 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
That was more true than Coyote might have realized. Only Geo really knew the truth about him and his condition. Eagle had a tendency, while being polite and enjoying everyone's presence, to keep them at arm's length and not share his true feelings. Most only saw the smile and missed the shadows hidden behind it.

"It is an illusion? Something I wanted to see?"
canistricari: (!spirit | magnificence)

[personal profile] canistricari 2012-05-28 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Close," he giggled, "but keep trying! Where were you a few short hours ago, I wonder?"

[personal profile] for_that_i_run 2012-05-29 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
At Cephiro castle? No, that wasn't right...

"It was that dance at the castle. Does that have something to do with this?"
canistricari: (!spirit | lol)

[personal profile] canistricari 2012-05-29 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wonder!" He cackles again, dancing around the room like water falling from a cliff.

[personal profile] for_that_i_run 2012-05-30 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Eagle felt a certain sense of loss. If this happy scene wasn't real he couldn't really stay here...
He had to get back and face his future even if that future was a far darker one than this illusion portrayed.

With a new found determination he stood and walked away from Hikaru and Lantis and he didn't bother looking back.

"Since you seem to know so much. Do you know how I could leave here?"

He wouldn't allow false dreams to get in his way either.
canistricari: (!spirit | helping)

[personal profile] canistricari 2012-05-30 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
"All you have to do is wake up!"

And with that, Coyote decided that he had interfered enough. He slipped through a crack in the ground and away from Eagle's mind.