Action: but you never tire of dreams

[ofthebeast]

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.

Comments

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Faolan smiles at being touched. "Have Hawk now, so it's okay!" he reassures. "And you have each other?"

[tatra]

The sisters glanced at each other and smiled.

"Yes," said Tatra, "we'll always have each other." Tarta flushed.

"Don't be so sentimental, Tatra."

[greatsquirrelhunter]

"Family is important!" Faolan agrees. "Faolan likes to have lots of family, even when it has to be new family."

Because really, Hawk, Snow, Gretel, Loki, and Giles are just as much his family as Mutti and Vatti and all of his pack brothers and sisters.

[tatra]

"Y-yes..." Tarta is still upset by her own outburst. Let Tatra do the talking while she drank her tea.

"Family is very important," Tatra continues for her sister.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Faolan drinks his tea, kicking his feet a little because the chairs were designed for taller people. He looks around at the garden.

"Where?" he asks after a while. "Looks different."

[tatra]

"This is our home," Tatra explains sweetly before Tarta cuts in.

"Welcome to the kingdom of Chizeta."

[greatsquirrelhunter]

This is confusing. "But were all taken away from homes," he says. If he's seeing her, after all, she must be in the fairy tale kingdom they're the heroes of.

[tatra]

"And we've returned," explains Tatra. Once more Tarta cuts in to add,

"After our long trip, we've been welcomed home."

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Faolan considered. "Thorns all gone?" he asked.

[tatra]

"Oh yes," says Tatra, "Hikaru and the others have taken care of the land." Tarta takes a long sip of tea.

"This is all old news, kid. Why don't you just sit back and relax?"

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Well, he doesn't know all the heroes, so maybe he just missed that name. "Who is Hikaru?"

[tatra]

"A very good friend," Tatra explains kindly as Tarta drinks her tea grumpily.

[greatsquirrelhunter]

Faolan looks at her skeptically. "In Schwanheim?"

[tatra]

The sisters glanced at each other.

"In Cephiro..." Tatra answered slowly. Tarta had no such difficulty.

"Where is Shanheim? What planet is that?"

[greatsquirrelhunter]

"Schwanheim not on a planet."

Well, here he tells a lie. It obviously IS on a planet, but the name of the planet had never come up before. There was no space travel in the kingdom, so there was no need to name planets.

Wait, space travel? Was this garden a planet? How had he gotten there?

"Makes no sense!" he whined.

[tatra]

"Never heard of it," Tarta answered with a shrug. "Don't worry so much, you'll make yourself sick."

[greatsquirrelhunter]

This was quite distressing. "Never heard? But... It's where the thorns are!"

Well, not exactly, but close enough.

[tatra]

"It sounds almost familiar..." Tarta gives her sister an odd look. She's certainly never heard of it. But then Tatra shakes her head.

"Are you enjoying your tea?"

[greatsquirrelhunter]

"Yes, thank you," Faolan answers politely. He drinks, holding the cup securely in both hands. "What you do when not drinking tea?"

[tatra]

"Tatra would probably fall over dead if she wasn't drinking tea," Tarta teased. Tatra laughed.

"We are helping Cephiro to rebuild."

[greatsquirrelhunter]

"that is good," Faolan said in approval before a thought stopped him. "How helping one place when in another?"

[tatra]

"We're taking a short break," Tarta explained impatiently. "Things have stabilized in Cephiro for the time being."

[greatsquirrelhunter]

"What does that mean?" Faolan asks, sipping at his tea and looking at both sisters. "Must be good, right?"

[tatra]

"It means we've earned our rest," Tarta shot back. Tatra smiled sweetly.

"Yes, it's a very good thing."

[greatsquirrelhunter]

"Going to stay here forever?" It was a nice place, he supposed.