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.

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[shadedsunlight]

[Alice glances at the snakes and shudders at the scream. It's not right and she knows now it's more than just a bad dream or nightmare. This was some horribly reality in his past and it breaks her heart knowing he of all people had to go through this.] He may be real, but this right now is a dream.

[There was already very little light in the jungle, but it grows darker as darkness surrounds them. Alice realizes she's never known what a monster was before now. There were horrible, inhumane, people she considered monsters who deserved to die back in her world, but this thing? This was a true monster and all she can do is stare for a few seconds. She still grips her machete and moves to stand in front of Helios, but it's no use. He's surrounding them and he will get Helios. It's the last realization that strikes the most fear into Alice. There is nothing she can do. Nothing either of them can do.

It's not an easy realization to make and she utterly hates it. Even if this is a dream, a nightmare, that's it? They're just going to die, likely in some horrific painful fashion?

Alice takes a deep breath and turns to face the figure directly, trying to look into its eyes but having more success staring into its gaping mouth.]

What are you?

[folklorist]

[ Helios lets out a small cry of surprise, torment, fear too. He hates this. He hates snakes he hates that thing looming before him, he hates how the scenery changes to that point in time where he lost everything. He was so stupid and now, now the forest shifts to a room. It's an old musty darkened room. The walls and floors are made of stone and along the far walls are bookshelves. His breath is labored and stunted as he moves closer to Alice in fear. Green eyes dart about the room and the pure white chalked circle resting beside Apep is covered in blood, so much blood, but whose blood it is remains a mystery.

The god laughs at the defiance shown to him, red eyes narrow as it moves steadily closer to Alice a thunderous hiss escaping it. You haven't told them, Helios? How predictable. Why would you though, when it brings to light all your sins. Helios flinches and moves just a little bit closer to Alice again. This wasn't happening. This couldn't be happening. ]

[ It laughs again more mockingly than before but no less chilling in the emptiness and apathy it holds. Apep opens it mouth to speak again those fangs dripping with venom and blood. You dare stand up against me foolish mortal? You dare stand in defiance to a god? It's jaws snap shut as he regards Alice and Helios like they're nothing more than ants. Perhaps I can show you what I did to last woman who knew him well. Another laugh that reverberates throughout the empty basement cellar. Helios makes to wrap his arms around Alice as Apep lunges forward to strike. There's the same scream from a woman who isn't there as the darkness envelopes them. ]

[shadedsunlight]

[Alice reaches back for Helios, finding his hand and clinging to it as she faces down the deity. Terrified? Of course, but damn if that will stop her from fighting until the end. She keeps her machete raised, knowing even if she could hurt him, it'd be no more damaging than poking a giant with a toothpick.

Even as he strikes at them, she stabs upward, feeling nothing but sharp teeth piercing into her. She remembers watching a show about medieval torture devices and something called the iron maiden. As venom dips onto her and Apep's teeth drive further into her, tearing her apart without killing her (yet), she realizes that was what it must have been like. Slow, agonizing, hellishly painful.

To her credit, she doesn't scream, but it's hard to do so when there's a fang stabbed into your throat.

Ginia wakes in her inn room, scrabbling at her throat and throwing off her tangled blankets. Her heart pounds in her chest as lingering screams echo in her head.

What the hell was that?!]