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

[folklorist]

A sheepish look and laugh from him. Yes he knows, he's working on it okay? But when you don't regard yourself as anything special or worth being careful over, well, tends to make it hard to do so. But he is certainly going to work on it if only for Giles' sake.

"You deserve the same thing Giles. A-And I know you probably won't believe that but...but you do." Said very sincerely because both of their worlds haven't been kind to them and it's really no secret that they both deserve something nice, something normal in their lives.

[consultmybooks]

"From a certain point of view? I have all of that now, Helios."

The world can't do anything to him anymore besides occasionally turning him physical again. It's the problems he causes for other people in this state that are really weighing on Giles' mind.

But he still does have his friend, and that is a real blessing.

"...certainly since I met you."

As far as people being kind to him and bringing him out of his shell goes, Helios ca claim credit for a lot of that when it comes to the former Watcher.

[folklorist]

Helios looks a bit a sheepish at that admittance from Giles. He knows he's helped the other but he never quite gave himself all that much credit for it. It was a joint effort between everyone who cared about him after all, and Helios was just a small part of it or so he thought.

"O-Oh. W-Well I-I'm glad then that I could...help you Giles. You helped me as well you know. A-And don't think for a second that you haven't." Everything they've been through since they met one another it certainly has been good on them both. Sure there were rough patches times when Helios thought Giles would leave and never return, especially after Halloween, but they got through it. Somehow they managed to get through a lot and he often wonders how, given who he is and how he is at times.

"I'm glad to have you a-as my friend..." and brother. It's an unspoken statement but certainly there. Always will be. Even if Helios fears the times and thoughts of what would happen should Nero find out. It sends a chill through his body but he shakes the thoughts off just for now. Not the place to thinking those things, not right now.

[consultmybooks]

Giles pauses on the steps for a second. Since he's a couple of steps ahead of Helios, his back is to the other man, and therefore Helios can't see the look on his face. But he might hear something in his voice.

"Friends. Brothers. Family. Honestly, Helios, all the things I've, I-I've felt for you, considered you, in the past...sometimes I have a bit of difficulty keeping it all straight."

It's not as though he hasn't wondered for himself what it might be like if Nero ever showed up, to have Helios torn between a brother he'd chosen and a brother he'd been stuck with and likely to bleed for it, whatever happened. Giles had always silently sworn to protect Helios, keep him safe...but in a world like Luceti, there was only so much he could do, and Giles knew that.

But then, with that, he resumes walking. Only one more flight of stairs to go, now.

"Used to confuse me to no end, trying to sort out for myself exactly what I felt about you besides enormous affection. It's, i-it's just...s-something I had problems with. Trying to sort out what my feelings meant. I never really had the chance to, before. It was just...work, a-and responsibility, and people came second, so when they were finally in my life...I, I never knew what to do."

[folklorist]

Helios quietly listens to the other man. What Giles considered him in the past...

He makes to catch up with Giles falling into place just behind him. Only one more flight to go. It feels like deja-vu because they used to do this so very often, for almost a year, and Helios feels perfectly natural doing it. It makes it all the harder to think that this is a dream. But that's all it is, isn't it? Just a dream and nothing more than that.

The look on Helios' face is one of mingled affection and gratitude. His question more to himself in pondering than anything. But Giles can probably hear it anyway because it is his dream after all.

"Wh-what do they mean? I-I, ah, n-no nevermind. You don't...you don't have to explain if you don't want to, of course. I-I can...understand how you feel. P-People coming second..." because for him he was always too afraid to get close. And when you had no people to get close to anymore it made it difficult doing so. Being an outcast is something that's affected him more than he would like to admit. But its the truth and he has Giles, Ginia, Grune and others to thank for at least allowing to open up a little.