Dream the Fourth : GHB8 [Orb]

[yumemi_no_ou]

[[The image from the orb is rather white and blurry, with only the vague outlines of shapes visible. Someone's thrown a sheet over it, it would seem.]]

I can't find Aralu or Hawk anywhere. Hawk's mom's gone too.

[[a slight pause. He really really doesn't like having to do this...]]

...and I can't work the stove in this stupid place.

[[Or do much of anything else with his back like it is.]]

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[yumemi_no_ou]

[[A bit of a smile there]] All of it. Across the river and almost as stupidly far away are you can get from it walking for how close it is otherwise. The other place was on the second floor... [[which is why there was no way he could stay there.]]

[[and the smile fades and he shrugs.]] And I haven't exactly been to social... But someone should be coming by...

[golden_moon]

I see. Probably safer that way. Wouldn't want fires to spread.

[She shrugged.]

And tomorrow? Next week?

[yumemi_no_ou]

[[Shin was quiet a long moment, not looking directly at her.]]

I don't know. I'll figure something out. Or just say fuck it and let this body die and just go living in the Dreaming. [[he shrugs]]

[golden_moon]

[She'll consider that for a while.]

Sugar, even if that was an option back home, are you so sure that it will work here?

[yumemi_no_ou]

Dreaming works the same here as back home. The only difference is that it's so fucking empty here that I could wander in it for months before finding someone outside of this stupid town that actually has a real Dream. [[Sulk sulk sulk. Part him, he's being cranky]]

[golden_moon]

[She looks around herself, not at the orb, for a minute.]

Doesn't sound like it'll work out so well, then, does it?

[She looked at the orb.]

And if you die here, there's no coming back.

[yumemi_no_ou]

[[an uncomfortable moment of quiet]]

...about as well as anything else does in this place.... [[it's almost a mutter]]

[golden_moon]

Well, I can't say I can argue well with that.

[She sighed.]

But it would be rather lonely, wouldn't it?

[Wolves don't much care for being lonely.]

[yumemi_no_ou]

No more than it is now.

[golden_moon]

Maybe. But around here, Sugar, you can change that.

[yumemi_no_ou]

It's the same people if I'm awake or asleep. Unless I want to talk to those bubble headed idiots who like saying crap that doesn't make any sense, I'm better off in the Dreaming.

[[He seems to realize how sharp his tone has gotten and grimaces, looking to the side.]]

Sorry. It's just... this place sucks. It sucks a lot.

[golden_moon]

[She laughed, softly, and shook her head.]

When I first arrived, I almost bite the ar...head off of one of the guards. I'm not very good with surprises.

But they aren't always bad.

[yumemi_no_ou]

Haven't found a single good one yet. [[Just a bit bitter there]]

[golden_moon]

Well, Sugar, that doesn't mean you should give up. Because when you do, it'll be worth it.

[yumemi_no_ou]

[[He's quiet a moment, thinking]]

There's only ever been one surprise that's been worth everything miserable that lead up to it. Somehow I don't think that's going to happen again here....

[golden_moon]

Well. I guess I'm just a gambler, because I keep holding out for it to happen again.

[yumemi_no_ou]

Yeah, well, good for you that you can manage that. [[a touch bitter and defensive and not looking at the orb.]]

[golden_moon]

[She sighs.]

I'm sorry. I'll stop, now. I sound like an ass.

[yumemi_no_ou]

[[and he looks guilty]]

Sorry, it's... People always tell me crap like that like it's going to magically make things better. Having hope means that your hopes can get crushed. If you don't expect anything good, you won't be disappointed and if something good happens, it's a happy surprise, you know?

[golden_moon]

I always hated it myself. Should have thought it through before Insaid anything. I'm sorry.

Let's start over, sugar. I'm around, if you need something, and not just today. You or Faolin. Alright?

[yumemi_no_ou]

It's okay. You just wanted to help.

...and thanks.

[golden_moon]

I'm not very good at it, though. Never have been. How about this, maybe: if you do let yourself die and live in the dream or whatever, how will you ever get out of this place?

And I am, apparently, part of his pack. A pack should stick together. It's like a family.

[yumemi_no_ou]

Same way I'd get out anyway. [[he shrugs]] It'd probably be easier if my body hadn't come here too. The astral moves a lot easier than the physical since it's all energy. Or something like that.

[[and he's quiet a short moment]] Pack, huh... good that he does have people like that here, then.

[golden_moon]

I...knew a few wolves, back home. Some of them were right bastards, but the rest were okay. Course, that's just the same with anyone, ain't it?

[yumemi_no_ou]

Yeah, I think so. Good to insiders, really harsh to anyone threatening the group.... Though I think the werewolves I saw back home were a bit of an exception with everything with the Alliance. Even in Dreams they were on their best behavior.