tushanshu_logs | ENDPLOT | BEFORE THE DAWN

Characters: ALL!
Date: December 1-7, 2014
Location: Under the shell and in the Dreaming
Situation: Malicant’s defeated, but it seems the Foreigners have gotten a little bit stuck ...
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.

Where are you going?

What did you do?

Can you hear me?

Hello?

At first the Dreaming twists and warps around the Foreigners, radiating with the sort of unheard shriek that causes adults to wake sweating in their beds. The only problem is--they don’t. Something cracks like a thud in the skin and the surroundings of the turtle’s body dissolves, and their environment changes in a heartbeat between blank greyscale and any familiar environment.

Eventually it settles, but something is wrong. Where before the Foreigners had clarity of thought even in the Dreaming while battling Malicant, at first it feels as though their minds are shrouded, groggy with half-sleep. They might find it difficult to realize where they are--that their most familiar environment, surrounding them now, is not because they've been sent home. They’re still Dreaming, and the Dream is subtle, but can be manipulated and can be shared if they remember their comrades strongly enough. More of them converging in one place will help shed that torpor, leaving them to realize what might be happening...

They’re trapped. Every now and then they hear Eva’s voice speaking, and some of them will even see her in person, walking through their Dream with a trail of grey mist in her wake.

Can you hear me?

Follow me.

If you want to go home, follow me.

[OOC: If you’re intending to canon update your character (even if they just want to return home to "check in") OR if your character is departing Tu Vishan for good, please use Eva’s subheading! If you’re not going to canon update but your character will still try to follow Eva, she will vanish into grey mist and they’ll be unable to follow.

The rest of the log is general "mingling" while the characters who choose to remain in Keeliai are trapped together in the Dreaming. They can share details of their battles against Malicant, try to brainstorm a way to escape the Dreaming, anything they want. They will be aware of the passage of time, though they won't have any concrete way of knowing how much, only that it seems like it's much longer than it should be.

Please see this OOC post for additional information regarding timing and posting during this log, or questions. Thank you! ]

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A trail of footsteps materializing along with the sand and lead up to Korra’s boots. The sounds aren’t familiar to her in the same way, but she can appreciate them none the less.

Once she catches up next to Annabeth, Korra gives the camp one last glance before looking over to her.

Sounding casual has never been so hard, but she tries anyway. "This is it, huh?"

She faces Korra with a smile that's both relieved and rueful, though it's the latter part that's aimed at her friend. "Welcome to Camp Half-Blood?" She laughs a little when she says it, the words almost getting caught in her throat.

Annabeth closes her eyes for a second and breathes out. "I've seen it so many times in dreams here before, even in the Dreaming. But I haven't... felt this close two years."

"I know what you mean." She let out a small chuckle, unable to not smile at seeing Annabeth breathe in that moment of finally having peace of mind and heart that only home can bring.

"Well, I don't know exactly what you mean, I've never been there before." Korra dips her head to her shoulders smiling sheepishly. "But I'm glad you got here, through all of that stuff." The best way she can describe it.

Looking at Korra reminds her about the things she is going to miss about Keeliai, Korra herself among that list, but home is so close she can almost taste it. She's missed that part of her long enough that there's very little that could convince her to stay.

Annabeth laughs a little herself, but it's soft. "I'm glad too." And 'glad' is an understatement. She's not even sure she can describe what it feels. "What about you? Are you going home?"

Korra nodded, her smile growing into a full on beam. That indescribable relief of being able to return home when you never knew if you could, Annabeth was the only person she knew who was having the exact same type of struggle in what came from living on Tu Vishan for so long.

Missing friends and family, she couldn't pass it up either. Thought it meant leaving behind the friends here, like Annabeth.

"Yeah." She can't stop her smile from twitching. "I'm going to miss you."

She smiles back; there aren't any regrets in her choice, but she recognizes the feelings in Korra's face as her own.

"I'm gonna miss you too," she gets out. "And other stuff about this place. But -"

Annabeth can't really find the words with enough brevity. No matter how much there is to miss, she's missed everything from home even longer. "We deserve to go home by this point, you know?"

A silent laugh left her smile and Korra bites her lips for a second, the waves washing on the shore.

"Yeah." She knew. If anyone outside of Zatanna knew what Annabeth means by deserving to go home, it's Korra. "Yeah, we do. We've seen a lot of people go, but now that everything's over and done with-

Yeah, Annabeth. We really do." Being able to do so, after all that time, is overwhelming and Korra doesn't know whether to hug, laugh, or cry. Maybe all three.

That's kind of the last push that gets her eyes watering. Because they do - they all do deserve to go home, but Annabeth feels it hard, and she doesn't think there's any pride in remembering all she's done in Keeliai to back that up. Between the people she's lost (Vanessa, Steph, Bryn, Yelena -) and people from home she's lost too many times before too (Percy), between what she's done for Eva, for Asti, in spending two years of her life here - yeah. Annabeth Chase deserves to go home.

She's not the most affectionate of people, but she sort of moves forward in a motion that can only be described as going in for a hug, because she's run out of words, which always kind of stumps her.

It’s a motion Korra knows all too well and she closes the gap between them. Korra’s arms loop around Annabeth and she pulls her in for a hug. Sharing the moment of finally knowing that home could be a real thing again.

Not just some carrot being dangled in front of their faces.

She bites both her lips while smiling, shedding tears as she squeezes to let Annabeth know just how much she understands.

"Take care of yourself."

She's grateful Korra steps into it, but she doesn't know why she thought the other girl wouldn't either. Annabeth hugs her friend tight, taking comfort in it. Rare as it is, she still appreciates physical affection, and there hasn't been all that much of it these last few months.

Annabeth laughs, but it's stunted and a little choked. "I always do," she says, trying to give off an air of lightness, but it's masked by the reality of the goodbye. "You too, okay? You and Naga both."

It’s the first time in what feels like forever that Korra can give comfort that’s held back by the threat of Malicant looming over them. She tightens her embrace when she hears the choked words and gives a light shake of her head.

"I will." A promise as she takes a final moment before stepping back, letting go. "Now get going before Eva leaves you behind." Korra smirks, her own way to try and mask how much she’s going to miss Annabeth.

As much as they deserve and need to go home, she's going to miss her.

When Korra pulls back, Annabeth does too, though she does so slowly. She lets out a small laugh. "After all I've done for her, Eva better not leave me behind."

She smiles, expression both hopeful and sad, which pretty much summarizes all her feelings of the situation. She's going to miss Korra a lot, too. She gives her friend one last hand squeeze before breaking away completely. "Home sweet home awaits."

Korra's smirk grows into a soft smile and squeezes back, curling her fingers to a close over her palm after she's gone. As if by some chance there's a small piece of Annabeth she can take home with her.

"Everyone's waiting for you." Her smile never falters and even though they've been told times stops, Korra's a firm believer that the ones they love somehow know.

"Goodbye, Annabeth." Her voice is shaped around that smile, the loss is outweighed by her happiness at Annabeth being a stone throw's away from her world.

"You too," she says gently. They've both got people waiting, and Annabeth can hardly wait much longer herself.

She smiles at Korra for what's probably the last time. At least this parting isn't over tears and blood. It's on good terms. Willing terms. "Goodbye, Korra."

ENDPLOT | BEFORE THE DAWN

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