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ɪʀᴏɴᴡᴏᴏᴅ ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ ᴇsʜᴀɪ ([personal profile] ironwood) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-08-09 07:07 pm

Event | Landfall | Dreaming

Characters: Any and every!
Date: August 10th - 31, 2013
Location: The realm of Dreaming as accessed via Sinbrilee
Situation: Dreaming is but one of the three realms and here characters are subject to their fanciful thoughts.
Warnings/Rating: Please place content warnings in subject headers!

Sinbrilee | Dreaming | Death


Life. Dreaming. Death. Three realms overlaid upon one another and yet each distinctly their own. They dwell in Life and do so live upon the back of the great turtle as those of Sinbrilee did upon the shell of his sister. However, there stand numerous arches of marble throughout the ruined city that are inlaid with runes beyond understanding. Those that live and breathe which step through those whose runes glow with faint, iridescent light tread instead into the realm of Dreaming.

Here, there exists no single defining characteristic beyond the visitor's imagination. The landscape sculpts to their individual thoughts, the events to their dreams. From a drab gray nothing to the most brilliant of displays, the senses perceive all that they wish to perceive for all that nothing here truly exists. This far from Tu Vishan, the ability to shape their surroundings is all they have, for Sinbrilee's Dreaming does not have the energy to sustain powers, only the bodies of those that dwell here.

Should two parties near, then the Mesh begins. Dreams, you see, not only can be shared, but they strive to be. These visions sculpted into reality reach out for one another and blend. They begin an exchange akin to a linking of the minds, within which one visitor can learn the other's deepest thoughts. Their limitation is but compatibility, for two minds that cannot flow upon the same current cannot hold the Mesh.

Happiness or loss, the landscape and events play out memories and fancies with a most convincing air. The mood rises and falls with the tide of the visitor's mind, detached as they are from the soothing influence of a great turtle's mind. Nothing here, however, is real; 'constructs' simply fade if taken through the archways and even the greatest scientific minds or tools will reveal nothing of its source. This is an ancient magic of an ancient realm, long practised in concealing itself from any prying.

Note: Due to the fluid and highly individual nature of Dreaming, no official subheaders will be provided in the comments of this post. Feel free to post and thread however you like, so long as the rules of Dreaming are adhered to.
browbeater: Ooooooh it's too real. (Well I met an old man dying on a train.)

Re: #2

[personal profile] browbeater 2013-08-25 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Mako had never seen an outfit like that before, and he kind of jumps to consider it-- but he's immediately wonders how much that kid knows about the sword he's carrying. That's not standard in this part of town, and if he knew anything about sword fighting, it immediately made him not a target worth going after.

Maybe he'd take overpriced directions though. It's been awhile since Mako's pulled something like that, but he hadn't seen newbies to the area in awhile.

He approaches him, "You lost, pal?"
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[personal profile] oathwalk 2013-08-27 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
The boy is alarmed to be approached, and it's obvious even though he gets his fear under control quickly.

Is it all right to admit he's not sure where he is? He isn't sure, and he hesitates a moment. "I just got distracted a moment," he says, quiet, before he remembers that he should always speak clearly and with purpose. "I need to get to the harbour." That's a good, neutral space, isn't it? He could find his way back from there.
browbeater: Ooooooh it's too real. (No more destination no more pain.)

[personal profile] browbeater 2013-09-02 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"The harbor?" His voice sounded reasonably unsure, and there was definite a genuine element to that.

This kid was a long, long way from the harbor. And despite his attempts to seem put together and not afraid, Mako could see through that easily. When you don't often have to worry, it's really obvious when something's worrying you. And Mako was assuming this kid was short on nothing except possibly worry. But still, he did have a sword. So perhaps being helpful was the better tack here.

"The harbor's on the other side of town... this place is actually kind of dangerous. How'd you get so lost?"
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[personal profile] oathwalk 2013-09-02 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Richard hesitates again, because Richard has abundance even in worries. What if his ignorance and uncertainty reflects poorly on him? Princes shouldn't get lost. Princes shouldn't be scared or uncertain. What if this boy would pretend to be his friend but really just use him? What if the boy would hurt him if he knew who he was? It's safer if he lies. It's safer if he doesn't trust anyone.

So instead of admitting that he has no idea how he ended up here, he says, "I wanted to see more of the city and lost track of where I was going. If you could point me in the direction of the harbour, I won't trouble you any further."
browbeater: Ooooooh it's too real. (Well I met an old man dying on a train.)

[personal profile] browbeater 2013-09-02 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Lemme show you. It's kind of convoluted to get there from here," he replies. It's true, at least. He could see a person getting lost if they were actually trying to see more of the city, but the hesitation was enough to clue him in that this story might be just a bit fabricated.

He glances around-- though there's nothing out of the ordinary about how he readjusts his scarf. He just doesn't want it to slip off, if they're going to run. And he figures this kid might want to run before the bigger bullies find him. That was just how it worked over here.
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[personal profile] oathwalk 2013-09-03 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Ah, thank you very much." Richard can't help but be a little wary, but even so, he moves to Mako's side and says, as he was taught to, "I am in your hands."
browbeater: Ooooooh it's too real. (No more destination no more pain.)

[personal profile] browbeater 2013-09-04 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
He glanced back at him when he heard the comment, a bit of a confused look on his face. If Richard thought he believed his story, he could probably guess with certainty that Mako had figured it out by now. "You don't have to sound so formal, geez."

It was really obvious that he had gotten more than a little lost, he'd gotten very lost from wherever he was supposed to be, and Mako wasn't even sure that included the harbor, either.
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[personal profile] oathwalk 2013-09-05 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
"R-right! Sorry." Look, it's not like he has had a lot of practice with friendship. There was Asbel, and Sophie, and . . . Cheria and Hubert could sort of count? Maybe a little? He'd like to be their friends.

"I'm Tiger Festival, by the way."

Asbel Lhant has a lot to answer for.