Event | Landfall | Dreaming

[ironwood]

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.

Comments

[alphatar]

[Reassured, Korra nodded.]

Okay, but it was still wrong for me to assume you couldn't back out of it.

[That was a kind of arm twist she normally didn't do, but, it was like hearing Jack say-]

But hey, you did put some oomph into it. [She gave a wry grin.]

Time to wake up?

[jirk]

You sure? Nothing else you want to see?

[He folded his arms over his chest, giving her a skeptical look. Korra have you really properly appreciated the majesty of his ship yet? Really?]

[alphatar]

I only want to look at everything, have you seen this place?? [Asked incredulously. She straightened out her blue uniform.]

I just didn't there was time for, you know, all of it. Doors that move on their own, food out of thin air, and whatever kind of engine you have that makes it go.

[She blinked a few times as the question that just struck her found it's way into words.]

Do you have a key to start it?

[jirk]

[... Jim stares at her for a moment, and then. Nope. Nope, he can't do it. He just bursts out laughing.

Keys.

It's a good thing Sulu isn't here, even dream!Sulu, because she would be getting the sternest glare of her entire life.]

No-- no. We don't use keys. It's. Not that kind of engine.

[alphatar]

[Don't laugh Jim- He did the thing. And now she can't help but be infected by it and Korra began laughing too.

What? We use keys, and you kind of have to turn them away from you, not towards you. [That was a grueling four minute grudge match between her and the steering column.]

All right, so then do you have to fill it up with fuel every certain number of stars, or what?

[She couldn't help but snort.]

See what I mean by not having enough time? I have no idea how any of this works or what else is on the Enterprise.

[jirk]

We also don't have the sort of fuel you'd... probably expect. We use deu-- [... no there is no way she'll understand that word so he tries again,] something called 'heavy hydrogen'. We mix that with its opposite number, and the resultant combustion lets us-- you know, go faster than light. Warp speeds.

[... That probably doesn't help her confusion at all, does it?]

[alphatar]

Wow, that’s faster than an airbender. [Because Jim’s seen an airbender zoom around at blinding speeds before, sure Korra. But that’s the fastest thing she knows of from her world, even over satomobiles.]

…You really miss her, don’t you? [Never had she seen Jim light up the way he did just now; talking about his ship while being on it.]

[jirk]

That obvious, huh?

[He grimaces a little, but it's half a smile as he rubs at the back of his neck and gives her a sheepish sort of 'caught in the act' look. She's his home, how couldn't he miss her?]

[alphatar]

[Korra was sure she just witnessed a rare moment of Jim Kirk and she smiled softly.]

Only a little. Not many people are that happy telling other how their vehicle moves around. [This reminds her to check in with Tony on her custom order.]

We can stay longer. [She put her hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eye.] I'd love to see the rest of her.

[jirk]

[He takes a breath, holds it, lets it out.]

Well, then, Avatar Korra. You're in for one hell of a treat.

[And then he offers his arm, and you bet your ass she's getting the best guided tour of the Enterprise this side of a sci-fi convention.]