tuvishan: (Default)
tuvishan ([personal profile] tuvishan) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2013-05-11 02:31 pm

the dreaming [open]

Characters: Tu Vishan and you!
Date: May 11th
Location: All over Keeliai.
Situation: Tu Vishan is attempting to reach out to the foreigner population, with... mixed results?
Warnings/Rating: Should be pretty tame. Will update if this changes.
Notes: This log is set at night, and characters are technically encountering him in their 'dreams'. He may or may not be exerting some subtle supernatural influence to make characters fall asleep, so if your character doesn't require sleep feel free to say he's done something to them. Technically, every creature in Tu Vishan would be sleeping during his little foray, so the streets are uncharacteristically empty.

This is not a predominantly plot-driven log. Tu Vishan is reaching out to people and may surrender plot details if the right questions are asked, but this is mostly part of his ongoing effort to become acquainted with people and the thread direction may stick solely to slice of life, depending on how your character chooses to direct it.

A character's 'dreamscape' should be shaped by their subconscious mind, so feel free to go wild with whatever you'd like. This includes details of their location and what their dream!selves might look like. Tu Vishan will appear to the characters as a young boy, between fourteen and sixteen years of age, and anyone he visits will have extremely peaceful dreams. It's considered a gift and a blessing to have been visited thusly by Tu Vishan, and one can expect good fortune in their futures if they are visited. Characters may also not remember perfect details of these dreams in the morning, or remember them at all. That much is up to you.





[The night is calm and still and on this night, Tu Vishan wanders.

He does not often take a form not his own, but there is a growing sense of unease in his shape, in his body, that he cannot escape. He knows it. He has felt his brethren sicken thus, and die. So for a time, when he can, he escapes. Like smoke, like a ghost, a breath, he escapes and he wanders.

The city is sleeping when he does so. He likes the cities at night, though the dimly flickering light of his shell is...

(Sad, he thinks)

--Inevitable.

He passes from house to house, between buildings and shadows. He listens.

'Keeliai' means 'Finality'. It is an irony he has never sought to correct. Instead, he stops at doors, on rooftops, in the empty rooms of old houses, and he thinks of all the lives scattered here. Small enough to be insignificant to him, but hardly that. He cannot so much as feel the patter of their movement across his back, but he is aware of each of them as a tiny heartbeat, an audible echo of life and hope.

When he finds a receptive mind, he will sometimes reach out and touch it gently. A calm, gentle reassurance. If they wish to speak with him, he is there.]
shorttempered: ([Mark] You mean...)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-05-14 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Mark seems skeptical for a moment, then is visibly relieved. He hasn't had a dream like this in a while.

Wait, little brother?]


How old are you, if you don't mind me asking? You're... younger than you look.
shorttempered: ([Mark] Damn Cecil)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-05-17 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Mumbles.] Okay, this is definitely one of the weirder dreams I've had, but I'll take it... It's been a while since I haven't seen a dead body.

[To the boy (who really wasn't a boy at all).] That's... really old. Who are you, anyway?

shorttempered: ([Inv] Eheheheh.. heh)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-05-23 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh great, now he's dreaming about the Turtle now... or is he?]

Nice to meet you. [Straightens up a little as he offers Asti his hand. Do turtles even do handshakes?]

Is... this something you do often? Show up in people's dreams?
shorttempered: ([Inv] Not cool man. Not cool.)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-05-24 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey, he can bench-press 400 tons without breaking a sweat and can destroy a planet by flying through it (with help). Mark can (probably) take it.]

Oh, uh... Did we all wake you?
shorttempered: ([Mark] I guess I am)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-05-24 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm going to guess he succeeded. Are you taking the foreigner tour now? I don't know if you know who I am already, but hi, I'm Mark.

[A pause, then.] You wouldn't happen to know why we're all getting pulled here, would you?
shorttempered: ([Mark] What if I... nevermind)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-05-25 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Frowns and crouches a bit to be eye-to-eye with Asti.] Who--or what--is it?

...And why not just ask? I can't speak for the rest of us, but I would have been more than willing to help.
Edited 2013-05-25 00:23 (UTC)
shorttempered: ([Inv] Please tell me you're kidding)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-06-03 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
Like "Never-Speak-His-Name" from Gary Potter? What does it want?

She seems like she has [a mighty big stick up her ass.] a lot on her mind. I can respect that she has a lot to worry about, but that's not the way to run things. All it leads to is resentment all around.

[Starts floating a few feet from the ground, growing restless.] Hey, have you ever been flying before?
shorttempered: ([Inv] The costume)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-06-17 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Those types usually are. I realize how jock-ish this sounds, but can I punch it? Because to be completely honest, I'm not sure how I can help fight it otherwise...

She reminds me a lot of a guy I know back home. He drives me crazy, but I'm starting to realize he has everyone's best intentions... even if I don't agree with the way he does things. Could you maybe go into her dreams and talk to her, or does this only work on foreigners?

If you don't mind. I do some of my best thinking in the air.
shorttempered: ([Mark] Chillin' in midair)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-07-11 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
This time? So even if we stop it, it'll just come back?

[Once he's up high enough, he just sort of glides on his back.]

For a turtle you seem pretty used to this.

Yeah, I got that feeling from what I've head, which is why I haven't gone to see her yet. Something tells I'd lose it.
Edited 2013-07-11 22:54 (UTC)
shorttempered: ([Mark] I guess I am)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-07-16 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Sighs, but isn't totally surprised.] Um, to be totally honest I never thought about what turtles dreamed about. Sorry.

That's why she reminds me of Cecil. And I still fought him. Though to be fair he was trying to kill me back.
shorttempered: ([Mark] What if I... nevermind)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-08-11 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
So what do you dream about??

[Mark frowns at the question, pulling himself into a seated position in mid-air.] I don't hope to, but some of the stories I've been hearing about her... I wouldn't be surprised if I'd be forced into a situation where I would. I mean, she brings us here to help--which I am totally cool with--but does it in such a way that just pisses most of us off, then she does nothing but antagonize everyone that tries to get a straight answer out of her about why we're here and whether or not we're really dead.

Or so I've heard. I've never gone to see her myself. I'm afraid I'd lose my tempter at her.
shorttempered: ([Inv] I was only trying to help)

[personal profile] shorttempered 2013-08-27 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
I try, but more often than not they turn into nightmares. This is, uh, actually the first time in a long time I haven't had one, to be honest.

You say that, but you don't really know me... no offense. Anger's in my DNA. ...So's world conquering, so it's probably best I stay away from world leaders...

(no subject)

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-09-27 03:03 (UTC) - Expand

I WILL WAIT THAT LONG!

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-10-27 02:45 (UTC) - Expand

/clings to

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-10-30 14:27 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-11-02 02:00 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-11-14 14:36 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-11-25 03:45 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-11-28 20:03 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-12-04 01:53 (UTC) - Expand

(no subject)

[personal profile] shorttempered - 2013-12-15 23:13 (UTC) - Expand