Event Log: Dreamwalker the Second

[hadrielmods]

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the Dreamwalker part 2 event
Where: In your dreams
When: October 14th-20th (the second log will go up on Oct 23rd, please keep the two weeks of the event separate!)
Warnings: All different kinds of dreams falling under the umbrella of Delight, Rage, Sorrow, and Hope.

This time, the weird stuff doesn't happen when you're awake- as a matter of fact, your waking hours are the normal ones. That's because you're forced to sleep by some unknown entity, getting more and more exhausted by the moment as night falls. Better make sure you're always around a soft pillow.

Once asleep, it doesn't get any less weird- your dreams will be influenced by one of the four gods that make up the first week. Something to make you smile, something to make you angry- or something that reminds you of your deepest regret or most vulnerable hope, they're all things that you're dreaming about now for some reason, no matter how hard you may try to pull away from them.

To make matters more complicated, there are others intruding on your dreams who definitely don't belong there, and while they may seem like manifestations at first, it becomes clear that these others are actually the consciousness of other members of Hadriel, getting some top quality exposure to your angriest, happiest, most sorrowful moments. Hope it doesn't get awkward when you see them tomorrow...

► This log covers October 14th-20th.
► Feel free to make your own logs as well
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► Please put your character's name and open/closed in the subject line of your starters!
► If you die in dreams you don't die in real life, but if you somehow die in real life anyway, please let us know here.

Comments

[notimpervious]

[The church becomes more comfortable as they walk towards the front of the church, except for the brightness. Brennan squints against it, lifting a hand to shade her eyes so she can keep an eye on Hayden.]

This is unusual. I have never seen a church that is-- quite so bright. I can't see what is ahead of us, Hayden. Can you?

[She is not afraid, but she wants to know regardless. If she needs to protect him, she wants to be ready to do so.]

[demonsional]

Yes! I see something!

[Like, that's his answer. Something. He's not meaning to be so vague. But it seems that as they get closer the light will explain itself without Hayden needing to. It's not coming from the windows--it becomes clear that the light is coming from a figure. At first, it's too bright to see exactly what, but their eyes will adjust--or maybe it's just that the light as moved, because suddenly it's all around them, blocking out all the other onlookers, and it is only the two of them with a third, shimmering body.

Hello, it says to both of them. The body is humanoid enough to be recognizable as a human, but the white-bright quality of the skin makes it hard to pin down the features. The lovely wings coming from its back, at least, are recognizable enough. This is, presumably, some kind of angel--perhaps it's due to the fact that it's Hayden's dream that this thought seems to be fact. I've been expecting you.]

[notimpervious]

[...that is not a very good answer.

But before she can ask him to elaborate, she sees-- something that should be impossible, and yet because it is Hayden's dream and he believes it is an angel, Brennan cannot say it is a hallucination. No, it is in fact an angel.]

You have been waiting for Hayden. [Not for her, a staunch atheist who never hesitates to dismiss any religion as superstition.] Why?

[She is not just going to let an angel do whatever they want with Hayden!]

[demonsional]

Yeah, how come? Nobody knows me!

[Although Hayden's watching the angel with a mixture of awe and intimidation, he can't help himself from being confused. He's just a nobody, and a demon. He shouldn't have even been allowed in here without someone spraying holy water into his face and casting him back down to Hell but here he is. It's...it's a lot to take in, even if it's exactly what he wants to take in.

The angel seems to smile in a sense, stepping closer to put a hand on Hayden's tangled mess of hair. Because he's not a demon. You're not a demon at all, Hayden.]

But...how can I be anything else?

[He has horns like a demon, a tail like a demon, sharp teeth and pointy ears...his sister is a demon, his was born from demons...what home could he ever know other than Hell? Who would truly welcome him unconditionally?

It's not what you look like or where you come from...it's what's in here that defines who you are.

As it speaks, the angel's hand moves instead down to the space over Hayden's heart, and as it touches him there, his own chest begins to glow with a soft, nervous flutter of warm light. His eyes go wide and he reaches a hand for Brennan.]

Look! Look, my insides are shiny!

[notimpervious]

[Brennan has been operating under the assumption that "demon" is a species and not some damned class of people. Being that the Christian bible is a myth, that is a reasonable thing to assume.

And yet here she is, faced with a glowing being who claims to be an angel, who touches Hayden's chest and makes it glow.

Brennan puts her hand in Hayden's when he reaches for her, only half aware that she is doing it.]

What... is happening? You are not hurting him, are you?

[She will get into a fight right here in this church if someone is trying to hurt him.]