Event Log: Dreamwalker the Second

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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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► 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

[unknowable]

I probably already am an asshole. Just not the same kind.

[He says it with a good amount of amusement, but honesty as well. Adam - though not a cruel person, necessary - can definitely be an asshole from time to time. It just isn't usually based on blind privilege or ignorance. But at least he knows that about himself, right?]

But you're right. I'm never gonna be one of them. Even if I work my ass off and get into an Ivy League, I'll still be a scholarship kid from a trailer park.

[nowherewolf]

Well, okay, technically everyone's an asshole of some kind.

[He himself is certainly an asshole. But yes, knowing is half the battle.]

And I mean, you'd still be that to them, but that's no reason not to do shit. Hell, if you get a better job than they do, then they have to live with knowing some kid from a trailer park is their boss.

[Do everything for pettiness, Adam.]

[unknowable]

That's the goal, eventually. But until then I have to make it through - all this.

[He gestures at the school, but he doesn't mean just that. He means college after this, somewhere prestigious, and internships and networking and way too many days, months, years of swallowing down his anger when some rich fool says something absolutely idiotic to him.

He'll get there someday. It just won't be fun.]

It would be satisfying, though. Imagine the looks on their faces.

[nowherewolf]

Gotta admire that kind of dedication. [He shrugs.] I'm not that committed to anything, but more power to you.

[At that second part though, he grins.]

There are few things in life more satisfying than someone's face when they get their just desserts.

[unknowable]

If I don't get out, I'll end up just like my parents.

[Miserable and poor in a trailer park somewhere, taking out their anger and frustration on their kid. Adam has read enough about the cycle of abuse to know that if he doesn't break it, he'll only make it worse.]

You sound like you know what you're talking about, there.

[nowherewolf]

I don't know shit about my parents.

[He shrugs, his signature move. In retrospect, this probably explains a lot, but it's pretty clear from his tone that it doesn't bother him much.]

And yeah, you could say I've dealt with my fair share of assholes.

[unknowable]

That might be for the best.

[Sure, there might be a dramatic and emotional explanation for why they aren't in his life, but in Adam's experience it probably just means they're dirtbags who abandoned their kid.]

Yeah? Dealt with as in punched, or dealt with as in hung out with?

[nowherewolf]

I mean yeah, probably.

[As far as Tucker's concerned, he's better off. People with parents have horror stories about abuse and neglect and all that other shit. Sure, he had some not-stellar foster parents, but they weren't that bad, and never lasted long.

He thinks about the question for a minute.]

Both, kind of. Mostly just like, encountered, I guess.

[unknowable]

Like animals in the wild.

[He smiles, brief and genuine. Adam always smiles as if he doesn't do it often, there and gone again in a moment.]

Not the good kind of encounters, I'd guess.

[nowherewolf]

[That comment gets a laugh.]

More than you know. And yeah, never the good kind. But at least they're usually easy to dress down? Just act like everything rolls right off you. And if they're greedy on top of nasty, use it get something worthwhile for your trouble.

[unknowable]

That's smart. Mostly I just try to avoid them.

[Which is less satisfying, but more likely to keep him out of any bad situations.]

They're not all terrible, but even the good ones can be completely oblivious.

[nowherewolf]

Not a bad strategy.

[Avoidance is also valid.]

And honestly? Oblivious is just as bad sometimes.

[unknowable]

It can certainly be infuriating.

[And even more so because it's unintended.]

Anyway, um - thanks. You really didn't have to say anything to them.

[nowherewolf]

Nah, don't worry about it. Like I said, I get a kick out of seeing people's faces when they realize they ain't shit. You need somebody else given the verbal smackdown, you just let me know.

[unknowable]

I'll keep you in mind, for sure.

[It's a dream, they're in school, so Adam is sure he has somewhere to be. He always had somewhere to be - work, class, studying.]

I'll see you around.

[nowherewolf]

Yeah, see you around.

[Tucker's not sure what he's supposed to be doing, or where he's supposed to be, but eh, that doesn't bother him much. He just gives a little half-wave and kind of wanders off.]