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
► Please tag headers of threads with content warnings where they apply
► 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

[pocketspa]

[Thankfully for Angus, the twins aren't their fully grown height, and therefore keep-away is a lot harder at this age. But they're still quick, Taako tossing high and Lup catching low, looking over the instrument close to her face.]

We do magic all the time without one.

[Taako snickers a bit, keeping around Angus' back to be sure he doesn't bolt.]

Maybe we don't need him to figure it out. Maybe we just take it.

[Lup looks towards Taako, like she's actually considering the prospect, and then shrugs, sliding the wand in her hand and pointing it back towards Angus, her hand on the handle.]

Could blast 'im right now. Pew pew! Out.

[Both twins laugh, a short, sharp noise, before Lup tilts the wand upwards and thrusts the handle towards him.]

Alright, fine. But get on the lesson, chop chop.

[hellosirs]

[Angus has his hands up, and it takes him a moment or two to realize that Lup is offering his wand back rather than brandishing it at him. He tries to laugh it off like he wasn’t just expecting a magic missile up the nose, but the giggle that comes out of him is too high pitched and nervous to be mistaken for anything composed. He snatches the wand back as quickly as he can, and twists it nervously between his fingers as he sits down on a convenient tree stump. ]

Okay! Okay. Um. Teaching. Right. That’s... that’s a thing that’s happening now.

[ How would Taako handle this? Taako was actually a pretty good teacher when he felt like teaching (and sometimes even when he didn’t), and part of that was because his teaching style had been so different than what Angus was used to - less arcane theory and studying, more actual method and feeling things out. He has a feeling that the twins won’t have the patience for anything dry, which means that it’s time to Fantasy Freaky Friday this shit and imitate Taako’s teaching methods. ]

... Okay! So. That was a level one spell called Disguise Self. It’s sort of like the cantrip Minor Illusion, but...

[ How would Taako put it?]

...More baller. The principles are the same, It’s like putting on a big illusory coat. You, um, you have to be careful though, because you can only disguise yourself as someone the same basic size and shape as yourself, maybe a foot taller or wider, but that’s it.

[pocketspa]

[Don't worry Angus, the twins have like, two spell slots between them or something. Not that Produce Flame doesn't hurt or anything. Regardless, Taako will be mostly mortified when he wakes up that Angus saw any of this, but also ridiculously proud.

At the very least, Angus seems to be right, and the twins look raring to go. Taako speaks up first, bouncing a little bit forward.]

Okay okay okay, so how do we make it? Minor Illusion is like, small stuff, how do you change like... you??

[Lup side-eyes him a little, hands moving to her hips.]

Isn't that a little freaky? Using magic on yourself? What if you mess up and like, get rid'a all your organs?

[Taako smacks at her a bit, taking his eyes off Angus only as long as he has to.]

Shut up, dummy, it's illusion, it's all fake.

[He turns his attention back to Angus, turning his wrist in the universal symbol of 'keep going'.]

[hellosirs]

Nonono, you aren't physically changing yourself! That'd be Alter Self, or maybe Polymorph. Those spells are level... two and three, I think? I don't know them yet.

[ Angus crouches down, and starts to scratch stick figures into the dirt with the tip of his wand to illustrate his talking points. ]

Anyway, Disguise Self works the same way as Minor Illusion, but instead of forming an illusion that appears in front of you, you form it around you. Think of it as... putting on a big coat and a pair of Fantasy Groucho Marx glasses, I guess? Figuratively speaking, of course. It's like a really big illusion that you're wearing like a costume.

[ He aims the wand at his chest and casts the spell as clearly and slowly as he can, turning himself into a smaller version of Magnus. His form is a bit wobbly around the edges, but the bulk of it stays steady as he mentally reviews this whole situation. By now, Angus has pretty much ruled out temporal anomalies and mindflayers, and the last thing he can remember is going to sleep in his own bed, which means that whatever's happening now isn't real, and... probably won't have any legit consequences. ]

... If you want, you can temporarily borrow the wand to try out the spell, but you have to give it back, ok? I can help you get wands in the next town.

[ He doesn't realize it, but Angus is giving Taako his best Serious Look, the one that makes him look like a disapproving librarian. It looks hilariously out of place on Magnus's face, and it absolutely doesn't match the squeaky 11-year-old-boy voice coming out of his mouth. ]

[pocketspa]

[The twins watch intently, finally staying quiet long enough to let him speak as their minds turn. Even as they think, their tics are similar; long ears twitch in the same manner, a subtle cock of the head in one and a crossing of arms in the other. And still, they don't run into each other. But it breaks when Angus tries the disapproving Face with Magnus', and even when they don't recognize Magnus as a person, it looks funny, and they fall into a fit of giggles. Taako speaks first, still though a mouthful of laughter.]

Oh yeah, sir dweebus, we won't take your shit. C'mon, hand it over.

[Lup's the one who makes grabby hands towards him, but they seem actually intent on giving it a shot, as oppose to looking like they're gonna run off with it this time. She speaks up again, hands still outstretched.]

Yeah, if you're gonna buy us new stuff, I'm holding you to that buddy. We don't want your used whatever. Except for right now, yeah?