hadriel_logs | Event Log: Dreamwalker the Second

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.
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[He smirks at the suggestion- Ronan is a scholarship student here too, but somehow he's too self assured to even consider losing it. It's a thread that doesn't make sense, something that will fray if you think too much on it, but he doesn't. Instead, he thinks about Adam, hunched over a book in the library, studying in all of his spare time with his unkempt hair and his nimble fingers sliding across the words in his texts.

It's a satisfying image and he's not sure why, not yet.]

I make an appearance when I want to.

[He shrugs.]

It's all just- pointless bullshit, though. They think they know enough about this shithole to be cynical. [Ronan shakes his head.] They don't know anything.

[He likes that. It's not often that Adam finds someone who seems to think along the same lines as him. He knows he should probably go and find a quiet table in the library to study at, make good use of the couple hours before he has to be at the trailer factory, but he's reluctant to walk away. He just - wants to talk some more, and not feel judged simply because of where he's from. Who he is.]

You're right about that. They think pretty highly of themselves, but they've never had to work for anything. How could anyone take their cynicism seriously when the worst they have to deal with is daddy cutting off their trust fund because they wrecked another car?

[It's maybe not entirely fair. Adam knows that people can have shitty lives even if they're rich - but what he also knows is that they'll never be understand the sheer brutal grinding-down that comes with being poor. Even shitty lives are easier when you don't have to worry about whether you'll be able to afford your next meal.]

[Ronan laughs cruelly- it's not really like he's had to work for much either, but he knows something of pain that these other boys couldn't imagine. It's a different sort of pain than Adam's, one that's more pinpointed on a single event than it is an undercurrent of his entire life, but it's still a feeling that they both share. He senses it, and he thinks that somewhere Adam senses it too.

Of course, he's poor here too, but that's even harder to parse- it's not something that's often in the forefront of his mind, like it's something that he almost forgets from one second to the next. That would bother him more than it does, but the concern slips away like everything else.]

Careful, or your judgy bullshit will give them something else to do coke about.

[He says, but it's with a grin.]

Anyway, don't take their shit. You don't have to be a doormat to stay in school, you know.

Sure, I bet they cry into their 1500 thread count pillowcases every time I'm mean to them.

[He can't hide his answering smile - and he doesn't really try to. It feels good to be able to talk to someone like this, to feel like he isn't going to be judged or looked down on. There's something about Ronan that's just... he doesn't know. He can't put his finger on it.]

I can't get into any fights if I want to stay here. I don't have to let them push me around - and I don't - but I can't say everything I think, either.

[Maybe that makes him a coward of some kind, but he's thought that about himself often enough in other situations. Maybe it just makes him prudent.]

[Ronan tilts his head, reaching out to nudge at Adam's shoulder a little playfully. It seems like they're growing a little more familiar with one another and he appreciates Adam's sarcasm, his honesty, and just how real he is in this sea of plastic smiles and money.

It's a break from the norm and he likes it. Likes him, which shouldn't really be that much of a surprise, all things considered.]

Like they'd tell their teacher that they got their ass beat by someone three social classes south of them.

[He shrugs, moving closer.]

That's why you can do it. Nobody would admit to it and even if they did, you're like, a fucking teacher's pet. Nobody would believe them.

[Oddly, he likes that Ronan looks at him and sees someone that would be capable of kicking someone's ass. Adam's pretty sure he isn't, actually, but he doesn't mind the fantasy for a moment or two.]

I don't think I'd win even if I did get in a fight.

[But he's smiling still, a little unnerved by how appealing he finds Ronan's attitude. It's what he pretends he could be, if he didn't have to worry about his future - but he knows himself. He's too cautious and careful to ever be like that, even without those worries.

That doesn't mean it isn't attractive.]

But you have a solid point there. I probably have a little goodwill stored up after all these good grades.

Fuck yeah, you do.

[He grins, shoving his hands in his pockets, his customary slouch a little more practiced now that he knows that Adam is smiling back at him. He's a perfect picture of being casual, so perfect that it seems almost too much so.

But Adam probably won't notice.]

What are you doing after school? I go to Nino's sometimes.

[He shrugs, like it doesn't really matter- because it doesn't really matter, he doesn't need Adam's approval or anyone else's... but he's kind of hoping for Adam's, even so.]

You should come.

[He bites his lip. The truth is, he can't really afford to go out for pizza, but he would never admit that aloud, even if for once he doesn't feel like he'd be judged for it. But even if he can't afford it, he wants to go. It's dumb. Part of the reason he doesn't have friends is because he just doesn't have the time and money to hang out with them.

But Ronan wouldn't expect too much from him, he doesn't think. And he has an extra shift coming up - he needs the money for a new bike chain, but he should have enough left over that he could spend a little extra this week. And a warm meal not made by himself would be nice.

His mental calculations take only an instant.]

Yeah, okay.

[It's a tiny rush just to say it. Yeah, let's hang out. Because Ronan wants to hang out with him. For some reason.]

I have time after school today, if you're going.

Sure.

[He wasn't planning on going- but he wasn't exactly planning on not going either, and now that Adam is willing then Ronan is sure that he can clear his absolutely-empty schedule in order to make time to hang out with him.

Not like he meets anyone else there, and with just Adam and him, it might seem a bit odd, but it's not like he can force some other people to go to make it less weird. They'll just have to endure an awkward glance or two- Ronan is sure that he can survive through it just fine. It's pizza, not the end of the world.]

I'll meet you there, yeah?

[He asks with a little more confidence than he feels.]

After school. Holding you to it.

I'll be there.

[And how did he get here? Agreeing to meeting Ronan Lynch, of all people, after school. To hang out. Or - something. Adam doesn't know what he's expecting, what he's hoping for, he just knows that something about Ronan is appealing. He wants to spend time with Ronan, get to know him.

It feels like they kind of have a connection already, though Adam knows that's probably just his imagination. Still. It's there.]

See you then.

[Adam has to get to class, or maybe it's his study period in the library he needs to get to - either way he can't stand here chatting with Ronan forever. Even if some part of him wants to.

He smiles at Ronan, tentative but honest, and shrugs his messenger bag up on his shoulder.]

Event Log: Dreamwalker the Second

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