Event Log: Dreamwalker

[hadrielmods]

Who: Everyone!
What: The Dreamwalker event
Where: In your comfy bed and your sleepy head.
When: May 16th-26th
Warnings: Good dreams, weird dreams, bad dreams, straight-up nightmares. Please remember to tag for warnings in the header if things are going to be bad!

Have you been having trouble getting a good night's sleep? Tossing and turning, unable to rest those tired eyes? Or maybe you don't sleep at all, and never have. Not to worry! For a little while, you'll have no trouble at all falling asleep - in fact, as night falls, you'll find yourself overwhelmed with exhaustion whether you want to sleep or not. Lay down and rest your weary head, friends. Everyone could use a little extra sleep.

But what will your dreams bring? Something happy, images of a perfect day? Something hopeful, something you've wanted for a long time? Maybe you'll dream of anger, of the face of your worst enemy. Or maybe - just maybe - you'll have a horrific nightmare, and wake screaming, covered in cold sweat.

Not before others have time to see it, though. As you sleep, as you dream, the other residents of Hadriel, friends and enemies and people you've only met once, might find their way into your dreams. Or you might find your way into theirs - and then have to deal with someone's else's nightmares, or hopes, or anger. For the next ten nights, you'll find yourself either a host or a visitor, and no matter how you try you won't be able to stay awake once night falls.

Sweet dreams, Hadriel. Don't let the asshole fear gods bite.

► This log covers May 16th-26th.
► 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!
► You can't die in the dreams, but if you somehow manage to trip and fall and kill yourself getting out of bed, please report it on the death post.

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[greywaren]

"Noah, c'mon man."

Ronan shakes his head, addressing Noah directly now.

"Do you know who I am?"

[casperdisaster]

Noah seems more entertained than anything by Ronan’s urgency, but he obligingly tries to recall his face just the same. There’s something there, a faint glimmer of recognition.

Whelk slams the trunk of Noah’s car shut and begins to approach the two like a man on a mission. He has Noah’s skateboard under one arm. Noah hasn’t yet noticed.

“... Do we go to school together or something?”

[greywaren]

Again, Ronan shakes his head, more urgent this time as he steps in a little closer to Noah. This is the way that this dream is going to play out apparently- Noah not knowing him, not trusting him, Whelk prepared to do what needs to be done. That's fine, he can work with it.

"I can't explain right now, but we're friends. And this-"

Whelk is now officially too close for comfort, and Ronan turns toward him, chest out and eyes wild.

"Back the fuck off, man."

[casperdisaster]

Noah continues to stare at Ronan, a bit bewildered, entirely unconcerned, like he can't even hear Whelk.

He must not be able to - Whelk drops the skateboard from under his arm into his hand to get a better grip on it. The think he'll need for swinging it. He looks right at Ronan when he speaks.

"You can't save him. He's already dead."

[greywaren]

"I didn't fucking ask you."

Ronan absolutely hisses it right back, taking a step closer. His gaze flicks to the skateboard just for a moment, before he shakes his head once.

"Don't try it. I will end you."

[casperdisaster]

Whelk grins and it's a wicked thing, sharp and ugly and not yet dulled from years of the world pushing back against him. The way the shadows fall between the trees makes it look like he's already got Noah's blood splattered on him, like the dream has intervened and allowed Ronan no option to act, cutting between one moment and the next.

Noah's still standing there, though.

"You can't really save anyone though, can you?" Whelk asks Ronan like he already knows the answer to that. Noah frowns, looking over to his friend.

"Dude, don't be a jackass," Noah says, though there's no venom or heat to the words. He's mostly relieved that at least Whelk has broken out of the moody silence he had lapsed into.

"Don't be a pussy, Czerny," Whelk responds. Noah's looking right at him, but that doesn't stop Whelk's grip from tightening on the board as he brings it up.

[greywaren]

Ronan doesn't let himself flinch at the dream's mockery, instead just watching him, not even breaking to look at Noah when he speaks. Ronan's eyes are intense and dark and when Whelk moves to bring up the skateboard, he surges forward to try and knock him aside.

The dream distorts and stretches, leaving Ronan further back than he should be. Whelk is right there, but he can't get to him in time, no matter how much ground he crosses, Whelk is still there, still holding the skateboard, and Noah is still looking right at him and watching it happen.