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Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/17/2017 9:54 PM

Xayde

As always, Xayde's dreams were particularly normal. I couldn't really tell you how something manages to be more normal than normal, but it was. Despite being a dream, it lacked anything remotely dreamlike. The sky was blue, the grass was green, but no bluer or greener than one would expect of an average day. The street was not particularly busy, nor unusually empty, and all the people just seemed to be going about their usual business. Not overly excited or unnecessarily bored. Just...normal people doing normal things. In the middle of all this sat the dreamer himself. Xayde was sitting at the window of a plain, featureless café drinking plain black coffee that had been brought by a plain, featureless waitress. The coffee was neither hot nor cold and he sighed in contentment. All was well, all was nice.

Quite frankly, it was boring.
Vibraea


It was at that moment the girl appeared. His eyes drawn to the disturbance in his perfect dream, Xayde turned to look at her. She stood right in the middle of the street, sharp and vivid among the muted featureless scenery. Rae stared at him for a moment before waving at him with a bright smile.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/17/2017 10:02 PM

Xayde groaned. Oh no, he muttered internally, Not again. If there was one thing Xayde could not stand, above all else, was any business to do with the abnormal. He'd heard many stories of ridiculous things like vampires and witches and reincarnated gods. It was all absolute bunk but time and again he'd be caught up in something more ridiculous than before. His dreams were supposed to be the one place where he could have the perfectly normal life that evaded him when awake.

In the meantime, the girl had moved up the street to enter the café. Every couple of steps she frowned at something. There didn't seem to be any reason for her to frown at them - they were perfectly normal - but somehow it displeased her. When she reached the dreamer, she sat down opposite him and grinned.
"Hi! I don't think I've ever seen one of your dreams before!" she chirped.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/17/2017 10:15 PM

It was rather obvious that Xayde was trying to pretend the girl wasn't there. He kept staring at his coffee or at the menu or at the hazy vendor across the street. The girl kept shifting around to place herself in his sight line. After a while of this impromptu battle, the girl just huffed and shrugged. "You're that boring one my sister talked about," she said, "I thought she was kidding when she said you were ridiculously boring but man." She looked around at their surroundings with an expression that said everything she hadn't.

He pretended she was just an irregular figment of the imagination he didn't have. Truthfully, he already knew who she was. Rae was one of the Beach's mistresses, younger sister to the one who had jurisdiction over his sector. Actually, she was one of the youngest mistresses, and also the one with the most troublesome reputation. He'd really rather not have anything to do with her at all. In that moment, Rae reached out and picked up a colourful mug that seemed to be full of something that somehow looked like a liquid galaxy. The mug had not existed until that second she picked it up. Xayde groaned.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/21/2017 8:08 PM

It wasn't till the mug had magically refilled itself with purple clouds that Xayde finally looked right at the child. "Can you leave!?" he exclaimed angrily. Rae blinked at him, just a little surprised. She glanced over at the faceless waitress and back to him before answering, "but I haven't even done anything yet."
"Yet? You mean you were planning on doing something worse?" he asked in horror. Rae opened her mouth for a moment before deciding better of it.

After half a beat, she just shrugged. "It doesn't matter, I haven't done anything," she said indignantly. Xayde just scowled and gestured almost aggressively towards her mug that was now changing colours.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/21/2017 8:48 PM

Looking confused, the child looked from her mug to Xayde and back. Then understanding crossed over her face before she once again gave their surroundings a look of disapproval. It was only a second before she froze and slid her eyes over to look at the dreamer.

The slow mischievous smile that spread onto her face was the trademark expression of Vibraea. All who saw it looked very much like Xayde did now. The colour completely drained from his face as sheer helpless horror reflected in his eyes. "Oh please no," he squeaked. Sliding out of her chair, Rae pouted innocently. "What's wrong, Mr. Xayde? You look as though you've seen something...terrible." The gleam in her eyes did not fade for an instant.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/22/2017 1:54 AM

Xayde didn't follow Rae as she slipped around him and out of the café, hoping that she'd just disappear into the crowd and the whole thing would be over. Unfortunately as dream physics dictate, time and space are completely irrelevant. One moment Xayde was sitting in the chair with his coffee and the next he was standing at the edge of a rooftop, looking over a cityscape that stretched out into fuzzy nothingness. Shaking his head, he thought to himself, it's ok, I pictured myself here on purpose. He couldn't come up with a reason why he would bring himself here, but decided to chalk it up to his subconscious.


Of course, when he turned around, he found himself facing the little girl who stood next to a strange fellow who also stood out sharply from the surroundings. He seemed to be listening to Rae pleasantly, though he would occasionally glance around in vague interest. She, on the other hand, kept chattering to the man in an intelligible voice and glancing back at Xayde occasionally. Finally, the man seemed to realize Xayde was standing there very much trying to wake up before something unrealistic and ridiculous happened. With a friendly and casual smile, the man came up and held his hand out as if it were perfectly normal to waltz into another person's dream. "Hello there, fellow. You may call me Kami if you wish. What's your name?"
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/31/2017 4:50 PM

He did not grace the question with an answer, other than glaring at the man as though he could simply will him out of the dream. Kami blinked, the mild and pleasant look on his face unwavering as he lowered his ignored hand. Rae skipped over to them and beamed up at Kami. "I told you his name is Xayde," she said. Kami chuckled. "Yes, but it is only polite to introduce yourself and ask for the person's name," he informed her in the voice of that nice teacher everyone loves. Xayde did not appreciate it. "Get out of my dream," he said simply.

Kami turned back to him, eyebrows raised. "Ah, well, sorry fellow," he sighed and shook his head sadly, "I'm afraid it's not up to me." To clarify his point, he tilted his head at Rae who only laughed. "You totally could if you really wanted to," she chided. Kami looked scandalized, "but that would be awfully rude to you!" Xayde frowned at him in disbelief. Kami was no doubt someone who sought to be chivalrous and friendly to everyone,  but clearly the man had different priorities between Xayde and Vibraea.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/31/2017 5:05 PM

Before Xayde could react to Kami's exclamation, the dream started it's descent into dreamland chaos. Dragons had shown up over the cityscape, swooping and breathing fire down onto poor normal dream folk. All the trees visible from the rooftop now appeared to be different colours, sporting blue, purple, and even rainbow leaves. Xayde gasped in horror. He could even sense, as a dreamer could, that many things had appeared elsewhere in the dreamworld that were not supposed to be there. Kami chuckled as Rae suddenly sprouted wings and fluttered up over their heads.

As the dreamer turned to look up at her he found, much to his horror, that there was a mirror dreamworld over their heads. He was looking at the top of buildings that were clearly copies of his buildings but a kaleidoscope of colours and toon-like dimensions.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/31/2017 5:14 PM

It was quite admirable that Xayde watched everything spin out of control without completely freaking out. The clouds turned to cotton candy and the sun was now a lollipop. Of course, they existed simultaneously with the mirror land in the fashion that dreams do. His self-composure (if you could call it that) completely shattered, however, when he turned to comment to Kami. Instead of finding himself face to face with the handsome fellow, he found himself face to face with a large indescribable beast. He screamed a very high pitched and unmanly scream.

When I say indescribable, I do mean...indescribable. It was several different creatures combined, but somehow none of them either. The moment you figured out what feature belonged to what animal, you'd find yourself looking at a completely different animal part. As the dreamer, Xayde had the vague understanding that it was Kami he was looking at, though he was having difficulty looking at him at all.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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Re: Who are you and why are you in my Dream? [P][Quest]

Postby Jaden Wolf » 07/31/2017 5:29 PM

"Is something wrong, Mr. Xayde?" Kami's voice asked. Xayde could not say where the voice was coming from exactly, just that it was in the vicinity of the monster's mass. "H-h-how...how...h-how?" he stuttered, barely coherent. "I'm sorry?" Kami asked politely. Xayde tried again. "Wh- Ho- Why what...what a-are you? W-why are you? he managed. An understanding exclamation came from the creature followed by a chuckle. "Well, I'm not of this world," he began, but quickly amended, "ah, the waking world, that is. Miss Vibraea has distorted the reality of the dreamworld, and so here I am as close to my original state as your mind can comprehend."

His explanation didn't seem to help much, as Xayde's eyes glazed over. "Not...of this world...alien? God? Demon? Don't be ridiculous," he said almost mechanically, his mind now running on autopilot. "Ah, well, all of the above, I suppose. And more, it really depends who you ask," Kami responded conversationally, apparently oblivious to the dreamer's state of mind. It proved to be the last straw for Xayde's subconscious as the man passed out. Just as he started to black out, he heard the other two converse pleasantly.
"I didn't know someone could pass out in their own dream."
"You can, but Mr. Xayde's the first person I've seen do it."
"I imagine that it's rather dangerous for him? Perhaps you should let him wake up now, Miss."
A sharp, disappointed sigh. "Fine."
Xayde woke up.
You can pretend that when you hear my voice, darling, it's your choice not to fall in.

But it's all an act, 'cause I know exactly what you're wanting. You know it's what I'm wanting

Boy I know what you desire, oh, you're such a bad, bad liar

This could be perfection, or venom dripping in your mouth

Singing like a Siren, love me while your wrists are bound


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