I13DT - Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:11 pm

"...right. In the Astral," she mumbles, taking her empty frames off.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:12 pm

"And here we have an example of how this place works." Nailah smiles as she walks over to stand near Kay and Kayla. "Your avatar belongs in the water, so naturally you act like you're in it. Trying to bring too much logic to this only makes you susceptible to the rules of your own imagination. Like a cartoon character standing in mid-air until they look down."

by **Kayla Turnbull** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:22 pm

"Neat."

Kayla drifted to the ground, planting her feet on the soft earth.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:24 pm

Brigid meanwhile fidgets with the empty frames, absentmindedly turning them over in her hands.

Then, suddenly, there's a knife in her hands in their place.

"Gah!" She blurts out, dropping the knife where it buries point-first in the ground before dissolving.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:31 pm

"Go ahead and familiarize yourself a bit with your avatars and the things you can do here. Stretch your imaginative muscles, so to speak."

by **Emily Inque** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:32 pm

Emily.....looked like a completely ordinary teenage girl. Disturbingly ordinary. Archetypal, even.

She didn't seem to notice any change.

"You are very big," Emily says to Brigid. "May I ride on your shoulders?"

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:48 pm

"Er... what?" Brigid blinks in confusion.

by **Kayla Turnbull** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:50 pm

Kayla closed her eyes, floating back up as she treaded air.

by **Kay Haddock** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:52 pm

Kay seems to think for a moment, then closes her eyes and pretends she's in the ocean. The swaying grass almost sounds like waves even... And with that she lifts into the air again.

"Hey, check it out!" she grins at Miranda and holds her hands out to her. "I wanna see if I can lift you up!"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon May 19, 2014 8:58 pm

"Okay," Miranda said, taking Kay's hands.

by **Emily Inque** » Mon May 19, 2014 9:00 pm

Brigid Plunder wrote:"Er... what?" Brigid blinks in confusion.

"Like a pig?" Emily asks. "I promise that it is nothing untoward. I simply wish to ride you."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon May 19, 2014 9:02 pm

"...no thanks," she says, looking at Emily strangely.

by **Emily Inque** » Mon May 19, 2014 9:07 pm

Emily frowns, obviously disappointed.

by **Kay Haddock** » Mon May 19, 2014 9:10 pm

Kay flicks her tail and the two lift up into the air, floating as if in water.

"Awesome!" she grins widely.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon May 19, 2014 9:27 pm

"Looks like you've got the hang of it."

by **Kay Haddock** » Mon May 19, 2014 9:37 pm

"I'm... pretty good at pretending..." she smiles sheepishly.

by **Kayla Turnbull** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:02 pm

Kayla smirked, twirling her fishing net about her waist.

She eyed Kay playfully.

by **Emily Inque** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:03 pm

Emily is picking at the grass, when for a brief moment she becomes a mass of static in the vague shape of a girl. She changes back, but she doesn't look like the same girl. She's a few years older, taller, has a slimmer figure, and her hair is cut short.

"This place is beautiful," Emily says dreamily.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:04 pm

Haley was much, much taller on the Astral, and looked older and more developed. She also looked like she belonged on the set of a country music video, complete with an elaborate hat, boots, and a plaid shirt tied up in a way to expose her midriff.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:08 pm

Kay Haddock wrote:"I'm... pretty good at pretending..." she smiles sheepishly.

"That's what you need here, according to Miss Weaver."

by **Alex Carpenter** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:13 pm

Alex was a walking metal statue. He was entirely faceless, which seemed to alarm the hell out of him, and lacked any real feature that might mark him as 'him.' Really the only way people would know it was him was that A) it was metal, and B) process of elimination.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:16 pm

Cal, in the meantime, was a robot. It looked vaguely like him in he face, enough to be recognized, but anyone looking closely wouldn't find a bit of flesh on him. Great. 'These upgrades will make your organic and bionic interface seemless. There's no downside.' Think I liked it better when I couldn't see anything in telepathy...

by **Kay Haddock** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:19 pm

Kay sticks her tongue out at Kayla and zips out over the wide open field with another flick of her tail, pulling Miranda along with one hand, totally not doing the Superman/Lois Lane flying thing, shut up.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:21 pm

A lot of it is how you view yourself, cutie. she thought at her boyfriend.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:22 pm

Well no surprise there. I just like having distractions so I don't have to notice.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:25 pm

isn't this outfit distracting enough? she smirked looking down at herself and then back at him.

by **Calvin Strong** » Mon May 19, 2014 10:30 pm

...There are too many people around to act on this distraction properly.

Nevertheless, the robot trudged over to where Haley was, trying to stay out of everyone else's way.

by **Emily Inque** » Mon May 19, 2014 11:18 pm

Emily shakes her head. "People are always so adorable their first time in the Astral."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon May 19, 2014 11:21 pm

"You've been here before?" Nailah asks, walking over to her.

by **Emily Inque** » Mon May 19, 2014 11:22 pm

Emily smirks, "Of course. Many times."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon May 19, 2014 11:35 pm

"Interesting. Mind telling me about some of those times?"

by **Emily Inque** » Mon May 19, 2014 11:48 pm

"I fell through shadows," Emily says. "There were things waiting for me."

"It was a long time ago," Emily says dismissively. "Where are we? Who is this?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue May 20, 2014 12:16 am

"I'm Nailah, I'm the one who brought you here. To the Astral. Try to stick close to me, okay?"

by **Emily Inque** » Tue May 20, 2014 12:34 am

Another burst of static and Emily was younger. Eleven or maybe twelve.

"Okay," Emily says cheerfully, staying close to Nailah.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue May 20, 2014 12:55 am

While everybody else was acclimating to the Astral Nailah takes Emily aside a bit and tries to see if she can find anything about the girl that would show she had indeed been dragged into the Astral by the shadows.

by **Emily Inque** » Tue May 20, 2014 1:09 am

The first thing Nailah's investigation might turn up was that Emily lacked any sort of shadow. In fact, any shadows being cast by other things bent around her or otherwise avoided her.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Tue May 20, 2014 8:36 am

Miranda allowed herself to be towed along, apparently content.

by **Steve Jones** » Tue May 20, 2014 9:57 am

Steve tried not to be nervous as he scanned the horizon for the gazebo or the unusual signs of movement that he noticed last time he was here. Just in case.

by **Narrator** » Tue May 20, 2014 8:37 pm

Nothing on the horizon seems to hint at anything being wrong. Of course, it could just be that he's looking in the wrong place. While Nailah and Emily are standing a little bit off to the side the amulet around Haley's neck begins to glow, partly obscured behind her shirt, but becoming more and more obvious.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed May 21, 2014 10:26 am

Miranda mutters something about "something's wrong". She lets go of Kay's hand and lands on the ground in a kneeling crouch worthy of a movie.

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