Hijinks Mingle

[potentite]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Anywhere around the hub!
When: Days 103-105
Open/Closed: Open mingle!
Notes: See this post for details on the moon prompt and this one for the telepathy/dream/spirit prompts!



[A | Flower Gleam and Glow]
[The nearby moon is still passing close to the hub island, meaning the effects are still in play. Perhaps now is the time to stop and smell the large lit up sparkling moonflowers that have bloomed? Or be annoyed by the mosquito-like insects that came with them.

Alternatively, the deer seem to draw some sort of energy from the moon's light. Given their size, at least their sudden aggression and proximity to the base camp isn't the worst thing in the world but a kick would still break a rib or other bone so be careful! Possibly help each other deal with these cute but troublesome fauna.]



[B | Eavesdropping]
[For some reason, the telepathy will suddenly get rather wonky. Characters won't know why it's happening, though of course no doubt there will be ponderings, but it means characters won't be in control of their ability to broadcast — or more specifically, not broadcast — their thoughts. Time to find out secrets of an embarrassing nature. Or maybe something sadder is going on in your character's head.

If this wasn't bad enough, the area around the signet might experience burning or tingling. Just try to keep a lid on your brain for the day and distract yourself from any annoying pain.]



[C | Talking In Your Sleep]
[Or maybe your character just doesn't have the most interesting thoughts. Maybe they're busy thinking about pie instead of their upsetting childhood. That's fair. Pie is great.

But surely sometimes it haunts their dreams. With the telepathy running amuck, it's no wonder dreams and nightmares are leaking through, too. Of course, it doesn't have to be an accident. Feel free to grab a friend and share a fanciful dreamscape together on purpose! But for those nuts that are tougher to crack, accidents can and will happen.]



[D | Who You Gonna Call]
[Last but not least, as Friday rolls around, there seems to be something odd going on with the island. If your character is inclined towards the spiritual or supernatural, they'll no doubt notice the strange heavy thickness hanging around. There are whispers in the air and all of new energy just feels solemn. Might be good to give people a heads up and keep an eye on it.]

Comments

[guerrilla]

...Servants don't usually have dreams, but when I was still alive, I had a lot of nightmares.

[He doesn't offer any other information, but it feels unfair somehow if he doesn't mention it.

With a clatter, the last of his barricade falls away from the door, and he slides it open.]

Let's go.

[sealeted]

...before Qri got to me, most of mine were just edge-of-death hallucinations or from Gilgamesh.

[She falls into step with him. Now that the initial, blind panic has faded, she doesn't cling. She still stays within arms' reach, however.]

[guerrilla]

You ever have any nice ones?

[Judging by his tone, it seems like he's expecting a no.]

[sealeted]

...

[She gingerly sorts through the incoherent memories.]

There was one. With Leo and Julius. And curry. ...it wasn't very long, and I was pretty close to losing it, I think. Less a dream and more a hallucination, really, but that was still in the Moon Cell.

[guerrilla]

Mm.

[He'd been hoping to have some kind of response, just to keep their footsteps from echoing so loudly in the empty halls, but nothing seems appropriate.]

...I wonder why the place is empty.

[sealeted]

...we beat BB. We made it back to the Near Side. If it's my dream, it should be empty.

[guerrilla]

Then you shouldn't be here either, right? But here we are.

[He's trying not to read too much into this, but the fact that she's the only one left in the area, besides him, is a little concerning, especially given her obvious survivor's guilt.

That's really not any of his business, but he can't just not say anything about it.]

[sealeted]

That's why I was so scared.

[She's not used to being alone.]

[guerrilla]

...Yeah, I guess if I thought I was back in my forest I wouldn't be happy about it either.

[Not scared. Disgusted, maybe.]

I feel like I probably shouldn't have seen this. Sorry.

[sealeted]

Hey, if anyone else at all had a right to see this place, it's you.

[Possibly Eliza, too, but the point stands.]

[guerrilla]

...No, I don't think so. It's not like I can empathize or anything.

[He was alone out of choice, after all.]

[sealeted]

Maybe so, but you're still mine.

[Ah, wait, that came out wrong.]

...Servant. My Servant. All I have are memories of the Moon Cell, so depending on how long we stay together you would have seen this—seen worse—eventually.

[guerrilla]

I dunno, I can't think of much worse than someone trapping herself in the world that made her while all of her friends run along home without her.

[And he had tried so hard to be tactful, too.]

[sealeted]

...

[Her face isn't usually expressive, but all of a sudden, Hakuno looks stricken.]

...Robin, only... only two of them lived and got back to Earth, through glitches and cheating.

[guerrilla]

And neither of them are here. I'm just saying a pile of bricks with survivor's guilt would be more subtle.

[Not like there's anything he can do to ease that, though.]

[sealeted]

...yeah.

[It isn't like she regrets being alive. She just hurts, despite it all.]

B-Besides, it's not like I chose to dream about this.

[guerrilla]

It just means I have my work cut out for me, is all.

[If she managed to give him the chance to feel like an honorable person, the least he can do is repay her by helping her feel a little more like a normal person.]

...I know my opinion doesn't count for much, but I'm glad it was you.

[The winner, he means - the one who made it out alive. He thinks he made that pretty clear by pulling a fast one on BB, but he might as well say it this way too.]

[sealeted]

I've told you before that your opinion is worth plenty to me.

[Though she can understand his hesitance to believe her. He did try to kill her a few times, as they both know.]

[guerrilla]

...Then listen up, okay? I have some regrets about the Holy Grail War, but losing to you isn't one of 'em. You deserved to live.

[It's probably not going to do much to help with her bad dreams or the pain she feels knowing exactly how many lives hers cost, but it doesn't feel right to not say anything at all.

He reaches over and roughly musses her hair.]

That's all I wanted to say, I guess.

[sealeted]

[Hakuno isn't all that expressive, unless her feelings are in a major state of disarray. He's seen her scared, and frantic, seen her desperate and endangered.

Right now, he gets to see her smile, ruby red.]

...really, thank you, Robin. That... that means a lot.

[Her heart aches, because none of them ever, ever seem to blame her for living. But it's a sweet, warm ache, like a healing bruise.]

[guerrilla]

[Fortunately, before it can get too sappy in here, Hakuno and Robin reach the entrance of the building.]

...From here, we just try to leave the grounds, right?

[If this doesn't wake them up he's going to be so upset.]

[sealeted]

[Bond Event over, time to GTFO.]

Well, hopefully.

[She takes a breath and looks up at him.]

...together on three?

[guerrilla]

Yeah. One...two...

[He gives Hakuno one last worried glance.]

...Three.

[He takes a step, out of school grounds, and the next thing he knows he's sprawled on the floor in the dead of night, the back of his head throbbing in pain. He sits up, grimacing, then glances toward the pillow that he and Hakuno sleep on every night. Hopefully she'll be awake, too...but if not, he can try waking her up from outside.]

[sealeted]

[He looks over just in time to see the small, curled up squirrel on the pillow puff up, every muscle tense and a faint, wild sheen to her large, dark eyes. The next moment, the tension flows away and the squirrel is replaced by Hakuno, who is rubbing her face tiredly.

Despite just waking up.

She glances around, and keeps her voice to a soft murmur.]

...thank goodness. Beech seems to be sleeping happily.

[guerrilla]

Yeah, looks like she's fine.

[He's just as relieved as Hakuno is. Technically Beech isn't part of the coven, per se, but it'd be rough on her if she got dragged into the nightmares of people like Robin and Hakuno.]

...Are you gonna be okay, Master?

[He asks even though he knows she will be. No one he's met is more resilient than she is, after all.]