potentite: (or just waiting to die)
pretty rugged fucking dork ([personal profile] potentite) wrote in [community profile] spellbinders2017-10-17 09:37 pm

Hijinks Mingle

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.]
rootandbranch: (up with the morning sun.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-20 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Huh?

[that's extremely weird, but Geir follows them without hesitation, ridges pinned flat back and eyes narrowed with anger at the whole situation; how dare this nightmare make Vern afraid!]
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[they curl back and back until there's a dead end, deep in the rock and earth of the cliff, and then the mass of shadows just huddles there, the stench of fear overpowering, weighting Geir's lungs and heart as he breathes.]
rootandbranch: (reach out; till i can touch the sky)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-23 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Geir stops in bafflement. it didn't really occur to him till now, even with the shadows running away ahead, that whatever is going on in here might be afraid of him.

what does Vern have to fear from Geir, even unconsciously in his deepest dreams? the idea makes him thoroughly uncomfortable. surely... surely there's something else going on. he hunkers low, suddenly invested in making his scaly, predatory length less threatening.]

Hello...?
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-23 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
...go away...

[the small papery voice is barely recognizable as Vern's, but it is his, and it comes right from the mass of shadows]
rootandbranch: (up with the morning sun.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-24 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
No? Vern, what's wrong?

[the distress in his tone is clear; he hunkers low, going eye level to eye level with the shadowy heap as best he can.]
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-24 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[you can't really make out eyes, or a human shape in there; it trembles, rustling]

...leave me...
rootandbranch: (you're here; and that means so much)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-24 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would I leave you?!

[that's a kneejerk response, but it feels right. after all, this mass of shadows hasn't even really shown itself as Vern yet; surely there's more room to disobey?

and he's disobeyed Vern before.]
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-24 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
So tired. Leave...leave. Don't hurt me.
rootandbranch: (I wanna be strong; but I know...)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-24 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I... I don't want to hurt you. I'd never hurt you. Not on purpose...

[Geir wavers, because he has hurt Vern before; he knows he has. they've both hurt each other.

but Vern also said that he trusted him not to want to. doesn't that count for something...? it must.]
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-24 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't hurt me...don't. Who are you? Leave me...don't hurt me...

[can he even hear you?]
rootandbranch: (tired of thinking of how to get out)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-24 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[cAN GEIR TOUCH THE SHADOWS WITH HIS NOSE?]
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-24 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[they're warm, somehow solid; they try to recoil from him, but tehy simply have no more room to retreat]
rootandbranch: (coming off the shelf.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-24 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[GENTLY... NUDGES... THEM...

he's terribly distressed about all of this somewhere, but he can tell that this is a nightmare, that Vern is distressed too; he doesn't want to leave him until he's at least come to himself to tell Geir that that's the right thing to do in earnest.]

It's me, Vern. I won't hurt you.
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-24 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Who? I don't know

anyone

Brandt is dead my mother is dead my father is dead.
rootandbranch: (back to you.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-25 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
No, you know me! It's Geir, remember?

[THE TINIEST NOSE NUDGE.]
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-25 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
[the pile of shadows wails and curls in tightly on itself, trembling hard]
rootandbranch: (coming off the shelf.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-25 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[...he doesn't try to nudge it again. instead, Geir just creeps closer and curls around the frightened ball of shadows, making a warm barrier of his own body between it and the rest of the outside world.]

Shhh. See. It'll be all right.

I won't let anything harm you.
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-25 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
That's not true. Everything hurts already...
rootandbranch: (back to you.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-25 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
I'll do my best! I'm here...

[the space where the shadow is huddled is inevitably warmer, at least, enclosed behind a wall of dragon.]

Not everything wants to hurt you. I promise.
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-25 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Who are you to promise that...?
rootandbranch: (strength enough for me.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-25 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[quietly]

M...e. I'm me. I'm me.

I don't want to.
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-25 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[the shadows don't answer again, but they're shaking a little less.]
rootandbranch: (reach out; till i can touch the sky)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-25 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[he curls up around them more tightly, trying everything he can to be comforting.]

I can only speak for myself, but I want to keep you safe. Okay?
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[personal profile] rootbound 2017-10-25 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
...I don't have magic...okay?

Does that change things...
rootandbranch: (tread until my blood is in the road)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-10-25 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[???? but of course Vern has magic...

he decides to ignore the discrepancy because this is some dream nonsense.]

I don't care about any of that.

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