hearsthesea: (faraway world of our dreams)
Shirley Fennes ([personal profile] hearsthesea) wrote in [community profile] spellbinders2017-11-19 11:22 pm

Mingle: For a limited time only...

Who: Everyone!
Where: Anywhere on the hub
When: Days 134-139
Open/Closed: Open mingle goooo!

[Copper, lizards, and vines - oh my! With the recent installation of 9S and co.'s scanning equipment and the also recent, significantly wetter rainstorms there's quite a lot to check out on the island right now. Plus, the monitor robot still needs a name. You're not going to leave them nameless forever, are you?

Too bad Genette's put out word that everyone's about to be moving location soon. That means these are the last days the coven has for a little while to get everything in order, whether it's to take things to the next destination or to leave them behind. Get your bags packed and your huts cleaned, everyone!]
oneandmikleonly: (and time goes quicker.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-26 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh...

[he sounds a bit surprised; not angry]

...it's fine. Thank you for--what you did back there. It helped when we talked, I think. We figured out something we could do about it, so it's been a bit better since then.
rootandbranch: (up with the morning sun.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-26 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Geir seems more abashed than anything, worrying a little at the edge of the pool with his claws and not quite meeting Mikleo's eye.]

I don't know if I did anything that great. Mostly, I yelled at him. But if you guys need help with anything, I wouldn't mind. It looked like you were dreaming about a lot of weird confusing stuff.
oneandmikleonly: (navigate this crowd.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-26 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
We went through some weird confusing stuff...a couple of months before we got here. I guess it took me a while to process some of it...? I'm sorry that -- that dream of mine was so aggressive.
rootandbranch: (back to you.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[with a touch of curiosity:]

You weren't very. You just snarled and snapped a little, and wanted someone to help you calm down.
oneandmikleonly: (you've been holding up.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-27 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[wriggles a little, in embarrassment]

If Sorey hadn't been there, I would have attacked you. I'm pretty sure.
rootandbranch: (reach out; till i can touch the sky)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
[this is such a strange point to get hung up on, from Geir's point of view.]

I mean... I was on your ground, and you were scared and angry and all chained up. I wouldn't have been surprised if you attacked me.
oneandmikleonly: (to us from the dock.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-27 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
It's still...I normally wouldn't want to...?
rootandbranch: (tread until my blood is in the road)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't think you did, but...!

[Geir tilts his head, trying to puzzle out what's embarrassing Mikleo here.]

...is it really strange for you to get riled up like that...?
oneandmikleonly: (Default)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-27 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's not just getting angry. I mean -- I suppose it wouldn't be the same in a dream, I was still kind of aware of you somewhere -- but where I'm from, a dragon doesn't have the ability to really think or reason anymore, the way you or I do...
rootandbranch: (lost; am i broken?)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... huh. I think Sorey said something about that when I met him.

[it was embedded too deeply into a lot of terms he didn't understand to fully process it.]

Malevolence?
oneandmikleonly: (just as before.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-27 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that.

[he's used to people not really getting the term now, fortunately]

It's...spiritual impurity, negative emotions, things like that. I guess you could say it's something that acts like a poison in our world. If a seraph runs into so much they can't deal with it anymore, they become a drake, and then a dragon.

I got pretty alarmed by my power when Qri brought us here, because of that. It's taken some getting used to.
rootandbranch: (coming off the shelf.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[things like Geir are LITERALLY POISON where Mikleo and Sorey are from, huh...

honestly, that seems legit.]

I remember him saying something about that, too. Does that mean you have to worry that you won't be yourself any more every time you get upset?
oneandmikleonly: (Default)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-27 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
...not quite. My pact with Sorey protects me from that, as long as he doesn't fall to it himself. We work together to keep each other safe, as best as we can.

[he doesn't really want to get into the humans-are-the-source-of-all-malevolence spiel; considering spoilers, that's more confusing than anything anyway]
rootandbranch: (and people are singing; how 'bout that!)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
...it sounds like... a lot to be anxious about. I guess I can't help with that kind of thing, after all. I've got tons of that stuff.

["it sounds lonely" was what he first thought, and he's not entirely sure why. isn't keeping each other well what he and Vern do? but he doesn't feel besieged on all sides together with Vern; instead, Vern opens up a whole new world to him. he hopes Vern feels the same...

it's said with a grin: partly to indicate that it's not unfriendly, or a withdrawal of the offer, per se, and partly just to cover up that Geir suddenly suspects he's out of his depth again. he thought "poor kids" back in the dream, and felt an urge to... protect them, somehow? but trying to take care of Vern notwithstanding, what he is isn't really made to protect anyone, much less people for whom he might be poison? Geir's not really sure how the metaphysics of that works, but he knows it's probably not anything good.]
oneandmikleonly: (more than the shore belongs.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-27 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, you have far less of it than any dragon I've ever met at home. Though you do have some. A lot of things tend to.

[he rolls his head slightly to peer at Geir's expression, with a soft whuff of bemusement]

...thank you for the concern, though. It means a lot...? And you did help.
rootandbranch: (back to you.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
I'm glad...

[Geir isn't quite sure what he did that was so helpful, but he peers back at Mikleo, also bemused.]

...I think talking about it is important, so I'm glad you two got to.

[he has that much experience with Vern, at least.]
oneandmikleonly: (we'll meet beyond the shore.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-11-27 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[wryly]

We're working on that, as best as we can.
rootandbranch: (hold fast the storm is always near)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe you're more used to it, since you grew up with it, but it's really hard.

[Geir sighs and closes his eyes, putting his chin back on his tail properly. take this conversation, for example.]
rootandbranch: (reach out; till i can touch the sky)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-11-27 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[he really thought that this one was universally relatable...]

...trying to figure out what you're feeling, and the other person is feeling, and then talking about it...?
oneandmikleonly: (tonight the hills are watching.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-12-05 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Mmmm. I don't know. I haven't felt all that good at it for a while, with Sorey. Maybe because the past several months have been terribly drastic -- even before we came here.
rootandbranch: (coming off the shelf.)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-12-06 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's just hard for everyone, then.

...you two must have been through a lot. Pretty different from when you were growing up.

[things being different from the expectations you're used to is certainly something he can relate to, even if it's probably unimaginably different for Sorey and Mikleo.]
oneandmikleonly: (nature nurture heaven and home.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-12-06 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe...

Mm. If I'd known what Sorey was in for the moment we left the village, I don't know that I wouldn't have sat on him to keep him from leaving altogether.


[it's a joke, but with a tired edge]
rootandbranch: (hold fast the storm is always near)

[personal profile] rootandbranch 2017-12-06 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[there's that "the kids aren't okay" feeling again. Geir watches Mikleo, weighing the echo of truth in that joke. it's obviously not the choice Mikleo would actually make, but he's just as obviously burdened enough by the situation that there's some real feeling behind the impulse.]

--You'd be a lot heavier if you sat on him now.
oneandmikleonly: (like wishing for rain.)

[personal profile] oneandmikleonly 2017-12-06 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
[--laughs at that one, with real, startled humor]

He would complain so much.

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