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Come Dreamwalk With Me 2 (Open Log)

Jan 23, 2010 05:35

Who: Polly (curious_copycat) and anyone who feels like it.
What: Nocturnal Telepathic Shenanigans, Random CR, Drama, Exposition, Crack, Surreal Shite, Whatever you want.
Where: In Your Head
When: Tonight, during Polly's break. (But latecomers are always welcome.)
Warnings: A few of Polly's memories might come with her, and there are monsters in that thar head. ( Read more... )

genkaku, asch the bloody, lenalee lee, tear grants, polly zyanya, luke fon fabre, edward elric

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HO SHIT BEST IDEA EVER urlefthandgrl January 23 2010, 19:38:47 UTC

Ran Fan's insomnia had been worse and worse beginning the day she had watched Luke's body become riddled with bullets she had no power to stop. Then Polly had been attacked, then Shinjiro. It was like the victims were becoming closer and closer to Ran Fan, one by one by one. And she was powerless to stop any of it, protect anyone. Would it be Master next? Or Grandfather ( ... )

Thankies ^_^ Also, there is no such thing as tl;dr in a dream log. ;-P curious_copycat January 24 2010, 05:21:35 UTC

Polly had been wandering the streets of the Eternal city when she noticed the sky was darkening. She stared at it, rather dumbfounded. This shouldn't have been happening. There was no sun to set. The sky never changed...

She took a few steps foreward, watching as the buildings and streets changed, the soft glow of the stone replaced by cold, dark brick and pavement. This... This was creepy. At home, there were plenty of things to fear in spite of the light, but at least you could see them coming. You had a chance to run, even if the monsters preferred it that way ( ... )

urlefthandgrl January 25 2010, 01:39:00 UTC

Ran Fan was running harder and harder, fear blazing in her belly and limbs. All she could think of was escape. She could not see the ground beneath her, just the walls stretching up up up into the sky on either side of her, and the thin sliver of tiny, weak stars that was visible offered no light or help. It was coming closer and closer, it was right there and if she didn't get away now, she never would!Panicking, Ran Fan ran face first into a brick wall, and skidded to the ground. Before she could even pick herself back up, the demon turned the corner just behind her ( ... )

curious_copycat January 25 2010, 05:50:00 UTC

After the logic of dreams, Polly found herself running toward the sounds, in her effort to run away. There were voices, now, and... she recognized one... Ran Fan!

She picked up her speed, rounding a corner to find mist. The terrifying figure in it brought her skidding to such a sudden halt that she almost lost her footing. Beyond it, she could barely make out her friend, curled into a ball and calling for help. The mist seemed alive.

She acted without thinking, transforming the air around the creature's head into a ball of methane gas, then set the atoms around it vibrating to create enough heat...

The creature had a moment to begin choking before it found itself engulfed in fire. As its screams echoed off of the surrounding brick walls. Polly dove around its staggering and flailing bulk, skidding to her knees beside her friend and grasping for her hand.

"Ran Fan! Ran Fan, we have to run!"

urlefthandgrl January 25 2010, 06:26:01 UTC

Ran Fan looked up in disbelief. "P-Polly....?" she stammered, both shocked and relieved. Wait, no, if Polly was here, she was in danger! "No, Polly, you should run without me, and save yourself while you can! I do not know if I can. My legs will not move. I think that I might lose them, too."

She looked down at her legs, feeling numb on the inside. Her shoes were melting to the pavement below her feet, and this did not seem to strike her as weird. "I do not know what I am doing here. Or why I cannot move forward."

curious_copycat January 25 2010, 10:40:58 UTC

Polly's eyes widened. "Of course I'm not going to run without you!" she said, "Friends don't do that ( ... )

urlefthandgrl January 25 2010, 20:58:51 UTC

Ran Fan lifted her head, stunned. Out of her dream and in Polly's, she seemed to regain her composure somewhat, her hands at the ready. "What just happened?" she asked, turning to Polly. "How did we get here?"

A glance down, and she could see her reflection in the sheen of the polished marble floor. "U-uwah, wahwahwah," she sputtered, backing away. "This is too nice, I should not walk on this..."

curious_copycat January 26 2010, 06:16:46 UTC

Polly looked up from where she sat, jean-clad legs slightly sprawled across the marble. She blinked, genuinely puzzled by Ran Fan's reaction. She'd bled on this marble; feet certainly wouldn't hurt it.

"Don't worry, it's just a floor." she said, matter-of-factly. "You're s'posed to walk on it."

With a bit of scrambling, the girl stood. "I brought us here, to someplace where that... whatever-it-was that was attacking you might not find us. This is Mother's house, after she..." The girl looked away. "...left, and before the Chronovores came. So long as I don't think about them very hard, it should be safe, here."

urlefthandgrl January 26 2010, 09:36:51 UTC

"You..." Ran Fan took this in, considering the facts carefully. "Polly. You saved me," she said in awe. Polly wasn't the bodyguard here, and yet she had fought to help Ran Fan when she needed it. Ran Fan grabbed Polly's hand and squeezed it, bowing her head in gratitude. "You saved me from getting hurt. You are very brave... thank you so much."

Now she stared around in amazement. "This is where you lived? But it is like a palace. A weird foreign palace... Are you a noble? Or a princess?"

curious_copycat January 27 2010, 00:46:42 UTC

Polly smiled, squeezing Ran Fan's hand in return. "Well, I couldn't let him get you!" she said, "You're my friend! You don't need to thank me--you would've done the same ( ... )

urlefthandgrl January 27 2010, 02:29:50 UTC

Ran Fan's breath caught in her chest as her dark eyes swept over the view below. "What is this place," she whispered.

She leaned out from the balcony to see what was below them. It was like... a sea of pastel-colored sandcastles lying about in chunks and crumbling pieces, or shards of broken stained glass. Ran Fan had never seen buildings with towers and spires and parapets and things like these. Nothing could be seen moving below. No animals or birds or people. It was much too quiet to seem normal.

"What happened to it?" she asked Polly softly. "Where is everyone?"

curious_copycat January 27 2010, 04:55:29 UTC

"This is Calabi-Yau, the dimension I come from. This is our city."

Polly propped her elbows against the balcony railing and cradled her chin in her hands.

"Everyone else has gone still. It's what happens to us, when there are no new thoughts, no new ideas. They exiled themselves from Time--because of a terrible war, the Doctor says--and this was what happened because of it."

She frowned, eyes slightly haunted. "Their minds aren't working right anymore." she whispered. "They can't find the will to move. They're slipping away--they're forgetting. The buildings are fading with their memories."

urlefthandgrl January 29 2010, 03:01:16 UTC

"Are they dying?" Ran Fan whispered. "Can we fix it somehow? What if we brought the ship there and people came to live here and give them ideas to live on?"

She looked down at the city in dismay. "It must have been so nice here," she said softly. "It is beautiful even in ruins like this. But it is not like Xing or or like Amestris at all."

Her eyes traced the pattern of the city streets, shining in the pale light like graceful threads as they stretched off into the distance. She tried her best to imagine living here. "Were you happy here, Polly?" she asked.

curious_copycat January 29 2010, 06:54:25 UTC

Polly shook her head. "They can't die. We never can. But they'll stay this way, like statues, until they have new thoughts." She blinked, glancing at Ran Fan wonderingly. "You... really think people would want to live here...?" She turned to look out over the city again, her expression pensive... And then a sudden flash of anxiety. "I couldn't bring the ship here--not unless they were gone ( ... )

urlefthandgrl January 29 2010, 07:43:49 UTC

Ran Fan flicked out her automail blade and pushed Polly towards the door. "Run, then, I'll follow you," she grunted, eyes darting about for what could be out there. She didn't know what the layout of the building was-- a horrible feeling for a ninja, she liked exploring mostly because she liked to have a definitive map in her mind of all points of entry, exit, and escape routes. She would have to depend on Polly for guidance.

What could an immortal person be so afraid of? What could be dangerous to Polly, she wondered. Perhaps a being that ate or sucked ideas or energy from the mind? Ran Fan was sure her weapons would not be much use against such a thing, but she would try her best to do what her friend said.

curious_copycat January 30 2010, 02:09:36 UTC

It wasn't, in fact, for herself that Polly feared. Even if the Chronovores caught her, they couldn't do anything to her that hadn't already been done. But, she didn't want those memories getting ahold of Ran Fan. She had promised to talk to her about them, but she would never want her to experience those same tortures.

In the distance, the creatures were now visible. Dead-white and eyeless, they soared toward the two girls, fast on leathery wings. Their dagger-like teeth were bared, grinning and gleaming as if with their own light.

Polly turned and ran back into the house, casting a glance behind to be sure Ran Fan was following. If the creatures got inside, she knew what the memory would be. The gleaming marble of the entryway would run red. She did not yet fully trust her control of the creatures, and if she succumbed to them, she knew Ran Fan wouldn't leave her to them. They'd both be done.

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