Nightmares (Open)

[medicpetrelli]

"What're you doing here, Nate?" Peter asked, sitting up. He was in the caves and he could hear Kalmorth snoring, so how the hell was his brother suddenly standing at the foot of his bed?!

"I'm here to save you, Pete. To bring you home." Nathan strode over and came to rest on the floor, kneeling down on one knee. His hand reached up to brush away

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[wastrel_prince]

Darvish was on the way back to his weyr from the kitchens; he'd needed a bit of a distraction, and one of the girls working nights there was always willing for a tumble, he'd found. Better that than wine. It had to be. Berith didn't seem to have a problem with it, at least. And his other cravings left the dragon's eyes whirling that distressed orange color. So. He just switched what he wanted. And a good workout was never amiss, he thought wryly.

His musing was interrupted by a man rushing past. Peter, wasn't it? He thought that was what he'd said at that lesson, the last time they'd had a chance to talk. He'd looked upset. Darvish followed, watching him for a moment before he spoke. "Problem, friend?"

[wastrel_prince]

"Not really," he admitted.

[medicpetrelli]

"Oh. I do." Peter toed at the rocks around his feet.

[wastrel_prince]

"Something bad happen?" He took another long drink.

[medicpetrelli]

"Almost. Where I came from, I was a human bomb. I was gonna explode and kill a bunch of people and I couldn't stop myself."

Kalmorth lifted his head and stared at Peter.

[wastrel_prince]

"How?" That didn't sound possible. Even wizardry wouldn't do that.

[medicpetrelli]

"I had powers in that world. I could fly...I could make things float with my mind. I could turn invisible." He missed that one. Hell, he even missed Claude.

[wastrel_prince]

Oh. Like Luke had been talking about. Darvish shrugged slightly. He still didn't understand it. "So, you were some kind of wizard? And you aren't now?"

[medicpetrelli]

Close enough. "Yeah. I was a wizard but when I came here, it all went away. A blessing and a curse because those powers could have been my way, but they would have ended up killing everyone around me."

[wastrel_prince]

"Oh." Darvish was lost. He took a huge gulp of the wine before offering it back to Peter.

[medicpetrelli]

Peter looked down into the cup, swirling it around slowly before he drank. "Now I have nightmares most nights...about blowing up and killing everyone here. All my new friends." He handed the wine back.

[wastrel_prince]

"It won't happen," he said decisively. The man looked like he needed it, even if Darvish didn't know if it was true.