Late office hours

[game_of_you]

Unaware of how close midterms are, Dream has not been keeping up with his grading.

With a sigh, he takes a seat in his office and squints at a pile of papers.

You could probably disturb him, if you wished.

Comments

[auroryborealis]

"Professor Dream?" Rory asks, not bothering to knock and leading the way with the arm bearing Lockheed, with Angela on her heels. "Something's wrong with Lockheed. And maybe Kitty Pryde. And we don't know how to get him to communicate with him." She gestures with her free hand at Lockheed, looking worried.

[chasingangela]

Angela hangs back, intimidated by the tall man with the bottomless eyes. "I'm going to go try to find Marty and let him know," she says, and takes off, wings fluttering behind her.

[game_of_you]

With a cursory glance at the girl in the angel costume, Dream rises and walks over to Rory and Lockheed.

I did not know his kind existed on this plane.

I will try to help.

His face transforms slightly, taking on the suggestion of scales and a dragonish snout; Rory will probably believe this is a trick of the light. To Lockheed, he says, in Formal Dragon, //This girl is concerned. Would her feeling be earned?//

[phases_of_kitty]

::Lockheed bows before Dream.::

//Pardon my speech, my lord, he says in informal Dragon. My lady Kitty and I were attacked, and I was sent to a strange place. I know not how much time has passed, but she could be in grave danger.//

[game_of_you]

Dream considers this for a moment. When he speaks again, it is in the less sing-song cadence of informal Dragon.

//That sounds serious. Tell me of this strange place.

Also -- I am Dream of the Endless. What is your name?//

[phases_of_kitty]

//It was a dark and dank place. I woke up there and came back as fast as possible.

My Kitty calls me Lockheed. Please, help me find her.//

[game_of_you]

//Greetings, Lockheed. It is a good name.//

He concentrates on the small dragon long enough to discern that wherever the dark strange place was, it was not within the Dreaming.

//I shall try to help you find your Lady.

Tell me how you came to that place, and how you left it.//

[phases_of_kitty]

//The place is not important. She was not there with me. I saw her last in the town....

He pauses, considering his words.

There was a man. Tall, pale, dangerous. A...

There is no word in his language for this man.

A Killer. In the alleyway. Kitty tried to help... and I don't know what happened next.

:He hung his head in shame.::

[game_of_you]

Dream stands, clearly concerned.

//I can tell you served your Kitty well.

This happened in this town? Do you know what day this was?//

[phases_of_kitty]

//If I had served her well, she would not be missing.

It was the day we had class with the blue man.//

[game_of_you]

Dream thinks for a moment.

Professor Tick?, the tall man asks in English, before switching back to Dragon.

//What else happened? You went to town, you were in the alley, the killer was there ... do you remember more?//

[phases_of_kitty]

//Yes, the teacher. Lockheed says.

I don't... he shakes his head. There were suddenly enemies all around. It was... he considers wrong. Not real?//

[game_of_you]

Like a nightmare, or a vision?

Let me tell the girl what you have told me.//

He turns to Rory. He says he saw her last on the day she had a class witrh, I believe, Professor Tick. They were in town, in an alley; a man attacked them and threw him into a dark place, first confusing his mind as to what was real and what was not. He remembers little else.

[auroryborealis]

Rory nods, having watched the interaction with some confusion.

"I'm going to call Alanna, then, since the administrators are all at the party, I think," she says, her voice shaking. She calls Alanna, and hangs up the phone, wringing her hands.