notabluesbro | 22nd Confession [Action/Voice]

[For the past two nights, Wolfwood'd been dreaming some pretty odd things. The first night consisted of... giant robot spiders... and—Vash, what the hell are you doing in his dreams? And why are we storming a place full of bandits? And his sister, he dreamed of her as well... He's never had such vivid images pass his vision before. Not just vivid, but so unusual. And then 'memories' he when he was a child...

No. No... Why would he ever dream of something like this?

The second night consisted of a lot of disjointed 'dreams', too, but the worst one—the worst one—woke him out of a dead sleep and kept him awake for most of the night; he took a calm, quiet walk around his apartments to calm him down, but what met his eyes wasn't entirely calming. A creature. He was sure of it. The outline was inhuman, and its eyes.... For a moment he was frozen in surprise, and then sequentially frozen in panic. But it just stared blankly for another moment and ran off into the dark.

He remained awake to keep an eye out. If there really was something unnatural in the forest, he wanted to make sure it didn't try anything stupid, even if he couldn't do much about it. As the morning sun hits Luceti, he runs a handful of hair through his fingers and decides he should bring it up. After all, everyone else seemed to be having dreams. He was curious, for their sake and his.]

[Voice]

Has anyone... seen anything in the forest? A creature. I think I ran into something in the night that definitely isn't a regular around here...

[a beat, and then, lots of questions for lots of people]

[Filtered to the family (aka anyone he would check in on)]

Hey you guys, are you all doing all right? Having any weird dreams lately, like the others?

[Voice//Filtered to Vash]

Hey, needle noggin. Can I speak with you for a sec?

[Voice//Filtered to Amelia]

... Amelia. This is Wolfwood. Can you spare me a little of your time, if you wouldn't mind?

[After he makes those calls, he returns to the church for post-festival cleaning up... and sighs, tired. Something just felt wrong—and he worried for what it all meant. Shifts in Luceti are usually aggravating yes, sometimes a hurtful pain, but... for it to enter dreams, it was a first for him. As he cleans everything up to the way it was, he thinks about all the images that burrowed into his mind. No, he's had a good family, and a relatively peaceful life. What's with that cross—??

Once again he goes outside for a cigarette, but he sits on the church steps with his elbows at his knees and his gaze downcast. Deep in his own thoughts. Same old Nicholas. Must've got it from his father...]

((ooc: Wolfwood quota all filled up @_@; Ian, Sayo, and Elicia might be posting to the log for dream/beasty-related stuff))

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Sure, what's up preacher-man?

Edited 2011-04-25 19:02 (UTC)

Have you been having any dreams, lately?

[Like half of this damn village has?]

I've had a couple dreams I'd call strange if that's what you're asking.

The same could be said on my end, too. [A sigh.] And you're particularly bothering me in them, not to mention; I didn't know you liked to bug people in their dreams as well.

[He's noticed a little trend, among the dreamer journals entries. Mainly, that people are popping up that probably don't or shouldn't usually pop up.]

Aw, gee, I didn't know you cared so much about me that you'd start dreaming about me.

Sorry preacher-man, I'm a happily married man.

Hey. I'm being serious here. Weird things are going on around here in our heads; don't tell me you haven't been wondering what you're dreaming about?

Well, I don't know. I guess I just chocked them up to being dreams. I haven't really seen a pattern yet to mine. I had a dream the night before about being on a desert town and the whole town was shooting at me for some reason. But... it wasn't scary, really. Like I knew the whole time they wouldn't get me.

The night before that I had a dream that it was raining donuts. Just seem like regular dreams to me.

[Note how he left out what he dreamed about LAST night.]

Yeah, I've been having weird dreams too. Relieved to know I'm not the only one.

Edited 2011-04-25 19:51 (UTC)

Desert town? [that grabs his interest] That's been the most prominent thing in my dreams lately, actually. All the ones from last night and the one before had me in one...

[That's both relieving and entirely not. The fact that these dreams are fucking around with his family is never a welcomed fact.]

Were they a little too clear, for dreams?

Well, the night before is the only time I can remember where I've dreamed of being in a desert. Last night I dreamed I was in space, pretty big difference if you ask me.

Yeah, that does seem like a big difference...

...

You said people were chasing you?

[It really is, he's not liking it either.]

The first one not so much, but they've been getting clearer. I even remember them.

Yeah, I can't fully remember why anymore though.

Huh, I remember calling you a Humanoid... something. And we were stuck on a bus, with Meryl and Milly. [You know them, right?] I had this huge cross--turns out, I guess it's a gun... [If his later dream proves anything right.]

It was weird as hell. I wonder if this is just one awful shift...

Yeah? What'd exactly did you dream about, Leo?

...seems like we aren't quite in the clear for shifts yet, eh? [ So neither confirming nor denying that he's had any dreams outside of the norm (which is about as good as answering outright in this family, but it's all about the effort). Time is better spent being worrying about those younger generations. ]

You called me a humanoid? That is strange...

Wait. You had a cross gun? Man, even in your dreams you're a terrible priest.

I'm not...in Luceti, I'm in a city, I always see it at night though. On the rooftops, or in the alleys between the buildings. Those other turtle men like me were there, only it felt like we weren't strangers, but...more like family.

[He's shaking his head over here, even if Wolfwood can't see it]

People I didn't recognize, along with more ninjas.

... Shaping up to be a long, shitty week, eh? [he offers nothing else]

Nothing wrong with having a concealed weapon, just in case.

[YES I AM DEFENDING MY DREAM SELF, what of it.]

Besides, you had your own firearms. Kind of literally.

[She could have made a perfect filter, thanks to lessons earlier from Legato. But after the dreams, she isn't entirely eager to use those skills, or to even think about her boyfriend. Every time she tries, there's a lingering sense of dread in her gut, one she can't completely will away after she wakes.

So Amelia will show up at the steps of the church instead. She'll try to pretend she's unaffected, but the truth is in her face. She's been sleeping about as well as the rest of the village.]

You wanted to see me?

A city? With the other turtle men?

[He leans into his palm, thoughtful.]

I felt the same way. That the people in my dreams weren't just people around the village—but family. Or something like it...

[He's not sure what it means, but he's a little too unnerved to think it through any further than that. He's not sure whether or not he should mention his dream death or not—because it's tough to think about on, really.]

[A forced smirk, as he leans into his wrist with cigarette in hand.]

Much worse than waking up in the wrong houses.

[He opens his eyes, staring passed the table. under elbow.]

Sanji... have you been dreaming anything, like the others?

I'm wondering if this is just part of the same shift, really.

[But he doesn't say much more about it than that. Instead, he's going to pry into things like you're so good at, dad.]

Are you alright? When you sleep, I mean.

[Do you dream, too, old man?]

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