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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...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. ]

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?]

[ Like father, like son. You nosy thing, you. ... He's pretty proud of that. :|a ]

Oh, I'm managing well enough. [ They're...intense. Different (terrifying). But they haven't all been bad, and he's willing to keep that in mind at this point. ]

Hn.

[The sound a man makes when he's unsure and wrapped up in thoughts.]

Should I ask what they've been about?

I'd calculate your odds of getting a straight answer first. [ And a little less banter-reminiscent on the next bit, because it's not like this is a light issue. ] They're nothing to really worry about. Just a little distracting.

How are you and Smellerbee holding up?

We've been better, but we've also been worse.

[Let us not dive into those painful memories.]

She's having a lot of trouble sleeping through the night... but... I think it's been that way for a lot of people. [Including me, probably you, probably most of the family.]

[ ...he really hates the ones that get to the kids. ]

I'll keep my eyes and ears open. See if anybody manages to find something that helps out. [ One of those perks to stalking the community in general. ]

[Not to mention, the agony of a father sitting through his kid suffering.

He absolutely despises it.]

Alright.

... Hey, dad? Take care of yourself, too.

Of course. [ So, no promises. ] You do the same.

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