Sweeter than the First Time [Open to All]

[applesaucemod]

Hello, dreamers of Manhattan. The Rift knows that things have been kind of rough, lately. The last dream didn't go as well as it had hoped. Consider this an apology of sorts, and a hearkening back to the good times you've shared.

It's a grand old (and potentially familiar) cabin house that the dreamers will find themselves wandering. The furniture is plentiful and comfortable, the floors are strewn with cushions and blankets, and there are cheerful fires burning in the grates. It seems a little odd that the house still manages to be on the chilly side despite looking so warm, yet it is.

Oh, well. You'll just have to find another dreamer or two and spoon up and fall asleep like little baby cats get cozy. It shouldn't be difficult; most of the dreamers (excepting those with strong telepathic defenses or deeply ingrained cuddle-averse personalities) will find themselves feeling friendlier than usual, along with an almost overwhelming desire to snuggle up to someone. How convenient that the house seems designed for that very purpose!

And if some of the cushions are Hello Kitty themed, well, that's just coincidence.


[OOC: Standard dream party rules apply. Characters will be affected by the dream-whammy to whatever degree makes the most sense for them, and will remember or forget the events of the dream at the player's discretion. Backtag into infinity.]

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[wentdowntogeorgia]

"Even better," he says, because if Daniel doesn't stay dead, than it would just save Lucifer the trouble of bringing him back himself.

"Did you rise on the third day, in fulfillment of the Scriptures? Should I call you Yeshua? I think you look like an agnus dei. You could maybe be a bit more lamb-like, but you've got the sacrificial part down pat."

And he freed the slaves of Abydos, too, and fought against forces named after pagan deities. Put on that crown of thorns and have yourself a Crusade, Daniel, you fit the Christ mold like a glove.

[peacefulexplorer]

"Third day?" Wait no, he's not in the mood to debate anagogical importance with Satan, least of all in application to himself. "No, no, try descending after a year. There was no rising, and there was no, ah, well, you know, it was awful hard to keep track, there on the higher, um, higher plane."

Don't think Daniel has missed the oh so obvious hilarity of his name and all the biblical jokes that can be plumbed from it, but he's getting the more and more distinct impression that he's flailing hopelessly in a cosmic-scale game of cat and mouse with the odds stacked so high against him that it's, quite frankly, absurd.

"Anywho," says Daniel, with an almost manic edge to the forcibly light tone, "if you're, um, quite done making shaky theological comparisons, I'm gonna, I dunno, wake myself up or something." Not that it would help, because the Devil can just go and find him the minute he leaves his building anyway. Add that to the fact that Daniel still can't figure out how to wake himself up, and he's left more or less floundering.

How typical.

[wentdowntogeorgia]

Lucifer will just patiently wait for a few beats.

"Do you need some help?"

Lucifer is just going to placidly look at Daniel while he's still resolutely stuck in the dream, not at all gently mocking him about his inability to get away from the Devil when he wants to. Nope, nothing at all like that going on here.

[peacefulexplorer]

Help? What, like does Daniel want him to brutally murder him until he wakes up or something?

Daniel stares at Lucifer in an expression of horror that quickly resolves into one that realizes it should have known better than to expect anything else at this point.

"Ah," says Daniel. "No. No, I think I'm fine. Th - no thanks."

And with that, he is just going to - go over there. No need to follow him or anything. Just, just dodging into the next room, then the next, looking over his shoulder all the way in a vague panic.