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The Big Applesauce Moderators ([personal profile] applesaucemod) wrote in [community profile] applesaucedream2015-05-02 02:31 pm

This is My Island in the Sun [Open to All]

The Rift wouldn't say it's sorry for the fit it threw the other day, because the Rift never needs to apologize. It is (mostly) perfect, and all of its decisions are well reasoned and just. Obviously. But perhaps it has fallen into a bit of a post-tantrum sulk, because this dream is milder than one might expect. In fact, it's downright nice.

The dreamers will find themselves in an archipelago of small islands - most only a few acres in size - connected by narrow strips of sand or pebbles. The surrounding waters are calm. Little waves lap against the shorelines, and no rising tide will cut the islands off from one another. The islands themselves seem to have been lifted from every climate zone on Earth and several from beyond. Some are tropical, some colder and home to hardy conifers, some mossy and boulder-strewn, some covered in multicolored sand and odd, coral-like trees.

Most of the islands boast some kind of manmade or otherwise non-native structure, be it as small as a bench or as large as a pavilion, though there are no houses or shops to be seen. It's more like parkland, just civilized enough for a nice picnic. Some of the islands even have little grills, and a sufficiently motivated dreamer might be able to rustle up some hot dog or burger fixings if they poke around a bit.

And they'll have an extra pair of eyes to help with their searching, because their beloved dæmons have returnedagain. Or perhaps they're being introduced for the first time. Regardless, it's the bi-annual dæmon dream party!
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[personal profile] apidae 2015-05-07 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah," she agrees. "I've never been near the ocean before. Never got out of Alabama until the rift."

She smiles over at him - it's the same for him, she knows, though it would be pretty apparent even if she didn't.

"Nice when we get dreams like this," she says. "I always try my best to just enjoy them, cause... so many of them aren't nice at all. It's worth just sitting, I think."

And she knows he could really use the rest.
postictal: (that boy needs therapy)

[personal profile] postictal 2015-05-07 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Tim says nothing, just sits there and watches. Gradually he curls his knees up to wrap his arms around him, oddly reminiscent of the scared boy in the hospital room but with none of the trembling and shaken fear to accompany it. He's never seen the ocean. He didn't think he ever would, or could. Even if it's a dream, he won't deny that it's a nice one.

He doesn't mind it, really. He doesn't mind it at all.

Even the company is okay, he thinks. Bee doesn't know about him, and there can't be any harm in it if she doesn't know him, right? They can just sit there like the friends they aren't, not really, but Tim doesn't mind having to pretend either. He always has to pretend. Even with Jay.

Zero lights down his shoulder again, feathers soft against his cheek, and he absently reaches up to stroke her, daring to feel calm for the first time in -

Well. A long time.