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wildmage_daine ([personal profile] wildmage_daine) wrote in [community profile] applesaucedream2013-04-21 05:27 pm

Falling [Open to Multiple]

The last time Daine so thoroughly exhausted herself was during the siege at Pirate's Swoop, so it's no great surprise that in her dream, that's where she wakes. She sits up on the cot they've set up for her in the stables, where the ponies could keep an eye on her. Her head swims, and she grips the edge of the cot until the sensation passes.

A familiar gray nose enters her field of vision, and Daine smiles as Cloud, her pony, sniffs her over. "I'm fine," she reassures the mare, reaching up to give her neck a pat.

You're no such thing, Cloud replies tartly. You've drained yourself again. I won't always be there to lend you strength when you need it.

"Good thing you're here now, then." Daine steadies herself against the pony as she rises to her feet, ignoring Cloud's irritated snort. "Where's Numair?"

It's trouble enough to keep an eye on you, let alone the stork-man.

Daine sighs. "Fine. I'll find him myself."

She makes it to the stable doors before the scene begins to disintegrate around her. Daine whirls about to look for Cloud, but the stable is gone, replaced by nothingness. Within moments, nothing remains but the planks below her feet - and then they, too, crumble away. Daine drops into the Dreaming with a cry of dismay, not knowing where she'll land.


[OOC: Daine's taking a two-day nap after the events in this thread, giving her enough time to drop into the minds of a good number of people. Go nuts!]
bluesuit_handy: (.interested | oooo!)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-07 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
"You know her? From before?" Color Andrew intrigued! He's already scrambling over the top to come nearer when she makes her suggestion. "I'm Andrew," he calls to the dragon belatedly, ruining the flow of the conversation. Looking down, he gives a little nod and starts his descent, excited by this development (though nowhere near as excited as Daine was. "See you there!"
bluesuit_handy: (.misc | trapped)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-07 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Andrew looks down at Daine from where he is struggling to get down from the last shelf. That's not fair, he thinks, seeing her hands and feet just before they change back. "That's not fair," he informs her, before falling about half the way down.

He nearly lands on his feet, but can't keep his balance and falls on his back instead, getting the wind knocked out of him.
bluesuit_handy: (.thinking | dork)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-07 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Ye -- no." Andrew readily takes her hands, and considers. "Yes," he decides, and tries to pull himself to his feet, not thinking how he might just pull her down on top of himself.
bluesuit_handy: (.smile | amused)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-07 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Andrew tries to shield himself from having a Daine fall on him, impaired by the fact that they're still holding hands. He titters, not even trying to bite it back, and nods. "Ready this time?"
bluesuit_handy: (.smile | farewell)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-08 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
Andrew is surprised by how readily she pulls him up, having expected to pull her down again or to have to lift himself. He looks down at their joined hands, lifting an eyebrow. "My, grandmother, what hairy hands you have!" he exclaims.
bluesuit_handy: (.smile | putting coat on)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-08 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
"You really are going to have to show me," says Andrew, wishing her sleeves weren't in the way. He tilts his head at the little dragon, then sticks out a hand as if to shake. "Pleased to meet you!"
bluesuit_handy: (.smile | home on the TARDIS)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-08 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
It's a good thing Andrew lacks common sense and self preservation, or he might be nervous at the sight and feel of a dragon taking hold of his hand and sniffing it. Instead, he just watches in fascination, ticking through all the similar species he can remember and not quite finding a match.

"Glad someone does," he chirps cheerfully. He grins at Daine. "Have I told you lately that you're brilliant?"
bluesuit_handy: (.interested | mildly curious)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-08 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Finding a path out was the point of her entire excursion, dragonling aside. Andrew strolls along beside her, stooping to pick up the latest book she dropped. Even for someone from a world where such things are hardly rare, it doesn't seem right to leave it underfoot.

"You saw the book drop, didn't you?" he asks. "We can't be far out from it now."


[ooc: I'm turning in a little early. G'night!]
bluesuit_handy: (.surprised | subdued)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-08 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fantastic!" says Handrew, cheered by the thought of finally getting out of this place. He looks down at the troubled dragon, a momentary look of confusion crossing his own features.

"The Master brought me here," he explains. "Dunno how you got in. Or Daine, for that matter -- Daine, how did you get in here?"
bluesuit_handy: (.worried | wibble face)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-09 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Andrew stops several paces further on, trying to decide whether he ought to be alarmed at the way Daine seems to actually be unsure of her answer. She came to rescue him, didn't she? He'd been here such a long time, it was obvious she must have noticed he was missing and come for him.

Right?

He blinks at her, frowning and shaking his head. "You can't be --" he starts, since he's pretty sure he's not a figment of Daine's imagination (and doesn't that open up a whole new world of identity crises?). He lets out a sigh of relief when the dragon confirms his existence, but gives Daine a plaintive sort of look. "Really? Are you sure?"
bluesuit_handy: (.interested | sincere)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-09 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Memories are leaking back in: a long day out, turning in for the night with James beside him...and further back, the Master's dead body. Of course he couldn't have been taken captive by the Master. Andrew gives a forlorn little sniff, and shoves the thought aside.

"So this really is Kitten?" he asks, having realized just a moment ago that he ought to doubt it. "From your own world?"

He furrows his brow as the enormity of that sinks in. "That's -- that shouldn't be possible," he says, coming closer to stare at Kitten.
bluesuit_handy: (.interested | oooo!)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-09 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
It makes a kind of sense, though Andrew's having trouble grasping the idea of dreams being a 'realm' into which a being can travel. What they're experiencing right now, as he understands it, is a shared mental event during unconsciousness. Daine can't have meant that dragons travel between dreams and reality -- Kitten must be asleep and dreaming, and just very clever at manipulating that state or telepathically riding the currents of the rift.

"Can you show us the path you took?" he asks Kitten.
bluesuit_handy: (.blank | thoughtful)

[personal profile] bluesuit_handy 2013-05-09 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
However Daine feels about it, Andrew's unable to hide his own disappointment. He takes a big sniff and nods reluctantly, accepting the answer for now. Maybe he can do something to augment Kitten's abilities, but he'll need time to think about it.

"Still," he says. "First proof we've had that anyone can travel to this end of the rift voluntarily."

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