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The Big Applesauce Moderators ([personal profile] applesaucemod) wrote in [community profile] applesaucedream2013-08-30 07:33 pm

The Fortress of Many Turnings [open]

Welcome to Caerdroia. Though at first glance this world seems calm, even idyllic, closer inspection will reveal a startling lack of linearity. A doorway in one place can suddenly lead to another entirely, the locals going about their business seem totally unaware of your presence, and you may find reminders of home that are less than welcome -- and less than safe.

The countryside seems almost designed to set one at one's ease. Gentle, rolling hills overlook a town in the near distance, and herds of friendly cows cluster here and there (with unknown intent).

The Garden of Curiosities is a walled-off park. Inside, streams and paths wind through beautiful landscaping, and animals can be found on the loose everywhere. For the most part, these creatures are friendly (or at least indifferent) toward visitors, though their appearance might perturb. One might see an animal one has never encountered before, or one might find the garden inhabited by creatures from one's own world that are somehow changed, whether in size, color, or behavior. And, of course, one might find something rather more predatory has taken up residence….

The town hall never seems to be in the same place twice. Finding your way through the streets to any one particular building is an exercise in frustration, as the town seems to shift and change whenever part of it is out of your sight. The hall itself isn't much better once you get inside; stairwells have a habit of appearing on the ceiling, hallways turn into dead ends while your back is turned, and floors are liable to open up into fathomless pits.

The Labyrinth is where many journeys seem destined to end. The way out is, more often than not, the way in. Try to leave one part of Caerdroia, and the doorway might very well open into the labyrinth. And, like any good labyrinth, this one is home to a Minotaur. And, like any good Minotaur, this one would be more than happy to tear you to pieces.

[OOC: Once again, the shared dream is open to all characters, including those not currently in the game and those belonging to players who are not currently members. Once again, too, players are free to choose whether their characters see the dream for what it is, whether they are forced to abide by its rules, and whether they will remember this in the morning.]
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-01 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Seems to be." He looks over his shoulder as he feels something shift there. Nothing seems to have visually changed, but something definitely did change. "Weird stuff here. Minotaur, you said? Maybe this is a labyrinth."
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-01 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, I was in a labyrinth then," explains Peter testily. "This is...god are we at the DMV or something?"

Wherever they are, Peter sort of hopes they can go on talking about that and not, you know, that time Gabriel wrecked Peter's TV and Lucy finally convinced Peter that he'd kind of deserved it.
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-02 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
"It might be around here somewhere. Seems to be some sort of pencil pusher paradise, anyway. All beige-walled government buildings look the same." He surveys a the wall beside him with some trepidation before he leans against it. He doesn't trust anything here. "I only mention the labyrinth because there are dimensions shifting allll over the place here. You can't feel that?" He raises his eyebrows at Peter, but he didn't really expect Peter to be able to feel it. Dream rules, though, ya never know. "I doubt there's a straight way to anything here."

So, that's a yes to avoiding talking about Gabriel being a drunken annoyance. Up until it's beneficial for him to bring it up, of course.
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-02 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Obviously I can't," grouses Peter, remembering his first visit to Gabriel's dreams and how he'd asked to be shown how to manipulate the dreamscape the same way only to be told he really couldn't. "So is this your head, or should I expect to run into half of New York in here?"
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-02 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, he'd been learning a little bit by the end of that dream, if he kept at it, Gabriel could probably teach him a little dream manipulation. "Does this look like my head?" Seriously, Peter, have you learned anything about him. "If I was going to dream up a labyrinth it'd be more like the one that had David Bowie playing with all those balls." Crystal balls, he means, of course.

Actually, this whole place makes him a little uncomfortable. It's a little like being in the TARDIS, if something really awful had happened to her, or she was working awfully hard at being confusing. "Shall we see if we can get outta here?" He throws a thumb over his shoulder down the hall. "Maybe not that way. Something just changed direction down there."
fucking_ebay: (interested | doe eyes)

[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-02 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
"He didn't do the contact juggling himself," scoffs Peter, realizing a little too late that he probably shouldn't have revealed he knows behind the scenes information about a children's movie with puppets. It's sort of his area, though, okay? Tangentially? And it was a different time for him when that came out. A less sexy time.

Coughing, he gives a little nod. "That's what I've been trying to do." Albeit not for long.
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-02 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
"I know that," he rolls his eyes. No need to feel like a nerd here, Peter, you're in good company. But don't test him on knowledge of eighties movies either. He is a pop culture sponge. "Should I have said the Goblin King instead? Giant bulging package and constantly playing with his balls; don't tell me that wasn't on purpose."

He nods in the opposite direction of where he'd pointed before and starts walking. Hopefully this hallway doesn't just go on forever.

"Actually, that's a pretty accurate portrayal of some of the more...dubious Gods in the pantheon. Ooh little girl, come have a look under my toga, yadda yadda. Shameful, really."
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-02 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh? Someone you knew, or is there something you should be telling me?" Peter follows, utterly failing to keep up the appearance that he can't stand Gabe's terrible company. "It's not too late to get you registered as a sex offender, do the door to door letting everyone in the neighborhood know about it."
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-02 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
This would be an actual glare you're getting here, Peter. Gabriel doesn't really appreciate the insinuation. He's meant to protect innocence, when he can, (though to be fair the Loki name holds that up less than his angelic one).

"There's plenty. Baldur." Okay, not Baldur, but Gabriel hates him and it doesn't bother him to drag his name through the mud. "Zeus. You've heard the story about the swan? That's true. A swan. Fucking prick."
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-02 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
This is Peter being friendly, Gabe, deal with it.

"I've never understood how that would even work," protests Peter, who has perhaps given too much thought to the subject of avian-on-human rape. He frowns as he toddles after the demi-god whatever the fuck Gabriel is. "Baldur -- isn't he supposed to be...I don't know, sunshine, goodness, all that..." he waves a hand, "stuff?"

Norse gods aren't exactly his specialization, but Peter cast his net pretty wide at a few points in his informal studies.
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-02 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
"I wasn't there when it happened, don't ask me."

If Peter's Norse mythology stretches far enough, he might remember that Loki is supposed to have killed Baldur. He didn't, but that didn't mean he didn't want to. ...There may also be some girlfriend stealing problems he has with Baldur. Yknow what, it's probably better not to get into this. "Yeah, whatever. He was an asshole. Not even an interesting one. Couldn't take a joke. Or understand a joke."
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-02 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Didn't Loki kill Baldur?" asks Peter, trying to make it sound like it's just an idle thought, not really connected directly to this conversation. He's hardly forgotten that Gabriel claimed to be Loki, and is curious to see if he's going to keep that up. Not that claiming to know Zeus and Baldur isn't just as ridiculous.
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-02 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
"I stabbed him," He definitely noticed the way Peter was talking about Loki like he's not actually in front of him. "He didn't die, he's a God." Gosh, come on. "Don't worry, he deserved it."
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-02 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, sure. Like my television deserved being filled with lake water."

Shit, did he just bring that up?
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-02 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Shiiit. "The television, maybe not." He raises an eyebrow at Peter. "You, you totally deserved an electronic explosion in your living room."
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-02 07:44 am (UTC)(link)
Shit indeed. "What did I do?" demands Peter, who knows full well what he did.
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-02 10:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Wow. You really don't know?" Come on, Peter.

...and he's just realized that the hallway has repeated over on itself and they've walked past the same doors twice by now. He stops and frowns at the label on one of the doors before letting his glance flick back over to Peter. "You were a grade-A asshole." And there was the bit where Peter'd asked how the hell he could ever want him as a friend, which stung. a little.
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-02 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Peter hadn't even noticed. These hallways are all going to look the same, aren't they? His jaw tightens and he looks away, wishing he hadn't brought it up.

"As opposed to the arsehole who broke into my house," he mutters, though reminding himself what a dick Gabriel is doesn't comfort him much at the moment. There's another pause before he speaks again, and he still doesn't look at Gabe. He remembers what he said right before Gabe blew up his television, even if he'd rather not. "...Sorry."
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-03 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
"I didn't break, I just entered. No B, just E."

Gabriel's attention is pointed in the opposite direction when Peter makes his apology, but that definitely gets Gabriel's attention. He turns around to look at Peter, his eyebrows raised.

"You feeling alright?" He walks up to him, places the back of his hand against Peter's forehead as if checking for fever. "Only I thought I just heard you apologize." He takes his hand away before Peter can swat it away, and smirks up at him, amused. "You're forgiven." That doesn't mean he's going to replace his TV.
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-03 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, because entering without breaking makes a big difference, especially when you follow it up with the wanton destruction of one of Peter's main sources of entertainment.

Peter isn't sure what Gabriel's doing, and then it's too late to respond in a suitably indignant fashion. "Yeah, thanks," he grumbles, resolving never to apologize to Gabriel again. "You know, it's your turn now."
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-03 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
What, now he has to apologize? "I left you a mountain of booze, what more do you want?"

Ugh, the things he does for you, Peter. He sighs and tips his head to the side. "Sorry. You're not a piece of shit. You're a lovely jerk and your ass looks great in leather." He cocks an eyebrow at him. He better not be expecting an apology for anything else. "Happy?"
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-03 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
"A new television?" suggests Peter, whose attempts to procure one from the rebels have been fruitless. As far as they're concerned, Peter is responsible for the actions of his house guests, and owes them for the minimal cleanup they provided for the water damage. It might have helped his case if he hadn't already managed to make himself universally hated by every administrator who's ever dealt with him.

He snorts. "Very. And my arse looks great in anything." Actually, coming from Gabe that was a very nice apology. Coming from anyone who's had significant interaction with him, that was a very nice couple of compliments.
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-03 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Get your own TV. And be nice the next time someone's entire family dies, yeah?" Did he mention that before? He could swear he mentioned that part. Anyway, he's done discussing feelings now. He looks down the hallway one way, then the other.

"This whole place it looping back over on itself. We're walking straight and in circles." He lifts a hand to Peter's shoulder. "Hold on, I'm going to try something." And then he's teleporting them...or at least the dream version of the same action, landing them in what looks like a lobby. He tucks his hands into his pockets and goes over to peek through one of the windows out. "Much better."
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[personal profile] fucking_ebay 2013-09-03 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Peter stares at Gabriel, honestly not sure if he's just received an explanation of what the hell was going on that day or if Gabe's just fucking with him again. The way the other man launches straight into chitchat about the dream -- it's a fucking dream, of course nothing makes sense -- would seem to imply the latter, but why the hell throw something like that out there?

He's about to pull away, but then they're suddenly somewhere else. For a second, Peter thinks he must have done it, but he doesn't have that mildly shell-shocked feeling he always gets after teleporting. "You never said why you'd come over," he says to Gabriel's back, unwilling to directly address what Gabriel just said.
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[personal profile] has_a_horn 2013-09-03 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
He replies without turning away from the window. There's someone out there walking by and he watches as they reach a certain point in the street before disappearing completely. "I told you." Just told him again, in fact. Peter can't be that forgetful. It doesn't really occur to him that he hadn't said something to Peter in the first place. "I wanted the company. You're a good distraction." He snorts and turns around, leaning against the windowsill. "Well, you and enough booze to drown in."

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