A Day Late and a Dollar Short

[applesaucemod]

As far as dreams go, this seems surprisingly...normal. True, the dreamers of Manhattan and beyond will find themselves stranded in the middle of the ocean on a fairly deserted rocky island, but it's nothing so unusual as the labyrinth from last time, and no one appears to have become an animal or reverted to an insane past (or future) version of themself. Besides, well, rocks and grass, there's nothing here but an abandoned lighthouse, the doors and windows broken, and the spare furniture worn by the weather. You can go up the spiral staircase to look at the view, but there's nothing to see but the endless ocean. One might almost think tonight was a night for simple socializing via the telepathic current.

As if anything to do with the rift is ever that simple, you silly bumpkin. How quickly each person realizes what is unusual about tonight's dream will depend in large part on their personality. Some might go the entire night without noticing (except from the distress of others, naturally), but some will find out the instant they open their mouths to converse with another dreamer. You see, each and every dreamer will be completely unable to tell a lie for as long as the dream lasts. The truth might be evaded by omission, but any attempt to say that which is untrue will result in the corresponding truth emerging instead.

Good thing it's just a dream and everyone's going to forget in the morning, right? Right??


[Mod note: As usual, players can choose to have their characters remember or forget anything that happens in the Dreaming. As per usual party rules, both members and non-members are welcome to play any character in this post, regardless of whether that character is currently in the game. Unlike usual, tonight's theme is not optional; all characters will be subject to the enforced truth-telling. Have fun!]

Comments

[powerdealer]

Seth stops when a sea lion starts barking at him. Whoops.

It occurs to him that he hasn't seen any other creatures around here, weirdly enough. Maybe he'll just watch for a little while. Can't be much more boring than anything else around this island.

[wildmage_daine]

And now he really is watching her. Daine blows air through her whiskers, considering her next move. The sensible thing would be to just swim off; it's not as if he could keep up with her, and it would keep him from figuring out that she's anything but a normal sea lion (if the only one around, and maybe he's knowledgable enough to know that sea lions aren't exactly loners). But she's a little curious about him, too - there aren't that many folk she hasn't met, yet - and sea lions are curious enough creatures, themselves. She can watch him right back without really blowing her cover, surely.

With that thought in mind, she finds a rock jutting a little ways out of the water and heaves herself onto it. Don't mind her, she's just a normal sea lion doing sea lion things. Like performing some borderline ludicrous contortions in order to scratch behind the ear he'd hit before.

I haven't seen you before, she thinks at him, not expecting him to hear her.