Earth Day is upon us!

[applesaucemod]

To what dark realm will the rift bring the dreamers of Manhattan tonight? Another dark, craggy island? A deathly, abandoned place where they will be forced to confront their deepest, darkest demons?

No, not so much. Tonight the dreamers of Manhattan will find themselves alighting in a beautiful, sunlit zoological park. Well-kept paths wind between spacious enclosures, state of the art habitat design allowing visitors close-up views of the animals without depriving the latter of room to roam. One might wander into the indoor aquarium with its tropical microclimate, or go for a stroll in a shady arboretum. Food stands dot the pathways, each one serving up a variety of oddly themed foodstuffs, free of charge. It's hard not to be happy in such a wondrous place.

No, really, it's hard not to be happy. Feelings of well-being permeate the air and the people and animals breathing it -- one has so much to be thankful for, after all.

Oh, and those animals? Probably not what one would expect to find at a typical, earthly zoo. Creatures of myth and fantasy occupy the many enclosures: sea serpents in the aquarium, winged horses in the aviaries, and everything that flies or crawls or slithers through the imagination of the universe's many cultures in the various enclosures.


[Mod Note: Once again it's time for a shared dream! We're back to optional themes this month, so players are free to choose whether and how much to have the happiness whammy apply to their characters. As always, all players and all characters are welcome, including players who are not members and characters who are not in the game. Memories of this and of all dreaming threads may be retained or forgotten at players' discretion.]

Comments

[has_a_horn]

"In Manhattan?" He snorts. "I'd be bouncing off walls like a pin-ball." He lifts a hand from his work to illustrate a swift bouncing back and forth motion. The walls of the city are as good as a too-small birdcage for him, and there's a barrier above the city too. He can fly, but not in any satisfying way. It's all short hops and uncomfortable turns. "Anyway, it would disturb the locals." That's putting it mildly. He frowns briefly before continuing, meanwhile folding his wings back up along his back.

"If we did," And he's stressing the if here because he likes the idea, but he really doesn't like the possibility of even more people finding out about what he is. "it would have to be in dreamland. Your dreams, unless you have the ability to jump into other people's heads and forgot to tell me."

[wildmage_daine]

Daine hums thoughtfully. She hadn't thought the buildings would be much issue, as she hasn't had any trouble soaring over the rooftops, herself. And she'd sort of assumed he could make himself at least look like a bird or something, but it sounds like he's a lot faster than she would have guessed. On the other hand, there's no denying that flying through her memories of Tortall would be far more pleasant than flying around Manhattan.

"I've gotten pulled into other folks' dreams by accident, but never on purpose," she admits. "But I expect my dreams'd have better scenery, anyway."