SLEEPING BEAUTIES: DREAM LOG

[yourkeepers]

Bewitched by the thorn's touch, you have been ensnared in the deepest of sleep. Fortunately for you, the world of Faerie doesn't end with the waking.

The world of your dreams is brighter now, more clear than you've ever witnessed it. You've been it before, you think, there fragments of yourself become reality. But now you are somehow more lucid in its presence, and it's more real - something you can reach out and touch.

You find yourself in this world, and you are not alone. Your dreams and those of other join at the edges, pulling into each other along similar threads.

And you are watched by something even greater.

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[intothehedge]

"Because she's evil," is all she says at first, as if so much should be obvious. He frustration curbs quickly, though, as she sighs. "She's cruel, and she's a liar."

She seems to believe whatever she's saying, whether or not it's true.

[whitepawn]

Those descriptors certainly painted whoever this other being was in quite the negative light, "Those are strong words to use against another. What has she done to deserve such a horrid reputation?"

[intothehedge]

"It's not about what she's done, but what she will do..." she says, looking a little upset. "I've been charged with stopping her, and she's tried to hurt and kill me many times before."

[whitepawn]

Something in his chest aches over the way her voice shifts with urgency and her voice becomes distressed and he reaches out timidly with a hand to calm her without invading any further personal space.

"What will she do and just how do you plan on stopping her?" The latter question comes out as quickly as it came to mind, perhaps it wasn't his place to ask, but he can't help but wonder just what exactly stopping this other woman entailed.

[intothehedge]

"She feeds on others - preys on them. I've been stopping her from being able to hurt others, but if I'm here with you...then she could be with any of the others." She sighs. "And I want to stop her for good, more than anything, but it's...complicated."

[whitepawn]

"If I'm here because I fell asleep after being pricked by those vines back home then there might be many others here," which meant quite a lot of others for this other woman to possibly make prey of. The thought causes his features to grow more solemn with concern.

"Complicated how?" Though he certainly feels like he has some notion of why.

[intothehedge]

"I'm not strong enough," she says, sadly. "I can hold her back, but neither of us has ever struck a killing blow. I think if I woke up it would stop her for good, but I don't know how to do that."

[whitepawn]

He can't help but feel slightly relieved when he hears that part of the tale, taking a life while nessecary at times, should not be done unless there are no other means of compromise. And though he is not sure when or how, but another part of him understands completely when Ruby says she's not strong enough.

"Is this type of sleep ... the one I and you are experiencing not the kind that we can wake from on our own?" He wishes it was easy to stay on topic, but each answer is only make him think of more things to ask. "I'm sorry ... it's just there's a lot to think about in regards to all of this."