it shall set you free etc etc

[deathkid]

» POST: a top level for your character(s) » RESPOND: to other characters ICly. your characters are now trapped in an elevator together. » UH OH: neither character can lie. » ADDITIONAL, OPTIONAL COMPLICATIONS: at player discretion characters may also... a. be unable to remain silent when asked questions b. be unable to speak around the truth when answering c. be compelled to reveal truths/secrets unprompted THE POWER OF THE ELEVATOR COMPELS YOU.

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[dothelokimotion]

And that way would be?

[buildingcastles]

You avoid them completely.

[dothelokimotion]

It sounds as though you did not take your own advice.

[buildingcastles]

It's not advice. It's just an option people often take. You can close your eyes; shut out the monsters and pretend they don't exist.

And they won't, mostly. They'll become stories that don't hurt.

[dothelokimotion]

And which option did you take?

[buildingcastles]

I kept looking. What's the use of a world that doesn't dream?

[dothelokimotion]

Dreams are for boys, not men.

[buildingcastles]

Dreams are the mind's way of reaching out to a world we've started to lose. It doesn't deserve to be forgotten.

[dothelokimotion]

Doesn't it?

[ Loki doesn't see the point of dreaming. Ambition is all well and good, but dreams are for others. Not him. If Loki could carve it out of himself, he would. ]

[buildingcastles]

No, it doesn't. The people that disappear, the lives that get lost, don't deserve to be forgotten.

I chose to keep looking because I wanted to find someone. Maybe it's easier for everyone else to let what they don't understand go, but you lose something with it, too.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Hold up. ]

What are you talking about?

[buildingcastles]

Dreams. What are you talking about?

[dothelokimotion]

The same, though I suspect I was referring to its more metaphorical aspect.

[buildingcastles]

I guess that is how people normally think of them. They're not real unless it's convenient.

[dothelokimotion]

Is it real then for you?

[buildingcastles]

More real than for you, I guess.

[dothelokimotion]

Dreams are metaphorical. For the most part.

[ Loki can tap into the mind. Twist other people's dreams to his vision. But that is knowledge he keeps tucked away. ]

[buildingcastles]

For the most part.

[Dreams are just short scenes people see. They experience some emotions maybe, but dreams don't touch or hurt. Except sometimes they do. Christian knows that most people will only ever see dreams as forgettable moments that don't really change anything. It's just unlucky that he happens to see the side of these things that lead to magic.]

[dothelokimotion]

And what have dreams done to you?

[buildingcastles]

Dreams? Nothing. They're just dreams.

[He could stop there, but that might be too much running even for him. Part of Christian wants the acknowledgment and seeks after it even when he knows it's bad for him.]

I met some spirits. Demons. They took away someone important to me. I never got him back.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Well. Loki hadn't expected that. ]

A friend?

Why did they take him?

[buildingcastles]

Because he was gifted. He was- part of the realm.

They take things they think belong to them, you know. That which comes from the other side eventually returns to it.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Gifted? A fae realm, from the sounds of it. ]

So this is the truth behind your antics.

[buildingcastles]

Antics? I didn't realize you thought I was playing up my image.

[dothelokimotion]

You certainly play to something.