DREAM A LITTLE DREAM WITH ME

[capax_infiniti]

Characters: all the characters involved in the Dream Event
Setting: various dreams, various locations
Format: any
Summary: Xehanort draws a large amount of the tower into worlds constructed from their dreams in an attempt to learn about everyone en masse
Warnings: ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING


[Tendrils of magic wound their way around, lines of energy flickered into existence, forming a large shape on the ground around where Xehanort sat with his back straight and legs tucked neatly beneath him. Perfect. It was a bigger scale than the one he'd done but a month before, already he could feel the flickers of connection, the shape getting brighter and more defined.

More participants. More mental drag. There was little to worry about. With Xigbar on guard duty, his sleeping body would be quite safe. No, it was time to dream... and see just who would follow.

Darkness shrouded his hand, keyblade flaring into life, and he gripped the handle in both hands, aiming it at the ground, at the keyhole defined by criss-crossing darkness responding, resonating...

drowsiness laced through him, the blade in his hands sagging downward until the tip touched the ground, his posture slacking, head and shoulders slumping slightly

in slumber, the dreams of others awaited

the Master was asleep.]

OOC NOTE BECAUSE I CAN'T EDIT THE POST IT'S ON ANYMORE AND NOT REDOING ALL OF THAT: Dreamers should post to their REAL WORLD thread explaining where their character is, if they made it to a bed or if they're on the floor somewhere or wherever.

If you have questions for me, put them in your base character thread!

If I missed you somehow, let me know and I'll add you to the appropriate section!

Comments

[floreatnoctem]

"Thanks to us? I doubt we were of much help with things like the law, Ken."

She's being just a little sardonic, mouth quirked in a half-smile, though her hands come up to return the hug easily enough.

"I'm glad though- I'm so proud of you, Ken."

[summum_ius]

"Yes, but you taught me how to take care of other people - that it's okay to reach out, even if you might be hurt. And that there's other things in life besides revenge and death... and that I can do things, things that don't have to end up with me dying."

He rests his chin on the top of her head, gently.

"I'm glad, though. I want to make all of you proud. I want to live my life to the fullest. I don't want to die anymore."

[floreatnoctem]

"Somehow, it feels like you're describing an entirely different set of people."

She says it with a light laugh, the self-deprecating humor a fallback sort of defense- even now, compliments to her character are dismissed with a laugh. She's never considered herself a good person, after all. Not after all she's done, and all she might still do, to protect her boys.

"At the very least, I'm glad to hear you've given up on that old path. It worried me a lot, you know. So young, with such a future in front of you- and yet so willing to throw it away..." She let her forehead fall against his chest. "You deserve this, and far better."

[summum_ius]

He reaches up, stroking the back of her neck and her upper back. He knows she won't admit it, but she really is a good person.

"You might be surprised if you could see yourself from my point of view." He holds onto her tightly, afraid she's going to disappear if he lets go. "I... I know you guys have told me death isn't something to be afraid of, and I try to act like it... but I really am scared. I'm scared of losing all of you, even though I know it will happen one day. I think of you as my family, even though it hasn't been that long since you found me. You reached out to me when I needed it most, and that's what matters."

He takes a deep breath, and tries to ignore the shadows growing longer in the dimming light of the building. "I want to be there for you all until the end. It's the least I can do. I don't want to run away anymore. I know you can protect yourselves, but I want to be there to help you up when you fall. I'm young, but you don't really treat me like I'm a little kid. So even though I'm small, let me be one of your pillars of strength."

[floreatnoctem]

"Even if you lose us, so long as you remember us, it is all we can ask for."

She says it before she can even think too hard about it, and is immediately annoyed with herself- listening to the SEES version of Minato like that, honestly. But... if it's Ken... Well. Then maybe listening to him isn't that bad. The last bit catches her off-guard, and she almost laughs, but instead pushes him away a little so she can look up at him, shaking her head, amused.

"Ah, but see- we don't have to let you be anything, Ken. You already are."

[summum_ius]

Ken grins slowly at that, leaning his head down so his forehead touches Chidori's.

"I'm glad. I'm glad I can be there for you."

[floreatnoctem]

She sighs, quiet and a little wistful, and shrugs as she pushes up on her toes a bit to kiss his forehead. It's not something she does often- and it never will be- but at the moment, he really does deserve it.

"We are all lucky to have each other, really."

[summum_ius]

He just chuckles a little. "We are. And we'll hold on to each other. Even if some of us are gone, we'll still be with each other." It's okay to be sappy about this. It's an important thing.

[floreatnoctem]

She doesn't really have much she can say to that- so she nods with a little hum of assent, and then reaches to take his arm again, intending to lead him off and make him show her around.

"Of course we will. We are family, after all. Now- how about you give me a tour, mister Law Graduate."