Sleepover before the storm

[attheclocktower]

Characters: [OU] Xion, Excalibur, and whoever comes
Setting: Floor 101
Format: Whatever floats your boat
Summary: It's the night before the infiltration. People are plotting, discussing, and Xion has brought a Dream Eater so those who want to try to get a good night's sleep have a marginally higher chance of doing so. So in short it's a Tower-flavored sleepover. Bring your own pillows.
Warnings: Nothing in the top level. Will try to edit if anything changes but if something comes up in one of your threads make sure to add a warning in the subject line

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[Standard mingle post procedure. Make your top levels. Tag around. Have fun. Or not, this is Animus after all.

Notes will have been passed out and quiet discussion gone around by word of mouth, just saying that several people were spending the night in the hidden floor. Anybody who spoke to Xion would have been told that she's trying to figure out a way everybody can get a good night's sleep. You'll need to supply your own blankets and pillows but... hey, at least if you have trouble sleeping, you'll have company?

Note that any characters who sleep on the Hidden Floor, if they normally suffer from nightmares will likely have notably lessened or absent nightmares (up to your discretion) owing to the Dream Eater that Xion has brought with.]

Comments

[notachickenhawk]

<I kind of keep to myself most of the time.>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

That makes sense I guess.

[Birds are like that, aren't they?]

Uh, I'm Veronica.

[notachickenhawk]

[They tend to be.]

<I'm Tobias. I'd say 'nice to meet you', but...>

[You know. Tower.]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Yeah, I get it.

[Being stuck in a tower with your world destroyed sucks.]

Still, nice to meet you too. You're doing the infiltration too?

[notachickenhawk]

<If I can. As long as nothing disables flying, I can scout ahead, and even if it does as long as I can talk or at least make noise I can still see further than everyone else. Plus, I can morph - change into other things.>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Huh, well that's useful. I can do stuff like that too.

[Except flying. She can't do that. Wait...]

You morph? Like... Like Rick could?

[notachickenhawk]

<I didn't know him very well but I think so.>

[He tilts his head over and starts preening.]

<Different animals, though.>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Oh...

[Sigh. Rick.]

so... are you really...?

[A bird.]

[notachickenhawk]

<Right now? Yeah. I wasn't born this way, though. I was human, but there's a time limit when you morph. If you go over it, you get trapped. I went over. How I got the power back is really complicated to explain, though.>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Oh...

[Well, that's something.]

I'm... sorry. That must not be very fun.

[notachickenhawk]

<It's not so bad, being a bird. I mean thumbs are useful but it's a lot simpler in some ways.>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Being a bird probably would be easier.

[She only had the barest idea of how it must have felt. At least he was okay with it.]

[notachickenhawk]

<I don't have to worry about school, either. Though I spend a lot of time reading over shoulders in the park.>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Heh, uh, that'd be kind of strange. Having a big bird reading over your shoulder.

[No doubt there'd be some surprise.]

I'm guessing flying is a thing you enjoy too?

[notachickenhawk]

<Well I'm usually in the tree behind them. But yeah. Flying is one of the best things in the world. You're just so free...>

[stitchedupbodyguard]

[At this point, Veronica might as well have a seat, considering they've been at it for a while already.]

I guess. Flying isn't something for me though. I prefer being on the ground.

[notachickenhawk]

<It does kind of help when you have the animal instincts to match.>

[He'd never had a problem with it and none of the others had, either.]

[stitchedupbodyguard]

Heh.

[Well, she can't really agree with that. Never been an animal before. But she sees his point.]

Well, you'll probably be really helpful during the infiltration.

[notachickenhawk]

<That's the plan.>