thenearshore | Nights, Into Dreams

Who: Everyone at Forrest's Sleepover
What: The 'sleeping' part of the sleepover proves slightly more eventful than planned.
When: The night of June 21
Where: Lakshmi's temple
Warnings: Some violence (implied and explicit) in individual threads; see warnings in headers.

Well, you know what they say about sleeping on the job.

It's well into the small hours by the time Aya - like many of Forrest's guests - slips into sleep, something she had assured herself she could do tomorrow. It's late, her eyelids are heavy, and she's eaten far too many snacks and, happily nauseated, really doesn't want to move. She curls up on a pile of pillows; at some point she pulls a blanket over herself. Her eyes fall closed--

Morpheus sleeps, and it really should have occurred to her what that might mean. It had been a joke, really: of course the God(dess) of Dreams would be right at home at a sleepover. But it's during sleep she is at her most powerful, weaving a tangled and chaotic web from the threads of Forrest's guests' dreams.

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OOC: Aya is the reincarnation of Morpheus, God of Dreams; her powers include dreamwalking and bringing back small items from her dreams. Tonight, her powers are affecting the guests at Forrest's sleepover, allowing any of them the (entirely optional) chance to take a trip into one another's dreams. As to what they might find there, well, that's where this log comes in. Start a thread about your own character's dreams, or or drop in on other people's and hope they're not having that one dream about showing up to an exam in their underwear.

(If you would like Aya to retrieve a small item from a dream for your character, please let me know! Items have to be obtainable on present-day Earth, inanimate, small enough for her to keep about her or carry and not used as a weapon.)

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[There's a power that the color has on reassuring her that these are the people she's meant to be with. They're taught it so early that she can't, won't question getting a kiss to her forehead. She just smiles into it, flush with happiness. It's a pleasant smile too when she watches Sora kiss Riku's cheek - so cute! And the way he responds by kissing her in return... she can only sigh into it. Yes, she loves this feeling, loves him and Sora both, missed them so much when she was away and hadn't realized how much she wanted their smiles a part of her every day.

Then, with Sora properly dazed by Riku kissing him, Kairi of course wants her turn. She gets up a little while she has the chance, Riku kissing Sora and all, to just lean over Sora a bit and get one hand behind his neck to stabilize herself while she leans in for a kiss. Her other trails down Riku's shoulder to hold his hand. It doesn't feel awkward or cumbersome at all. Of course she wants to be touching him while kissing Sora. The reverse would also be true. They brought her so much joy before, why would it stop now?

So her kiss is a little more intense than Riku's but no less affectionate. When she pulls away she's all smiles.]

Like it's supposed to be.

[... Then she gets a great idea, what with her still holding Riku's hand and him quietly bemused beside her as she takes her 'turn.']

Hey, Riku? Can you help me out... I think Sora's got a little bee-sting on his ear, just about there?

[She taps Sora's left ear for effect.]

Can you kiss it better for me? There's another one on his right ear that I need to take care of.

[Which of course leaves the both of them leaning gently against Sora's shoulders and kissing his ears and cheeks and hugging him together around his back as they all sit together on the beach.]

Edited 2017-03-22 04:01 (UTC)

[Each kiss has Sora's heart racing and shivers of happy pleasure tingling down his spine. It's a strange numbing feeling to be sharing kisses with them both, each one unique in it's own way but somehow feels the same. He notes to himself that he could do this every single day a hundred times and never get sick of it.

His eyes go wide when the two of them attack his ears, Sora shifting and gripping at them both. It tickles! His ears are so sensitive and with both giving affection to each one has Sora on overload. He yelps and fidgets, a red hot blush over his cheeks.]

Y-you guys!! Stop!! That tickles a lot!

[There's only relief when they move to kissing and hugging him instead. Sora looks frazzled but he's smiling like a happy goof.]

Hey, is it weird that I love you both?

[Kairi shakes her head 'no' while sharing a knowing glance with Riku, then giving Sora another quick peck on the cheek for such a silly question.]

I think it'd be weirder if you didn't, after everything they tell us as kids. How happy your soulmate will make you feel... how you'll know right away when you see them...

[One of her hands reaches out for one of Sora's and the other goes for Riku's.]

I got to play with you both as kids but not really together. So I got to know you both for who you are, instead of as a pair of friends. And same thing for you two - you got to be best friends, and you each got to know me. So... you love us both, and I love you both too.

[She figures it would be so much harder to say if it wasn't true, but it felt so right that she doesn't mind it at all.]

And I'm sure Riku feels the same...?

[Of course he's looking much more sheepish than the two of them being so open about this, but he hasn't run away yet, so that's enough.]

Exactly.

[So she leans against Sora again.]

I came back a day late, but I ran into you both because of it... sometimes things really do work out for the best.

[It all makes so much sense when Kairi explains. His smiles grows wide and goofy and he feels his happy energy bubbling up inside him. He's so happy he could shout out loud right now. Kairi and Riku have always been the important people in his heart. Wanting to see them every single day, thinking about them every single day- That's always been in his heart.]

When you went away Kairi, I was really worried you'd forget about us. Because without you it feels like something' missing- [Sora puts his hand over Riku's heart.] right here. Without you, we're not complete.

[For a split second he swears the world flickers brighter with color.]

I love you, Kairi. I love you, Riku. I hope we can always be together. I hope we never forget about each other.

[And then his energy and nerves really can't take it much longer. He grabs them both together in a big group hug and squeezes with all he's got. He laughs, happy and sincere.]

[Kairi goes willingly into the hug, nuzzling her cheek against Sora's.]

I'm glad you feel that way - both of you. [She pats one of Riku's cheeks affectionately from around the front of Sora.] I love you, Riku.

[And then, just because he's close enough, she gives Sora a kiss on the cheek.] And I love you, Sora. I don't want to ever forget about you either. Not now that we've really... found each other, you know?

It's like... our hearts are one now. And that won't ever change.

[As she says that, her free hand starts to glow white.] Huh...?

[And in her hand, Kairi's keyblade appears.]

[It's surprising the way his hand glows too and his keyblade suddenly blinks into his grip. Riku's weapon is not too far off.]

That's weird...

[Is it really? They are all keyblade bearers of the same generation. Even that seems like something that's meant to be between the three of them. A pact that's so deep in their souls that even their keyblades react to it.

The serene moment is further interrupted when there's a loud rumbling nearby. The coconut trees nearby shake as the rumbling gets louder...]

Something's happening!

That's not normal... is it?

[She's been gone awhile, so maybe it is, but Riku just shakes his head at her. Okay, so things haven't changed THAT much...]

Okay, so what--

[And then this pink horn starts appearing over the treeline from the other side of the island, followed by large, floppy ears.]

Is it... some kind of monster?!

[She's not afraid, just confused. Maybe at one time she would've been afraid, but right now she's got a little bit of the Far Shore's confidence to boost her.]

[Sora's attention is caught by the large... whatever it is... that is coming from over the horizon. The pink horn is soon joined by a blue head and bright yellow and black eyes that blink strangely.

Then it comes. The loud BBBBOOOOOFFFFF!!!! that shakes the island so much that the waves pick up and the boats tied to the dock rock and the trees sway.

Sora leaps to his feet and so does Riku. They stare off at the thing with surprised eyes.]

Holy...!!! That's...?!

[ONE FREAKING BIG DREAM EATER]

[Kairi wouldn't have known on her own what the Dream Eater was but she gets it thanks to this being Sora's dream.]

So that's why all three of our keyblades appeared!

[Not really. Combo of bonded hearts and the impending threat Sora's mind was aware of, but hey it's fine.]

So if all three of us can fight it off... then it'll leave the island alone, right?

[She asks despite the giant Meow Wow already bounding on one side of the island ONE, TWO, THREE--

And that's when it lands on one side of the island like a seesaw, kicking the other end up as if it were as flat as a discus.]

Whoa--!!

[Sora yelps loudly as the island shifts and nearly wobbles onto his butt. Just barely keeping his footing, Sora shouts up at the dream eater.]

Hey!! Leave the island alone!!

[He nods at the other two.]

We can fight it! Together, it won't stand a chance!

[That is until the Meow Wow literally starts eating the island. Chomping down on trees and buildings... As it bites it seems to take entire chunks out of existence, only leaving spots of white like a blank canvas behind...]

Nights, Into Dreams

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