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That's a twist.

Can't you stop those?

"Oh no..." Maria grimaced rather deeply at this news. "Nightmares about what, pray tell??"

Edited 2015-11-06 22:25 (UTC)

It's infuriating is what it is. Normally the arena of reverie is something I craft. I do not expect to fall prey to it.

[There's simmering anger under the polite facade.]

Sounds ominous. Who is messing with what? [because let's face it, these things don't just happen on their own...]

[He's tired and on the verge of snapping, but he doesn't want to frighten her. Nina.. yes. The stablehand.]

My dear, I am the nightmare. Unless something is attempting to usurp me.

What could be doing that? I thought you were the only one with your abilities.

Something far more powerful than a Kayori chieftain. I should have listened to Lynn.

[Vahl isn't usually so free with details like that. It's a sure sign he's too wound up to care.]

On our world, yes. Here... I don't know. And somewhere on this rock is my foolhardy son, playing hooky and having his own little adventure.

[Malik is SO grounded.]

Morpheus. Ancient Greek Dream God. Hypnos, Greek God of sleep. Either of them?

You don't think they're the first ones I spoke to? As well as Shalim, Kuk, Breksta, Hine-nui-te-pō and the fucking Sandman!

[He didn't intend to snap at her, but this is very bad news.]

I don't know what the hell you did, I'm just finding out about this! So it's not an Earth God. Who else could you have pissed off?

Lynn's smart. Kids see things we miss sometimes.

What's a Kayori?

[Good thing it's just Anna and not someone questionable]

I'm not Phoenix, I don't go about picking fights with people who can bust my skull and paint the walls with my brains.

[Vahl sighs, and runs a hand over his face.] Forgive me, Nina. It turns out I'm not terribly placid with sleep deprivation.

You know Lynn? My Lynn... I mean Lynn Taylor? [He hasn't attempted to read her mind because for one thing it's rude, and for another, he can't quite trust himself not to hurt anyone.]

A race of gods, from a very old galaxy.

Which narrows the list down.

[Nina narrows her eyes. She's not usually one to back down] As long as I'm not in trouble I don't care what you say. This isn't because of what happened to Janie, is it? Something weird is happening with time.

I should ask you the same thing. I look after her... and you're not Janie's boyfriend so... what do you know about Lynn?

Huh. Good thing I don't believe in gods. And don't do the 'Well they believe in you!' line. I know they exist. I just don't believe. Those assholes get nothing from me.

I'm one of her, er. Guardians. Her father's partner.

Yes, we get that a lot. [Oh all right then, just the briefest of peeks] Anna.

[OOC: I'll change that if it's not okay with you?]

Janie's never mentioned you. Or Lynn's father.

I imagine you do. [It's not overly bitchy-a touch. But mostly her tone is dry]

[No, it's perfectly fine, tho if you dig too deep...bewwwware it's a mess in there!]

So what are the nightmares about? Repressed trauma or Foreshadowing? It's always one or the other.

You're not in any trouble, girl, those days are gone.

I don't know. I've been detecting an uncomfortable shift in the timeline, but that in itself isn't enough to disturb my subconscious.

Vahl Ravenhead. Her father is Phoenix Kaelen.

Try persuading a bunch of mortals you're not out to rule over them. Then you get all the offerings. Then whenever there's a plague, storm or earthquake their pleas for help are so deafening inside your skull you can't turn your back on them. And when you do help, the whole thing only escalates.
[This may be a bit of a pet gripe with Vahl.]

Foreshadowing, I suppose. Something unspeakable and vile shifting in the time vortex; bleeding through the fabric of timespace.

[No digging, he's very restrained!]

Did you bring something here with you?

Yup. No mention. There's a new guy though. She talks about him a lot...[This may or may not be true. Okay. Anna's being a little bit bitchy. It's what she does, especially as BFFs are concerned]

Maybe you need a planet without mortals? People function very well with their fictional gods, they don't need real ones. [A bit cranky?]

Okay... so what does this have to do with Lynn?

No, I'd have known. [Vahl frowns. No, he's certain of that.] Besides, the worst thing on Keldra these days is Chieftain Kaelen, and he's more bark than bite.

Most of the time.

I haven't been to Keldra in quite some time. You lot were destroying it with war. I lost my family, so I don't entirely believe that you're innocent of whatever nightmares you're having.