dormes-vous? dormes-vous?

[crittersheep]

WHO: Everyone
WHERE: Pastureland and the world of dreams alike
WHEN: Night 25

Well, that life sure has been slicing, except where it hasn't. It's been a long day. Why not take a night walk? Or lay down and... oh, oh, the dreams are mixing again.

Comments

[spinebuddyandme]

No...more like, uh, have you ever had an argument with yourself? It's kinda like that, but you pretend the other person is something around you. A lot of people just use a mirror.

[pictureimperfect]

[lololol]

Ohhh I getcha. Wanna argue with me? I'll be way more engaging than a reflection or a sleeping fluffball.

[spinebuddyandme]

[ is this actually working??? he has no idea ]

You don't even know what I was arguing about.

[pictureimperfect]

I heard you say something about needing to be cut some slack. Are you trying to tell someone you need a break? I can be a stern adult, do all your chores before resting!

[finger wag]

[spinebuddyandme]

[ laughs ]

Something like that. I've been on a break since I got here, so I'm getting a lot of pressure to...help out more, basically. They're not wrong, exactly.

[pictureimperfect]

Who's pressuring you? That's rude, a break on arrival is called an adjustment period. If you actually wanna help out that's a whole other story, but nobody should be rushing you into it.

[spinebuddyandme]

It's really just my own guilty conscience... And I do wanna help, but it feels like there's some huge insane thing happening every other day.

I dunno how the rest of you keep going so easily.

[pictureimperfect]

Personally I cry a lot and demand to be spoiled.

[spinebuddyandme]

Honestly, I think I could get away with that too, but we've already got Aides filling that role.

[pictureimperfect]

Darn, too slow to be the team baby.

What kind of stuff do you want to help with? Where do you think would be good for you?

[spinebuddyandme]

Well...that's really what I have to figure out. I know I want to find a way out of here, and I know I can be pretty powerful, but having that power is still really new to me. And on top of that, I really don't know what other people have found out already, so it's hard to tell where I should even start.

[pictureimperfect]

Sounds like you should help by centralising information. Start asking around. Lily gets involved in a lot of stuff, so I bet if you talked to your shepherd, he'd be able to get you up to speed. Thistle's shepherd takes a lot of notes and things, I can try and answer some questions on what we know but he'd be better positioned since he's been here longer and gets more involved in everything.

And if you get stuck, Red is a good source of information, and can point you in the direction of who might have the answer you need. He likes to deal in pranks and information.

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Just ask directly?? Sounds fake ]

I can try with Lily...but I'm not sure how much Charon will like me trying to get involved in that kinda stuff. I'm pretty sure all of Lily thinks this is too much for me to handle now. Maybe I'll try Thistle first. I've had a couple of people telling me to go visit anyway.

But are you sure about Red? I tried talking to him before, but all I got were dead ends.

[pictureimperfect]

You have to ask the right questions with Red. Sometimes he'll be like ohoho I wonder~~ and you have to get more specific or start throwing your theories at him. And if you can offer him some interesting information of your own, he's more likely to be forthcoming.

Anyway you should definitely come by Thistle in the morning, if your flock of adults are being boring then talk to the cool rowdy teens.

[spinebuddyandme]

Oh, he's just an information broker. No wonder he didn't have time for a new kid. I don't know if I want to spill information to a sketchy fox in sheep's clothing, so I'll worry about other angles for now.

[ And just quietly make a note to himself to never share information he doesn't want getting back to Red ]

Sure, I'll come by. I feel like I could use some regular rowdiness after this week.

[pictureimperfect]

It's been a crazy one alright. You said you've been on break but what part of this week has been restful?

[spinebuddyandme]

[ Opens his mouth ]





Well, we had a pancake dinner earlier... And the other day they let me have some wine.

[pictureimperfect]

Wine is gross.

[spinebuddyandme]

I'm not gonna deny that, but I really wanted some.

[pictureimperfect]

I really wanted to try wine too. It was a mistake.

[spinebuddyandme]

At least you're sure now.