dreamcrystals | S'mores! And a Request

Sender: Oriphi
To: All
Subject: S'mores! And a Request

Hello, everyone!

Since there are so many new dreamwalkers who've just arrived, I thought it might be nice to encourage everyone to get together and meet! There is a communal firepit in a clearing just outside of the residential area where I've got a fire going, and I have plenty of supplies to make "s'mores," which I only just learned about recently. (Thank you, Miss Tifa!) If you haven't had this before, please come and try it, it's delicious!

Additionally, I have a request for everyone to please keep an eye out for a few individuals... I realize that this may be in vain since their names did not appear in the directory, but just in case...

Colin
He is a tall, half-elven man with long, dark hair. He is very charismatic and funny and likely to be found busking with his lute somewhere or telling stories!

Aerie
Also tall, but fully an elf, very pretty and intelligent, also with dark hair (but not related to Colin!). She usually has three wolves with her. Extremely competent hunter!

Mellon
Also tall, also fully an elf, he usually does not wear a shirt. He loves to drink and might try to clear out any supply of alcohol... Please do not get into a tavern brawl with him.

Dae
Also tall, and also fully an elf, with white hair and red eyes. He is very good at magic and possibly would want to spar with you! Would likely have an owl familiar with him.

Cibark
Even taller and very very strong! He is a half-orc with green skin and usually wears armor and wields large weapons. He has a very dashing and heroic aura about him!

Sian
Not tall! They usually wear a cloak and a mask. Usually quiet but very sassy. They might be flying around, but they also don't usually remember that they can do that.

[ Ori why are you always surrounded by tall people ]

If at any point in the future you come across anybody who seems to fit these descriptions, please let me know!

(( ooc: Naturally open to these moving into or starting as an action thread! Come get s'mores! Or not. I can't tell you what to do. ))

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It is a bit like a game, at times.

[He agrees with her wholeheartedly, the curve of his smile pulling slightly to one side as he nods in response.]

Through dreamotion, we are given an opportunity to catch a glimpse into the hearts and minds of others— and indeed, we can learn a great deal from that alone.

[He's glad she sees things the same way!]

I cannot say anyone has surprised me yet, but in truth, perhaps that is only because I am not easily surprised. Instead, I examine what I see from various angles and consider how it might be representative of the one who brought it forth. I suppose that is— not as entertaining an answer as you were hoping for.

[ Although Oriphi would never claim herself to be any kind of expert in the arcane, especially when compared to the scholarly companions of her old life, she still finds herself a bit thrilled to be able to "talk shop" with Dohalim, so to speak. This is due, in part, to the fact that magic seems to differ so wildly between everyone and their homes - so to find this common ground in dreamotion feels special and exciting.

At his answer, she can't help but sigh, although there's nothing put-upon or exasperated behind it. Instead, there's some kind of understanding or knowing; Dohalim had, after all, approached the task of urging Oriphi to wake up form her nightmare much in the same way as he's describing how he approaches others' dreamotion. So... it tracks. ]

Perhaps not, but it's a good answer all the same. You seem like an incredibly sharp person, Dohalim.

[ She gives a little smile of her own. ]

Maybe someone will surprise you, yet! But probably not me.

I wouldn't take yourself out of the running quite so soon.

[He smiles warmly, tapping the side of his head with his index finger. She does have a point, however— her brand of power is well-represented in every facet of her person.]

Perhaps either one of us may end up surprising ourselves. There is no way of knowing what we are yet capable of in this world, for we are thinking of these things within limits set by our previous experiences.

[Big brain thoughts...]

[ Okay, but that really is profound, or at least Ori thinks so, and that much is clear from the awestruck look on her face in response to what he says. ]

Oh... Oh! That's just it, isn't it, Dohalim?

[ A smile spreads across her lips. ]

Perhaps, for those who struggle with dreamotion... they have to dream bigger! That's what this realm is all about, after all!

[He looks mildly startled in turn, surprised that he seems to have struck some sort of chord with her.]

Is it?

[He closes his eyes a moment as he considers, letting out a soft hmm as he brings his hand to rest against his chin.]

I think you summed it up quite nicely. I hadn't quite managed to articulate it in such a way myself, but it is deceptively simple, is it not? 'Dream bigger.' That really is the heart of the matter.

[ Ori, in turn, folds her arms across her chest as she, too, hums and closes her eyes in thought. ]

Perhaps..! But doing that really is easier said than done, isn't it? Especially for someone who isn't used to thinking that way, I can imagine that simply "dreaming bigger" won't be all that helpful...

I confess, bridging that gap is where I struggle...

[He is a poet, an artist, a musician. 'Dreaming bigger' comes easily to him, is in his very nature, but while he has the self-awareness to realize not all may share that particular gift, he doesn't know how to explain or encourage it in someone else.]

To some, it comes quite easily. I am used to thinking in the abstract— but I know not how to teach someone else to do the same.

[ Oriphi nods along, and although she would never call herself something as cultured or distinguished as a poet, artist, or musician, she is someone who feels, and to a great degree, at that. Her emotions are ever on display, with heart on her sleeve, and that earnest nature is poured into every thing she sets out to do whether it's baking a loaf of bread or healing wounds. ]

Well... We don't have to have it all figured out right at this moment, do we? Come on, let's enjoy this delicious cider you've brought and the lovely evening ahead of us! Maybe we'll be struck with inspiration yet...!

[ With that, she ladles some of the now-warmed cider into cups for the both of them, and then gestures them over to a quiet place to sit in the clearing, where they can continue to talk shop and magic and nature until Oriphi is inevitably called away to greet other guests. ~~But it's okay, Dohalim, because Beatrix is here too, "keeping watch" over the event.~~ ]

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