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[tetractys]

Who: Bill Cipher and YOU?
Where: Anywhere you're sleeping, Real Side
When: Any night, before, during, or after event
Rating: G, will update as needed
Summary: What are you dreaming about? How have your dreams changed since you got your happy ending? Bill wants to sneak around and gather information about you based on it.
The Story:

The sun sets over every side of Wonderland. Everyone is in their proper places. Eyes are hidden in many spaces. Night casts shadows on strange faces.

Going to sleep, are you? Well, I'm sure you think that's perfectly fine. But, of course, we often don't realize our greatest mistakes until far too late.

A shadow passes from the borders of the Dream Side but can't quite reach the Real space. Instead, it slips into the dreams of residents, invisible, to observe.

What are you dreaming about tonight, Wonderland?

Or, if you prefer: What do you usually dream about? How have your dreams changed since the event began?

Comments

[tetractys]

Bill tips back to watch everything change, floats up into the air a bit, cackles when the sky catches fire.

"HEEEY, LOOK AT THIS! WE'VE PRACTICALLY GOT A VACATION GOING."

[ssmisery]

Lapis also just watches the sky burn for a moment, because that sure is a thing. It leaves behind a clear blue, of course, matching the land which is just about finished up. She snorts.

"Are you feeling relaxed yet?"

[tetractys]

"WELL, IT'S LIKE IT'S A BETTER LOCATION TO BE WORRIED IN! BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT BETTER."

He goes to give her a pat on the shoulder. The geode is pretty neat.

[ssmisery]

Making do with better locations to be worried in is basically the story of Lapis's life. "I know how that goes." She does not prevent the shoulder pat, but just kinda stares blankly at said shoulder, in such a way that it's not clear whether she understands the gesture or whether she finds it off-putting. She is, in fact, not terribly concerned about being a good dream host, and it wasn't particularly for Bill's benefit.

...Messing around with the dream is genuinely sorta neat on its own merits, however. Lapis likes the exercise in a little benign control. She's has had more than enough of the moon herself, and if this island isn't as appropriate a place to sit and wait, well, that doesn't actually matter anyway. She can get back to vague symbolism next time. (Trying to connect any symbolism here would be some awful cold shower.)

[tetractys]

Bill links his hands behind his back, and his stare goes hard.

"NOBODY ENJOYS BEING TRAPPED! ME ESPECIALLY! BUT I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER I HAVE TO. I'M NOT SPENDING ANOTHER TRILLION YEARS IN A NIGHTMARE VOID!"

[ssmisery]

Lapis leans back in her lounger. "Yeah, that's relatable." She doesn't clarify that being relatable on that count makes him far more untrustworthy. Everyone here is a mature adult who understands that's simply how things work. Man, maybe she should deliberately not help him. "Here's hoping it works out well."

Like... with minimal collateral damage.