[Jaunt] Further Warnings [August 28]

[helborn]

Had a dream. A tiger with a mask, in a zoo. There's a mirror under the mask.

The tiger is hungry, but on our side.

There's another tiger in a cage, sleeping. It has the same mirror-mask.

We need to find that cage, or someone's going to get eaten. And we need to find it soon.

We don't have time, we're going to get eaten if we don't act.

[There's nothing for a few long moments before more 'text' appears.]

I have a bad feeling I'm picking up prophetic stuff somehow. This is not what I wanted. I would like to return this ability for a different one, please.

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Re: Action

[thornsofmalkav]

She smiles at him."It's beautiful," she says, looking around. "I'd ask if you or I made it, but I'm pretty sure it was both of us."

Thorne's already in her Champion's Raiment, with the butterfly dress and the enameled vambraces, the black flat sandals with the laces that criss-cross halfway up her knee, and the silver daggers that Joscelin made her two years ago. There are new touches, though, like the marigold crown atop her head and a dream facsimile of the lover's token he gave her.

She holds out her hands to him. "Remember,' she says, "focus on what brings you hope."

Re: Action

[willyousee]

His sleeping mind almost doesn't recognize her at first, caught up in the awe of seeing her so attired and a dreamer recognizing a Champion. But a moment later his mind catches up with what is happening and recognition blooms, only to be quickly shut down with a far more sober expression.

He takes her hands and closes his eyes with a deep breath. Hope. That which brings hope in the midst of despair.

The immediate and obvious answer, of course, stands right in front of him. Ever since she arrived, before they even began to entertain thoughts of courting, she has been there for him, comforting him in the darkest of times and lifting his face to the light.

Leonardo. Anafiel. Phedre and Joscelin. Armin. Ambrose. Malik. Riddick. Helena. Naoto. Imriel. The Embryon. Sera - oh sweet Sera, who practically embodied hope in its purest form. There are so many, their names and faces flicking by.

Laughter and the crisp scent of autumn on the air. The cool buoyancy of water. Mermaid tails and voices. The dawn of a new day. The gentle touch of a hand. The feeling of strength and solidarity when Travelers come together in unity.

His dreamcatcher appears hovering between their hands, gleaming with scintillating energy. Releasing her hands, he takes hold of it, raises it over his head and cries, "Knowledge is the key to life!" In a flash of light, he has transformed, and is once again the Oracle of Keys.

Re: Action

[thornsofmalkav]

While Alcuin concentrates on hope, Thorne concentrates on power, on sharing hers with him and reawakening that which sleeps within him. Hoping against hope that this works the way that Naoki said it would.

And then it does and Alcuin transforms so beautifully and there's really nothing else she can do but throw herself at him, wrapping him tightly into a hug.

"You did it!" she says. "Oh my dearest, darling Alcuin, you did it!"

Re: Action

[willyousee]

He laughs, hugging her back and pressing his face into her neck. It's almost overwhelming, the knowledge filling his mind. There is so much of it. So much he had forgotten, or overlooked. Connections, similarities, new paths, doors cast open. How had he missed them?

Thorne can see how the basic outfit is based upon Joscelin's Cassiline garb, and of course the hat is Leonardo's. But there is so much more to it that are his own touches, and there are the keys. Key patterns embroidered on things, keys hanging from his belt and wrists... even his sword is key-shaped.

"Thank you, Thorne. Thank you. I needed this, I think, more than I realized."

Re: Action

[thornsofmalkav]

"I'm not surprised," she murmurs, giving him another tight squeeze. "God, you look good. Like, you're carrying the theme hella far, but it works. It totally works. My magical boy."