Once Upon a Dream

[syckophant]

Who: Sleepy Idols
Where: In Your Dreams
When: Night 332

[Did you just get some fun/terrible memories??? Let's dream about it!]

[[NSFW Dreams Here]]

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[selfpreservationist]

[raven is having a pleasant dream, for once. he's sitting on the edge of a grassy cliff, legs dangling over the edge, as he gazes up at the vast night sky full of stars and comets that twinkle overhead. the air is chilled, but raven has a warm blanket wrapped around himself]

"Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck;
And yet methinks I have Astronomy,
But not to tell of good or evil luck,
Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality;
Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,
Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,
Or say with princes if it shall go well
By oft predict that I in heaven find..."

[crossmyheartandhope]

[There's nothing here.]

[It's dark, and cold, and it's been this way for so long that it's hard to remember there used to be something better.]

[You remember sunlight, vaguely. (Do you?) You remember the way cookies taste, if you try very hard. (Do you?) You remember, when you close your eyes and concentrate, what it feels like to have someone say your name and run their fingers through your hair.]



[...you do, don't you?]

[auguryofinnocence]

Quite the poem to speak to yourself, when Nero exists already.

[Already procreated, got a great kid to carry on truth and beauty!]

[selfpreservationist]

[glances sidelong at him, lets out a quietly amused huff]

It's not him I'm concerned about. His future... is bright.

[auguryofinnocence]

What, going to tell dva she should have children?

[selfpreservationist]

[sputters]

Where did you get that idea from?

[auguryofinnocence]

[He laughs a bit.]

Just being pedantic about your poem choice.

...Unless that egg game inspired something in you.

[selfpreservationist]

It did not. It's one thing to have a son who's already an adult, it's another thing entirely to be taking care of a... baby that's shaped like an egg.

[auguryofinnocence]

You mean just an egg.

[That like...eats and stuff. Whatever.

He's coming to sit beside Raven though.]

[selfpreservationist]

Mostly just an egg, yes.

Are you... feeling cold?

[auguryofinnocence]

Well, always. Particularly with this cold air.

[Which is why he's tugging some of that blanket over.]

[selfpreservationist]

[raven allows it, shifting closer so he's side-to-side with vergil and they can share the blanket]

Better?

[auguryofinnocence]

[Awfully close!! But he doesn't complain, this isn't so bad. Better that it's Raven than most other people.]

Hm, somewhat at least. I suppose I'll live.

[He tries to make it a bit better by holding his wings out. Not quite wrapping them around them, but more or less blocking any wind.]

[selfpreservationist]

[raven likes the wings, and he certainly doesn't mind sidling up]

It would take far more than a sharp breeze to bring you down.

[auguryofinnocence]

[Enjoy, Raven, a special treat 4 u]

Hah, glad you know and acknowledge it. Or is that a point of pride for yourself too?

[selfpreservationist]

Perhaps. It's certainly not something I dislike. Your strength is a virtue.

[auguryofinnocence]

I'm only surprised you think I am.

[selfpreservationist]

Why wouldn't I? I've beheld your strength for myself.

[auguryofinnocence]

Well. More that you would say so, really. When you could so easily be spiteful about it.

[selfpreservationist]

Because I'm powerless in comparison? Well... I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother me sometimes. But I have my own kind of power. And I also know how you've fought to maintain your power... and I've seen how you use it to protect those you cherish. I can't begrudge you for that.

[auguryofinnocence]

Not quite what I mean, no, because I cut you out for the sake of it. ...And I am not sure when you would have seen me protect anyone effectively.

[selfpreservationist]

Blind power, yes. But not the same kind of power you wield when you're protecting Nero.

[rests his head on vergil's shoulder]

I don't need to see it to know it's there. I can tell.

[auguryofinnocence]

[He looks over, a bit surprised by that, but...fine, Raven can stay.]

...I think either of us would do anything it took for him.

[selfpreservationist]

[ravens need cuddles]

Of course. But of the two of us... you're the one who can make your desires a reality. You're the one who can help him.

[auguryofinnocence]

[That's fair, he deserves it.]

I am sure he would disagree with that.