Diclaimer: I'm just going to put song lyrics up here. I really don't think anyone reads these.
Erin Coler (14)
This is a very exciting day on Prospit. Everyone can feel it. They all just know. Partly because of intuition, and partly because it's practically written in the clouds. Today is the day the Heroes will enter the Medium and begin their quest.
It's a very exciting day for me to. Maddie woke up today!
At first I thought she was sleepwalking. She does that occasionally, but not as much as her other fellow Prospit dreamers. As the first dreamer awake on the moon, I've made it my personal mission to carry each and every sleepwalker back to his or her tower and tuck him or her gently into bed. However, Maddie was not sleeping-walking. Her eyes were open.
I raced over to her tower, flying as fast as I could. I couldn't wait to show my friend all around the golden city, and introduce her to all my carapacian friends. She was staring, mesmerized by the clouds. As I close in on her tower, she started to frown. Then before I knew it, she leapt out the window and fell towards the ground.
I dove down, trying to stop her from smashing against a spire. She laughed as she fell, her arms spread wide. With a burst of speed, I managed to catch her at the last minute. However, the impact seemed to have caused her to fall back asleep. A bit disappointing, but at least she was okay. I grabbed her hand and began to gently steer her back to her tower.
"You can fly you know, if you want to. Come on, let's get you back to bed."
We reached her tower, and I began wrapping her in blankets. It's sweet of her to sleep with the ones I've made her. I tucked her lemur under her arm, and my masterpiece was complete. Maddie was wrapped in an inescapable cocoon of sleep.
"You need to wake up."
I decided to stay in her room for a while. I had to admit it was a lot more interesting then my room. The ceiling and one of the walls are mirrors! She's also got a lot of books scattered about the place. I decided to pick those up for her. After her room was nothing but a shining floor and organized shelves, I thought it best that I leave her to sleep. She has an important job to do today.
I was about to leave, but before I flew out the window, I decided to turn back. When I thought about it, I don't know what color her eyes are. I had a feeling I was not the only one of our group with weird eyes. I was sorely tempted to pry open her eyelid to take a peek, but I decided against it. It would be very intrusive of her privacy, and also, opening someone's eyelid while they sleep is kind of creepy.
Currently I'm sitting on my windowsill, dangling my feet over the edge. I've long since conquered my fear of heights, so I'm able to watch the clouds with nary a worried thought. I'm waiting for a very special eclipse to start. This eclipse might be able to tell me more about the quest I'm about to partake.
My tower enters Skaia's atmosphere, and I intently watch the clouds form vivid pictures of the past, present, and most importantly, the future. Josef wading through snow. Collin smashing a ring with eight orbs. Maddie diving into a lake to reach a gate. Alice, wearing red pajamas, confronting someone in black. Me carrying a bunch of frogs…
I've always been confused about that. I've frequently seen cloud pictures of frogs. I guess I'm going to have to do something with frogs? I'll worry about that later.
After some decent cloud watching, I decide to go to bed. I can't spend the day dreaming. There's stuff that needs to be done in the waking world.
I hop into bed and get cozy under the blankets. I wish I could do what Alice does. Alas, I am doomed to go to sleep the normal way.
My eyes pop open, and my regular room greets me.
I really do love my room. It's like a giant block of comfiness. I've lined all the walls with quilts and blankets. My favorite one spans the entirety of my ceiling. I've been working on it since I woke up on Prospit. The background is a sky blue, and the blanket is covered with cloud patches. I embroider my dreams onto the soft white cloth, and sew it onto my Skaia quilt. Looking at it helps me fall asleep, so it's a bit of a shortcut to Prospit.
The one problem I have with my room is how high up it its. It's hard to walk up all those stairs when the transportalizers are broken.
My uncle put those transportalizers in a while ago, since they've been there longer than I can remember. He got the technology for them from the ruins next door. Since he disappeared, I have been honoring his memory by frequently excavating the temple for convenient gadgets. Yeah… I haven't really been honoring his memory. I just like the stuff.
Speaking of awesome technology, there's a certain someone I need to talk to with said cool technology. I fire up my "computer", and the holographic keyboard pops up below my hands.
- clinicallyEmpathetic [CE] began pestering cemeterySweetheart at [8:50] –
CE: alice!
CE: alice guess what!
CS: What.
CE: maddie just woke up!
CS: Really?
CS: Huh.
CE: isn't that exciting? all three of us are awake!
CS: Yep.
CS: Thus bringing the count to three girls awake, four boys asleep, and one sleepwalking jackass.
CE: oh come on! it's not that bad.
CE: maddie used to sleepwalk to. michael and collin still do.
CS: No, you don't get it.
CS: She will float out of her room, rise up into the void, and then just hang there for hours.
CS: I should just give her a sign that read, "Please come assassinate me, oh enemies of light. Please."
CS: And then I have to drag her ass back to Derse, throw her into her room, and hope she doesn't end up lost in the ring next time.
CS: So tell me what I'm doing wrong.
CS: I'm happy to take advice from the girl who has to keep her fellow dreamers from bumping into clouds!
CS: How do you manage!
CE: okay okay i get it!
CE: jeez you can be so high strung at times.
CS: Yeah, well, I'm the one running the show, aren't I?
CS: I have more important things to worry about.
CS: But it's good that Maddie's awake.
CS: That might be useful in a bit.
CE: i should congratulate her!
CE: maybe make her a quilt to celebrate.
CS: Fine. You do that.
CS: But don't talk to her now. She's busy.
CS: Or she will be in a bit.
CE: doing what?
CS: Mostly running errands for me.
CS: It's important that she be the one to do it.
CE: why?
CS: It just is!
CS: Look, we agreed not to talk about this kind of stuff.
CS: We both know that certain stuff just has to happen.
CS: It's up to us to make sure it does.
CS: You with your clouds, and me with my sources.
CE: i really don't trust your sources.
CE: they sound scary, and they don't seem like the type to help skaia.
CS: They aren't. They simply know what has to be done.
CE: i know. but still.
CE: try and be careful.
CS: I'm always careful.
CS: Sorry, I have to go.
CS: You know where to find your copy, right?
CE: yep!
CE: right where I hid it!
CS: Good.
CS: Everyone else should have his or her copy by the end of the day.
CS: Go get yours.
CE: right!
- clinicallyEmpathetic [CE] ceased pestering cemeterySweetheart [CS] –
Go get my copy, huh? Guess I'd better get my gear on! I pull on my boots, hat, gloves, and coat. The Arctic Circle requires a coat even in April.
I head down the stairs and hop onto the transportalizer. When I reach to bottom of the tower, I remember to hang the red flag outside the door. While my house is cool, it's not hard to lose track of the white building in a blizzard.
I leap out the door and into the frigid wonderland beyond.
AN: Still no reviews... *sad violin music*