14 [Action + 2 Dreams] - Anytime in the 1st week

[niepokonany]

[ACTION]

[During the daytime, Feliks is keeping himself very busy.]

[Since deciding that maybe -- just maybe, mind you! -- his family's future is kind of his business, he's done his best to keep making a good name for them and himself. And what better time than the Soulfasting to get in people's good books?]

[So, armed with a big basket of high-end sweets, he's paying visits to all the prominent families and citizens he can think of, just sort of dropping in as unannounced as he can. His other friends might be getting a knock on their door sometime this week, too!]

[DREAM 1]

[Far, far away, in a wooded valley surrounded by tall, white-peaked mountains, there's an idyllic kingdom. There are few humans -- it seems to be populated half by an even mix of fairy, grass, and psychic types, and half by... Ponytas?]

[Anyway, everyone is living in peace, frolicking around and eating lots of berries and stuff. But! The fabulously-dressed prince of this realm has a terrible problem! Spotting a stranger (a new servant??), he runs to their side.]

Quick, you totally have to help me hide!

[DREAM 2]

[The setting is a dinner party, taking place in what seems to be an empty black void with a spotlight on the table. There are only three people there -- Feliks, Fai's uncle, and you.]

[And wow, is the atmosphere tense. They hardly talk, and Feliks gets visibly more and more uncomfortable with each little exchange. For his part, the older man appears to be making it worse -- what start as veiled insults get sort of comically direct and over the top as dream logic removes the need for social conventions.]

"You should just disappear out there, playing adventurer with your Pokemon. No one would miss you, and my family would be the better for it!"

[Annnnd there goes Feliks's temper.]

Excuse you, what?!

"I said, 'pass the salt.'"

You didn't! You totally didn't, you total weirdo! He didn't, right?!

Comments

[niepokonany]

Well, yeah, and that's why it's so fun to go exploring!

[...And this attitude is why Feliks is a freelance trainer, and not with an organization.]

[aerial_ace]

Fun isn't the word I would use in this case. There is danger in the unknown.

[niepokonany]

Gods, people keep saying that like it's news. So?

[The danger is worth it, for him. He spent all his life caged in by those high walls, and the outside is all he's ever wanted, danger and all.]

[aerial_ace]

So, that means that it shouldn't be treated like some kind of picnic!

[niepokonany]

But picnics are way better outside the walls. There's so much more stuff to see!

[-->The point








-->Feliks's head]

[aerial_ace]

[Good job, shortie.]

I believe you may be missing the point.

[niepokonany]

And I think you might be?

Look -- the point is, we're alive in this world, so why not have some fun with it?

[aerial_ace]

As far as I can tell, this "dream world" doesn't work on the same conventions as our own. As such, it should be approached with caution.

[niepokonany]

I mean, I had a pretty lame dream where I was stuck in a room with Fai and Yuui's uncle, but it's been pretty chill besides that so far?

[aerial_ace]

[She sighs. Cordelia isn't going to be able to convey the seriousness of this situation to him, is she?]

In any case, as mundane as that sounds, it's impossible to say how long these dreams will stay that way.

[niepokonany]

What, just 'cause something's weird means we're supposed to get all freaked out about it?

And trust me, that is a total nightmare!

[aerial_ace]

Not necessarily freaked out, but cautious to be sure!

[niepokonany]

Same difference, pretty much?

[Feliks, no.]