philip_charming | Dreaming the First

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Dreaming the First

Warnings: TAUNTINGS and DISNEY under the cut!
Dream Effects: Shocked surprise at first, fading to tenderness- and then a precipitous fall into miserable despair, gradually hardening to bitter determination
Note: While this is no happy dream, it's also not a Moon Cycle nightmare; no illness shall be forthcoming.

NggggghhhAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

[Philip jerked upright in bed, covered in sweat and staring wildly at the dark of his bedroom- and at no point does he notice the faint glimmer of the Dreamberry at his bedside table, its purple glow fading away.]

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Um... did I... mention the fact that your dreams were recorded? You seem... very surprised this showed up.

...HMMM.

Do you know, I don't believe you did? I'd like to think I would have remembered something like that... but then, the course of study was what I could do with the Dreamberry, and not what the Dreamberry could do to me.

[His fault for not asking, he supposes.] There are worse ways to find out, I suppose- but since you're here and apparently the knowledgeable one, are there any other effects this device has on its bearer?

I should have told you, I'm sorry. It's such a big thing about Somarium. There are only two things bigger than our dreams being recorded in Somarium... ah wait, no... three... I'm sorry.

It's perfectly all right; there was such a lot to get through, after all.

[Kind words aside, his face changed a little at her next comment. It's that much of an issue, is it? Then, he'd best find out the rest of what he hadn't been told...]

Although if you wanted to tell me what these other three 'big things' of this place are, I'd be more than willing to learn.

There are... shadow monsters called Noctaere... n-nothing can destroy or defeat them. They only... they eat people.

[Okay, is that all three of the important things or what?

Still, have a reassuring smile; he may not be there next to you, Alice, but he's still right here for you.] They sound most formidable... but surely someone has at least managed to hurt one before?

[Because let's face it, a guy who takes down a magical dragon-fairy doesn't have any truck with the term 'undefeatable.']

[No, the other two just aren't as important as being EATEN.]

H-Hurt maybe, but no one has ever stopped them from hurting people.

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[And has anybody ever BEEN eaten?]

No-one's ever so much as driven them back? They sound almost impossibly fearsome. [Oh, he's taking this seriously all right; he's got no pretense of being able to handle what others can't in battle.]

[*CoughAlicecough*]

I... I don't know... they haven't been around in almost a year but... with the nightmares all coming about... it may only be a matter of time before they come back.

[...OH HE WILL HIT THEM WITH HIS SWORD FOR THAT.]

I see...

I'll definitely keep your warning in mind, and try to avoid them if at all possible. Do you have someone to keep you safe from them? [Because if she doesn't, he's offering; surely Aurora and Rapunzel wouldn't mind opening up another room... although he'll have to recalculate his siegey supplies.]

...And what were the other two issues?

I live with my brother, Rene and Prince Arthur and Merlin.

Oh um... t-the moon in Somarium controls things. It causes all sorts of curious things to happen in Somarium. It once turned everything into a jungle, and another time, we all thought we were born in Somarium!

The second thing is... there are cards in Somarium... they show up randomly but they do curious things. They can make you older, younger, turn you into a boy or girl, they can even change your personality!

I'm quite glad to hear that. [She's safe in their company, then. GOOD.]

...Wait, the moon turned everything into a jungle? How on Earth did it manage that? [The mind-tweaking thing was considerably easier to cope with; everyone knew the full moon stole men's minds. Why else would they be called 'lunatics'?

And those cards... they surely sounded like maliciously random magic to him. The sort of thing a ~~child fairy~~ childish and immature mind with far too much power at its disposal would find funny, much like scattering spikes on a dark floor. Philip did NOT approve.]

It's well you told me these things, Milady Liddell; I might well have fallen victim to them otherwise. I owe you great thanks.

The cards can show up anywhere at any time. Sometimes the things they do last a week, sometimes only three days. But you have to be careful because the cards can turn you mute or make you terribly ill!

[Ooh, that IS good to know!] So just avoid all cards, everywhere? I imagine that might be difficult, but should be possible.

I'm... afraid it doesn't work that way. The cards can show up even as you're brushing your hair and they magically make you touch them... but... well, thankfully they don't show up very often.

...Well, that does make things a little more tricky. They can make you touch them, you say? Someone's enjoying that kind of sport a bit too much.

[Don't you worry, tiny adorable Alice; the frown he's wearing isn't for you at all!]

They don't... often appear though.

Perhaps, but just because a bad thing doesn't happen often doesn't make it any less bad, now does it?

I know that.

I'd hoped you would.

I don't doubt that you've just saved me from making some serious blunders, o Sage Teacher Alice. [He rose, bowing floridly to the Dreamberry with a smile; she's had a bad enough time as it is, and better by far to get her grinning again.] I promise, I shall do my utmost to comport myself as a student of yours should, and not betray your formidable tutelage and fairy wisdom.

Perhaps we might meet once again, in town at some time? [He'd give her a caaaarving...]

[She blinks and then giggles, terribly amused.] I would be happy to teach you as much as I know! And we could certainly meet.

[YAAAY, he got the giggle!]

I look forward to it, Milady Liddell. See you then!

Until then, your highness.

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