Given how the ferry arrived last time, Soldat is there bright and early for the new one, peering out across the dark water with a kind of worried impatience. Will it be another spirit prank? Will it be actual people? Will it be nothing interesting at all, just the usual drop-off of supplies? Who knows.
They can hear the music before seeing the ferry, as is pretty typical, given the darkness. No smell this time. Once it's within range, Soldat jumps across from the dock and lands on the deck with a heavy thump.
And is promptly showered with sand as one of the bottles explodes. They sneeze, as much from surprise as sand in the face. "What the fuck."
III. Beacon in Dreamland, Village flavor
It takes about an hour and a half for the intense sleepiness to hit, enough time to get the ferry unloaded at least, and while Soldat is used to that in some situations... they haven't done anything that really warrants needing to sleep like that. Still, not even their vaunted discipline can shake off that kind of drowsiness, just hold it off until they get back to the cabin and stagger up the stairs to curl up in bed, only taking a minute to rinse the last of that annoying sand off their face and hands, and ditch their top shirt. (Chair goes against the doorknob, like always. Not even magical sleepies can turn off security protocols.)
And then they wake up in a much brighter house. And wander downstairs and out in confusion to blink up at the sun of a spring morning, the laughter of kids, chatter of people-- people they don't know. Seriously. What the fuck is going on today. Soldat will stand there for a good few minutes, on the porch of what will someday be Misty Day's house, taking in the tableau of actual living human life in an actual sunny day, the unreal aspects of everyone wearing gas masks, half-sure they're still dreaming. (Hell, we probably are still dreaming.Gas masks. Seriously. Come on, brain.)
The smell of hot dogs brings them to the park, and since this is surely a dream and Soldat is always hungry, they get a hot dog. Because of course there's hot dogs in their dream, right? (Good, get more.Later, Pit.) "Christ, I ain't had one of these since... the thirties, I think," they comment aloud to the vendor, or any Beaconite who happens to be nearby.
IV. Beacon in Dreamland, Bonfire flavor
That Bonfire Square is chilly and snowy just makes sense, if this is a dream, right? Soldat prowls around the various buildings, peeks into the Invincible, and then winds up getting a cocoa out by the fire. "If this is Beacon's past. Why's the fire still here," they muse, mostly to themselves, because hey. Dream. Honestly, it's probably just their subconscious mashing things up, right?
But if there's an actual lantern-bearer nearby, maybe that person will design to answer with their own theory.
V. Post-Dreamland, Invincible Lunch
It takes someone else showing Soldat how to get out of the Beacon dream, because it's a dream, calling one of the (neat, almost 40s-era) cabs is not a thing one does in dreams. But once someone does, they'll be somewhere between bemused, curious, and disturbed by the whole thing.
And then immediately head to the Invincible, because goddammit, they're late for their usual group lunch, and there's probably going to be hungry people there at the mercy of whatever spirits are working in the kitchen that day and their terrible ideas of what counts as "food". At least they're clearly not going to need their usual afternoon sleep. Yikes.
For a couple hours in the afternoon, then, Soldat can be found thoughtfully putting together a big batch of lasagna in the kitchen, and then setting it out on the bartop in the Invincible common room to serve up to anyone who wants it, and also to chat if wished.
VI. Wildcard
Run into Soldat any other day this week anywhere on their patrol route or at self-defense and weapons classes with Javert!
Bucky/Soldat | OTA
Given how the ferry arrived last time, Soldat is there bright and early for the new one, peering out across the dark water with a kind of worried impatience. Will it be another spirit prank? Will it be actual people? Will it be nothing interesting at all, just the usual drop-off of supplies? Who knows.
They can hear the music before seeing the ferry, as is pretty typical, given the darkness. No smell this time. Once it's within range, Soldat jumps across from the dock and lands on the deck with a heavy thump.
And is promptly showered with sand as one of the bottles explodes. They sneeze, as much from surprise as sand in the face. "What the fuck."
III. Beacon in Dreamland, Village flavor
It takes about an hour and a half for the intense sleepiness to hit, enough time to get the ferry unloaded at least, and while Soldat is used to that in some situations... they haven't done anything that really warrants needing to sleep like that. Still, not even their vaunted discipline can shake off that kind of drowsiness, just hold it off until they get back to the cabin and stagger up the stairs to curl up in bed, only taking a minute to rinse the last of that annoying sand off their face and hands, and ditch their top shirt. (Chair goes against the doorknob, like always. Not even magical sleepies can turn off security protocols.)
And then they wake up in a much brighter house. And wander downstairs and out in confusion to blink up at the sun of a spring morning, the laughter of kids, chatter of people-- people they don't know. Seriously. What the fuck is going on today. Soldat will stand there for a good few minutes, on the porch of what will someday be Misty Day's house, taking in the tableau of actual living human life in an actual sunny day, the unreal aspects of everyone wearing gas masks, half-sure they're still dreaming. (Hell, we probably are still dreaming. Gas masks. Seriously. Come on, brain.)
The smell of hot dogs brings them to the park, and since this is surely a dream and Soldat is always hungry, they get a hot dog. Because of course there's hot dogs in their dream, right? (
Good, get more.Later, Pit.) "Christ, I ain't had one of these since... the thirties, I think," they comment aloud to the vendor, or any Beaconite who happens to be nearby.IV. Beacon in Dreamland, Bonfire flavor
That Bonfire Square is chilly and snowy just makes sense, if this is a dream, right? Soldat prowls around the various buildings, peeks into the Invincible, and then winds up getting a cocoa out by the fire. "If this is Beacon's past. Why's the fire still here," they muse, mostly to themselves, because hey. Dream. Honestly, it's probably just their subconscious mashing things up, right?
But if there's an actual lantern-bearer nearby, maybe that person will design to answer with their own theory.
V. Post-Dreamland, Invincible Lunch
It takes someone else showing Soldat how to get out of the Beacon dream, because it's a dream, calling one of the (neat, almost 40s-era) cabs is not a thing one does in dreams. But once someone does, they'll be somewhere between bemused, curious, and disturbed by the whole thing.
And then immediately head to the Invincible, because goddammit, they're late for their usual group lunch, and there's probably going to be hungry people there at the mercy of whatever spirits are working in the kitchen that day and their terrible ideas of what counts as "food". At least they're clearly not going to need their usual afternoon sleep. Yikes.
For a couple hours in the afternoon, then, Soldat can be found thoughtfully putting together a big batch of lasagna in the kitchen, and then setting it out on the bartop in the Invincible common room to serve up to anyone who wants it, and also to chat if wished.
VI. Wildcard
Run into Soldat any other day this week anywhere on their patrol route or at self-defense and weapons classes with Javert!