11-07-2018, 12:36 PM
Arcane was pretty sure he wasn’t supposed to sneak out. He was, in fact, pretty sure he was breaking all kindsa rules, but Mom was caught up tight in dreams and hadn’t moved in a g e s, and he was bored and knew clever tricks. Or at least one clever trick that worked pretty well while she wasn’t paying attention.
With a sneaky grin, he shifted, fading his body into nothingness and letting his spirit slip out of the tie that bound them together. Never quite completely, he kept a sneaky little cord of energy attached to the big shiny dragon so he could find her again. It wasn’t her fault she was all tangled up in dream world and couldn’t find her way back. But it sure wasn’t his fault he couldn’t get her back, and he was b o r e d out of his mind waiting forever.
He didn’t shift back to solid ‘til he was well away, just in case it’d wake her up. Which well of course he wanted her to wake up, but not while he was off getting into trouble, okay? She should wake up when he was tucked away in her belly like he was supposed to be. Look, he had this under control, it was fine, he’d just sneak back when he was done adventuring, no big deal.
Totally got this.
Also look it was way easier to go far as a ghost-shape, okay? He could zoom where he needed to be instead of creeping slowly on four boring feet that could only go as fast as they could move across the ground. Nah, ghosting it was way better, and even though he’d started worlds away it was so, so easy to find the world where Mom had been born. And then it didn’t take a whole lot of trying to find the place where the most people tended to wander through. Figured that was his best shot for an adventure, he did, so he settled onto the ground and let his body drift toward solid again.
He couldn’t go all the way solid, but enough to be seen at least! Like a halfway-not-ghost shape? Or maybe just heavy enough to keep his transparent feet on the ground. He was at least trying to be visible, but he picked up some snow and made it linger in the air all sparkly white stardusty-looking, so he could dance through it and make it whirl some and show his almost-shape. There! Probably better! Plus fun!
Actually, a lot of fun. He got super distracted playing with the snow, dancing through it and making it whoosh and swirl and shimmer in the air, and completely forgot he was looking for somebody to call friend.
With a sneaky grin, he shifted, fading his body into nothingness and letting his spirit slip out of the tie that bound them together. Never quite completely, he kept a sneaky little cord of energy attached to the big shiny dragon so he could find her again. It wasn’t her fault she was all tangled up in dream world and couldn’t find her way back. But it sure wasn’t his fault he couldn’t get her back, and he was b o r e d out of his mind waiting forever.
He didn’t shift back to solid ‘til he was well away, just in case it’d wake her up. Which well of course he wanted her to wake up, but not while he was off getting into trouble, okay? She should wake up when he was tucked away in her belly like he was supposed to be. Look, he had this under control, it was fine, he’d just sneak back when he was done adventuring, no big deal.
Totally got this.
Also look it was way easier to go far as a ghost-shape, okay? He could zoom where he needed to be instead of creeping slowly on four boring feet that could only go as fast as they could move across the ground. Nah, ghosting it was way better, and even though he’d started worlds away it was so, so easy to find the world where Mom had been born. And then it didn’t take a whole lot of trying to find the place where the most people tended to wander through. Figured that was his best shot for an adventure, he did, so he settled onto the ground and let his body drift toward solid again.
He couldn’t go all the way solid, but enough to be seen at least! Like a halfway-not-ghost shape? Or maybe just heavy enough to keep his transparent feet on the ground. He was at least trying to be visible, but he picked up some snow and made it linger in the air all sparkly white stardusty-looking, so he could dance through it and make it whirl some and show his almost-shape. There! Probably better! Plus fun!
Actually, a lot of fun. He got super distracted playing with the snow, dancing through it and making it whoosh and swirl and shimmer in the air, and completely forgot he was looking for somebody to call friend.