21 tightropes walked - dream vortex

[freckleddoll]

[Slums. A deserted alleyway, dingy and dirty, not much to be seen but piles of refuse left lying around. And a small group huddled under a blanket, children, too young to be left on their own but alone all the same.

At a closer look there's more wrong with them than the dirt and hungry faces and torn scraps of clothing. A boy with one empty sleeve, and a boy and a girl with the remains of a leg wrapped in strips of cloth. An even smaller child with a partly burnt face being held by a boy too large for his age.

A dog runs around them, barking - Tiger, for those who'd recognize him, even though in the strange way of dreams, Doll clearly doesn't know him. The children are too miserable to pay him any attention.

And standing for a while in that alley, one will be able to hear the strain of circus music filtering in, perhaps even the reflection of bright lights.]


((ooc: the way the dream goes depends on what visitors do. Anyone welcome!))

Comments

sob I'm sorry

[nobodyneedknow.livejournal.com]

[Slums. Dorian knows those; only in an observer sort of way. He walks through, and pauses when he sees Tiger, and looks over to see Doll; he has a good eye for people]

Girl.

[backseatangel.livejournal.com]

[Anna's rather unsurprised at this point to be in someone else's dream, but the feeling of this one is much different. She walks through the dirty streets looking for a familiar face and finds... a familiar dog. She kneels down to extend her hand to him, wary that in this place the dream's owner might have made him a stranger to her, just as the dream makes her seem... more like her angelic self.]

Hello, Tiger.

[She looks over him to see the children huddled, the smallest one with a familiar, but younger face. She smiles at the group, and her friend.]

Hi, there.

[horrible-penny.livejournal.com]

[It only takes a moment for Penny to know whose dream she's in this time. If the slums (and her outfit, which apparently chose to deteriorate to match the rest of the scene) and Tiger hadn't tipped her off, the little girl would have. She approaches the children slowly and smiling, trying not to frighten them. They already look absolutely miserable.]

Hey there.

[She tries to make eye contact with Doll. The burn on her face looks painful.]