21 tightropes walked - dream vortex
Jan. 14th, 2010 12:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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!))
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!))
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Date: 2010-01-14 11:37 am (UTC)Doll is looking to the side, her head resting against Jumbo's chest, but she notices that she's being looked at after a while, returning the gaze.]
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Date: 2010-01-14 03:18 pm (UTC)It's okay. ...What're you guys doing here?
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Date: 2010-01-14 08:12 pm (UTC)[It's not usual for Doll to be answering for the others, but it is her dream after all. She looks quite seriously back at Penny when the woman smiles at her.]
...think we're meant t'be somewhere else though. [Struggling to get to her feet, it's as though the circus music is suddenly getting a lot louder now.]
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Date: 2010-01-14 10:36 pm (UTC)[Penny stands as well, looking for the source of the circus music. How can it be getting louder?]
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Date: 2010-01-15 11:39 am (UTC)[they're standing in a circle around the one-armed boy, right in the middle of the circus grounds, and he's grinning and pointing to each of them in turn, handing out stage names.
Doll rushes up to him, pointing at herself.]
One fer me too!
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Date: 2010-01-15 11:31 pm (UTC)...And doesn't Doll already have a name?]
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Date: 2010-01-15 11:48 pm (UTC)[he pats her on the head and grins] "'course it fits you. 'cause you're our cute little sister."
[She looks shyly pleased before running off to where some of the others are already setting up for the circus.]
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Date: 2010-01-16 12:08 am (UTC)Penny follows Doll quietly, not even sure if she's still a part of the dream. Whether Doll can see her or not, though, she wants to see more of her life. Is that invasive? Maybe, but she wants to see some happiness in her friend's dream.]
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Date: 2010-01-16 12:35 am (UTC)A tightrope has been set up close to the ground and she's taking her first few tentative steps across it.]
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Date: 2010-01-16 12:41 am (UTC)You're not afraid of heights?
[Not that this tightrope is high. She's thinking about the tightropes she's seen Doll walk across at the circus.]
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Date: 2010-01-16 01:13 am (UTC)[Luckily it's less than a foot from the ground, because very soon she loses her balance and falls. It's not easy when she's only got one eye to see with.
Her face crumples up like she's disappointed with herself.]
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Date: 2010-01-16 01:17 am (UTC)Are you okay? Did you scrape up your knees?
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Date: 2010-01-16 01:30 pm (UTC)[someone else kneels next to them, one of the boys from the alley, still a little wobbly on his new prosthetic leg. He places a hand on her shoulder, gives her a grin and tells her not to give up before helping her to her feet again.]
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Date: 2010-01-16 11:13 pm (UTC)[Penny smiles at the boy, wondering which member of Doll's family he is.]
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Date: 2010-01-17 01:35 pm (UTC)S'going t'take a while. [and with a smile towards her brother] Thanks, Dagger.
[She gets onto the tightrope again. As she takes some more tentative steps she gets older, steadier.]
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Date: 2010-01-17 10:05 pm (UTC)She does a double-take at the rapid progression of time. It's easy enough to forget that everything is possible in dreams.]
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Date: 2010-01-17 10:29 pm (UTC)But she's standing next to Penny too in her boyish outfit, looking up at herself.]
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Date: 2010-01-17 10:37 pm (UTC)Hey. [She nods towards the Doll in the circus outfit.] You're really good, you know that?
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Date: 2010-01-17 10:39 pm (UTC)S'nice t'have somethin' you're good at...
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Date: 2010-01-17 10:47 pm (UTC)It is. You're good at more than just that, though.
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Date: 2010-01-17 11:54 pm (UTC)[a shrug] This place don' seem real.