Working out of the doldrums

[imaglyphwitch]

Who: Luz and various, depending on the heading
What: Finding ways to keep herself busy!
When: November
Where: Disaster House/Farther Shores



A) Scars (in and around the disaster house)

This had been hard for the days after the second capture: sleeping on her back was a no-no, and anyone who'd heard her during the night knew that she was feeling pretty uncomfortable, so there was definitely no sleeping on the floor: the bed was a must. After that though, there was no more sleeping.

Because, well, nightmares tended to claim Luz's thoughts. It was bad enough when they were about the dark warehouse but then they started mingling with the cave and the mountain men and now Luz's dreams were pretty much built around being a snack while being bled dry. So if you weren't actually in the Disaster House you might see Luz up on the porch, a drink in her hand and eyebags for days.

What a time to be alive.

B) A-boat scavenging we go! (OTA)



Look, it's been a hard week, and Luz can't just stay in her house going crazy, no matter what her body might say! So Luz is bundled up pretty tight, bag on her back, and is already gone from the house to start looking over some of the boats in this newest arrival of Sleepers. If you were also looking to search through the boats you might find a rather chipper Luz, who's managed to extract a few rare goods from one or two boats.

"Hey, give me a hand! Maybe we can find some stuff easily, together!"

C) And then there's a time for fighting. (OTA)

So much for a peaceful search! Not that Luz thought it was going to stay peaceful in the first place, but she had definitely been hoping she wouldn't be thrown into the scary, violent side of things until a little later! But nope, there was literally evil blood coming from the ground, and Luz's glyphs, while effective, definitely was not going to be able to hold against ALL these enemies.

She could definitely use some help.

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[danserai]

[ ah. not okay then. ahiru comes closer, brushing down her dress before sitting down next to her. ]

I'm okay. It's been fun, even with the mushrooms being weird.

Did something happen with . . . blood . . . stuff?

[imaglyphwitch]

[Nope, definitely not ok. So much not OK].

Oh right. I totally forgot about those mushrooms! Ugh, what a pain.

[Could she lie about this? Luz thought a moment, then sighed. No. It wouldn't be right, to do that when she hated being lied to herself].

Well. Some of us got kidnapped off the street by these crazy worshippers, and taken for sacrifices. Without getting into really, really bad details, there was a lot of bloodletting and corruption stuff going on. It was really bad.

[danserai]

[ oh. that definitely sounds intense. ange had mentioned something similar too. she extends her hand quietly if luz wants to hold it. ]

It must have been very scary.

[imaglyphwitch]

[Luz takes her hand. Acting tough wasn't going to get her anywhere, after all. She'd been trying to do that the past few days and just felt worse for her trouble].

It was terrifying. The second time was worse though, since they didn't actually have me letting out blood the first time. Definitely didn't think something like this was going to happen so soon.

[danserai]

[ she squeezes it gently. ]

Things like that should never have happened at all.

. . . Do you feel safe now?

[imaglyphwitch]

No. They really shouldn't.

[That was a good question. Luz wished she had an easy answer].

Do I think they'll kidnap me again? No, not right now. Am I still scared about it? Absolutely. I'm still having nightmares about it.

[danserai]

You don't have to handle it alone.

Do you want me to stay with you tonight?

[imaglyphwitch]

[Luz was quiet a moment, taking this in].

You don't mind hanging out with a depressed teenager?

[danserai]

Of course not. We're friends.

And you would do the same for me.

[imaglyphwitch]

[That was sure comforting. Luz gave Ahiru a big smile, and gave her shoulder a pat].

I would, honestly. The last thing I'd want would be what happened to me to have happened to you. Truthfully, I'm not someone that can just BE alone.

[danserai]

Then you shouldn't be.

We can have a little sleepover! Get some hot cocoa, listen to music uhmmm read some books?

[ she did that a few times with pique and lillie. ]

[imaglyphwitch]

[Man, Luz has been having quite a few sleepovers! Granted, she could actually sleep in the last ones, and this one has made that a little difficult].

I can probably do without the book part! I do that enough during the day! Besides, it's a sleepover, if we read anything it should be magazines and stuff, right?

[At least some of herself was starting to feel a little familiar]!

[danserai]

Sure?

I don't know what a magazine is.

[imaglyphwitch]

You know what? It doesn't matter. There aren't any magazines in his world anyway last I checked. A sleepover could be fun though!

[Anything to get her out of this funk, honestly].

You at least know what a movie is, right?

1/4

[danserai]

[danserai]

[danserai]

4/4 END

[danserai]

. . . No.

haha, these reactions

[imaglyphwitch]

[Always, always with these guys].

Heh, ok! In that case, I can show you that some other time. We really do need to take you down to Jennifer's sometime soon anyway. You'll love it!

[Ok, Luz was actually getting good and distracted from some of her troubles, so. Good]!

In the meantime. Snacks. Check. You have pajamas at least, right?

[danserai]

Mmm, I still have the ones you gave me.

[imaglyphwitch]

Great! They should keep you safe from bad dreams too!
What are sleepovers like in your world?

[danserai]

They're nothing special. We usually just spent time together, look at books . . . ballet shoes . . .

[ talk about ahiru's failure of a love life but she's not mentioning that. ]

[imaglyphwitch]

Ballet shoes? I didn't know that was a thing. I could give that a try.

[Oh, they'd be getting to THAT, that was for sure, although Luz wouldn't begrudge Ahiru too much there. She was slightly older and had NO love life to speak of.

[danserai]

I don't know how much fun that is . . . so your sleepovers are probably more fun for sure.

[imaglyphwitch]

Hey, there is plenty of room for new sleepover traditions! I'd love to incorporate some of the things you'd like too!