The Art of Dreaming

[Yamiyo Lillich]

The stare from Anatole felt a bit weird but then again they were in the dream who knows what might be going through his mind she would not be one to miss an opportunity though.

Placing her hands together whilst chanting, sliding her palms across one another igniting a flame in each of her palms as they leave each others touch, stretching her arms widely out as the sand beneath her twirls up in a spiral looking straightly at Anatole with a smile as she utters her command "Gong-gyeog!". The sand bursting into the flames as she throws it at Anatole creating dozens of small sharp needles of glass being thrown at him.

failure

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-05-16 10:49:38	Yamiyo Lillich rolls 5 to Glass needles presence+ath+wyrd+stunt-6 (10 Again)	3, 2, 6, 6, 2	failure

All of them passing around Anatole, not a single one hitting him or even all to close.
Stomping her feet.
"Damn I wanted to tear that shirt to pieces."

Yamiyo holds a defense of 4 and an armor of 3 for a combined total of 7.

[Seraphina]

Was that a wink?

And as her attack does no damage, she drops her hands with a smirk.

“You certainly have surprised me this time. That was very impressive!” she compliments with a genuine smile. “Maybe I should be practicing with you more, your training is more effective then my own.” And it was true from his ability to withstand that attack.

She held her arms out, “Not going to attack?”

[Sonnie Wu]

The Monkey was crouched, ready to receive a counterattack from the Darkling, but it never came. When John waved off his intent to act, Sonnie straightened up and relaxed, "Um, okay. Hope you had fun! I like that quicksand idea!" Her head bobbed up and down.

Rhodes' admonishment caused her to grin and run a hand through her hair, "Heehee! Yeah, sorry! I guess I'm done now, then!" Springs didn't always practice restraint, and neither did many Beasts. Sonnie, perhaps, doubly struggled to hold back.

She did admire the Autumn King's technique, though. Between herself and Sera, no one had been able to land a blow on him. Impressed, she sat down on the sand to watch the continued practice of the others.

A look of curiosity was given to Yamiyo as she watched the Romancer fire glass needles at the Dwarf. "What's wrong with his shirt?"

[Rhodes]

The Dread Lord takes the time to glance at the students, who seem to be guaging their owwn boundaries, before looking to the Spring Queen.

"You are too kind. I have devoted a lot of my time to Oneiromancy this last year." He smiles, but it falters slightly. Either he could not, and she would be insulted, or her could....

He was much stronger than before.

"As you wish..." Rhodes says, swinging the staff around him in an arc. At the head of the staff, lightning begins to crackle, trailing behind the path of the tip. bringing the staff around in a circle, he thrusts it towards Seraphina, and golden lightning arcs towards the Spring Queen.

3 successes

Date	Action	Roll	Result
2020-05-18 12:03:59	Rhodes rolls 13 to Environmental Dream Attack: Wits+Emp+Wryd+3 (Phantasmal Bastion) (10 Again)	8, 7, 10, 6, 2, 2, 6, 4, 5, 1, 2, 5, 8, 3	3 successes

[Anatole]

Anatole has to take a deep breath as the blizzard of glass needles screech around him. Afterward, he raises a curious eyebrow at the Romancer's outburst. But he doesn't prepare another attack.

Instead his hands gesture feebly at his side.

"How about we call it evens."

His attention is being caught by Rhodes whirling staff.

[Seraphina]

She caught the falter in his smile, and wonders why.

As the attack was launched, her blossoms form a living shield around her, dancing in an unseen breeze.

But, they weren’t enough, and his attack gets through and the lightening strikes her. There was a moment of surprise as she stumbles back, wincing. Anger flashed in her eyes, before she remembered where she was and who he was. And a smile appears.

“That was a nice attack.” She compliments, “And seems I have some more training to do.”

Sera has a Def of 3 and Armor 3 so 2 get though

[James Turner]

He lay on his back from Sonnie's attack letting his head lay on the embankment of sand his trail had created so he could watch the demonstration between two well versed in the dream arts. He hadn't wanted to risk being kicked out of the dream and missing the end of the lesson.

[Yamiyo Lillich]

Curtsying towards Anatole.
"I thank you for a good sparring session noble barkeep."

Looking towards Sonnie.
"Our instructions were to not cause enough harm to expel someone, hence I only used an old saying. I targeted his shirt by being able to tear that to shreds so would the attack have been functioning and proper, not harmed him but still functioned well as a battle means. It filled all criteria and never put him in any danger."

Looking around at the other combatants, before turning her eyes to Rhodes and Seraphina waiting for what is to come next.

[Sonnie Wu]

Cocking her head to one side, Sonnie looked at Yamiyo in mild confusion. "You know that makes no difference, right? His body or his shirt, it's all the same in this place." She gestured towards the Darkling from where she sat, "John's quicksand didn't make me bleed or nothing, but it still disrupted my dream self somewhat. Anatole's clothes are a part of him here. A hit is a hit."

The Beast shrugged and looked towards Rhodes inquisitively, "Is that right? Or am I making stuff up in my head again? Sometimes I can't tell."

[Rhodes]

Rhodes glides effortlessly over to the Spring Queen, offering her a hand up. "As you say, I have been practicing," he smiles apologitically. "Here.... I am particularly strong nowadays. If you wish I can always give additional tutelage."

He turns around and looks to the others, nodding at their techniques. Sonnie is given a serious look, but also a smile. "Yes, that can be a problem with us. As long as we remain aware of it, we can keep focus," he offers with suprising gentleness. "But this time, you do happen to be correct. There is little difference between our clothing, and ourselves, since all are a part of our "dream self" - how we envision ourselves. John, as a clear example, is younger here. I am more free to expose my Flowering form in a way that is highly problematic without a tailor that doesn't ask questions about why I want cuts in my sleeves up to the knees and elbows."

The Autumn King looks around. "Well, I think that's about enough for today. If anyone wants to learn more, I am more than happy to do more lessons or detail Dream pledges. If you focus on awaking, I can answer them on the outside, and give you all a little time for thought. Lady Sera, if you have a moment?" he asks, turning to the Nyx.

I honestly can't believe this has been nearly a month already! We need to start wrapping up, maybe one/two rounds each, but if anyone wants to do things like this again, I'm happy to - or people can do their own private practice like this little adventure here and it's sequel here - just be sure to talk our lovely ST Saber Sloth . I hope everyone enjoyed it!