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[celestial_wizard]

[ The feed turns on, with Lucy sitting on the edge of the fountain in Traverse. There is a Meow-Wow currently bounding about in front of her, full of life and energy, much to her amusement. ]

Hey hey, those cute little moogles helped me with those Dream Eaters you guys were telling me about. Just look at him -- her ...uh...whichever. Isn't it cute!? [ She giggles, then ohs. ]

That reminds me, I promised I'd introduce some of my spirits to a few of you. Lyra and Plue should do, I think. [ She reaches to the keypouch at her side, drawing out two silver keys, swiping both into the air. ]

"I am connecting a path to the celestial spirit world! Heed my call and pass through the gate! Open the Gates of the Little Dog and Lyre. Come on Plue, Lyra!"

[ Incantation complete, there are twin POMS of smoke and sparkles, and seconds later are two figures - on Lucy's left, a young girl that looked about sixteen, holding a harp under one arm and looking far too excited for words. On her right, a tiny creature that resembled a snowman - and not a snowman at the same time; but he trembled, quickly hiding behind Lucy's right leg. ]

Comments

[brodakota]

Why's he shaking like that? Is he cold?

[Theta does manage a small wave in reply.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ Lucy giggles, shaking her head. ]

No, he doesn't seem to be. I think he's just a little nervous. He does shake an awful lot though, doesn't he?

[brodakota]

[Theta nods. He gets being nervous. He's like that to.]

Yeah, he does. He's going to be alright though, right?

[celestial_wizard]

[ Lucy nods with a quick grin. ]

Yeah, he's going to be fine.

[ She is distracted from this, however, when the other spirit who had been playing with the Dream Eater until now, suddenly reaches over to pluck Plue out of Lucy's lap, and set him down on the Dream Eater, giggling excitedly as the celestial spirit rides the other spirit like a pony. ]

Lucy-sama, look, isn't it cute? WHo are you talking to?

[ Sudden Lyraface leaning into the display, and Lucy giggles, pushing her back. ]

A friend. This is Theta, Lyra.

[brodakota]

[Theta backs away from the display, a little bit surprised. He kind of wishes North was available but he's trying to stay out of way.]

Uh...hi?

[celestial_wizard]

EEEEEEE, you're so cute!! It's nice to meet you Theta-san!

[ Lyra all but squeals at Theta, though she doesn't take over the feed at least. Lucy stifles a grin, glancing towards Theta. ]

Don't worry, she'll calm down in a bit. I haven't summoned her in a while, so she's always a bit overexcitable at first.

How mean Lucy-sama! How come you don't call me out more anyway? You summon Plue lots-!

Ahaha - our contract only allows me to summon you twice a month, remember?

Oh.

[brodakota]

[Theta nods. North has stirred behind him, but Theta's reluctant to bring him into the conversation.]

Yeah, it's nice to meet you to...

[celestial_wizard]

[ Noting North stirring, Lucy covered her mouth. ]

Ah - was he asleep? [ Man did they just wake him up? Whoops -! ]

[brodakota]

[Theta's kind of flailing but North rolls over to calm him down.]

It's alright Lucy. I wasn't really asleep, just resting my eyes.

[He does look tired though.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ Aw, Theta. Lucy tilts her head a bit with a sympathetic grin. ]

Just resting your eyes huh? Maybe you should still try to get a little sleep - you look pretty worn out. Everything all right?

[brodakota]

[Theta looks a little defeated. North wasn't supposed to join the conversation, he was supposed to try and sleep some more.]

Yeah, I'm fine. I've been getting little catnaps here and there.

[No need to worry anyone else about Theta's anxiety.]

[celestial_wizard]

[ Don't worry Theta, Lucy can help in that regard. Or Lyra can anyway. Well.. they can try. ]

Catnaps... [ Lucy glances briefly towards Lyra, and then back to the feed. ] ]

You really should try to get more sleep than that. Is something keeping you up in specific?

[ Lyra meanwhile, idly unslings her harp, running a hand lovingly over the golden frame. Don't mind her, she's totally not in the conversation, Really. ]

[brodakota]

[It takes North a minute to respond. He doesn't really want to go into detail about Theta and the effect he has on North sometimes. Most of the time really, but the dream has just made it worse.]

Not really. The dreams are getting to be a bit of a handful.

[celestial_wizard]

Dreams? [ She frowns a little in concern. ]

What kind of dreams...?

[brodakota]

You mean you haven't been having them?

[celestial_wizard]

[ Lucy shakes her head slowly, frowning. ]

I haven't - are a lot of people having trouble sleeping?

[brodakota]

I don't know if people have been having trouble sleeping, but there's a dream going around that a lot of people are sharing.

One about things breaking...

[He's reluctant to say more because he's not sure how the dream ends.]

[celestial_wizard]

When did they start? [ Things breaking is pretty vague. It could be bones, or buildings or ... anything, actually. But it might be something personal, so she doesn't question it further. ]

[brodakota]

A few days ago.

[He's not sure of the exact amount since everything's kind of bleeding into one right now.]

[celestial_wizard]

A few days... How strange. But no, I've been sleeping all right.

If you're having trouble though, maybe Lyra can help.

[brodakota]

That's good to hear.

[Even if she had been having dreams, they couldn't be worse than what he's going through. They aren't even that bad, it's just Theta's reaction to them.]

I'll be alright.

[That's a lie, but North's the type who looks after people and insists he doesn't need any help.]

[celestial_wizard]

Are you sure? [ It's okay North, Lucy was kinda like that too. Her friends-- well, her best friend anyway -- tended to see right through it. ]

[brodakota]

[He has a surprising stubborn streak.]

Yeah, I'll be okay.