one.

[somnolent]

[ The man staring at the screen is furious. His eyes are completely black except for flares of red light (almost like stars), and when he speaks — ]

This is unacceptable.

[ The feed clicks off for a few minutes, and when he returns, Dream is much calmer than before. ]

Gods they may be, but there is work which I must attend to.

And if there is no way to return, then someone will pay for the repercussions. [ It isn't a threat, despite the weight of his tone. More like a promise. ]

[ filter: Delirium ]

My sister, Delirium. I do not hold your sigil, nor do I stand in my gallery.

[ ... ] I suppose it matters little here. Will you speak with me?

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[phantom_thief_freyr]

Freyr is sure everyone had work to do before they decided to drag everyone here. But there's not much that can be done other than just go with the flow of things for now.

[somnolent]

Many have made attempts.

[phantom_thief_freyr]

So that's good, isn't it? No reason to be dragged down.

[somnolent]

Hm. Are you willing to try?

[phantom_thief_freyr]

Try to adapt? That's all Freyr has been doing since he got here.

[somnolent]

It seems a more effective course than waiting.

[phantom_thief_freyr]

It is, and Freyr considers himself rather good at it, but even adapting has an element of waiting to it.

video;

[apostatises]

[When Delirium had arrived, Lucifer had thought it was only a matter of time before her siblings would follow. Somehow, it was appropriate that the next one to arrive would be Dream, though Lucifer isn't really pleased to see him. He had attended his memorial out of respect, and he would have been happy to have it remain that way. But having that show... That wasn't a good idea.

So he greets the video with a halfway pleasant smile, though his tone is cool hinging on cold.]

Hello, Dream.

video;

[somnolent]

[ Dream inclines his head. ]

Lucifer. I assume you go by that name at the moment.

[ his expression stays the same, as usual. ]

[apostatises]

At the moment.

[He shrugs, since he had considered taking another name, but when the bracelet had used that name, it didn't seem worth the effort.]

You'll find that the gods aren't very inclined to talking, though. They don't seem to care much for the status of the ones that they bring here. But at least we seem to agree that they'll face repercussions in time. [Of course Lucifer hates being cooped up by other gods. That's like at the top of his list of things he hates and usually ends with most of them dead.]

[somnolent]

Events occur as they will.

Have you made plans?

[apostatises]

Do you even have to ask? [He smirks] Of course I've made plans. But I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise for anyone.

[somnolent]

I suppose I didn't need to ask.

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[tempus_frangit]

You could always talk to me you know.

You just.

Never wanted to.

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[somnolent]

Is that so?

What about now?

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[tempus_frangit]

I don't know. What about now?

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[somnolent]

You are capable of talking about now.

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[tempus_frangit]

Yes.

I am.

[She gives an exaggerated shrug.]

Now what?

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[somnolent]

None of our family is here.

[ he hesitates. ]

How have you been?

[ awkward. ]

[white_raven]

You're not the only one here who has a task at home that they need to return to direly, though we are told that it does not matter.

[somnolent]

It's possible that it does not matter.

[white_raven]

If our time and the time of this place really aren't connected.

[somnolent]

The relative time is irrelevant. What matters is your experience.

[white_raven]

And the experience of others. [If you want to put it that way. He sees this as a different attempt of trying to describe a time that is not tied to history and tomorrow-is-after-today.]

[somnolent]

Maybe. [ unfortunately, Dream isn't much in the mood for talking (though he rarely is). ]

Their actions may also depend on their experiences.