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OLIVER

Hi. I have a couple bits of news I wanted to tell you, either here or in person. Whichever one works best for you!

WYATT

Just so you know, I'm telling Oliver all of the recent developments.

OLIVER

Hi. So, guess what.

FRIENDS, MINUS WENTWORTHS

I don't know how much of a surprise this is, but I wanted to let you all know that Wyatt and I are together -- again, I know. But this time we actually talked to Kylie about it, so it's more serious than it has been in the past. It's [...] very good, I'd say.

OCEANA

Just over a month to go! How are you feeling about everything? Anything else I could be doing to help you that I'm not already?

OLIVER & WYATT

Hi. The woman that I'm 95% sure is my biological sister asked me to plan her wedding.

TEXTS TO FINNLEY

-- Is this Finnley?
-- Sorry, he has you in his phone as "My Girl Wednesday" but you're the most recent call so I just assumed?
-- God, sorry, this is Shannon from the Square?
-- And Oliver was just taken to Dunhaven General.
-- I don't know what happened. He just collapsed? And then passed out. So I called the ambulance and they just left.
-- If this isn't Finnley, please could you tell me her number?

WHO: Oliver Sparks
WHEN: Thursday, November 14, 2019; Early Evening
WHERE: The Square
SUMMARY: Oliver remembers everything.
WARNINGS: TW for severe anxiety attack. S7 spoilers.

( Why is it so important to you that it be true? )

OLIVER

It's late and I know you're probably in bed as that's where I'm about to go myself, but I just wanted to let you know that it went fairly well. I got the information that I needed, plus some I wasn't expecting but I suppose that's the way of it with these sorts of things.

[...] Anyway. I'll see you tomorrow. Love you tons.

Halloween night remains one of my favorites. I don't know how it's only been two years, but being your mom is one of my very favorite things in the entire world, Jonas. We made a pretty great trio of superheros the night I met you. I hope you never grow out of enjoying Halloween to the fullest. To me, it will always be our day.

Hi, everyone! Another post so soon? Thanks to Naomi's brilliant idea, I'm going to put together a resource accessible to anyone dealing with the Dreams that essentially just lists who is being dreamed of and any other pertinent details you might think need to be included for others to identify that they're at least sharing dreams about the world even if they don't know the name. For example, it might look like:

Leia Organa-Solo - From Alderaan, daughter of Breha and Bail Organa
Han Solo - Made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs, from Corellia

Just leave a note here, anonymously or not, letting me know the name of who you are dreaming about and anything else you want to mention. If you want YOUR name attached to it, as well, for shared dreamers to more easily get in touch with you, let me know. Otherwise, I'll attach your Anon ID so that others can filter you anonymously!

This is totally optional, but I hope you'll consider doing it, at least anonymously!

We're almost through wedding season, but that doesn't meant you can't plan during the "off" parts of the year. If you have nuptials in your future or just want to plan a great party, hit us up at Enchanted Events.

(Look at that expert advertising.)

OLIVER

Hey, there's something I wanted to talk to you about, but I wanted to do it when we didn't have kids around. I just haven't talked to Kylie about it yet.

While you guys were honeymooning, I got information back from that agency I was working with to unseal my adoption files. I was actually able to use the info to track down my birth mother and she responded to me. I thought I could just get info from her, but she wants to meet and I'm considering doing it. I'd have to go down to Florida, though. What do you think?

WHO: Oliver & Finnley Sparks & Their Guests
WHEN: Thursday, July 25, 2019; Afternoon-Late Night
WHERE: Their house -> The Square
SUMMARY: THESE TWO FINALLY GET MARRIED!!!!!!

( IC/OOC! )

Hello there, Dunhaven. I was sent access to this network absolutely eons ago and figured it was about time I saw what I was missing out on. Given just how bad I am at checking my Facebook more than once or twice a week (which I understand is a skill I shouldn't be too put out by, if the clickbait articles describing my generation are to be trusted), it probably shouldn't be too shocking that it's taken me this long. But, here I am now!

So, again -- hello, Dunhaven. I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend so far! It was a pretty quiet Saturday over here, with the exception of a minor "huffing at Mom" incident when I asked someone to clean her room, but it is what it is. Peace was restored by dinnertime, possibly because I promised her an ice cream run for dessert. I should probably write a parenting book about bribery.

In less than a month, I will be marrying the love of my life and I honestly can stop grinning like an idiot every time I remember that fact. Finnley, Jonas and I are so lucky to have you in our lives. You make them better, brighter, and more fulfilling, and I love every second that we have with you. I can't wait to be your husband and I just needed to take a minute away from kitchen prep to tell you that. In a very public manner because everyone needs to know just how amazing a human being you are.

In case anyone was wondering, it's just eighty-six days until I can officially start using my new business cards, and I've never been so stoked about small stacks of card stock. Getting married comes with some true nerd perks, people.

I'm glad to see spring coming around, too. I've already got the beginnings of my little garden going.

[CHARLIE]

Feeling good about the end of the semester?

Oliver taught me how to make lasagna, and Jonas swears that it's edible. I didn't even burn the edges. If you need some study fuel, I could pack some up for you (and Finn and Sora, if they would want any?)

All right, fellow parents, I've got a serious inquiry for you. How do you put a pause on the whole growing up thing? Just temporarily until I can both process the fact that Jonas is growing up way too fast and also wonder where all the time went.

WHO: Oliver Sparks & Finnley Parker
WHEN: January 1, 2019; After Midnight
WHERE: Their house!
SUMMARY: Oliver’s evasiveness comes to a head and he spills his secrets.
WARNINGS: Mentions of excessive scarring.

( He had a choice to make and one choice would almost definitely be the start of the end of his relationship with this woman that he loved and he’d seen the other Oliver make that choice too many times with too many people in his life not to recognize the crossroads that he was at. )

WHO: Oliver Sparks
WHEN: Monday, December 10, 2018; Early Morning
WHERE: His & Finnley’s House
SUMMARY: Oliver wakes up and immediately knows something is...different.
WARNINGS: Mentions of all the awful shit Oliver’s been through in canon?

( But here were the marks of another man, a man who was twenty percent scar tissue and one hundred percent damaged. )

FINNLEY

I don't think we should wait until the wedding to proceed with the adoption.

Q

I think I'm a lot better at talking other people through handling their own dreams than handling my own.

The holiday might have been yesterday, but I'm stuck in the backseat of this car for five hours today. So tell me what you're thankful for, Dunhaven. It can be silly, it can be sassy, or it can be downright sappy. I want to hear about it.

NIALL

Did you get any sleep last night?

I bet you all were thinking, "Oh, good. Charlie is going to stop asking random questions about our dream lives because it's an uncomfortable and awkward topic most of the time." HA HA. No, not quite. I'm too curious for my own good and I think, eventually, all of this information will be of use to us. So here's the next topic for discussion for all you second-life dreamers out there!

What is the best part about your dream life? What is the worst?

You can answer anonymously, or not. Totally up to you.

I've had access to this network since forever, but I never actually got around to logging in and using it. I decided I wanted to use it and I had no idea what to actually post for my first blog or entry or whatever it is the kids are calling it these days so here you go. ( Cut for image! )

Quality content for you all. You're welcome, Dunhaven.