carlitabonita (carlitabonita) wrote in thefield, @ 2009-02-23 11:15:00 |
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Entry tags: | alex, angelica, carlita, z - 1st tribe - day 08 |
Dreams vs. Reality
Who: Carlita and OPEN
Where: The Field.
When: Dawn
What: Arriving. Freaking out a little.
Rating: None yet.
Wetness was what woke her up, and that hadn't actually happened since she was 4. Carlita felt the numbing horror of shame fill her chest cavity, and she opened her eyes wide. Then she realised that no, she probably hadn't wet her bed, because her bed didn't have an open top ceiling. Or a mattress made out of grass. She still seemed to have her pillow and her heavy blanket, but her bed has transformed into a large weirdly coloured field. It was...purple? Oh well, that was alright then. She was clearly dreaming. Or to be more accurate - having a vision. It wasn't unusual for her vivid dreams to have smells and sounds and feel like real life even if they clearly weren't. That was the very nature of a vision, surely. It was real but not quite. She stood up slowly, her damp nightgown clinging to her thighs, pulling her thick tangle of hair from her face. Moisture clung to every strand, making it puff and frizz in such a way that only thick curly hair can. She probably looked like she had been drowned, fished out, and left to dry in front of a cheap radiator. Nice.
Then the shock filled her chest again. There was something in her hand that was never in her hand when she dreamed. Her small plastic figurine of The Virgin Mary. She was worried now. Thatw as clearly a bad sign. If her protection had followed her to this place then obviously what was about to appear was going to be bad. She clasped the little statue in both soft hands and held it to her lips, her dark brown eyes glinting with anxiety. She felt very aware of her body. Her white nightie was clingy when damp, and it did not quite fall to her knees. She felt exposed. Her pillowy curves and wide hips just did not seem appropriate in this setting, with The Virgin keeping tabs on her.
She gazed around the area wide eyed, waiting for whatever abomination that was going to appear before her to just...do it already.