[IC] The Orphanage for the Unusual

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Kyo chuckled. <<I thought it was pretty awesome my first time as well. If you feel yourself start to sink, go ahead and put your feet down. You can stand up in the shallows until you're ready to try again.>> He turned to Katherin. <<Would you like to try now?>>

[KatherinWinter]

"I guess so." Katherin carefully made her way into the slightly deeper water. She didn't know why she was so nervous. Kyo hadnt let anything happen to Julius and she was capable of rescuing herself. "It's kind of like laying in a bed right?"

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Kyo thought for a moment. <<Kind of. As long as you relax and trust that the water will catch you, you should be fine.>> Kyo held his hands out behind her to catch her. <<I'll help you get started. Just remember that you can stand up if you start to sink, since we're in the shallows. I'll teach you how to catch yourself in deeper water later.>>

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin was alittle wary of having someone touch her, but Kyo's hands were gentle and impersonal. Katherin allowed herself to lay back. She pretended the water was a bed. She allowed herself to relax and the water to support her weight. She was floating with little effort.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Kyo removed his hands and watched her float. <<Well done! Keep your breathing even, okay?>> He felt pretty excited that the two of them were getting the hang of it so quickly. Showing people something like this was odd for him, but it gave him a nice feeling. Maybe they could do stuff like this more often. The others surely had interesting things to teach as well. <<You two can practice for a bit if you want. I'll watch for now in case you need me.>> He sunk down into the water a bit so he could enjoy the feeling of it, keeping his head up to watch the two.

[KatherinWinter]

While Katherin floated she thought about the reactions the others had had to her ability. Liz and Roxy had been terrified. But the boys seemed cool with it. Only Jason had reacted to her statement about being anle to inflict damage in the dream world. All and all it had gone better then she had thought. She wondered how it would change things tomorrow.

[Vortex]

Julius was beaming at Katherins swift progress "Well dome!" He chuckled, tommorow will be a truly fresh start for today he had made two good, trustworthy friends.

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin closed her eyes. She did something she was rarely able to do. For the first time in many years Katherin fell into a deep and dreamless sleep. Once she was asleep the others she had been guarding were no longer in the pleasant dream she had created but the dreams of their own minds.

[Vortex]

One moment he was at the beach the next Julius was falling, consciously and unconsciously, awake but asleep, his weary mind could not understand what happened, he was confused, he felt sick but eventually he stopped falling and sitting the lounge room at his old home with his Grandfather Erik just staring blankly, but also frowning, at him "Granpapa?" He thought, he had not seen his grandfather in years as he had died some years ago, Julius was not sure what to do, so he waited.

[KatherinWinter]

Liz was no longer on the pretty meadow with Jason. Instead she found herself back home. Her father glaring at her. Liz did not know why, but she knew she was in trouble. Her father dragged her angrily up the stairs. Then shoved her on to the small platform he had built. "I'm sorry..." Liz woke up suddenly glad she did not have see the rest of the memory.

[Vortex]

Suddenly Julius was twisted, his mind and body bent, he travelled, he went to a world full of terror of despair, of no hope, where man kills man, Julius took awhile to understand where he was, Julius was reinterpreting his grandfathers memory's of World War Two, except he did not recognise himself as Julius, no he saw himself as his Grandfather, fighting, shooting, bleeding, running, throwing, more fighting, more shooting, more bleeding, more running, more throwing, he screamed, he woke, he was sweating and his bed was covered in it.

[KatherinWinter]

Roxy woke when she heard stirring. It wasn't quite morning, but it was close. She was glad that Katherin had kept her promise to stay out of her dreams. Roxy got dressed in the only clothes she had. She headed downstairs wondering if the orphanage would provide clothes for them.

[Scara_blood]

KatherinWinter said
Liz was no longer on the pretty meadow with Jason. Instead she found herself back home. Her father glaring at her. Liz did not know why, but she knew she was in trouble. Her father dragged her angrily up the stairs. Then shoved her on to the small platform he had built. "I'm sorry..." Liz woke up suddenly glad she did not have see the rest of the memory.

Jason woke grabbing his throught in pain. "It wasn't my fault!!!" he screamed.

[KatherinWinter]

"Got kicked out of Katherin's dream world, huh?" Roxy asked from the doorway.

[Scara_blood]

Jason looked over, his eyes dark as night, slowly turning green. "I... Can't... Rember..."

[KatherinWinter]

"Interesting." Roxy studies the boy for a moment. "My guess is that Katherin fell asleep. That throws the dreamers with her back into their own dreamworlds. It can be a painful experience."

[Vortex]

Julius was shaking on the bed and could hear the conversation in the adjacent rooms "Indeed..." He said shakily

[KatherinWinter]

"If you ask she will stay out of your dreams. Unless they get really bad." Roxy reassured them. She remembered her own experience with being throw out of Katherin's dream world.

[Scara_blood]

"That.. was.. new..." Jason sighed. this was the first time something like this had happened.

[KatherinWinter]

"That's one way to look at it. Smells like pancakes for breakfast. See you downstairs." Roxy headed down to the dinning room. She didn't see the housekeeper so she assumed they were to sit in the same spots they had sat last night.

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Liz was still tired but demanded that she get something to eat. Liz was unsteady as she made her way down the stairs. Hoping they would be allowed to eat whatever smelled so good.