[Closed] Once Upon a Naptime

[sleepsweetsleep]

Title: Once Upon a Naptime
Characters: Ninomiya Kazunari, Yasuda Shota
Location: Fort Tryon Park
Date/Month: 11am Friday, 21st of October
Rating: G?
Warnings: Fairies and sandmen. Who knows, man.
Some days, when the weather was good and the wandering bug infected him, Yasu went exploring. New York was a big city and sometimes the best way to explore

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[faysounds]

There had been a something in his home for nearly an hour. Nino had gotten used to intruders in his home - he lived in what humans considered public ground. But this wasn't a human. Nino felt sure he knew what the something was, but he couldn't put his finger on it. And because he couldn't put his finger on it, he hadn't gone out looking for it. Sometimes it was just better to wait and see what happened.

What happened was that it kept coming closer. It was nearly to his Cloister when it veered off a bit and wandered somewhere away. Not a very far away. And then it parked itself and stayed.

Well.

Nino slipped out from behind a potted jasmine and flew out from the enclosed garden. He was going to see who and what this intruder was for himself and make it go away if he had to.

[sleepsweetsleep]

At some point in the midst of his nap, Yasu's back had slipped a bit on the tree trunk. Not that this disturbed his snoozing, but it did leave his head turned at a somewhat awkward angle, the baseball cap he wore already cocked sideways, now sitting precariously atop his head, nearly ready to topple off.

In his dreams, always more vivid and real than any human's (not that Yasu was aware of this) he was being chased by a giant dandelion with legs instead of roots. In reality, he gave a light twitch, and mumbled something completely incomprehensible, oblivious to presence slowly making its way toward him.

[faysounds]

With the air swirling in a tight wrap around him - he wasn't interested in anybody seeing him, not even as a flash of light - Nino descended from the Cloisters. A trail of sand-y or dust-y stuff glittered brightly on the path that lead up to the entrance, veering away some twenty or so feet before the doors and heading into the trees. Nino followed it. He was careful not to touch. Something heavy lingered around the glittering stuff. Kind of like

[sleepsweetsleep]

Yasu woke with a start. "Whos'sit-Wha's- ...Huh?"

There had been a voice. He'd definitely heard a voice, and someone definitely knocked his hat off. Right? He didn't imagine that, did he? But casting suddenly wide-eyes around the area he saw only grass and more trees and Yasu pursed bewildered lips for a moment...and then he felt it.

Faint as it was (Yasu had never been good at picking these things out), it was distinctive, a tingle of magic not his own, entirely different. Definitely non-human. It still took him a moment of scanning the air around him before he zeroed in on the source, a mote of bright energy, and as his eyes adjusted...

Was that a fairy? Well regardless of what woke him, the question was the same. "Hey, what was'at for?" Also, in case it hadn't been clear already, "I was sleeping!"