It's a lovely day at the local park. People are nibbling at ice cream, children are running and laughing, it could be any park anywhere though the people, the kana on a few signs, and the cityscape suggest Japan; specifically, Tokyo.

The smooth lake with its water lilies is the current escape of many couples drifting along in small boats, typically rowed by the men while the women enjoy the pleasant ride. One such boat holds a blue-haired girl in a short-skirted uniform and tall boots. The man with her just doesn't seem distinct right now; a glint of gold perhaps, maybe a hint of clothes that could belong to a businessman. They smile and take pleasure in the simple outing, but it seems forced, like neither is truly involved in the moment.

It all changes in an instant when someone screams. Dark shadows invade everywhere. The man and Mercury exchange a look, and he teleports to the shore, revealing a sword sheathed at his hip and a stiff uniform of his own. She runs across the surface of the water. Both head towards the creatures rapidly making the populace fall to the ground. They fight the clouds of black shadows.

This, this way of spending time together seems much improved as they turn and step, their swords - his a sturdy metal, hers as translucent as ice - making a brief and pitiless end for many of the lemures, the manifestations of the dead and nightmares. They fight back to back briefly, and they both seem to thrill to it. Ami's so-called normal afternoon is over, but Mercury seems far more engaged and almost relieved. This suits her better. This suits them better.

(ooc: help out, play a victim, play a hero, anything!)

[What a truly fascinating place this was! Sin had been trying to investigate it as much as possible, flitting between dream worlds and conversing with the dreamers until he discovered that it seemed to be just one big shared space for dreamers. A space he wasn't entirely in control of but he was a Spirit of Dreams, he could still weave his own. Yes, he would try to fabricate his own space for others to visit now and see who he would lure in. Perhaps an illusion of Agkelos, the legendary flying city from his world? Why not?

The Spirit set about manipulating his immediate environment to suit himself. What was just a plain and unremarkable city was now a place filled with beautiful white buildings that seemed to glow softly as the light in the sky dimmed. The stars began to come out as the night came, the buildings shining ever brighter. And at the highest point of the city was a great palace, stained glass gleaming like rainbows from the white stone, topped with golden domes.

On the outskirts of the city, the bare grassy plains were filled with white flowers that seemed to spread like a carpet to the far reaches of the ghostly continent. As the flowers bloomed and spread their white petals, tiny beads of light floated into the air, fading a short distance away from the flower they came from. The Prism Flowers looked gorgeous against the midnight sky and only highlighted the splendour of the city behind them.

Dreamers would find no people here however. The place was empty and silent, but beautiful. A place to reflect and explore alone. The further they travelled, the more beauty they would find. And if they wanted to speak with him, Sin would be waiting, observing the travellers as they moved and found one another.]

(OOC: Feel free to have your characters bump into each other here, come here of their own will and take a nice stroll together, poke Sin. Whatever you like! X3 )

Ignore this!!

[Anya is sitting behind the counter of the Magic Box, like she does most days. And she's going over one of the ledgers like she has been lately since Giles keeps making her double check everything. But she's still watching the patrons out of the corner of her eye.

If there's one thing Anya hates, it's people who loiter around and never buy anything. They are the leeches of Capitalist society, as far as she's concerned.]

If you don't want to be thrown out of the store, I highly recommend you actually purchase something.