Lumine started practicing, mostly in the bathroom since that's the only time she got to be alone. She loved her mama and sister, but stars she needed some space! She understood that they were worried, but papa nightmare wasn't gonna take her away again. So she practiced portaling while in the bathroom. Every chance she got. Dream noticed as well. "cim, blue, can we talk a moment?" He asked as Blue's foot tapped against the carpeted floor of the living room. "Brushing her teeth shouldn't take this long." Cimmarian got up. "Want me to check on her?" Dream blocked the doorway leading to the bathroom. "no! i'm sure she's fine." He crossed his arms. "i know you both are worried, but can't you see? she's using the bathroom as an out."
"An out?" Cimmarian asked. Dream nodded. "you two are crowding her, so she's using it to get some space. i fear that if it keeps going like this, lumine will find a way to get out herself." Blue shot up. "WHAT! SHE CAN'T-" He rushed past Dream who tried to catch him. "blue wait-" Blue knocked on the door and when he got no response, he went in, only to see a yellow line seal itself up in what had been a portal. Stars... what had Blue done...?

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Well... the portal may have been a complete accident, but at least she made it to Dreamtale? "if only i knew how i did that..." The negativity was as sickening as it was the first time, Lumine already wanted to go back. But she had a mission to complete! MISSION EVERYBODY LOVE PAPA NIGHTMARE WAS A GO!!! Time to heal Dreamtale... somehow... "shattered light...? what do i do?" The silence of the AU was filled quickly as Shattered Light answered. "i suppose we could try to heal something. perhaps there are seeds in that town? the one from your first visit?" She offered from within Lumine. "oh! i think i do know! to the town!" Lumine looked around for landmarks as she started walking in the direction she thought the town was. The negativity seemed to get worse as she did. She wasn't sure if it was a good thing or not. She found it to be the the latter as she saw it. She wasn't sure what it was, but when it saw her, it screeched and ran at her.

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Cimmarian was trying to locate Lumine through their dreams. It was her fault LuLu left, she was being too pushy, too clingy and now stars knows where LuLu went! It seemed her sister wasn't asleep though... "Agreed." Cimmarian gasped, whipping around to see... a grey Skeleton with orange markings and tentacles. "Who...?" The Skeleton gave a small smirk. "I am you. For simplicity sake, you can call me Mari." Cimmarian took a step back. "You are the Nightmare version of me." It was more a statement than a question. "I am from him, yes. I'm not here to hurt anyone though. I'm here to help you." Cimmarian tisked and summoned her crossbow, aiming and firing at Mari. Mari disappeared. "I'm you, Cimmarian, you can't get rid of me that easily." Cimmarian yelped and scrambled away as Mari's voice came from behind her. "I'm the positivity in you, Cimmarian." Mari looked bored. "You should wake up, Dream knows where she is, but that also means Nightmare does too." Mari disappeared, her voice echoing all around Cimmarian. "I'll be here when you need me." Cimmarian gasped awake.