It's hard to imagine it's someone we've had no interaction with before, even if we didn't know it.
[ Not that many of the gods have approached them directly. Steve now knows from his own implanted memories that it was rare for the gods to show themselves to mortals in that way, though. But whoever may have done this, they must have a vested interest in the Summoned in some way. Which is why he wonders if it's a god who used to be just like them, who lived through their own ascension in reality rather than just in a dream.
But this is grounding, to talk it through with the person he trusts more than anyone, to start making a gameplan and considering action items.
Steve glances up to Sam, seeing him just as himself rather than what the dream wanted to tell him. His fingers twitch, wanting to reach out to him for a moment, but he'll wait until they've talked this out. ]
With Wanda. She has a bond with one of the gods. Not sure if it's one who might have once been a Summoned, but... it's possible. I think we should see what she can learn from them.
[ She was definitely the first person to come to mind, at least for him. ]
Dunno- it feels like gods are starting to crop up. Though if the rules are the same, they've probably been here the whole time- in that god-plane or whatever. [ sam thinks for a moment, then shakes his head - shakes off some kind of shudder, too. ] Don't like the idea someone's been watching us, though. Or- someone else.
[ sam probably doesn't have a lot of room to complain, here - the gods have been around, have probably been watching them this whole time. but it doesn't help things, doesn't make him feel any better. even if some of these gods have started contacting summoned directly, this all feels... different, somehow.
more personal.
steve glances over towards him, and sam catches it - wonders, briefly, what all steve isn't saying yet about how he feels about the whole thing. what else they both haven't touched on. but first- their plan, and the mention of wanda has sam nodding. ]
Wanda was my first thought too, yeah. And maybe Julie? I'll have to do some checks around with my people here. [ which...well. sam doesn't sigh, exactly, but there's a feeling in the air that both of their to-do lists have just grown exponentially. ]
And even if they have been watching us, it's not like we'd have any way of knowing it unless we asked and they copped to it.
[ Steve doesn't see much point in speculating on all that because they could just make themselves crazy considering all the possibilities. The sky feels like it's the limit with the gods now that they've gotten some sort of strange peek behind the curtain.
The best way to feel like they have some control over the situation is to actually think of things they can do, and they already have a starting point. Steve can check with Wanda, Sam can check with Julie and whoever else, and they'll see what they can learn.
While Sam doesn't actually sigh, Steve can see just from the look on his face that he's barely holding one back. He does reach out then to grab for his wrists and tug him forward, inviting him to move from the coffee table to sit next to him on the couch instead. ]
It can probably wait until tomorrow. [ That way they have tonight to process.
There's a beat, and then he leans back, head tilting to rest against the back of the couch as he stares up at the ceiling. ]
So, do we want to talk about any of that? Or are we going to write it off as a bizarre dream?
Which seems unlikely, given... [ a gesture, meant to mean them. but steve has a point, that there's no real reason to speculate because if that dream has shown them anything, it's that the possibilities will continue to be endless, spinning out in every direction and then even more that they hadn't known existed.
part of sam wonders if he needs to talk to stephen about all of this, if somehow that might explain this a bit better, but he knows that won't lead him anywhere. instead, he and steve make a plan. he and steve make next steps. and yeah, there's a lot to do, a lot that he needs to do, and steve can probably read it in him judging by the way he reaches out and tugs on sam's wrists.
without really thinking about it, sam smiles, immediately feels some degree of that building stress fade. it can probably wait until tomorrow steve says, and sam follows the tug, settles onto the couch next to him. steve's head falls back and sam's hand falls to steve's knee, trying to be comforting even as he chuckles. ]
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
[ Not that many of the gods have approached them directly. Steve now knows from his own implanted memories that it was rare for the gods to show themselves to mortals in that way, though. But whoever may have done this, they must have a vested interest in the Summoned in some way. Which is why he wonders if it's a god who used to be just like them, who lived through their own ascension in reality rather than just in a dream.
But this is grounding, to talk it through with the person he trusts more than anyone, to start making a gameplan and considering action items.
Steve glances up to Sam, seeing him just as himself rather than what the dream wanted to tell him. His fingers twitch, wanting to reach out to him for a moment, but he'll wait until they've talked this out. ]
With Wanda. She has a bond with one of the gods. Not sure if it's one who might have once been a Summoned, but... it's possible. I think we should see what she can learn from them.
[ She was definitely the first person to come to mind, at least for him. ]
How about you?
no subject
[ sam probably doesn't have a lot of room to complain, here - the gods have been around, have probably been watching them this whole time. but it doesn't help things, doesn't make him feel any better. even if some of these gods have started contacting summoned directly, this all feels... different, somehow.
more personal.
steve glances over towards him, and sam catches it - wonders, briefly, what all steve isn't saying yet about how he feels about the whole thing. what else they both haven't touched on. but first- their plan, and the mention of wanda has sam nodding. ]
Wanda was my first thought too, yeah. And maybe Julie? I'll have to do some checks around with my people here. [ which...well. sam doesn't sigh, exactly, but there's a feeling in the air that both of their to-do lists have just grown exponentially. ]
no subject
[ Steve doesn't see much point in speculating on all that because they could just make themselves crazy considering all the possibilities. The sky feels like it's the limit with the gods now that they've gotten some sort of strange peek behind the curtain.
The best way to feel like they have some control over the situation is to actually think of things they can do, and they already have a starting point. Steve can check with Wanda, Sam can check with Julie and whoever else, and they'll see what they can learn.
While Sam doesn't actually sigh, Steve can see just from the look on his face that he's barely holding one back. He does reach out then to grab for his wrists and tug him forward, inviting him to move from the coffee table to sit next to him on the couch instead. ]
It can probably wait until tomorrow. [ That way they have tonight to process.
There's a beat, and then he leans back, head tilting to rest against the back of the couch as he stares up at the ceiling. ]
So, do we want to talk about any of that? Or are we going to write it off as a bizarre dream?
[ A way too realistic one. ]
no subject
part of sam wonders if he needs to talk to stephen about all of this, if somehow that might explain this a bit better, but he knows that won't lead him anywhere. instead, he and steve make a plan. he and steve make next steps. and yeah, there's a lot to do, a lot that he needs to do, and steve can probably read it in him judging by the way he reaches out and tugs on sam's wrists.
without really thinking about it, sam smiles, immediately feels some degree of that building stress fade. it can probably wait until tomorrow steve says, and sam follows the tug, settles onto the couch next to him. steve's head falls back and sam's hand falls to steve's knee, trying to be comforting even as he chuckles. ]
Where do you wanna start?