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Half-Awake Daydream: Susan and Catalina
🕑 Added 2023-06-10 03:00:07 +0000 UTCSusan was experimenting with twenty minute power naps.
Her expectation was not to actually sleep, but to enter a state of near sleep in which she could rest her mind and body for a bit. Her understanding was it would give her more energy for the rest of the day.
It didn't take long for her mind to wander. It leapt from one thought to another, and she went in and out of dream-like states. She wasn't quite dreaming, but she was vividly imagining things without much conscious direction.
About ten minutes in, she was imagining herself being close with Catalina with arms around one another. Ever since Susan learned that Catalina was interested in her romantically, she had experienced a mixture of curiosity and regret for not reciprocating.
Some part of Susan's mind thought of Rhoda, Catalina's girlfriend. In Susan's current state of mind, thinking of Rhoda did not interrupt what Susan was imagining, nor did it introduce Rhoda to the scenario.
Somehow, thinking of Rhoda simply modified how she pictured herself and Catalina, each becoming closer in height and figure to Rhoda.
When Susan's alarm suddenly alerted her to it having been twenty minutes, Susan's face was red. She wasn't entirely certain she would have more energy for the day, but at the very least, it was an interesting experience.
Comments
IvyReed
I mean you say that, but how often do we really see all the way down to their feet? 20% of the time? less?
Stephen Gilberg
Better than an appetite for his bottomless characters.
IvyReed
Also dang it, now I want Susan's "lucid dreaming" to mix with Ashley's wild imagination, how can we get Susan to listen to Ashley's "books on tape" or more likely stories and fanfics recorded for spotify or a podcast. How can we do it while she power naps, hmmmmmm. My bottomless appetite for your characters aside this is a positively splendid image!
IvyReed
Embarrassment adrenaline probably gives you a boost, the same way coffee does, but I'm just guessing.
KC
Cute!
Matt R
Both look really great
