Dreams of Curiosity

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Sleeping was always an interesting experience for Zeke, he didn't have his own dreams, he just visited others. Being dropped into someone else's dream was interesting but not always something he looked forward too. Visiting Lycia's was different, not only because she was his girlfriend, but because it felt like an amazing experience every time.

He'd stretch as he appeared in the dream world, glancing around as he got his bearings. "Lycia?" he'd chuckle and sit in a floating chair, summoning a messenger pigeon he'd send it to find Lycia to announce his arrival.

With a thoughtful hum he'd summon a mirror and hop down from his chair. He'd look at it, focusing he'd start to make minor changes to his dream form. He'd change hair color, eye color, his height, but he'd always revert back to normal.

Glancing around he'd focus again and he'd shift into a female. He, or perhaps she, didn't look half bad actually, with a hum they'd poke their own cheek. So interested in this experiment they didn't notice Lycia approaching in the distance.



 
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Lycia was both easy and hard to find int he Dream. She was always there, and things had a way of bending to allow dreamers to find her if they desired that, but she didn't sit still all that much. She liked to go flying or wandering and just generally traveling about. So it took a bit for the little pigeon to find her.

Not soaring in the sky or frolicking about in a city full of colorful tents and awnings either. No, Lycia poked her head up from a big hole in the ground just in time for the little bird to land on her head. She giggled and then nudge the bird into her hand so she could stare at it with curiosity. As dreams tended to do, she somehow knew it was a sign to follow even though that logic made very little sense. Dream logic.

Lycia didn't think to clean her short, light dress and hood of the dirt all over it. She was barefoot, having tossed aside her shoes and socks before burrowing into the ground. Following what looked like some sort mole-shifter or something like that. Another Dreamer, but apparently one that didn't want to spend time with Lycia herself after all.

She skipped along after the pigeon as it flew back towards Zeke and wondered if she should just fly after it or not. Lycia opted to just run along the ground and enjoy the feeling of it against her bare toes.

Before too long she stumbled upon a floating chair and... a girl. It was a little weird because Zeke had entered the dream as himself and not trying to hide who he was. But in the dream he had been trying to change his appearance to something new. The resulting uneasy ripple in the dream made it so Lycia felt the girl before her was familiar but didn't know it was Zeke. After all, the Dream tended to err on the side of anonymity for some reason.

"Is this your bird?" She asked in a curious but happy tone. To be perfectly fair, she was happy to meet any of the dreamers visiting her. It just would have been a little more hugging-based of a greeting if she had known it was Zeke.
 

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He...she?..jumped when they heard Lycia's voice, turning to face her, their face turning bright red. "L-Lycia....I...uh....yeah...my bird..," they'd clear their throats, realizing she didn't recognize them. "Well....uh..it's me, it's Zeke," focusing they'd revert back to their normal male form, his sunglasses sliding to the tip of his nose.

"Sorry I was....," he'd glance back at the mirror and back to her before shrugging. "Don't know....just being stupid I guess," he'd laugh nervously and shrug, looking down, his face still quite red, "don't know why I did that." He'd been curious about it and had decided to try it.

Zeke would clear his throat, "anyways, how are you love?" he'd ask, looking back up at her, feeling mildly awkward.

 

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Oh, the person was really startled. Lycia giggled a little at the reaction. It was kind of cute the way they blushed and stammered after being caught like that.

And then Zeke had made it clear who they were and Lycia's smile widened. "Zeke! It is great to see you," she exclaimed even as his form rippled and shifted back from being female to male. Lycia bounded over to hug him, but not before gently removing the sunglasses. She didn't even think about how she was still covered in dirt.

"I am happy you are here," she smiled at him and squeezed her arms around him. She wasn't strong. "You are not stupid. Many people try new things in the Dream. You looked pretty like that too." Lycia was being perfectly honest. Many, many people seemed to like trying things out that they might not be able to easily do in the real world.
 

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He'd wrap his arms around her, smiling a bit, happy that she was accepting it, whatever it was. "Really?" he'd chuckle, "huh....thank you." Zeke would look at her, "it's..it's something I'd been wondering about for a while....so the dreams seemed like a good place to try it."

Zeke looked her over and chuckled a bit, "looks like you've been playing in the dirt," he'd brush a bit off her shoulder. "Been digging again?" he didn't mind getting dirt on himself, it was worth it to be hugging her.

The chair and mirror vanished, Zeke would conjure a large basket around them, with a large balloon attached to it. "People experiment a lot here?" he'd ask, the balloon lifting off band taking them with them, "in the real world they have sex swap charms....I've looked at a few of them."

 

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"You can try what you want here. It's just me here with you. And that...," she paused to squint at a creature that looked like a rabbit but was too long and had two heads, "rabbit?" She couldn't help but giggle as the strange animal hopped off to go do do whatever it was those things did.

Lycia looked down at herself finally to see the dirt all over her nice dress. "Oh... yes, I wanted to follow a mole person but I did not get far," she laughed and then rubbed her cheek against his. Spreading the dirt a little but... neither of them seemed to care all that much.

But with them starting to rise into the air she gasped and then pulled away from him to go look over the side of the basket. Linking her hand in his as she moved. "Hmm? Oh, yes. People try lots of things in the Dream. Being a girl is fun!" Lycia gave a little half twirl in her short dress, causing the edges to flutter and billow some. "Have you tried a dress on?" From anyone else it might have seemed like teasing. But Lycia didn't think like that.
 

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He'd blush and chuckle before rubbing his cheek back against hers. "Sounds fun I'll have to with you sometime," he'd give her hand a squeeze and follow her to the side.

"A dress?" he'd look her over, "no never tried one, but I don't think I'd look as good in one as you," he'd say with a chuckle. "The dresses do look really pretty," he'd say, stepping over to her, "and the look really comfortable."

With a thoughtful hum he'd focus and make himself shift into a girl again, this time wearing a dress. "Whatcha think?" she'd ask, her cheeks flushing. "Uh.....I may need to ask questions about clothes later on, some things feel a little odd."

 

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Lycia smiled happily at him, for the hand squeeze and for saying he'd join her in the dirt sometime. Zeke was really nice like that. Always kind to her and offering to do what she wanted. It made her feel really happy inside.

Zeke was right, she looked far better in a dress than he probably would. At least in the form he was currently in. But Lycia wasn't thinking much about that. He was talking about dresses so she reached down to hold out the hem of hers. Showing it off, even as the dirt disappeared from it like magic. "Yes, I like the dresses more than the pants most of the time."

Lycia watched with curiosity as the boy's form became a little wobbly and hard to see right. A little like the heat haze on a hot day, except more opaque and colorful. And then.. Zeke was a girl wearing a dress too! Lycia clapped excitedly and stepped forward again to grab Zeke's hands. "You are very pretty like this. You should learn to twirl like me," she complimented as she gazed at Zeke's new form and beautiful dress. It looked like he maybe wasn't quite as into shorter dresses like hers, but a dress was a dress. Plus it was apparently Zeke's first time wearing one.

"Things feel wrong? Are you sure you want to wait to ask about them?"
 

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"Well.....uh...," she'd clear her throat, glancing down, the blush deepening even more. "I don't know anything about women's underwear," she'd admit, her hands covering her face in embarrassment, "so I don't really know how to form them, make them work."

She'd lower her hands though the blush on her face didn't fade. "Yeah I know......weird thing to talk about, to ask about,' she'd adjust her dress, trying to figure it out.

"If I ever try this in the real world I'd definitely need someone to teach me about the clothes." This was all new, but in a good way, despite the embarrassment.

 
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Lycia hadn't thought about that at all. But it did make sense. Zeke had no reason to be familiar with those kinds of garments.

She giggled a lot and then reached out to grab the girl's fidgeting hands and hold them comfortably in her own. "I do not think it is weird. Do you want me to help you get dressed in the Dream? We can go to a place for this." As she said this the balloon seemed to be drawing closer to a grand tower. One with what appeared to have a suspiciously convenient shaped flat area to land on.

"I do not know all the clothes but I can help with some. I only know what I feel there and see in the Dream," she admitted as their balloon landed. Jostling the two of them a little bit more than expected and knocking at least Lycia off balance, possibly Zeke too.