It was evening.
Jace sat at a table outside a street cafe. The dark of night was yet to fall; the sound of people walking and carriages drawn by horses sounded beside him on the street.
Jace picked up the cup of coffee and took a sip. "So, how was it?" he asked the person who sat before him.
Before him sat Sarah, wearing a light blue dress. With her auburn hair styled neatly, she sat opposite Jace with an elegant posture; she looked pretty, as always.
Sarah took a sip of the black tea in her hand. "What?" she asked.
"Oh, you know... The gift I sent you in your dream last night..." Jace said with a dark smile.
Sarah's cheeks flushed as she remembered the things she saw in her sleep. At first, she thought it was just a prank pulled by Jace, but after seeing her lover, Natalie, act a little awkwardly the next day, she felt it was something more.
'Seeing Nat being so feminine... and being taken by Jace like that...' Sarah's thighs tightened instinctively, but she quickly gathered her wandering thoughts.
But Sarah had to admit, Natalie really did seem different. Sarah was so used to seeing Natalie being a dominant figure in her life that she seemed to have forgotten that Natalie was a woman with an actual feminine side.
'I should make her wear dresses every now and then,' Sarah thought as she recalled how good Natalie looked in the dress.
But as she gathered her thoughts, she looked up at Jace and asked, "How exactly are you doing this... Is this one of your new powers after becoming a Sequence 5?" she asked as she looked around the world she was in, still finding it quite bizarre that this was a dream and Jace had literally walked into it.
Jace smiled. "You'll know eventually when you become a Sequence 5—that aside, tell me, how was it?" he asked.
Sarah rolled her eyes at his answer and the question. "Are you seriously asking me that?" she said in an annoyed tone, but a soft blush appeared on her cheeks again.
"Haha." Jace laughed and chuckled.
"Is it really that funny?" Sarah asked, annoyed.
"Haha... No, it's not, but I can't believe that you are not even a little bit angry or jealous. Instead, you are literally blushing, hee hee," Jace said while laughing and chuckling.
Sarah looked at Jace for a moment with an amused expression, but her face turned sad and she smiled bitterly. "I can't help what I am. As for being angry... Well, I kind of expected you would sleep with Natalie and tease me one day. Besides, you like her, don't you? As for being jealous, well, I completely trust Natalie's love for me. I know she'll never leave me..." Sarah said with a smile.
Jace was quiet for a moment, then said with a smile, "Way to kill a causal conversation, Sarah."
Hearing that, Sarah burst into a soft, melodic laughter. Jace chuckled with her as well.
A few moments later, Jace got up, walked to Sarah's side of the table, and offered her his hand. "Let's go," he said.
Sarah put her small hand in his. "Where?" she asked with confusion.
Jace smiled. "This is a dream; we can go anywhere you want," he said as he helped her up, and they both started walking along the side of the street.
After a moment of thought, Sarah said, "...I've never been to a gala before," she said as she looked at Jace with an expectant gaze.
"Ok," Jace said, as he commanded his hidden marionette to change the layout of the dream.
Within a moment, the world around them changed, and both appeared in a grand, shimmering hall lit with golden chandeliers and light.
Soft music was playing around while dozens and dozens of well-dressed people chatted with each other, some dancing together to the soft music as well.
"Wow..." Sarah said out loud as she looked around excitedly. "Haha..." The more she looked at it, the more she liked the power Jace had over this dream thing.
Jace immediately caught her hand before she could wander around. Sarah turned to Jace. "We should be dressed appropriately for this fine evening, don't you think?"
As soon as he said that, his clothes changed magically from a casual shirt and suit to a luxurious-looking tux.
Sarah herself felt the clothes on her body change; soon, she looked down to see herself wearing a beautiful, sleeveless, burgundy-colored evening gown that had a modest neckline and clung to her figure.
"Let's go," Jace said, as he offered his arm like a gentleman.
Sarah soon adjusted to walking in the newly appeared heels and explored the place with Jace. On the other hand, she felt a little shy and awkward; Even though a bit kniky, she was still a conservative young woman, and a shy one at that, so she felt a bit uncomfortable wearing a gown like this in front of so many people—even if imaginary.
Jace, noticing her awkwardness, made a third of all the people around disappear.
—
After exploring the place, Jace invited Sarah to a dance. Sarah apparently didn't know how to dance, so Jace taught her—it only took a minute.
Soon, both Jace and Sarah were swaying to the soft rhythm of the music. Jace held one of Sarah's hands, while his other was on her waist behind, while Sarah's other hand was slung around Jace's shoulder.
As they danced, Jace once again looked carefully at Sarah. In her current attire, she looked quite beautiful.
"I don't think I've mentioned how beautiful you look," Jace said, as he looked at Sarah.
Sarah raised her eyebrow and smiled in amusement. "Jace," she said.
"What?"
"Are you perhaps... flirting with me?" she asked.
Jace smiled. He pulled her closer as his hand on her waist behind slid lower onto her ass. "Why, am I not allowed to?" he whispered in her ear.
Turning her head, Sarah looked at him for a moment. Then she leaned in, kissed him softly, and leaned back. "I am attracted to you... but you should know what my attraction to you entails."
Jace was taken aback by her sudden kiss, but he rolled his eyes after hearing her. "You mean, sleeping with your lover?" he said.
"Mm-hm," Sarah hummed in agreement.
Jace gave a nice squeeze to Sarah's perky ass. "Shame, I really thought I was going to 'take' you tonight."
"Really?" Sarah asked.
Jace sighed, returned his hand to where it was, and stepped back a little. "No," he said.
Sarah chuckled.
After a few minutes of dancing, Sarah asked, "Are you going to visit Nat again today?"
"No, that was a one-time thing. After today, I won't be able to use the dream powers," he said as he shook his head.
——
After having the dream date with Sarah, Jace came back to his bungalow and laid on the bed.
After a moment, as if noticing his presence, a black cat hopped onto the bed and settled against Jace's chest. "Meow~"
Jace patted his cat.
Tomorrow morning, he would discard his marionette and make a potion out of it for his cat, Nyx, so she could become a Dream Walker.
As for how to complete the ritual... he had something in mind for it.