#she's closer to dracula's influence except sunrise/sunset

[vickyvicarious]

I wonder what kind of dreams Mina is having...

#dracula daily #i cant stop thinkinf about how much time she spends asleep #she's closer to dracula's influence except sunrise/sunset #is she dreaming of him? #is the sleeping part of becoming a vampire or some subconscious attempt to resist #what if she knows how to lucid dream. would that be a similar enough state to hypnotism in some way? #i imagine mina dreaming horrible wonderful things #she dreams of dracula's assault #of lucy's end #she holds jonathan's hand as she falls asleep and has a GOOD dream of the two of them together and happy and no dracula anymore #and then dream!mina is kissing him and his neck and then bites down and -drinks- and jonathan is still smiling and relaxed #she drinks so much that he's pale and trembling but he laughs and kisses her again and now there's blood on his mouth too #and she feels so GOOD so alive and strong and closer than ever with his lifeblood pumping through her veins and it's such a happy dream #until she wakes up. #(even then. horribly it takes a few minutes. jonathan sees her smile upon waking; answers it with his own. and it takes a while to realize) #or maybe sometimes mina doesn't think she dreamed at all and she is so grateful for a peacefuk sleep #nothing but darkness and the feeling of the train's movement lulling her #and it's fine it's good there's nothing at all and that's such a relief now #but then. come sunrise. when van helsing hypnotizes her. for just a brief moment in between entering the trance and surrending #all her own awareness and control - for just a single moment - the darkness feels so familiar. the movement not of a train but a ship #she doesn't have time to be certain. was she dreaming of dracula? was she *dracula* in what she thought were her few moments of peace? #there's no time to be sure before her mind surrenders under the wave of van helsing's intent. #before she subsumes herself and her Self becomes *him* again. she feels what he feels knows what he knows because they are one and the same #and when they separate it's a kind of mercy that she doesn't remember. but it means she forgets the maybe-dreams as well #mina murray