Closed starter: @puddlexdeep Location: Forest's home
The dream stuck with Ocean long after he woke up. Even though he had tried to go back to sleep afterwards, it hadn't taken long for him to realize that wasn't going to happen, though he'd still tried. For another hour he had laid there just trying to shut off his mind, but after that hour, when he wasn't even remotely close to falling asleep, Ocean had given up. So he'd gotten out of bed and gone for a long walk, observing the eerie storm and the even eerier mood that settled over the town afterwards. Even as a human, he could tell that something was strange, and it made him uneasy, so it wasn't long before he returned to Forest's house. Even though he had lived here for months now, it still wasn't his house, it was his brother's. Though it was no fault of Forest's, Ocean didn't feel like he really belonged here or anywhere else; he felt like he belonged nowhere, especially after that dream. But it was still home, and Ocean hoped it would feel like that one day.
Once he had gotten back to Forest's house, Ocean knew immediately what to do. There were two things he could do to clear his head: go swimming and do something with his art, whether it be painting or pottery or sculpting or whatever medium felt right in the moment. And after his dream, Ocean didn't much feel like swimming. So he ventured down into Forest's basement, which he used as an art studio, and he went to work on a new painting. While he often experimented in different styles, this time Ocean decided to work on something abstract He wanted to express how he felt, but he couldn't really explain that in any sort of concrete way, which was why an abstract painting was the best style for his purposes currently.
The piece just flowed naturally, and it was like Ocean didn't even have to think about what he wanted to do. Soon he had a palate consisting mostly of cold colors, blues and greens and purples, and Ocean was so laser focused that he nearly didn't hear the footsteps on the stairs leading into the basement behind him. But then Ocean snapped out of his reverie, realizing someone was behind him, and he looked to see Forest standing there. "Oh, hey," Ocean greeted his brother with a smile. "I couldn't sleep. I had a really bad dream last night."
