It's 1589, and Hob Gadling is rich and indulging his stranger in the last century, his wife and son, playing cards!!!
When suddenly, his stranger it turning his interest to william, that bastard of a “playwright”
Hob Gadling at the fear of losing dream, watching him walk away in a moment of desperation blurts "I can show you real talent. Someone worth time"
Dreams interested, still halfway to william
Hob continues, pulls out his painting of Eleanor and robyn, "the artist that painted this... You should see their pieces. A real work of art"
Dream knows them, they've been an aspiring artist, all of their dreams are churned into paintings, paintings no one will look at, paintings that are worthless, but they still dream of one day having all eyes on their paintings. They dream, long for someone to see art as they do
"I can introduce you?" Hob suggests, and dream is intrigued
Dream has taken up very few projects over the centuries
A man whos will to live is stronger than he knows
A man who just wants to write
A being of the darkest parts of nightmares
But, this century is a new one
An artist longing to create painting like every second is their last and as if after every thought, brush stroke, they'll suddenly drop off the face of the planet
"If I could" they sat nervously in their seat, two wealthy men eyes locked on him, "I feel as though I could create for years... Centuries, eons- as long as I can create something, I feel like I could never truly leave the world. I'll make my footprint, and live forever"
A hundred years time
The best of their paintings in the century, and a will to keep creating
And a new friend for Hob, humans need friends right?
Besides, what's there to lose for Dream?
anyway i wrote a tiny fic on it [still updating it lol]
I made sheet pan garlic parmesan chicken thighs with boxed honey cornbread tonight and my partner bit into the chicken and immediately said 10/10. i used two packs of chicken thighs so i had to put the veggies in another pan but i was able to get everything in the oven at the same time.