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The whole place seemed to be made of cabbages - everywhere you looked, cabbages. Larger-than-life cabbages with strategic holes in them made to look like houses made up a whole town, tree-trunks made by stacking small cabbages on top of each other - their leaves made out of loose cabbage leaves - smattered about the little town (with a larger forest on the horizon), even the ground seemed to have the texture of cabbages.

In the middle of all this stood a girl, the only living being in the dream. On the edge of your hearing, though, was the hustle and bustle of a city, as though everyone was just around the corner and could come walking along at any time.

It wasn't a lonely dream. It was quite serene, in fact, and it matched the girl with the butterfly wings who was examining one of the cabbage-trees with interest.

She blinked, quite surprised at finding someone else in this dream. She'd had it a few times now, but she'd never before met anyone - heard them, yes, but never actually seen.

And this one didn't seem to be made of cabbages. Maddy had, on some level, expected anyone to appear in this dream to be made of the same material as everything else (except, of course, her).

"Hello there." She smiled with a slightly bemused expression. "You're not made of cabbages, are you." It should have been a question, but it ended up sounding more like a statement.

"I don't think I am." She examined the skin on one of her hands, trying to see if she'd gotten any cabbage-like qualities. "Nope, looks cabbage-free to me."

Maddy hesitated a brief moment before coming to the conclusion that it was her dream and she could ask whatever she wanted: "Can I pet you? I mean, you look really, really, really silky and soft and I've never had a cat before or--" She broke off, blushing; it might've been her dream, but that didn't mean she should forget her manners, and bouts of babbling really weren't very polite.

"Hmm, I don't know. Some sort of cabbage-world?" Maddy shrugged delicately as she scratched Galleai's ears and quietly revelled in the comfort of a purring cat. "I'm not really sure, to be honest. I've been here a few times, but yeah."

"It's kinda cute, yeah." Maddy grinned. "I'd never thought that cabbages could be cute before this, but ther--" She stopped, looking slightly bewildered. "At least I don't think I did, but obviously I did.. Wow, this is confusing!"

"I have no idea. I can't make out their voices very well. Can you?" The voices created a background, but every time you tried to focus on them they seemed to get dimmer and dimmer, as though the people were moving away.

Then again, as a cat, Galleai might have better hearing than Maddy did.

"Mine?" Maddy blinked, surprised at the thought. "No.. not really. I mean, I've never actually been inside one of them."

She looked towards the round cabbage-houses with renewed curiosity. "Do you want to go?" She'd been too engrossed in listening to the noise and examining everything from the outside the last couple of times she'd been here; it hadn't even occured to her to go inside the houses.
But now that it had, she was kinda glad she wasn't alone - you never knew if the dream would turn nasty, but having someone there made the prospect a lot easier.

"Alright!" She got up, infected by the cat's enthusiasm, and made towards the nearest house.

She stopped just outside the entrance, peering inside somewhat warily. "Do you see anything? It's completely dark for me.. I can't even see the floor!" If there was one, her mind added.

Maddy took out the candle with a surprised expression on her face. Had that..? Nevermind. Conveniently, the candle lit up by itself, casting a warm orange glow on their surroundings in the sudden dusk that'd befallen them.

"Alright, here I go." She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before stepping through the circular doorway.

Nothing seemed to happen. The butterfly girl cracked open an eye and took in her surroundings; not nightmarish in the least. It was a small, cozy cottage, made completely out of cabbage like the rest of the world. The wallpaper-leaves were a darker colour than the rest of the house, and all in all it was a nice, leafy contrast.

"Wow. This was not what I'd expected." She eyed the furniture, as cute and cabbage-y as the rest, and completely impossible anywhere but in dreams. "Did you know it was going to be like this?" Maddy had been expecting a nightmare, but Galleai had seemed sure that something good was waiting on them.