Post by The Librarian on Sept 2, 2011 6:20:22 GMT -8
“Alyssia knows you visited her dreams, and she's given her permission to look further...” Sage had said. If she knows I am coming she can alter her perception... let on something is being done... Mei thought to herself as she lay in the dark contemplating the position she was in. Everyone has their uses... Mei crawled out from under Phaen's bed careful not to disturb Indigo who was coiled tightly around her forearm. Chimera, both animate and inanimate, like Changelings are creatures and things, that are born of dream. However unlike Changelings, they lack the protection of mortal flesh. Without this protection, they can dissipate into nothingness almost right after they have been created. The Chimeric snake was born of the glamour surrounding Mei's own Chrysallis, the purple almost black snake had been a constant companion with Mei since that night. Mei tucked her legs under her the ornamental black silk kimono she wore, crinkling as she sat on the bed. In the whispered tones of a Sluagh, Mei spoke to Indigo explaining the task they were to undertake. Though Indigo had no vocal cords to speak she understood Tokunese fluently. Mei laid down on the bed holding Indigo to her chest as Ian suggested, in her own mind she committed herself to executing the illegal art of Oneirocritia, to entering the dreams of Alyssia Kannath and tracing the flow of energy back to the source of the shadow feeding off her dreams.
Mei cast the cantrip Gimix to take the flame of a candle on the vanity and light three candles she'd set out in the room, then finally using the flame to start a special selection of incense burning, incense that would have the Sluagh sleep deeply for sometime, allowing Indigo time to find her way back to her keeper. As Mei lay quietly on the bed she summoned the glamour to cast cantrip that would take her into Alyssia's dreams. Drifting for a time, the focus object of her target lead her to her destination, and Mei stepped forward into a dream she'd seen before, again the shadow though still not as dominating as in Fiona Kannath, was present feeding off the intensity of the dreams emotional energy. Mei found a shadow to cling to and released Indigo to follow the flow of energy in the dream and trace the source of the shadow's influence.
Large shadow like veins covered the landscape, they shivered slightly, constantly pulsating. The air around the veins seemed unnaturally darker, regardless of the lighting. Indigo slithered along the shadows, light that managed to hit the chimera picked up a dark purple from her scales. The ground where the shadows meet seemed to be warped, the shadows melting into it disfiguring whatever it touched. The essence of the dream matcheed Mei's focus, Indigo moves outward towards the vein's, her tongue flicking sensing the energy around her. Approaching a vein it seemed alien to the energy of Alyssia's mind, giving off a twisted air. Indigo approached slowly slithering through the dream coming up on a vein looking for its source. The closer the Chimera got to the shadow the black veins seemed to converge like tree roots, growing thicker, twisting around each other as snake proceeded, converging on a central location, a hole being eaten in the fabric of Alyssia's dream. Knowing the task that they set out to do Indigo being Mei's eyes made of dream material nearly undetectable within the dream-scape; Indigo slithered closer trying to see deeper into the shadow.
Within the hole the black veins met and twist around each other, pulsating like a black heart, whatever lay under them completely enveloped, a soft black mist rolled off of them, and on their surface thousands of small tendril veins rip wildly at the air around them, like they were trying to reach out for anything to devour. Slithering deeper the shadows faded away to the serpents sight, the core seems to unravel to show a shadowy vortex, the air around the vortex spun around it making a black twister like motion in the dark hearts core, through the dark wind a scene showed a shadowy cave with no visible distinctions. As the serpent approached the vortex, a wall appeared around it, black and shadowy, within the walls were vague faces screaming in agony, from their mouths sprouting dark barbed tentacles. Indigo slithered up to the barrier flicking her tongue testing the energy, hesitating to move onwards, testing the barrier, nudging into it slowly, after a few attempts, pushing threw the weight of the barrier, the effort tiring the Chimera. Within the vortex showed a dark landscape, shadows move freely as the smell of blood mixed with the smell of sex, moans of both passion and pain filled the air, the floor bubbles slightly as the entirety of the realm seemed to twist and turn at its own chaotic pace; in the distance a vague outline of a hulking figure of shadows could be seen.
Moving got harder for the Chimera, the weight of the growing banality beginning to hinder the snake. Weakening, the stress straining her feelings, Mei's final command to return, to find her way back through the dream-scape to safety became the sole purpose for the snake. As Indigo left the shadowy figure was seen looking into some dark portal, the image of Alyssia vibrantly clear. Twisting along the veins of black energy Indigo moves back into Aly's dream her bond to Mei drawing the Chimera back to her keeper and safety. Mei awoke later that evening, Indigo coiled tightly to her forearm her head tucked between Mei's breasts, the last of the three candles having just snuffed itself out. Laying in the darkness the scent of snuffed candle wick heavy in the room, Mei and Indigo began sifting through all they'd learned in pursuit of the dream feeder.
Mei cast the cantrip Gimix to take the flame of a candle on the vanity and light three candles she'd set out in the room, then finally using the flame to start a special selection of incense burning, incense that would have the Sluagh sleep deeply for sometime, allowing Indigo time to find her way back to her keeper. As Mei lay quietly on the bed she summoned the glamour to cast cantrip that would take her into Alyssia's dreams. Drifting for a time, the focus object of her target lead her to her destination, and Mei stepped forward into a dream she'd seen before, again the shadow though still not as dominating as in Fiona Kannath, was present feeding off the intensity of the dreams emotional energy. Mei found a shadow to cling to and released Indigo to follow the flow of energy in the dream and trace the source of the shadow's influence.
Large shadow like veins covered the landscape, they shivered slightly, constantly pulsating. The air around the veins seemed unnaturally darker, regardless of the lighting. Indigo slithered along the shadows, light that managed to hit the chimera picked up a dark purple from her scales. The ground where the shadows meet seemed to be warped, the shadows melting into it disfiguring whatever it touched. The essence of the dream matcheed Mei's focus, Indigo moves outward towards the vein's, her tongue flicking sensing the energy around her. Approaching a vein it seemed alien to the energy of Alyssia's mind, giving off a twisted air. Indigo approached slowly slithering through the dream coming up on a vein looking for its source. The closer the Chimera got to the shadow the black veins seemed to converge like tree roots, growing thicker, twisting around each other as snake proceeded, converging on a central location, a hole being eaten in the fabric of Alyssia's dream. Knowing the task that they set out to do Indigo being Mei's eyes made of dream material nearly undetectable within the dream-scape; Indigo slithered closer trying to see deeper into the shadow.
Within the hole the black veins met and twist around each other, pulsating like a black heart, whatever lay under them completely enveloped, a soft black mist rolled off of them, and on their surface thousands of small tendril veins rip wildly at the air around them, like they were trying to reach out for anything to devour. Slithering deeper the shadows faded away to the serpents sight, the core seems to unravel to show a shadowy vortex, the air around the vortex spun around it making a black twister like motion in the dark hearts core, through the dark wind a scene showed a shadowy cave with no visible distinctions. As the serpent approached the vortex, a wall appeared around it, black and shadowy, within the walls were vague faces screaming in agony, from their mouths sprouting dark barbed tentacles. Indigo slithered up to the barrier flicking her tongue testing the energy, hesitating to move onwards, testing the barrier, nudging into it slowly, after a few attempts, pushing threw the weight of the barrier, the effort tiring the Chimera. Within the vortex showed a dark landscape, shadows move freely as the smell of blood mixed with the smell of sex, moans of both passion and pain filled the air, the floor bubbles slightly as the entirety of the realm seemed to twist and turn at its own chaotic pace; in the distance a vague outline of a hulking figure of shadows could be seen.
Moving got harder for the Chimera, the weight of the growing banality beginning to hinder the snake. Weakening, the stress straining her feelings, Mei's final command to return, to find her way back through the dream-scape to safety became the sole purpose for the snake. As Indigo left the shadowy figure was seen looking into some dark portal, the image of Alyssia vibrantly clear. Twisting along the veins of black energy Indigo moves back into Aly's dream her bond to Mei drawing the Chimera back to her keeper and safety. Mei awoke later that evening, Indigo coiled tightly to her forearm her head tucked between Mei's breasts, the last of the three candles having just snuffed itself out. Laying in the darkness the scent of snuffed candle wick heavy in the room, Mei and Indigo began sifting through all they'd learned in pursuit of the dream feeder.