Krystal - Hmm thatโs weird. Transmission received. Fromโฆ the hell? Anan?
ALAIS - Strange. Anan from The Dream Realm. Processing. Oh that was a short one.
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๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐. ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐. ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ. ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ’๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. ๐๐ซ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐๐๐. |
Luna - Hm. I suppose we could? Hopefully Nautilus is up for a fly?
Hinata - Yeah, letโs do this. Plus dream combat is way more fun, letโs be honest here. No need to worry about mana drain.
Krystal - Okay, good luck. When youโre ready to come back to us, wake up.
Luna and Hinata are flying atop of Nautilus's back above a very foggy forest with massive trees and overgrowth galore. After days of flying atop her trusty whale’s back, she looks totally confused and tilts her head, “wait how much further is Anan?” Hinata looks at Luna in confusion, “How should I know? I’ve never met him. Usually my dreams are full of pretty wom-- I MEAN dog stuff. Yeah.” Luna chuckles and pats her beloved on the head, scritching at her ears gently, “you’re so typical Hina. At least my dreams aren’t so salacious usually.”
Hinata seems very confused at Luna’s wording, “salacious? Fuck’s that mean?” She tries to use her phone to access the internet, but in a rare twist of fate, she has no signal whatsoever. “Gods damn it. My phone’s dead. Is this a nightmare?”
Luna looks over and disagrees, “It cannot be. We’re on top of Nautilus, a CoL of Dreams.” With a pair of binoculars pulled out of her bag, Luna goes to look for the webs and chittering that usually signifies they’re in Anan’s Domain, “Wait, I see it. Go Nautilus, let’s go down!” Despite the command, however, Nautilus does not descend and it makes whale noises. Strangely, though perhaps this is due to Luna’s connection to her, the whale noises sound rather distressed and nervous.
In the far distance of this particular section of The Outskirts, a loud rumbling of thunder and the distinct KER-CHAK! of lightning is heard. Crashing into the pair and the whale are birds of all sizes scattering from that direction. Hinata and Luna hold on tight as they also notice animals of all shapes, sizes, and species dashing away from ground zero. Luna tries to connect to Nautilus via her Telepathic Magic, but all she hears are whale noises, rather typical let’s be honest. Above the group, rain falls on them as if they just ran directly into a sudden deluge.
“Should we.. head down?” Luna gulps. "I got it Luna, teleport down!" Hinata cheers triumphantly as the pair and the massive whale crash into the trees. Covered in mud from head to toe and with hundreds of trees inadvertently knocked down from the whale’s sudden and unplanned descent, the pair jump off of Nautilus. It nearly immediately flies away from the pair. “Wait, where is she going?” Hinata asks with fear on her face. Luna sighs, “I told you, we need to train your teleporation spell before we get caught up in the couch or some stupid shit!”
Hinata pouts and crosses her arms, “I-- Okay you DID tell me that, but-- ughhhh I’ll fucking do it with you and beat you afterwards.” With the sudden argument completed, the two traverse through the forest covered in sludge and webs of all kinds. A few hundred feet into their trek, they slowly find it harder and harder to progress, until they reach a portion where they cannot move any further. “What… is this shit? Why can’t we mo--” Hinata grunts, trying to lift her feet to progress. Much of her face is covered in mud and parts are bleeding from the shrapnel caused by their sudden landing.
Luna uses the sleeve of her hoodie to try and wipe her face off as much of her body isn’t faring much better. Upon looking down at their situation, she notices they’ve stepped into Anan’s webs. Silky and sticky white strings cover their shoes which makes it incredibly difficult to move forward. Looking at the trees nearby, most of them are ALSO covered in this same string and touching them traps any body part in place. Panicking and hyperventilating due to her innate arachnophobia, she looks for any way out and thankfully, one of the branches seems to be devoid of the webs. She focuses her mana on her feet to try and lift-- OFF. “ONE. TWO. THRE-- FUCK OWW OW WHY IS THE BRANCH SHA--” It wasnt a branch but instead Anan trying to grab her from its webs using its blade sharp arms as holds. “Ugh, fine. Thank you Anan. Hinata, grab a hold of me. We’ll lift off on three? Okay?” Luna’s hands are bleeding profusely.
Hinata grabs ahold. On three, the trio lifts off and with the elasticity of the webs combined with the sheer amount of force needed to get out, the pair find themselves on the muddy ground. Luna’s hand is severely injured. Hinata quickly tries to bandage it up, but due to the rain, the bandages do not stick. Deeming it fine, however, Luna just deals with the bleeding by putting her hand into a pocket. Maybe not the BEST move here, but with none of the group having healing magicks, it’ll have to do.
Anan looks worried, which is odd considering it has no discernable face aside from its three glowing red eyes and pair of sharp mandables sticking out of its mouth. The two can still communicate with it telepathically.
โ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐? ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ.โ
โUs either.โ Hinata sighs as she wipes herself off as best as she can. โWhat the hell is happening?โ๐๐ง๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ฌ, โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฑ. ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐จ๐.โ
Luna gulps and looks totally incredulous, “What the fuck? Fulgurex?? But that can’t be! It can’t sleep! It’s the Concept of Storms!”
Just then another bolt of lightning crashes about 100 feet away from the group and a very strong gust of wind knocks the pair off their feet. Luna is completely deafened as a result. The gust of wind knocks the pair off their feet into Anan’s outstretched and extremely sharp legs as if it was waiting for exactly this moment. They notice its mandibles almost smiling.
At the very split second moment before they make contact, the feeling of freezing cold water wakes them up and out of harm’s way.
They wake up on the couch to a concerned Spider Fairgreen.
[End Dream]