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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 0:41:37 GMT
Jillian moved up towards the adults, still shivering in her nightgown. Thoughts of Liliana's reaction and what she would tell Maria sprung to her mind. The others were not so bad, the young girls probably had comfortable sleepwear of their own and Adamson was a father. At least the oversized jacket covered much of it.
She gave Matilda a friendly smile before looking at Dristan, "Professor, did you feel that? Just as the boat went past, like a fuzzy feeling?" She was not entirely sure she had not imagined it, but since Adamson seemed to be taking charge she felt she should at least ask. Standing around feeling helpless was not going to set an example for the younger girls. "The wind is getting to me, I think."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 0:46:15 GMT
Lili stirs and slowly opens her eyes. She sighs heavily as she sits up and runs a hand through her hair. She looks down where she lay on a beach...? She backs herself up quickly away from the water. Her eyes are wide, fear ridden in them. "Oh god..." She continues to push herself away from the waters edge, her eyes fixed on the black onyx colored water. Her body shakes and she stumbles a bit
"No...No..I'm dead.. They finally did it. They freaking did it..." Lili is wearing a pair of loose fitting shorts and a sports bra and is bare food. Her hands are bare(No gloves...). Her eyes scan the people surrounding her. She recognized a few of them, but she wasn't exactly focused on that at the moment. The only thing running through her head was the fact she was obviously dead.....
((Lili is 5 foot nothing. Long brownish black hair left down, olive colored skin and hazel eyes. Her frame is small. On her right side is a tribal style wolf head tattoo on the curve of her hip.))
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 0:56:24 GMT
Dristan stands and looks at Jillian who had joined him. "Yes I did Jillian and that boat is Charon's boat." He notices after hearing Jillian saying the wind was getting to her he immediately removed his leather jacket and gave it to Jillian. "Tie my jacket around your waist so that you can be a lot more warm then you are." Right after he spoke he heard Lili freaking out and ran right over to his cousin and without a thought wrapped his arms tightly around. "Shhhh, hey it is okay Lili. We are not dead. We are not dead. Calm down."
He looks right into Lili's eyes. "Focus on me. My voice, my eyes. You are not dead and neither are we. We are somewhere else but we are not dead. Why we are here I do not know but right now I need you to calm down okay?" His voice very soothing and then he realized what his cousin was wearing and quickly removed his button down shirt and wrapped it around Lili and remained right in front of her until she was calmed down.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 1:02:43 GMT
Lili jumped when she felt the arms around her. She wanted to fight back, before she focused and she could see who it was. "Dristan...the water. It was there. I was in there, It was....I just..." She tries to catch her breath, her arms clinging, her nails digging into his flesh.
His shirt was around her in a matter of moments and she could feel the wind on her skin and she shivered. "Dristan....I havent had control.." She whispered looking at him. "I have..." She shivers again, her eyes focusing to him. "No gloves...look what i'm wearing..." Her eyes are still full of fear, though she slowly seems to be coming into herself again.
"Whats going on...."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 1:07:32 GMT
Jillian had barely taken the jacket when she heard the voice and saw her professor run past. Following his gaze she saw Liliana and decided to follow Dristan, almost slipping in the sand.
"Liliana, here.." she called as she got close, sinking to the sand nearby and holding out Dristan's jacket. "Seems you need this even more than I do, just our luck we're both without shoes and well.." There was no reason in saying more she felt. She was blushing a little as she looked at her fellow Ravenclaw, offering the coat.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 1:40:56 GMT
Mattie stood with Kiami's help and walked over towards the group. "Um, so that was eerie." She said looking at the boat as it sailed off into the distance. "Lili, are you okay? I am sorry for not being a better cousin." She wraps her arms around her shoulder for a moment to help give the girl some comfort. She kisses her cheek and stands up looking from Matilda to Kiami back to Jillian and then her dad and Lili.
She stands closer to Jillian and sort of leans on the older girl. "Um, so. I kinda want to go home now. I liked the cave. Maybe we can go in there for the moment? At least it could help with the breeze. There are candles in there, they don't give off heat, but it is better then this right? Unless someone has a lighter on them? I could get some reeds and we could start a fire while the adults figure this out?" She was kind of talking to Jillian and Kiami but it was loud enough for the adults to hear as well.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 7:05:41 GMT
For the past five nights, Jeremy had been having fear filled dreams. Of a maelstrom of chaos, confusion and the feeling of being hunted. Of a dark blackness ever present over his shoulder. Hed wake up each morning in sweat clutching on to his amulet. And each morning he would say to himself it was because he hadnt visited the asylum.
So when, whilst having another nightmare he had the feeling of being drenched in a cold liquid he thought nothing of it. Just closed his eyes and waited..and waited....for what seemed like an eternity, and yet he wasnt waking up.
Through the miasma of thoughts, filled with trepidation and worry, he heard a familiar voice and the panic inside his mind subsided a little. 'What is Matilda doing in my dream?' He thought to himself. Then a soft feminine hand grasped onto his, and again Jeremy found himself confused. 'Its usually just me in my dreams' he thought.
Hearing more and more voices his consciousness won through and he opened his eyes. His first sight was of his friend Matilda. "What?....where?...." he looks around calmly to find himself on a shoreline at the mouth of a cave, there are others here he doesnt recognise. Instinctively his left hand reaches for his amulet....its gone...infact...he is wearing clothes that arent his. "What?..." he says again as much to himself as to anyone, as the clothes he is wearing are an expensive dark brown pin striped suit, a white shirt, with a grey waistcoat. He looks again at Matilda "This isnt like my normal dreams.....what is going on?" He says sounding more English then ever.
(Jeremy is a little short of six foot, side parting and wears glasses. He is currently wearing an expensive suit)
Keeper Note: Jeremy looks like Jeremy as we are not in the keys yet
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 7:30:09 GMT
"Hello Jermey. I have to say I don't know what is going on at all. Apparently we're at the Hypnos realm or something. I can't make sense of it all" she let goes of his hand soon after.
"I don't understand why we're in each others dream as well but I'm going on the pretence that we are sharing a dream with them over there. Sorry for taking your hand as well" she says back to him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 7:54:18 GMT
"Hypnos...hypnos... That rings a bell somewhere. I believe I have a few books briefly touching the subject."He pauses his speech to look around at the other people she mentioned. All in various garbs, wandering around and chatting.
A slight panic begins to rise in Jeremy, but when Matilda mentions about the shared dream, the panic for the moment is quelled. "Shared dream? Ive heard about such things. Something druids of Europe and the aborigines of Australasia have in common, and to a degree the native americans. Each one talks of a journey...." he frowns again. And gets himself onto his feet. "I suppose I should introduce myself to our companions. Do you know any of them?" He says to Matilda, hoping she would take the lead. Jeremy thinks to himself that regardless of who the others are, he is going to stick alongside Matilda whatever situation arises.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 8:04:09 GMT
She nods as he explains that he's heard of the notion of shared dreams. It wasn't something she had heard of at all.
"I've spoken to some of the others and it seems that they all know each other. I'll take the lead if you like whilst you get your bearings before you introduce yourself to them" she says back to him. She decides to keep close to Jermey until she knows what is happening.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 8:33:37 GMT
"If you dont mind?" He says to Matilda. He strokes his chin as he looks out, to the cave, then to the path, then finally resting his gaze out to the river.
"After you then!" He says with a smile.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 8:41:08 GMT
"I don't mind at all. I wouldn't have offered otherwise" she says back to him with a smile.
She leads the way up back to where the others are. "Don't wonder off Jermey" she says to him as she leads them up.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 9:39:19 GMT
Jeremy nods at Matilda and follows duly behind her. Still taking in the alien scenery around. Hes still not sure if he truly believes it is all a shared dream or just the continuation of the night terrors he has been having. But even he knows a dream has to run its course, and who is he to argue.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 18, 2017 10:57:35 GMT
Looking around there are really only two things to do as swimming out into the current does seem to be a bad idea. There is the path off to the left towards 7 pillars that seems to have something resting on the middle pillar. And there is the cave that dead ends where the river pours into it and back out to where they are standing.
The sun is slowly rising as it is morning, none of you feel hungry or tired at all. If anything you are quite refreshed. The water is now just 'normal' water and most of you are already starting to warm up from the sun and dry off.
At the moment everything seems normal, wherever you are you are in a real world and not a dream world. You feel the sand under your feet, you hear birds, there were sounds of people who were talking on the boat that drifted, muffled, as it passed all of you by. The wind blows tall grass along the path to the left towards the pillar, making a gentle soothing sound.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 11:02:47 GMT
Dristan notices that Matilda's friend had awaken and looks to the girls once more to make sure all of them were alright and then turns to Jeremy. "Dristan....." He nods respectfully. "Let me catch you up to speed. Somehow the river Lethe one of the three rivers of the underworld has brought us to Hypnos, the God of Sleep's realm. The cave over there is his palace. Inside is also a star chart related to Hypnos in the shape of the Corona Borealis. The crown of the God of Wine. We keep seeing Charon's boat, twice now."
He looks around once more and sighs. At least the girls would start to warm from the sun. He notices the path with seven pillars to the left and looks to the entire group. "Alright we need a game plan. There is a path to the left. Thinking we should all take it and see where it leads, hopefully to answers and we all need to stick together and not wander off from each other."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 11:25:47 GMT
Lili finally manages to calm herself down, unhinging her nails from,Dristan arm skin. She hadn't noticed Jillian or Mattie for a short time before she looks around at the kiss to her cheek.
"Its okay Mattie." She whispered turning back,to,look,at Jillian while idly buttoning up the shirt Dristan had given her. At least it was something. "Ill be okay Jillian. Thanks though" she finally breathes looking around at the group and her surroundings.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 12:10:44 GMT
Matilda listens to Dristan get Jermey up to speed a lot better than she did. At least someone has a very vague understanding about what is going on she thought to herself.
She looks at the group of young girls.“I agree that we should take that path to see where it takes us. Our primary concern should be making sure the girls are safe”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 12:22:51 GMT
Jillian shrugged at Liliana's polite refusal, feeling awkward for a moment about having two jackets when the other girl only had the shirt. She looked down at Mattie, surprised and comforted that the girl had chosen to be so close. She gives her a smile and the lightest of one armed hugs. "I am up for keeping out of the way, but I don't think your.. dad wants us wandering out of his sight." She chuckled a bit at the dad comment, she had had no idea. "We can certainly stay together though, I'd like that."
She looked up at the adults, giving Jeremy and Matilda a smile and then turned to Dristan. "I'll follow your lead, professor. Liliana and I can keep an eye on Mattie and her friend while you three focus on finding a way for us all to wake up."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 18:13:50 GMT
Mattie stands there and smiles into the one arm hug and locks arms with Kiami. "This is Kiami, I thought you all knew her from school? She is in Hufflepuff with me." She says looking between her father and the girls. "So, the pillars?" Mattie looks up at the them.
She wanted to walk over and get a better look and so she unhooked her arms and walked a bit further away from the group to look at them. "There are only 7 pillars here." She calls back and looks at the one in the middle. "What is it?" She looks at it and wants to pick it up to get a better look but waits for the moment, just sort of examining it with her eyes.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 18, 2017 18:37:47 GMT
The bag on the pillar is a brown leather pouch with a draw string, nothing unusual about it other than 'whom may have left it here'. As she is looking at it there is a slight change in the light, as if there is a shadow of a person on the other side of the pillars. Like the stories of the Cheshire cat a form starts to slowly appear, eyes first, then the shape of a mans body.
He is of slender build, has black hair and light blue eyes, rather attractive. His attire is of greek inspiration with the hems decorated in ancient symbols and yet his clothes are a blend of 'modern' almost a tan colour of jean trousers and a nice white loose mens blouse. "It won't hurt you. Take it, you'll need it."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 19:21:20 GMT
Mattie sees the man form in front of her and she blinks. She isn't quite sure what to think but she smiles softly at him. "So it'll help us?" She looks at the man as she looks back to the pouch. She picks it up and looks back to the group.
"Who are you?" She looks at the man.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 18, 2017 19:25:16 GMT
"My dear, I think you all know who I am." The man was mysterious in nature, he motioned around him. "You are after all in the dreamlands where dreamers dream." He seems quite proud of himself and the dreamlands as he motions around, but frowns when another boat passes by in the distance. "I've called you all here because I have a couple of problems that needs addressing and I believe you are exactly the people who I need to do it."
"I believe you are Mattie. A bit smaller than I remember you, but nonetheless, you'll do as you are."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 19:27:42 GMT
She seems surprised by all accounts of the word as her eyes grow. "Your? Him?" She looks back to the cave and back to him. "Hypnos?" She whispers as if she didn't want anyone to hear her.
"Wait? A bit smaller? This is the biggest I have ever been." She looks at him with a cocked eyebrow. "What do you need help with?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 19:30:05 GMT
Dristan looked around and realized that Mattie was not near them and he heard her say something towards the pillars. What about staying together did his daughter not understand? He runs over and stops dead in his tracks seeing a gentleman talking with his daughter and he was right up on Mattie now with his hand on his daughter's shoulder being very protective.
"Who are you?" Dristan is very direct and straight forward and is slowly moving Mattie behind him now.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 19:32:30 GMT
She elbow her dad and tells him to shush, whispering to him. "It's Hypnos, the God, be respectful." She shakes her head, clutching the brown leather pouch and not moving to hide behind her father. She was actually quite intrigued to have met a god, even if it was in her dreams. She certainly wouldn't mind sitting here and listening to his stories over the many many centuries.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 18, 2017 19:37:14 GMT
"Mattie is correct Dristan, I am Hypnos." He leans a little to continue to talk to Mattie, his voice doesn't reflect that she is a child. If anything he speaks to her as if she is an older soul deserving of equal respect.
"A foolish person has abused a portal from the dreamlands to your past. They are attempting to alter an event in time that would cause mankind to fall under the slavery of a horrible entity. At the same time, another foolish man is doing damage to dreamers and this world. They are both in peril and will need addressing. Either way, it does not matter which way you go first, but a path must be chosen."
He waves a hand and another path appears next to the pillars going right, with another movement of his fingers a path goes to the left. Both are going over a hill in two different directions.
"Which would you choose first. Earth or the Dreamers?"
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 19:43:58 GMT
Matilda looks at this man who seems to be talking to Dristan and Mattie and she walk into this God to try and get answers on what is going on and why them. She hears about this horrible entity and wants to know more.
"Do you know who or what this horrible entity could be" she asks. Her voice showing respect.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 19:46:14 GMT
Mattie smiles at Hypnos, she likes that he is talking to her as if she were older and not a kid that didn't know anything. "My past?" She looks at him odd. "My past is only a short 11 years, not much has happened in it that could be ruined more then what it already has been." She makes an odd face and thinks as he explains the rest.
"Ruining dreams is not a good thing, but enslaving all of mankind seems worse." She sighs and looks to her father and then to the other woman. "Are their two different people trying to ruin both places or is it the same person in two different places?
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Aug 18, 2017 19:48:54 GMT
Hypnos smiles, "Ah Matilda Harrow, I have heard of you. Yes." He suavely walks around Dristan and Mattie and whispers into Harrows's ear quietly. He flirts with Matilda as his hand gently brushes against her hand, he smiles as he whispers into her ear. ưǢǶdzƮǻǽȁȂƮǾǽȅdzȀǴȃǺƮǏǼDZǷdzǼȂƮǽǼdzƮǽǴƮȂǶdzǻƮǯǺǺƼƮǢǶdzƮǼǽǼƻǰdzǺǷdzȄdzȀȁƮȅǷǺǺƮǼǽȂƮȃǼDzdzȀȁȂǯǼDzƺƮǰȃȂƮǗƮǰdzǺǷdzȄdzƮȂǶǯȂƮȇǽȃƮȅǷǺǺƮǯǼDzƮDzǽƼƮǢǶdzȇƮȅǷǺǺƮǼǽȂƮǰdzƮǯǰǺdzƮȂǽƮȃǼDzdzȀȁȂǯǼDzƺƮȁǽƮǹdzdzǾƮǯǼƮdzȇdzƮǽǼƮȂǶdzǻƮǴǽȀƮǻdzƮǺǽȄdzǺȇƼưÌ He winks at Matilda Harrow then answers Mattie Adamson, "I do, but it is not that important. You must find the ones causing the issues and stop them."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 19:56:00 GMT
Matilda smiles a little bit when Hypnos says he's heard of her. She feels flattered that he is taking an interest in her as she feels his hand brush against her hand.
She listens to what he has to say and nods to show that she agrees to this for him as he winked at her. She sweetly smiles back at him.
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