Staunton Bluffs Episode I: To the Borderstone

[Le Noir Faineant]

You dream...

You are standing in the same main room of the fortified house, but everything seems changed... The house is not longer ruined - the wall is cleanly plastered with white lime, and fresh, crystal water springs from the fountain. The doors are highly ornamented and of white, clean wood.

The doors to all the other rooms are closed, and you can't see what's behind them...

You hear a a woman's voice lilt from behind the southern door, and you perceive the sound of a seashore from outside...

[Le Noir Faineant]

[You are adventuring in a dreamscape from now on - please, give a description of your dream alter ego to the others! You may choose whatever you want to appear, but will keep the powers of your original character.]

[kintire]

Shana rises from the wall where she has been sleeping, and looks around. She personally appears much as she does in the real world, but her clothes have changed to rich silks, she has a diamond necklace, a ruby ring, and a cloth of gold sash about her waist.

[BigBadQDaddy]

Alain gets up, slowly. Looking around at the new features of the room. His form is much the same as in the physical sense, except everything about him is without color, and he seems to go from transluscent to opaque every now and again, as if to represent a mind not sure of itself.
He hears the womans call, and begins to move towards it.

[Boccaccio Barbarossa]

Avra's dream alter-ego is still recognizably the same person but is seems like an idealized version of himsef. His beard and his hair are much longer with streaks of white. They seems to move every so slightly as if under the effects of a slight wind. His clothing is very plain: he has white pants, is barechested save for a sleevless vest and he wears sandles. He has his shield on his back and at his side, the empty scabbard... and yet, looking closely, one can almot see a ghostlike sword resting in the scabbard, as if the weapon were a projection of his own spirirt; a part of his being.

he most striking difference, however, are the seven dimly glowing lights going from red at the base of his spine through the clours of the rainbow to violet at the top of his head. Those who are within arms lengths of him would see that the light emanates from what appear to be, for lack of a better description, glowing tattoos of stylized flowers.

(for any players familiar with Rajian mysticism, these spots correspond to Avra's chakras or power centers.)


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EDIT: I am assuming, of course, that the sword is a figment and can't be used and that the lights are so dim that they shed less light than a candle.)

[Tavian]

Tavian's eyes open suddenly. He didn't even realize he had dazed off leaning against the wall while watching out for the others. He looks around and quickly realises that he must be dreaming. The people around him are dressed much more extravagantly than before, but look mostly the same. The room he's in looks fresh and new.

Then he looks down.

"The floor looks so far away," he thinks to himself.

The dream-alter ego of Tavian is a much taller version, closer to six feet than three, with long flowing black robes covered in blood red runes. His hands are adorned in many gem-studded rings. His long black hair is still there, but it is much more full and clean.

Tavian was always good looking, but somehow now that he is taller his features are strikingly handsome rather than just "cute."

Hearing the voice startles Tavian out of his reflective gaze and, noticing others move towards it, he follows.

[Le Noir Faineant]

Suddenly, you smell something... Like if there was something burning...

As you look down on you, you realize you're standing in burning coals...

Pain flows through your bodies...

[kintire]

Shana gives a cry of pain. If there is anything obvious to leap onto, she will, failing that, make for the nearest door in a series of jumps.

[Don Fernando]

Jarryd opens his eyes and realizes he slept during his guard shift..."Unforgivable..." he thinks.

As he stands up, he realizes his clothes are different. His traveling clothes are gone. His clothes are those of a Pharazian nobleman now. Silk pants and a linen shirt are covered by a white robe, making him taller than he really is. A Keffiyeh covers his head once more, a colorful akal holding the headcloth in place. In his right hand, on one of his fingers there is a golden ring, with a pale blue stone embeded in it. The Ring of the Caravans. At his side, in a beautifully crafted scabbard, lies a great scimitar. The sword of his father. The ultimate simbols of rulership on the caravans.

Jarryd realizes now that he's dressed up as if he was the next ruler of the seven caravans. The title that is his' by birthright, a title that has been in his family for thousands of years.

Everything is going in slow motion, and Jarryd feels quite confussed. The burning smell and the sound of women calling to him make this place seem like a dream....

But if it's only a dream, why this burning pain in my body??

[Tavian]

When the burning sensation registers in Tavian's mind, he screams like a little girl and tries to run/jump to safety.

[CapN]

Nathan looks like a human shadow with no visible features.

OOC: do I recover my spells?
OT: sorry, I was at the univesity and will only get a computer password on the 7th of march.

[Boccaccio Barbarossa]

Avra closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. Pain is an illusion of the mind. He concentrates on his breathing to the exclusion of thw pain and tentatively takes a step forward...

[BigBadQDaddy]

as Soon as Alain feels the burning sensation, he picks up his speed to a run, still moving towards the sound of the womans voice.

[DamienJ]

[OOC: A little bit late here...sorry, oral surgery kept me down for the past 48 hrs...]

Nicolas startles awake feeling the burn against his skin. He jumps up.

"Something's not right...am I truly awake?" He looks about at his companions, then sees how they are all changed. "What's happened to us? What's happened in this whole place? Ever since the Mists fell on that night..." His reverie is broken as he realizes the pain hasn't stopped! He begins hopping about, trying to keep his feet off the floor.

To the others, Nicolas appears as himself, only much older, and dressed in the robes of an Ezran Anchorite. Around his neck is a heavy chain.

Does he see the little girl anywhere?

[Le Noir Faineant]

When the burning sensation registers in Tavian's mind, he screams like a little girl and tries to run/jump to safety.

[Do you jump into the fount?]

Avra closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. Pain is an illusion of the mind. He concentrates on his breathing to the exclusion of thw pain and tentatively takes a step forward...

You all see how the coal behind Avra's feet begins to wither, and green, healthy grass blooms out of the ground around him...

Avra's feel of pain is gone.

Does he see the little girl anywhere?

The little girl stands beside you, not showing any sign of pain... Or of any other emotion.

OOC: do I recover my spells?
OT: sorry, I was at the univesity and will only get a computer password on the 7th of march.

[Yes, he does. - So, if you'll be unavailable, no problem. - I'll take care of Nathan... ]

as Soon as Alain feels the burning sensation, he picks up his speed to a run, still moving towards the sound of the womans voice.

[Does he try to open the southern door? - That's where the sound is coming from.]