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dreamcrystals2021-09-11 04:55 pm
allegedprisoner) wrote in dreamcrystals2021-09-11 04:55 pm
Two things: A notice and a recorded dream.
Journal Entry
Sender: Luca Balsa
To: Everyone
Subject: Received a strange note by paper bird.
To those who were previously in the Index: Has anyone else received a letter delivered in the form of a live paper bird? I don't mean to raise any alarms, but it said the Story Eater might have followed us here somehow. Perhaps we ought to inform everyone else about the fellow just in case?
To Eli Clark and anyone else who was invited to Orpheus Manor (Forgive me if I got the name of the place wrong): Looking through the above letter and my previous entries in this journal, I remembered something that might explain some discrepancies. It seems while my soul was in the Index, the Story Teller who brought me there put a copy of my soul in my original body. Which allegedly got pulled into a strange hunting game in which he was prey? I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this, but I apologize for any confusion or inconvenience my doppelganger may have caused.
Recorded Dream
Sender: Luca Balsa
To: Everyone
Subject: Dream recording
[ Luca's in an old mansion... Abandoned, by the looks of it. There's dust and cobwebs everywhere and the sensation that the whole place may collapse if he stepped on a floorboard funny. But he knows there's something for him here.
What might be here? He's not sure, but it could bring a revelation and was rightfully his. He passes by a large portrait of a man whose face had melted into the canvas, paint dripping down the canvas and further obscuring the figure. There's a neglected book case nearby... This may be it? Luca starts taking books off the shelves and starts thumbing through them. Notebook after notebook, but it's hard to make out the scribbles on the pages. There's a copy of some adventurous novel placed among the journals, something about a man lost at sea...
A loud noise interrupts Luca's perusal. Footsteps! Someone must be here with him!
He closes the book and shoves it under his arm. He must not be seen here! He can hear his heart beating in his chest as he makes for the window, knowing full well that going through the door could bring him closer to the other fellow. The room seems much larger than he first imagined it to be, but he makes it through the window just as he heard someone opening the door...
It's a short fall. He lands on his side, and wakes up. ]
Sender: Seer
It is a lot to take in, the manor and the workings that happened within...
So for now, please do not worry too much about it.
The fact you are here and well is good news enough.
It does make me curious though.. this "Story Teller" and the workings of your soul.
You are feeling alright, I hope?
no subject
[ Why on earth is the man using his title and not his name? At least he knows who this is from the speech patterns and mention of the manor alone. ]
I assure you, I'm quite alright. The letter said that most of our souls returned to the proper bodies, even if a fragment stayed in this place. Besides, venturing to the Realm of Stories and helping the Story Teller was completely voluntary, and we were allowed to leave after restoring at least one story, I think. You can probably tell why I opted to stay for as long as I could.
no subject
It does make one curious what fragment that may be.
Nevertheless, I cannot blame you for that decision.
The manor which we resided in.. it is not a place most would wish to go back to.
Of course, I cannot say that with extreme confidence, since we all have arrived there for our own personal reasons.
Ah, but you've mentioned a Story Eater, this is something you're familiar with in the place you were before? Different from the Story Teller?
no subject
[ He'd rather not mention he was in prison here, in public. Surely the Seer would understand that? ]
Much different, I'm afraid. The Story Eater was an entity who wished to destroy everything around it. As you might guess, his main method was to destroy stories, so we would fight back by repairing the stories. Though sometimes we would have to fight off the Story Eater and his minions almost directly.
no subject
That's quite the tale, a world centered on stories..
If it's true that this Story Eater has come here, would that mean there are stories involved here?
no subject
I'm not entirely sure, but the letter did mention something about this world occasionally linking to realm of stories. Given the malleable nature of dreams, we may well see things that were inspired by stories.