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dreamcrystals2022-09-09 08:53 am
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Sender: Phantom
To: Everyone
Subject: Healing Magic
Good evening. I write to ask if there are any amongst us dreamwalkers who may be able and willing to teach the healing arts.
The ability to mend wounds and cleanse poisons is a valuable skill that can help us prepare for unexpected events. Owing to the varied forms of dreamwalkers, I believe that magic would be more effective, as well as more accessible, whether drawing from magical aptitude or from our own dreamotion energies.
Please let me know if you are interested in teaching. I can offer some compensation for your time. I also encourage fellow prospective students to write in, I shall keep you apprised of any developments.
Thank you for your perusal, and I wish all a pleasant sunset.
Phantom
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To: Everyone
Subject: Healing Magic
Good evening. I write to ask if there are any amongst us dreamwalkers who may be able and willing to teach the healing arts.
The ability to mend wounds and cleanse poisons is a valuable skill that can help us prepare for unexpected events. Owing to the varied forms of dreamwalkers, I believe that magic would be more effective, as well as more accessible, whether drawing from magical aptitude or from our own dreamotion energies.
Please let me know if you are interested in teaching. I can offer some compensation for your time. I also encourage fellow prospective students to write in, I shall keep you apprised of any developments.
Thank you for your perusal, and I wish all a pleasant sunset.
Phantom
[ ooc: Sometimes I render Phantom's network posts with π£ππ«π πΆ π£π¬π«π± to emphasise his handwriting and/or way of speaking. It's opt-in since I understand it can be kind of illegible! Let me know via PM if you want the π£ππ«π πΆ π£π¬π«π±. ]
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I GOT THE FONT
[And then a small pause.]
I would like to speak with you further at another time.
[Probably obvious as to why and what—]
U DID
[ He could deputise his work duties for a day or two. Given what happened last month, he would prioritize helping with whatever Eustace asked him for. ]
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In a few days. I'll contact you again.
[In truth...he partly wants to do this as soon as possible. But with Tifa being a bit more on the clingy side and him also not quite ready to part from her for longer than necessary, he decides to just wait a few days. It would be better for him as well, given what he wants to talk with Phantom about.]
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[ He hopes that Eustace would be able to sort things out with Tifa, for both their sakes. ]
[ timeskip to many days later ]
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Hello, Eustace. Would you like some tea?
[ The question is rhetorical; there is already a teapot and two cups for them both. Phantom seems pleased to see him, a slight smile touching his expression. ]
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...Sure.
[A small nod before he takes a seat.]
...Looks like things have been busy here.
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They have. Trahearne brought me some flowers.
[ There are two pots of Blazing Dawn flowers hanging by the windows. Phantom opens them a lot more regularly now, so that the flowers can get sunlight. In a way, it reflects his recovery, becoming more social as well.
Phantom pours a cup of tea for the both of them and takes a sip from his own cup. He'll wait until Eustace is ready to talk. ]
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[And now he can either deflect or...get straight to the point.
...]
But I won't waste too much of your time then. As you probably guessed, I wanted to discuss about what happened...specifically how you were able to handle it.
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I presume it is because my soul is more attuned to nightmare than dreamotion. I was able to gaze into the darkness of the storm without its whispers dragging me into the depths.
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course now i realize they're the same flowers lmao crying]So you have something of an immunity to outside effects at least... But there's still always the threat of your own.
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'tis much less than before. It does not wrestle for control of mine body... it is a part of me now, as natural as my breath.
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I know your circumstances are a bit different, requiring more to keep things in check. However, I'd be open to any advice.
[A small sigh as he stares at his own hand, the image of the frost taking over still clear in his mind.]
For a while I had only been thinking of burying all this, seal it away. But... I know that's not the real solution. I know Tifa won't like it so I haven't told her just yet, but this is never going away—I'll have live with it for as long as I'm here. [His fingers curl inward into a tight fist.] So I wish to know how to better control it so that it works under my terms.
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Light and darkness, dream and nightmare. Both are two sides of the same coin; you cannot have one without the other. Rather than suppressing it, it would be more constructive to seek a balance betwixt the two. Nightmare is borne from your thoughts and feelings, your fears and desires. It is difficult to talk about such things, but you are not alone in it... each person carries darkness within their hearts, the ashen vestige of selfish sins.
[ He's just rambling at this point, so he hopes Eustace can understand. ]
I believe... that facing your shadow, and understanding what your shadow desires, will teach you how to tame it and turn its strength into your own. To know the reasons behind our own dark impulses, and to use those reasons to drive positive change... would unify both light and shadow into a cohesive whole.
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And then his brows furrow.]
...Facing my shadow...huh...
[He's had some practice with it, but... ...]
...Yours has something like it's own conscience and personality, doesn't it? Or is still more of a twisted projection of yourself?
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'tis both. Mine shadow manifested as an external entity due to the effects of my cursed power. Even if it can separate from my body, it still remains a part of me in spirit. We are inseparable, as light and dark, as night and day. I would imagine that your own shadow takes a different form from mine, not of the Crimson Diamond, but another that is closer to your heart. Perhaps your world lacked the means to bring it into the physical realm - this world, a world of dreams, was in turn able to give it a voice and body.
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[Basically his own creation...his own self. He's not sure if that's better or worse.]
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I would not disrespect your feelings by lording over them, but if you are open to sharing your thoughts with me... I am here to listen.
[ He probably can't help with Eustace's marriage life, but he'll definitely try. ]
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...Perhaps...I should take you up on that offer. A lot of the problem came to be because I kept it all in. [A small sigh.] But I wouldn't know where to begin.
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From the earliest time, perhaps? Or the matter that pains you the most?
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...That and just talking about anything of his personal emotions is so unfamiliar to him.]
...If... I had to start from the beginning... Then it would have to go back to when I first lost my family when I was a child. That was when the fear of losing anyone important became so deeply rooted that it changed my outlook and behavior in life... I closed myself off and strove to be as strong and capable as possible so I wouldn't have to go through it again. However in recent years I've managed to step away from that so I could trust others.
But... It all resurfaced when Tifa almost froze and drowned in the lake last winter.
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I understand... [ It is never easy to live with the knowledge that you could lose those precious to you. ] What were the circumstances that led to that incident? If you are willing to share...
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There was this creature called a gumdrop that was flying around town, making people do things. In our case, it wouldn't leave us alone until we... [Small hesitation.] ...Kissed. This was before Tifa and I had entered into a relationship, but we were already starting to get closer. We were out on the lake skating and tried to ignore it, but for whatever hell reason, it made the ice break beneath us. I managed to pull her out, but she had almost drowned and was freezing. I managed to get her to safety and save her.
[A small pause as he realizes his hand had started to dig into his palm as he recalls how she looked then. Her pale face, her heartbeat barely there...]
That... That was the moment I realized I had stronger feelings towards her. I've had to witness and rescue people from similar life threatening situations, but seeing Tifa like that rattled me more than anyone else.
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It shows your love for her, [ Phantom offers after a while. He knew he would feel the same if the Doctor was harmed. It was one of the reasons he was employed as their bodyguard. ] Did you tell her of your unease?
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