Darkness Overspreading

[wizard_redfive]

Who: Dairine, you… and an uninvited guest
What: Nightmare sharing
When: Throughout the Nightmare Plot
Where: Dairine’s dreamscape
Rating: Umm… Teen for now. Might change it later.

Three true things await discovery,
Darkness overspreading,
A commorancy underground:
And the Moon is no dream—

Those who enter Dairine’s dream will find themselves on the dark side of the moon. Of course, unless they are well-versed in lunar surfaces, it’ll just look like grey, rocky terrain. Surprisingly, you can breathe just fine despite not having any protective suits. The air is chilly, but not the freezing cold that was normal in outer space.

Above you is a night sky unaltered by smog or atmosphere, the deep velvety darkness of space. Beautiful, isn’t it? However, those that look closely will begin to notice a patch of sky far darker than the rest. As you continue to watch, the darkness will spread out, blocking out stars and galaxies. Before long, whole sections of space appear to be swallowed up by a void of nothingness. Yet make no mistake, this darkness is not nothing. It stirs and heaves as if it were a living thing… or a bunch of little ones, like a giant mass of insects.

That darkness is alive. And somehow, you know it's not friendly.

((Sections: Dark Matter Aliens The Lone Power Other

Her dreams start out fairly tame, but then again so many nightmares do. Don't worry. Things will pick up soon enough.))

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The Pullulus // Visiting Dairine

[wizard_redfive]

[In the distance, a young figure stands gazing up at that darkness.

Care to say hi? Just be careful when you walk. With only one-sixth of Paradisa's gravity, you might bounce!]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Well. Other than the unfamiliar-unfriendly feel, there's something familiar nearby.

And yes, walking is something Duke will have to get the hang of once again, so he may be stumbling and walking unevenly in confusion, but he's still heading... roughly, toward Dairine. ]

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine hears the stumbling and looks over at the approaching figure. She bounces over to meet him halfway.]

Hey, you alright?

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke blinks at the sound, stopping. ]

Am... not used to... the oddness, of this walking... [ And he can't see where he's going, but that's a given. ]

[wizard_redfive]

Ah... Less gravity will do that to ya. Don't worry -- you'll get used to it. [She gives him a light pat on the back in encouragement.]

[Actually, she probably does not realize that bit. Dairine and Duke haven't yet to discuss his blindness, (I think?) and even if they have, she won't remember it whilst in dreamland.]

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke forgets who knows and who doesn't know and generally assumes that people who don't know will figure it out fairly quickly. ]

Gravity... is the force that is responsible for things falling, and direction of down... [ among other things. ]

[wizard_redfive]

That's the one. [Obviously, but she doesn't see the inquiry as odd right now. There are more important things on her mind.

She looks at him curiously.] Are you here for the intervention?

[radiantwingedone]

... the what?

[wizard_redfive]

The intervention to stop the Pullulus from spreading. That is why you're here, right?

[radiantwingedone]

.....

[ That.... is completely new to him. ]

If..I can be of aid, then perhaps correct. [ He has no idea where here is, to be completely honest. ]

[wizard_redfive]

[She nods, seeing nothing odd about this situation at all. If he was up here, clearly he was a fellow wizard, right? No one else walked on the moon exposed like this.]

Good. Because we'll need all the help we can get.

[Dairine turns around, heading towards a nearby crater at a steady pace. Visually, there looks to be a bubble cresting over the crater. Duke might not be able to see it, but he might sense the power of a large spell. While she moves, she addresses Duke.]

Have you been debriefed on our current situation yet?

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke... attempts to match how she moves. Its harder, here, because of balance issues and having no idea where he is, and an odd... lack of much sound. ]

...Have not. [ Oh. That is an interesting thing - are they using the shape of the area they're in to help gather the magic needed. ]

[wizard_redfive]

Really? One of the Seniors should have told you. [Odd. It was unlike the Seniors to miss someone... then again, Dairine couldn't really blame them. They must be up to their necks in work, trying to get all the younger wizards prepared for the task ahead. Not to mention the additional strain caused by the Pullulus.]

Oh well, I’ll give you the run-down. See those dark spots above us?

[lightbranded]

[Will moves through the light gravity with surprising competence. As you might expect of a boy who had once walked along the hidden paths of the stars and spoken to the planets.

At last he comes to rest near her and looks up at the darkness.]

[wizard_redfive]

[Without taking her eyes off the dark mass, Dairine speaks.]

Terrible, isn't it?

[lightbranded]

There will always be a terrible grandeur to the dark. A great dark pit as deep as the universe it is.

[But the words are spoken mildly.]

[wizard_redfive]

[Normally Dairine would agree with Will's statement. But this is no ordinary darkness.]

Sorry, but I fail to see how that counts as grand. [She nods up towards the dark matter.]

[lightbranded]

What else would you call something on a scale as great as that?

[Terrible, yes. In a terrible way. Will could see and sense a similarity to the Dark of his own world. And he knew very well that respect must be given to such things.]

[wizard_redfive]

[That darkness is destroying her universe, her home. Dairine can only afford to give it the bare minimum of her respect.]

Problematic, that's what. [She narrows her eyes.] How are we supposed to stop it at this rate?

[lightbranded]

"In my own world my kind fought a war against the Dark for thousands of years. In the end, it was only through the aid of other forces of amgic that we prevailed."

[wizard_redfive]

But we don't have thousands of years! If we don't stop this Darkness soon, there won't be any magic left to fight it with!

[She could feel it already... the magic leaving her, like it was the Senior Wizards and everyone else. Eventually she would forget that she ever was a wizard! The influx of power given to all young wizards could only slow the process for so long. And that scared her. That scared her so bad.]

[lightbranded]

Will grimaces at the strange sensation. It was almost painful, feeling something reaching out for the magic that was the very core of his being. "Are there any prophecies?"

[wizard_redfive]

A few, but nothing coherent. [At least not yet. The puzzle was slowly being solved, one piece at a time. But something was missing.]

[lightbranded]

"Prophecies often do not have meaning until the moment is right." At least that was what he had found in his own world.

[wizard_redfive]

So I've heard. But it'd be nice if they'd hurry up about it.

[Before the universe tore itself apart.]