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.))

Comments

[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.]