A pounding pressure shakes your dreamscape this time, much different from the previous two.
Rather than a gentle appearance, the shade appears in a flash of lightning and thunder, knocking your dream self to its feet. You feel remarkably out of breath all of a sudden, as if you'd run a mile to get here.
"This should end it." the creature intones.
"Rule of three, after all."
Chimon is wracked by a seizure, but no attempt to wake him is successful. After a few minutes, he stops and returns to a deep, if fitful sleep.
The creature is taken aback by your determination this time around, and is unable to bring the full force of his will to bear.
Nevertheless, you fight to a standstill, the dreamscape quivering expectantly but not quite giving way before either of you.
The creature looks around for the first time.
"Interesting. Nobody else yet has thought to try and take control of their own dream. You're a fascinating fellow, aren't you?"
He makes a moue of disappointment.
"Unfortunately I HAVE heard that one before."
He's so caught up in carrying n the conversation that he doesn't notice Chimon slowly shifting the landscape behind him. He puts up an impressive defense for such short notice, but doesn't quite manage to revert it.
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"Korak, Talryn, Jo - with the power of teamwork, we can defeat this creature!" he shouts.
Bored of the hat of disguise and without nothing more to do, Jo just start polishing her nails.
It will, yes. Though they will likely disappear if the shade takes control of the dream again.
I am currently without internet, but I will try to get my tablet keyboard working to make a post.
- Any magic to share a dream?
None that Jo is aware of.
Poor chimon.
Actually I can set up sort of an Initiative order. That way this moves a little bit.
Shade
Korak
Chimon
Talryn
Jo
Give me all your actions and I'll put them in order Monday.
Chimon has conjured clones of you into his dream. You may control them.
Chimon calls words he'll never remember on waking and conjures a cylinder of rapid wind around the shade. It gusts up through the floor, breaking a circular hole there and in the ceiling.
The shade looks a bit startled, but quickly recovers.
"This? This is your grand scheme, conjure simulacra of your friends to help you? How very...sentimental." the word drips with disgust.
He wreathes himself in shadow, as the first time you saw him, and his eyes begin to emit a sickly yellow light.
"You should have freed yourself from the dream while you had the chance. This is MY realm, and your drug can only help you for so long." he growls.
"But come now, kneel before me and be spared the worst I can do to you..." he says, voice undercut with a hypnotic power.
But Chimon easily shrugs off his power.
"Fine then, damn you. We'll do this the hard way."
Chimon's imagination lacks the keen tactical sense and fighting prowess of the real Korak. Here's hoping he picks it up quickly...
Chimon calls words he'll never remember on waking and conjures a cylinder of rapid wind around the shade. It gusts up through the floor, breaking a circular hole there and in the ceiling.
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Dream-Talryn charges the specter and tries to bash it to death with both hands on his shield.
Talryn's figment gives the shade a righteous blow to the head!
Jo cast the spell while thinking about Korak having a multicolored affro...just to see if she have the power to influentiate this collective dream.
Jo's missiles hammer the shade!
But the shade begins to exert its will on the scenario again.
But Chimon's will prevails yet again!
The shade growls, angry, and steps back from Talryn's figment, looking upon Chimon in anger.
He raises his hand and an invisible burst of energy strikes Chimon on the forehead...and begins siphoning away his will.
Talryn continues to batter the thing after focusing arcane power into his shield and taking a quick step up.
Chimon concentrates on the dreamscape and drops a huge golden mace through the cylinder of air, hoping to squash the shade where it stands.
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Chimon hits the shade with the anvil, if barely!
It crushes the reature underneath its great weight, and the scene goes dark. Chimon is left standing alone in a comforting darkness, until the shade's voice rings out again.
"I see...my usual...tricks...will not work...on you..." it wheezes. THen it retreats from his mind to lick its wounds, and Chimon awakes.
You gain the Lucid Dreaming trait as a memento of your mental battles with the creature.
Chimon jerks awake, face bleeding afresh. "I bested it. Praise Abadar for that alchemist." He slides his legs over the edge of the tiny cot and sits up, looking up at his companions. "Thank you for staying with me. I do not know this creature's next avenue of attack, but I am sure, together, we can defeat it."
yeah, of course - The real Jo answer without having a clue what the little dude is talking about.
26 in GI to know if there is an expert in dream magic in town.
There are experts in all sorts of magic in the Arcaneum, but ones that specialize in those sorts of magic are both rare and reclusive, more interested in understanding the inner workings of their own mind as well as others than talking to people.
"It sounded, at least, like the creature was abandoning nightmares as its weapon. Perhaps now it will strike in the corporeal world," Chimon says. "I'll repair my face again tomorrow and see if sleeping is safe again. Before then, we should inform Vivian of our progress."
Vivian seems very surprised.
"Now wonder we haven't been able to even catch a glimpse of the damn thing. It kills people by invading their dreams?"
"What do you plan to do about it?"
Jo go to ask Gavin Melbourne about the dream magic specialists, who are they and what gavin will ask for the info.
Once Jo is at the Arcaneum, she can easily check the directory.
"Somnambular Hallucination Exploration and Research" is a department on the 16th floor.
Jo knocks the door.
Nobody answers.
Loud snoring can be heard from inside.
Chimon rubs his eyes blearily. "I do not know what to do about it. For the present, it seems I am safe from its powers, and it seems that it only picks one target at a time. We'll report to you if we turn up any more information."
Jo really try to find more information about this particular dude asking aroudn in the place. GI 26.
You know about as much as anyoone knows about him, and probbly more. You don't know any personal details, or even what he actually looks look or his name, so there's nothing for anyone to go on.
Talryn stays with Chimon in case the assailant tries a more physical approach.
"So what are our leads?"
Jo curses and knocks harder.
The snoring continues.
"Well, I know of none," Chimon says. "Jo said she would ask at the Arcaneum again, however."