KittyTac rips their owl mask off, revealing his true face as the Dreamer. "
Friends," he says. "I need your help. It's time for this dream to end. It's time for this
nightmare to end. I know I won't last much longer, so it's time to put a stop to this now."
TricMagic looks back attentively.
EuchreJack looks over protectively.
notquitethere looks over hungrily.
KittyTac speaks again, readying themselves. "It's
notquitethere. They're the
Nightmare that got me into this mess... and if you trust me,
Friends, I need you all to hold them down. I can end this. But I need your help."
TricMagic (1): notquitethere
BluarianKnight (0):
EuchreJack (0):
KittyTac (0):
notquitethere (3): TricMagic, KittyTac, EuchreJack
Jim Groovester (0):
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Fortunately for
KittyTac,
TricMagic and
EuchreJack believe him completely. The cat-masked
Friend and fox-masked
Best Friend grab
notquitethere's arms.
"W-what are you doing? Can't you seeeee?
KittyTac is the true
Nightmare here! You must believe me! Let me go! Let me go!"
notquitethere's struggles get increasingly desperate.
L̴̛̠̞̼͕̙̩̱̺̩̠͕͍͖̺̮̹̩̀̈̇e̵̢̥̮͖̞̫̖̗͓̥͌̐͛T̸̡̛̛̼̩̤̭̭͎͕͔̰͉͚̼̋͌͌̊̋͐͒̚ͅ.̷̘͉̣̯̠͉̫̥̜̳̪̱̊͐͆̊͆̕͠.̷̜͔́̀̋̀̆̇̽̈͗͂̂̎̀͐̊͝.̸̡̧͕̫͓̝̤̮̝̝̟̲͕̈́͂͛̆̿͜ ̷̧̢͙̦̥̮̜̜̙̥̙̖͕̞́̃́̎͐̀̑͋̑͒̀͜͝ͅm̷̧̢̪͍̖̰̘͚̤͖͖͕̃̃̊̏̄́̿̐͘̕͠ḛ̵̢̛̛̼̱̔̇̽̎̒̓̅̔̈̔͂́͝͝.̸̧̡͎̳͕̯̠̖͈̒̀̌͒͐̓͌͋̏́͊͝.̵̡̢͍̝̬̤̜̬͙̭̹̞͍͖̣̄̎̏͜ͅ.̵̹̣̩̝̤̥͈̃͐̎́̉͘͜.̷̮͕͐̈́̃͗͒̉̀͐̑̍̄̒̾͆̚͝ ̴̤̟̍̏̓́̃̏͘g̵̛̟̭͖͉͕͌́̈́͌̐̀̽͆̔̅̓̃̆́̕ͅÓ̷͍̗͓̜̜̥̉̿̐̔͂͝!̴̲̜̼͔͉̞̯̱͔̘͚͖̣̫̩͐͆̉ ̴̛̞̼̋̽̃̄̆͂͛͑̀́͜͝L̷̢̛̛̼̙̙̘̦͈̗̜̭̯͕̫͍̼͛̄̈̈́̂͒͛̔̓̄͒̃̚͘Ĕ̷͔̜͙̯͇̼̪̞̯̺̠̭̣̅̇̒̑̇̉͆̄͐̅͌̏͌͝ͅT̶̻̿̎̉̀ ̷̨̱͇͈̰̟̭͙̣̣̙̦͕̭̄̓͊̋̇̓̂̎̕͘͝T̸̢̡̖͈̩̳̪̻̲̹͑̇̒̈́͊͆͐͝ͅH̸̛̫̹̲͎̆̈́͒̓͛̚Ỉ̴̧̼̦͌̈́̐̃́̂̂́͝͝Ṡ̸̝̥̏̍̐́́̽̊̒́ ̶̞̞̳͙͆O̸̼̯͂̃͐̀̾͆̑̿̃̑̎Ņ̷͎͕͈̹͖͖̠̺̣̑́̐͂̑̋͐̈̀̉͂̍̃̔̕͜͠E̵̢͍͓̱͇͈̥͔͇͔̎̈̆̋̂̕ ̷̨̲̠͔̤͆͛̓̌̏̇̊̿ͅF̸̨̝͉͎͔̓͛̂̈́̋͐͐́̅̾R̵̢̛̩͕̩̯͉̥̒́͆̌͊̄͋̒́͗̈́͘͝͝͝E̴̠͚̯̠͙͈͓̦̜̟͆̈́͌́̽̾̿͒̐̔̕E̷̙̰͉̗̠̹̻̝̲̼̳̖͈͑́̋̇̿̉͂̏̐̀͂͛͊̎̚͘͝!̶̼͙̻̦̗̦͚̖͍̿ ̴̛͕̠͍̮́͛͊̀̽ͅÁ̵̗̬̤̤̝̗͈̠̦̙̈́͂̽͐̍̍͆͆̍͐͂́̾̔̅ ̶̧̛̛̹̮̹̒̽̉̏͝͝V̷̜̱̯̦̣̾͗̇Ę̴̼̥̠̝͎̜̦̈͗͛̈́̊̅́͒̽̈̔̈́͑͘͝͝S̴̫̮̜͙͍̝̲̻͕̤͌̉͂͋̽͆́̃͜͜͝Ś̷̛̬̪̞̾̈́̊̍͊͌̌E̴̢̫̪̗̰̦͊͂̑̐̆L̶̢̤͕͈͠ͅ ̶̣͗́͠͝Ẃ̴̢̱̠̱͈̗̙̠̝̼͌̈͐̏͐̃́͑͝A̵̛̦̮̙̱͚̳̠̲̻͕͔̪̲̖͇̦̍̓̏̍̓̌̚S̸̡̡̖̭͇̱̯̥̺̬̲̤͈̖͓͇͎͑̽͛̓͒͗͝͝ ̷̢̖͈̣̮̳̊̎͋̓͌́̿̀̾͆͌̀̀͘P̴̡͉̣̻̫͈̯̲̩̬̈́Ŗ̵̡̫̣͙̯̼̬̮̙̥͙̣͍̭̗̓̐̔́̾͜O̵̒̀̔ͅM̷͚̩̣̽͝Ḭ̸̩̗͙̞͓̭̹̟͈͎͓͚̗͊͋̈̏̀́͗̓̿͝S̷̰͖͕͉̺̻̝̻̥̲̱̈́̉̀É̷͖̰͉͕͖̙̘͚͖̘͓̗̤̅͜Ḑ̷̨̡̮̺͚̼̻͉̘̩̥̫̲͚͊̈́̈́̔̀̅͛̚,̶̝͔̃̉̂̈́̀̎̿̾̐̕ ̶͖̥̬́̋̂͘A̸̧̡̨͈̹̖̟̹̰̜̰͈̲͔͍͔̤͝ ̵͔̳̯̜̜͖̹̖͖͙͍̰̜͍̫̈̕͠ͅV̸̤͖̲̺̫̺̭̤̈́͆̂̀̈̔̋̇͐̍̚͠E̵̢̞͉̩͓͇͎͉̹͕͔̻̫̘̳͛̊̏̊͂̏̆̌͋̄͒̓̓́͊Ṡ̸̬̜̤̦̤̟͇̣̖͑̎͌͒̾S̶̻͂͋̽̌̋̕E̴̢̡̯͍̹̬̘̟͂Ļ̷̳̘͓͂ ̷̛̳̗͉̃̌̄̈͋͑́̉͗͝͝W̶̟̞͚̫̙̬̐̎̿̔̈́A̷̤͈͑̈́̈̈́́̀͗͑̏̿͒̏͊͝Ś̵̙̹͚͖̙̺̑̉̎ ̵̠̹͕͙̦̂͆̏̀́̄̆̇̽͌͊̿͒̐͝P̴̧̳̯͉̠̬̼̣͓͎̹̃͌̈́̊͗̌͑̉̅̎̀̅͋͜R̷̡̰̻̟͙͎͎̬̳̰͕̋͗̃͜͝O̸͉̬̼̺͂̅͗͑̋̌͆͘M̵̢̲̳̤͇͉̱̖̝͖͖̭͓̖͉̍́̇̀ͅȈ̶̤͚̲S̴̨͔̞̗̲͍̠̑͋͒̽̂ͅẸ̶̡͚̤͉̳̦̿̀D̷̨̨̘̜̗͍̭͕̞̥̰̠͔̘̆̇͂̅͛̒͜ͅ!̵̡̧̳̜̲͙̝̗͈̫̲̭͖͍̭̲̿͆͋̒̎͋̓̉͒̋͌̚͠͠͠ͅ ̶̧͚̘̖̮̫̞̜̫̥̼̞͙̠͖̄̑̏̀͌͛̔̂͜W̸̧̨̧͈̩̳̬̤̥̰̞̐̐͊̄̉͒̄͌͝O̴̹͕͔͚̲͉̲̝̓Ẹ̴̽́̃̇̋̉̂̾̑!̵̗̯̹̫̫͈̙̭̈́̈́͑͒̌̊ ̶̨̢̡̗͈̱̘̙͈͙̻̍͜W̵͙̦͈͉̭͓͖̭̱̘͚̩͉̤̙̞̿̈́̅̊̃̾͆̽̐̐͝O̶̧͇͙̱̺̙̼̥̹͌̅̿͋̍̑͑̒̓̔̊̆̔͆̆̎͝ͅE̴̦̭̜͙͚͇̼̱̜̠̖͍̫̤̠͔̅̈́ͅ!̴̙̫̼̤̱̙͗̎̈́̒́̊́͗̈͆̊͠ ̶̨͇̹̾̈́Ẁ̷̻̺̯̞͓͚͔̲̽͊̌̾̆͑̎́͠͝Ọ̶̑̌̾͝E̷̢͖̠͓͔͕̼̻̔̏́͒̃̆̾̽̈́̿͠͠!"
Their draconic mask falls away, revealing a struggling dark creature. The
Nightmare.
KittyTac's hand glows with a
golden light. All their gathered courage and energy. If this were to miss, it would be trivial for the
Nightmare to end his life. But the
Nightmare is pinned. Perhaps if it were given time, it would be broken free.
But for once...
Time isn't on its side.
The
golden wave strikes it, and in a destructive blast, the
Nightmare screams and is banished, back to the realm from whence it came.
The dream slowly crumbles. The chamber falling apart. But
KittyTac isn't afraid anymore. He turns to
TricMagic and
EuchreJack, and the fallen masks - badger and bear - of
Jim Groovester and
BluarianKnight.
"Thank you. I think it's time for me to go now..."
"But I promise... I won't forget you."
And young Elan wakes up. A crow mask falls from his face and breaks into a myriad of fragments, which slowly glow
gold, then turn to dust.
He looks upwards, and sees the previously worried, but now overjoyed, faces of his father and sister. His sister sets down a wand she was carving, half-covered in glowing
pink runes, and picks him out of the bed, embracing him. The father, although slowly due to his age, soon follows.
And young Elan remembers. And all is right with the world. He is safe, now.
Game over. Dream Team wins. Nightmare has lost.KittyTac was the
Dreamer.
EuchreJack was the
Best Friend.
BluarianKnight,
Jim Groovester, and
TricMagic were all
Friends.
notquitethere was the
Nightmare.
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Topic: Dreams of Elan: And So This Story Ends (Read 9441 times)