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Re: Mazes within a Steel Jungle (Shrike7)
Entering her closet for an attempt at something close to meditation, River's apartment outside of the closed doors was soon a horrifying sight from many a nightmare, the shadows all writhing and twisting about from their places to rush under the closet, splitting around direct light like snakes as the void within the closet grew.
Laying down and trying to reach out to that very first intelligence, River was soon dozing lightly, floating from her world into the shadows intermittently as she searched for her original benefactor.
The passage of time hissed away in her mind, soon no longer mattering as River found herself floating through the void like the Cheshire cat, to everything else a leering pair of eyes only barely visible as the Void itself took on a more manageable and traversable form. Soon it wasn't just twisting living shadow, it had a landscape, a sky... Black truly did have many shades for those that could see them...
Soaring above the ground, it's surface smooth like volcanic glass, twisting and swirling, River soon spotted the creatures that had originally hunted her through her own realm. Definitely reptilian, certainly apex predators, they roamed around, raising their long, scaled snouts to the air to sniff deeply as she passed by... As river watched though, she realized they were certainly not the top of the food chain here...
As one, the pack suddenly turned off, and started running, calling to eachother as they moved with all the speed they could... before a rushing dark cloud, like an unearthly, deadly, and above all, short lived sandstorm rushed over them, reducing the creatures to nothing more then bones, ash, and mist in a moments time....
Turning away from the grisly scene, River found herself staring into the mass of a creature much like the one that had turned her... A Wraith, staring back into her own eyes, it's gaze holding her immobile in it's realm as it's voice hissed through her mind, comforting and terrifying at the same time.
What foolish creature... Demon... Human... You are curious... How can you enter my realm... And Why... The shadows... the darkness cling to you.... but you are not of my kin.... Why have you come here... Why would you Dare...
Entering her closet for an attempt at something close to meditation, River's apartment outside of the closed doors was soon a horrifying sight from many a nightmare, the shadows all writhing and twisting about from their places to rush under the closet, splitting around direct light like snakes as the void within the closet grew.
Laying down and trying to reach out to that very first intelligence, River was soon dozing lightly, floating from her world into the shadows intermittently as she searched for her original benefactor.
The passage of time hissed away in her mind, soon no longer mattering as River found herself floating through the void like the Cheshire cat, to everything else a leering pair of eyes only barely visible as the Void itself took on a more manageable and traversable form. Soon it wasn't just twisting living shadow, it had a landscape, a sky... Black truly did have many shades for those that could see them...
Soaring above the ground, it's surface smooth like volcanic glass, twisting and swirling, River soon spotted the creatures that had originally hunted her through her own realm. Definitely reptilian, certainly apex predators, they roamed around, raising their long, scaled snouts to the air to sniff deeply as she passed by... As river watched though, she realized they were certainly not the top of the food chain here...
As one, the pack suddenly turned off, and started running, calling to eachother as they moved with all the speed they could... before a rushing dark cloud, like an unearthly, deadly, and above all, short lived sandstorm rushed over them, reducing the creatures to nothing more then bones, ash, and mist in a moments time....
Turning away from the grisly scene, River found herself staring into the mass of a creature much like the one that had turned her... A Wraith, staring back into her own eyes, it's gaze holding her immobile in it's realm as it's voice hissed through her mind, comforting and terrifying at the same time.
What foolish creature... Demon... Human... You are curious... How can you enter my realm... And Why... The shadows... the darkness cling to you.... but you are not of my kin.... Why have you come here... Why would you Dare...