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Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII ([personal profile] kingkingcxiii) wrote in [community profile] hugtopia2020-12-22 08:23 pm

[Video] All that we See or Seem is but a Dream within a Dream

[When the video starts, those who know Regis might notice that his face is a little redder than it usually is. He's also wrapped in what looks his own cloak and a heavy riding cloak, one that a person would expect to see out in the frozen wastes, not in a city like Havenwell. Honestly, he looks a little silly all curled into the cloaks as he is, but since waking up out in the backyard under Peter's silver apple tree, he has yet to shake off the cold. It might be a long process considering he has no idea how long he was out there.

Actually, considering he usually puts off heat like a furnace and still feels this cold, he has an idea and it's one he doesn't like. Cor would have his head if he was still here.]


Those who have been here for a while know that we have been communicated with through dreams before.

[Who could forget the strange warning that came before the break in last October?]

I think it may be happening again. How many people are having dreams with the ghosts who visited us in them? And how many of them are talking to you? Mine had quite a lot to say and in regard to something I have investigated before.

[He takes a moment to fight back a shiver and then quotes what he remembers from the dream, once again grateful for how good his memory is. His hands had been shaking too hard for him to write anything down when he first returned to the house.]

"The world began as thus: it was a rock. He came upon it first, and loved it immediately, this empty rock where nothing lived. He burrowed deep inside and devoured it inch by inch, teeth breaking upon the surface and growing anew. Through Him, over time, the stone became soil. The soil grew fertile through His work, yet all was still naught but rock and soil.

Then the Winged Lord appeared, uncertain of the path He was to walk. He was hungry, so He clawed at the stone to find where His prey crawled."


The natives have just remembered the Winged Lord for some reason, but we still don't know who the first "He" is. Could "He" be trying to contact us in some way in order to keep things in some kind of balance? I am very curious to hear what everyone thinks.

[The video ends here, but once he is done with that Regis sends out two quick texts.]


[Locked to Ardyn:]

Remember when I told you I would inform you if anything weird happened after touching the ghosts? I think I just hit "weird."


[Locked to Honerva:]


By the time you get this, I am certain you will have seen my video post. Would you be willing to work with me on a new investigation if I started one? We have talked before of how strange it is the natives are now remembering the Winged Lord. How far behind do you think his fellow is?
scourgingstars: (but all of your heroes are gone)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-12-24 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
[He frowned slightly, sitting beside Regis and raising a careful hand to his forehead.]

Are you certain you've not fallen ill?
scourgingstars: (give your soul to heaven)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2020-12-24 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, dear. Here- [Ardyn snapped his fingers and summoned a small flame into his hand, holding it out like a magic-based space heater.]

That certainly does qualify as 'weird'.
scourgingstars: (when everyone's lost the battle is won)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2021-01-02 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't claim to know. I presume there must be some reason to it, whether intended or otherwise. Would you wish to talk about it?
scourgingstars: (i see my red door)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2021-01-10 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, lovely. [Ardyn sighed as the flame flickered in his hand, a rare shred of dry sarcasm in his voice.] A pair of heretofore largely unknown gods? Sometimes I really do detest when a guess comes out right, dear nephew.
scourgingstars: (dear lord hear this call)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2021-01-10 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Far from a comforting thought, if a highly plausible one...you believe that the source of these incidents?
scourgingstars: (i see my red door)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2021-01-19 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't claim surprise were that the case.

[He put his other arm around the pile of blankets, still balancing a small flame in the other.]

Alarm, certainly, but not surprise.
scourgingstars: (this was my home)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2021-01-28 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
If only. Were the gods of any realm skilled in merely explaining matters clearly, I think a great many things would be far easier.
scourgingstars: (don't turn up when you need)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2021-02-10 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I certainly won't, if that helps the matter.