The Crystal Resonates

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Dreams.</b></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Chapter 1</b></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>It was quite late and I was exhausted from the meeting of the FreeSpirits that had gone on earlier.  I decided to wake and get some Dreamless sleep.  But as I lay in the isolated dark, I heard a faint noise.  Soft and soothing, it called to me, as the whisper of Nickita had many eons before.  I rose and forced myself back into the City.  Wandering aimlessly, it seemed, I knew I had purpose and soon arrived at my destination.  I walked through Trinity until I came to The Cave of Mold.  The Crystal clasped tightly in my hand, it was as though it was leading me ... guiding me to a place I knew all too well.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Resonance in the Cave is incredible. The low ceiling and the shape of the cavern are conducive to hearing the slightest sound.  I looked around, made sure my Mind Blank was operational and dared to set the Crystal down.  I knew the exact spot, as if, again, guided.  Others cannot hear the hum that it makes perhaps, or maybe they don't understand it.  I didn't for the longest time.  But as I sat the Crystal upon the ground, I stepped back in awe.  The hum intensified and became so much clearer.  It wasn't a hum at all, but a whisper.  A whisper from the distant past.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>I Chamelled at once, readying a Shield and Chakram, just in case my eyes deceived me.  I prepared as if for a battle, but it was my mind listening to what I had tangibly held for so long which had which urged me to prepare.  I sat down cautiously and gazed at the beauty of the Crystal.  Somehow a light appeared (perhaps a crack in the ceiling?) that shone directly upon the exact location of the gem.  Clearing my mind of the worries of the day, I took a deep breath and closed my eyes (Were they in fact closed?  Did I dare take my eyes off the Crystal?)  It was then I heard, no... saw the tale.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>A dark room, triangular in shape, a candle flickering on a table in the center of the room.  A voice, then she turned around.  Ryassa grabbed her head and wrenched in pain.  She had distracted the Master and her gaze fell upon its first victim.  Blast had been born.  </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>I must have lapsed somehow, because my eyes went dark.  I used my Vision and was startled at what I saw.  A Dark Mare, live, moving about, but not attacking.  I grabbed for my Chakram and then looked the beast in the eyes.  Evoking more Vision, it became clearer to me what I was seeing.  The beast was surrounded by a barrier of sorts, not a cage, but more of a field that it didn't want to get near or pass through.  I studied this barrier and noticed its Sapphire hue.  Azure?  Perhaps, yes, it was Azure.  The beast was surrounded by a field of an Azure nature.  I heard footsteps then and quickly looked over my shoulder.  There, on the far side of the room (the only thing I could made out about the room was its golden tint) was a slender figure of a woman in a long, draping deep blue gown.  Such elegant attire for such a dismal, poorly lit place, I thought.  The woman turned around to face me, I was certain she would be angry that I was interrupting her obvious concentration.  To my shock and horror, the woman walked straight through me and towards the Azure-encased Dark Mare.  The beast roared with what first sounded like anger or fear, but as I let my mind hear clearer, the sound resembled more of erotic or pleasurable tone.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Dark Mare's tone became more pleasant or content, the nearer the woman got to it.  Her eyes were dark and intense, the deepest blue I had ever seen.  She seemed to mesmerize the beast, for at once, it became completely silent.  She raised her hands in the familiar position of preparation to evoke an Art.  The beast almost seemed to smile.  The woman set forth a nexus, but the color was unique.  Blue as if for the Art of Train, but deeper and more concentrated, as if she was calling forth all her Insight into a single evocation.  All at once, the beast was flung to the back of his enclosed area and he roared so loudly, that I literally feared for my life.  The Dark Mare rose after a short time and appeared undamaged by the experience.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>A contented sound emitted from the beast as the woman Staggered and fell to the ground, as if she had been held by some greater power and then suddenly released.  I moved to her to aid her up, but as I went to grab her arm, my hand went through her body as if she wasn't there at all.  Or perhaps, I wasn't there.  After a moment or two (how long a time, I cannot be sure), the woman rose to her feet with the grace of a queen.  Her eyes fixated on the beast and a strange set of utterances came from her.  It could have been words, but it reminded me more of the sound that I had heard from the Crystal.  I stared at the woman, trying to strain to understand what she was saying:</b></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Dolcor Fumlosus</b></div> <div> <B>Anigmus Astratus</b></div> <div> <B>In Lusctu Sahum</b></div> <div> <B>Sighno Sicgnum</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>My eyes were distracted by a bring sparkling gem, nestled between her breasts.  The Resonance Crystal.  There it was, on a small braided rope hanging around her neck.  I know it was braided because the threads were a blue, a gold and a silver.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>I was amazed and bewildered, and my mind was so distracted that I had not noticed that the woman once again had begun evoking an art.  I knew the art this time, it was the signature of the DreamSeer; she was evoking Blast.  Her evocations were so fast and furious that I could barely see them or have any idea how many times she evoked.  I turned and looked at the Dark Mare to see it screaming, but not in pain, more that of anger.  All of a sudden, the Dark Mare steadied his gaze and evoked Blast upon the woman. She screamed and appeared in some serious danger.  But, instead of running or attacking back, she walked to a corner, blocking its view of her and laughed long and loud.  As laughter often does, I found myself starting to smile and then giggle.  It was then, that the woman realized that she was not alone.  She evoked what could have been some sort of Vision upon herself (the casting glow was much deeper in color than the Vision I possess):</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>"YOU !!!!!"  She screamed.  "What are YOU doing in my laboratory?"</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>I jumped with a start. I rose to my feet as her Blast pounded me furiously.  My Shield evaporated with her second Blast (I kinda liked that Tan Beige Shield).  I jumped suddenly and hit my head on the ceiling.  The stars circled around in front of my eyes, then I must have passed out.</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>I opened my eyes, and looked around in complete confusion.  There I was in The Cave of Mold.  The Resonance Crystal still in the exact spot I had placed it in.  I placed my hand to the top of my head, noticing a decent sized knot.  Quickly I picked up the Crystal, put it back inside its pouch, and sat there on the floor wondering what I had just seen.  Pulling out an old parchment, I quickly scribed what I saw or think I saw.  Have I gone mad by the hum of this gem, or has my Vision been extended to see what was?</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>My experiments with the Crystal will continue........</b></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chapter 2"><U><I><B>Chapter 2</b></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Purple Lace Of Underlight"><U><I><B>Purple Lace Of Underlight</b></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>