I lit the fire, then walked around as the daylight slowly fled the field of battle. I gathered up some leaves and grass, placing them on the ground a little way from the fire, making us a bed. We had sparred for three hours and our bodies were fairly new, so there were a few aches and we were tired. I laid down on the bed and waved the girls over. They each grabbed a side and cuddle up against me.
"Night, ladies, sleep well you''ve earned it," I said, and soon I heard snores, then closing my eyes the world faded away.
My eyes opened to a blackness with tiny pinpoints of colored light spread randomly throughout. I blinked then wandered towards the nearest light, a purple hazy light which seemed to pulse dimly. I got closer and it started to appear as a giant purple gem, when I finally got close enough I tried to peer in while I braced my hands against the outer shell. Inside there was an oddlooking being made of a lavender colored slime. The slime person appeared to be reading a book, I could not read it, from this distance. I turned away from the giant gemand started to head towards the next one. A bright blue light, which pulsated at a quick rate. I got about halfway when I felt something pull me off course, toward a blank area amongst the gems. I shrugged and walked in the direction of whichever force wanted me to head in this direction.
What felt like several hours later I noticed a bright green gem with orange pulses. I got close enough to see what looked like a dungeon layoutbefore the mysterious force nudged me in a slightly different direction. I still couldn''t see anything there, yet after only a few minutes I felt a slight resistance. I looked around and saw the wall of a black gem behind me. It was what was in front of me that caused my jaw to drop in astonishment. There was a small pile of books and toys, to one side was a white door, and what appeared to be a white screen. The being watching the screen is what caught most of my attention, she must have been ten, or possibly twelve at the oldest. I stared for a few more seconds when a screen popped up.
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Results of Assessment skill:Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings.
Name: Sophie @%# error format invalid for your Realm
Species: Human (Cosmic Level Divin.... Error
(*))^()(*^ Error We are sorry we can not show you the information
you have requested as the Realm Systems are not properly synced.
You have approximately2 hours of Dream Walk time before Paradox
arrives and makes all our lives more difficult.
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I blinked as the screen faded from view. When did I get Dream Walk as a skill, or did someone else use theirskill on me? I shrugged to myself, then noticed that the girl, erm Sophie had picked up two wooden practice swords and was swinging them around. I frowned then went and stood in her line of sight, but she took no notice of me. I sighed and her shoulders tightened slightly.
"Can you hear or see me?" I asked, but receivedno reply. I formed a pair of my own swords, almost surprised when it worked. I started slowly with the forms, eventually adding in hip checks and trips. After an hour and no signs of her having noticed me, I sighed again and sat down. I was hit with a brilliant idea, then frowned as I realized I had nothing to write on.
"Wait, this is a dream, right? So..." I concentrated on what I wantedand got a book and pen. I started to write and sketch, then had another thought and after each kata or exercise pictured doing it as I did. Soon I had a book, with enough to get someone halfway through beginning twin blade mastery, not just short swords, I had included long swords, hand and a half swords, daggers, and pretty much any other one handed blade I could think of. I was happy with this item and signed my name to it, making the pen disappear I sat the book on the floor and went to walk back through the wall of the gem. Before I got to the wall I heard something scuffle on the floor and looked back to see the book trying to follow me.
"Stay," I said with a slight chuckle, as I pointed at the book. A sudden excruciating pain hit me just as another popup appeared.
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I almost lost my sanity, for there not ten feet (3.048 M) in front of me, was my old Terran Federation Marine powered armor. The worst part is I could see my dead body inside of it.