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<blockquote data-quote="ahayford" data-source="post: 5702752" data-attributes="member: 6680745"><p><strong>Wilbur</strong></p><p></p><p>You feel the dark energy flow through you. The temptation to take just a small fraction for yourself is intense. What could you accomplish with but a fraction of that power? You force yourself to resist. Down that path lies madness and oblivion. You shield your mind against it, allowing the energy to flow through you without tasting it. The energy fills you like an eldritch capacitor. As it does, time resumes.</p><p></p><p>The beetle create continues its stride, charging towards you. The dark one's power jumps from your tentacles like lightning, striking the creature square in the chest. The dark bolts of energy jump from beetle to beetle, incinerating the swarm in mid step. All that remains of the creature is the animating spirit. You feel the dark one's power reach out and take hold of the spirit. Its cries of anguish are cut short as its pitiful existence is simply snuffed out.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">You are stronger then you appear mortal. You show obedience but maintain the strength of will to channel my power without succumbing to madness. You have proven yourself....for now.</span></p><p></p><p>The arid plane melts and disappears like water down a drain. All is blackness. Points of light strung on strands of ether like a spider's web slowly appear in your vision. The strands entwine themselves with each other, sometimes separating and going their own ways. Other times, they reconnect only to separate again. As the lights get brighter, the beauty of the scene before you is almost too intense to bear. You are looking upon the strands of fate, the sparks of life traveling along each thread. As you watch, threads change. Mortal choices force threads apart and bring new ones together. Few mortals glimpse upon this artifact of the divine.</p><p></p><p>Your focus changes, as if by the direction of another. You now see your own thread, and follow it through the course of your life. You spot childhood friends connect and separate...and finally your thread breaking off from that of your family. It is remarkably solitary until it reaches a new junction. You see the threads of Nia, Marcus, Svexyn, Val, and Caytis twist with yours. </p><p></p><p>As you watch, your thread pulls from the twist. The web begins unravelling. Threads begin unraveling like a poorly made quilt. Finally, a giant hole rends itself in the center of the web as thousands of threads snap loose. The chain reaction continues to ripple through the web as your vision fades.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: navy">Do not fail me mortal</span></p><p></p><p>The first sensation you feel is the loose stones of the access path against your face. Soon, your senses return to you and you spot Garthun's men still running down the path to the main trade road. You stand up and are unsure how much time has passed. You realize you are holding something in your hand. When you open it you hand holds a dark polished stone. You sense the power within is fleeting, but could be used if tapped quickly.</p><p></p><p>[ooc]This stone contains 1 charge of Dark Eldritch Fire (Burning Hands) but its energy is that of dreams...and will dissipate after 2 hours[/ooc]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ahayford, post: 5702752, member: 6680745"] [b]Wilbur[/b] You feel the dark energy flow through you. The temptation to take just a small fraction for yourself is intense. What could you accomplish with but a fraction of that power? You force yourself to resist. Down that path lies madness and oblivion. You shield your mind against it, allowing the energy to flow through you without tasting it. The energy fills you like an eldritch capacitor. As it does, time resumes. The beetle create continues its stride, charging towards you. The dark one's power jumps from your tentacles like lightning, striking the creature square in the chest. The dark bolts of energy jump from beetle to beetle, incinerating the swarm in mid step. All that remains of the creature is the animating spirit. You feel the dark one's power reach out and take hold of the spirit. Its cries of anguish are cut short as its pitiful existence is simply snuffed out. [color=navy]You are stronger then you appear mortal. You show obedience but maintain the strength of will to channel my power without succumbing to madness. You have proven yourself....for now.[/color] The arid plane melts and disappears like water down a drain. All is blackness. Points of light strung on strands of ether like a spider's web slowly appear in your vision. The strands entwine themselves with each other, sometimes separating and going their own ways. Other times, they reconnect only to separate again. As the lights get brighter, the beauty of the scene before you is almost too intense to bear. You are looking upon the strands of fate, the sparks of life traveling along each thread. As you watch, threads change. Mortal choices force threads apart and bring new ones together. Few mortals glimpse upon this artifact of the divine. Your focus changes, as if by the direction of another. You now see your own thread, and follow it through the course of your life. You spot childhood friends connect and separate...and finally your thread breaking off from that of your family. It is remarkably solitary until it reaches a new junction. You see the threads of Nia, Marcus, Svexyn, Val, and Caytis twist with yours. As you watch, your thread pulls from the twist. The web begins unravelling. Threads begin unraveling like a poorly made quilt. Finally, a giant hole rends itself in the center of the web as thousands of threads snap loose. The chain reaction continues to ripple through the web as your vision fades. [color="navy"]Do not fail me mortal[/color] The first sensation you feel is the loose stones of the access path against your face. Soon, your senses return to you and you spot Garthun's men still running down the path to the main trade road. You stand up and are unsure how much time has passed. You realize you are holding something in your hand. When you open it you hand holds a dark polished stone. You sense the power within is fleeting, but could be used if tapped quickly. [ooc]This stone contains 1 charge of Dark Eldritch Fire (Burning Hands) but its energy is that of dreams...and will dissipate after 2 hours[/ooc] [/QUOTE]
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