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Message: <blockquote data-quote="megamania" data-source="post: 853101" data-attributes="member: 9255">UNDER A DARKSUNSEGMENT 056“Visions”Mania opened his eyes with a start.  His eyes darted about trying to take in his surroundings before moving.  Something or someone was here with him.  He was certain of it.  Then it hit him.  He wasn’t in the ruined tavern any more.  His face was on a scratchy yet soft surface.  There was a strange chill to the air also.  He lifted his head to look about.  The ground was covered with a lush green surface.  It resembled long thin flat green leaves growing directly out of the ground.  The ground.  The ground had a rich healthy smell to it.  The air…had moisture in it.  It was smooth and refreshing to breathe in.  No.  No wait- not breathe in.  He couldn’t breathe this air in.  “Now what has happened to me?!?”“Welcome to my mind…my memories.”Mania rolls over.  He finds he is not wearing his leather armor. In fact, he wears nothing.  The club he had is nothing but a strange blue tube with liquid in it.  He looks up and sees an angel.  She is holding a sword and a staff.  “Who are you?  Where am I?”“I am Daina.  I am a psion.  I am a mage.  I am looking to recreate the world…again.”He looks closer at her.  “No.  No I’ve seen you before.  You are a bar maiden at a tavern here.  I saw you.”“You saw me pretending to be a bar maiden.  I find it helpful learning what transpires within the cities.  She is but one of a dozen alias I use frequently.  I am Daina.”“Why am I naked?  Why are you…angel like?  This can’t be real…can it?”“We are in my mindscape.  I created a peaceful world for us to talk.”  A gentle ripple can be heard.  Liquid rises from the ground and forms a puddle.  The puddle grows into a stream.  The stream into a river.  The river disappears out of view…behind the sprouting trees.  “This world came to me in a dream.  I believe it is the Green age.”“What does Greene have to do with this?”“Nothing.  You speak of the man, Green spelt with a third ‘e’.  I speak of a time on Athas when peace reigned.  A time of paradise.”“Why do you care?  Are you using me?”“We all use and get used by others.  I am curious.  The templar I saw showed emotions I did not think a templar could have.  It intrigued me.  I was unable to catch her words as the city is being invaded by small Tanar’ri.  Why did you take time to talk to you?”A long pause.  “Why should I say anything?  If you are such a powerful mind-bender, you should already know.”“Spirit.  I like that.”  Her weapons and staff meld into her arms and disappear.  Three brightly colored insects with large soft wings fly crazily by her.  “I can but then I am proving to be the very person I fear and dislike the most.  You and I, we are very much alike.  We crave freedom and it hurts to see others not have it.”“This is all from a dream?  I have beautiful dreams.”“You can not bluff your way out of this.  I sense your every motive in my mindscape.”A long pause goes by.  “Are you from the Veiled Alliance?”“Yes.  I belong to the Raamian chapter”“Raam has a Veiled Alliance?”“Yes.  There are few of us and I fear Nibenay will lose many soon.   I sense this.”“So you are knowledgeable in many things.  I was called a Baneful Child. It struck me as being…odd at the time.  I was reliving a painful memory at the time.  I few memories left from this one was the one to surface.  Why?”“The answer to that one and others will come later.  I know we will meet again.  I must go now.  I have mentally moved you limbs to open the potion tube and swallow the drink inside.  You will live.  You must live.  If there is anything inside of you Baneful, I am sure you have good parts also.  Why I know this is uncertain.  It is an Enigma we can search for later.” Mania opened his eyes with a start.  His eyes darted about trying to take in his surroundings before moving.  “I am alive.”</blockquote>

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