1 In the Realm of Slumber [Training, Solo] Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:51 am
Aiza
D-rank
A familiar, soft bed was where Aiza found solace this night, as was common for most of his nights. It was a bed given to him by his adoptive parents when he moved, and therefore it held decent sentimental value. His silken red hair fell over his pillow like crimson ink on paper, and his mind wrote out his dreams with due process. He unconsciously crafted a world within his mind while the clock struck 11 PM...now, he found himself standing, wide awake, with no memory of being asleep or how he had woken up. It wouldn't occur to him just yet that this wasn't reality, and with ignorant bliss, he stepped out into the darkness of the unknown, the depths of his own psyche, the dreamscape that stood domineeringly ahead.
The sun had no presence here, nor did the moon. In fact, celestial bodies seemed to be wholly absent, as all that could be seen from Aiza's position was a pitch-dark void over him. Not a single star in the sky, no planets discernible from the black vacuum. In front of him lay a forest of black trees, most of which were barren as they would be in winter, whereas in truth it was quite hot, or at least the Itohane had perceived it so. He loosened his collar and unbuttoned his shirt in an attempt to cool off even a little before advancing into the effete forestry, enveloped in curiosity. He stopped before passing under the canopy of the first tree, and turned to face what he had just walked away from; nothing. The ground had disappeared behind him, and now he had no where to go but ahead. He sighed and entered the shaded cluster of dead trees.
Aiza continued, pushing past dry branches and stepping over dead leaves everywhere he went. Light was dim,as branches had looked out with was happening to see to see the flaws of this realm; he hadn't how he'd gotten there, but without a source of heat or light. The geography was changing around him yet again and he illuminated everything for the time being without trying. The dead forest he had entered now seemed to stretch on for thousands of kilometers, and he ceased walking, standing silent for a moment as his mind processed the situation. "It's a dream, then. An illusion, and that's my cue to wake..." he waited a moment, but nothing happened, and he was still in the same place. Odd, he knew that whenever one realized that he/she wasn't dreaming, the awoke immediately, but it wasn't working.
Looked like he was trapped, for the time being, so Aiza sat down in the dead leaves, leaning back against ad tree and going into deep thought. One other thing that Aiza knew about dreams was that they could hold meaning from time to time. S, that was his goal; to find out what this one meant, and of course, how to get out. He rose to his feet and stretched, eventually making his way to the east. There was the pressing matter that this forest was infinitely vast....a sound above caught Aiza's attention and he looked up. He found nothing but the same void, yet when he looked back down, a massive spiral staircase was there. It was an exit, if anything, so he began to abscond its steps, one by one, eyes focused to the black skies. There was a light at the end of the stairwell, and they were finally getting closer to its distant glow...
Training Judgement Break
Word Count: 605/1,500
The sun had no presence here, nor did the moon. In fact, celestial bodies seemed to be wholly absent, as all that could be seen from Aiza's position was a pitch-dark void over him. Not a single star in the sky, no planets discernible from the black vacuum. In front of him lay a forest of black trees, most of which were barren as they would be in winter, whereas in truth it was quite hot, or at least the Itohane had perceived it so. He loosened his collar and unbuttoned his shirt in an attempt to cool off even a little before advancing into the effete forestry, enveloped in curiosity. He stopped before passing under the canopy of the first tree, and turned to face what he had just walked away from; nothing. The ground had disappeared behind him, and now he had no where to go but ahead. He sighed and entered the shaded cluster of dead trees.
Aiza continued, pushing past dry branches and stepping over dead leaves everywhere he went. Light was dim,as branches had looked out with was happening to see to see the flaws of this realm; he hadn't how he'd gotten there, but without a source of heat or light. The geography was changing around him yet again and he illuminated everything for the time being without trying. The dead forest he had entered now seemed to stretch on for thousands of kilometers, and he ceased walking, standing silent for a moment as his mind processed the situation. "It's a dream, then. An illusion, and that's my cue to wake..." he waited a moment, but nothing happened, and he was still in the same place. Odd, he knew that whenever one realized that he/she wasn't dreaming, the awoke immediately, but it wasn't working.
Looked like he was trapped, for the time being, so Aiza sat down in the dead leaves, leaning back against ad tree and going into deep thought. One other thing that Aiza knew about dreams was that they could hold meaning from time to time. S, that was his goal; to find out what this one meant, and of course, how to get out. He rose to his feet and stretched, eventually making his way to the east. There was the pressing matter that this forest was infinitely vast....a sound above caught Aiza's attention and he looked up. He found nothing but the same void, yet when he looked back down, a massive spiral staircase was there. It was an exit, if anything, so he began to abscond its steps, one by one, eyes focused to the black skies. There was a light at the end of the stairwell, and they were finally getting closer to its distant glow...
Training Judgement Break
Word Count: 605/1,500