Dreamweaver; Successor Of The Nightmare King

Episode 15: Precautionary Measures

EPISODE 15: PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES

My Mom sat with my siblings. It was the evening of Sunday. The same Sunday I'd told Ciella about the Dream World and left to commence my training. Moments later, we heard a knock on the door.

"Looks like they're here" Keiran said and rushed to open the door to the living room that led outside the house.

Outside the door stood the Kenyahs and Asantes. For the Kenyahs, Face, Victoria and Concordia were present. For the Asantes, Prince, Ai and Mitsuki were present.

"Good evening" our visitors greeted.

"Good evening. We've been expecting you. Everyone's waiting in the living room" Keiran greeted and escorted our visitors to the living room.

A moment later, my Dad appeared amongst them.

"Dad, you're back!" my siblings exclaimed excitedly.

"We received messages hinting at a meeting amongst our three families" Face said.

A moment later, there was another knock on the door. This time, Saito rushed to open the door. Behind the door stood Arlene.

"Actually, I invited the Sabrefangs as well" my Dad said.

"Unfortunately, my grandparents couldn't make it. I'm here to represent our family" Arlene said.

"Is Gramps Ryuuji coming as well?" Keiran asked.

"No, he's working on reinforcing the Dream World's defences with Arlene's grandparents" my Dad said.

"So what's this meeting about?" Face asked.

"We'll be reviewing the recent occurrences in an attempt to uncover patterns" my Dad explained.

"Why is that? Do you think the recent attacks may be coordinated somehow?" Keiran asked.

"At the very least I can say for certain that the rampage of the Nightmares that occurred during the Solar Eclipse was not coordinated. Then there's the issue of the Armoured Tank San toppled into Bloody Cape. Since Zanböngfar's defeat, the Nightmares acting under him have become less organized. Most of the tasks we've had to deal with as Dream Knights have been focused on suppressing rogue Nightmares as well as containing possible potential outbreaks of chaos their activities could trigger so for the most parts we've been acting as more of a clean-up crew. Thankfully, Zanböngfar's rampage all those years ago, as unfortunate as it was also served as a kind of deterrent and people have become less violent since. This has in a sense also limited how much damage Zanfar's Nightmares can inflict in the World Of Reality" my Dad explained.

"That's true. It's like Ai said all those years ago. By containing various potential outbreaks of chaos through peaceful negotiations and treaties on the part of humans and sealing rogue Nightmares while simultaneously severing their influence on the part of Dream Knights, we've been able to prevent isolated incidences of trouble from converging into the proverbial inferno Ai spoke about years ago" Victoria said.

"But something still bothers me. It's true, Zanfar has lost the ability to coordinate the rogue Nightmares however there is one pattern that disturbs me. Of late beginning with the Armoured Tank, most of the incidents we've had to deal with particularly those San was involved in occurred in Central Dream City. Arlene also reported during the Solar Eclipse that the vast majority of invasions occurred around the coastal regions. I hope it's just coincidence that San happened to be involved in those two incidents. If not, for one thing, he might have been targeted by the Armoured Tank and for another, the rampage that occurred during the Solar Eclipse may have provided the perfect smokescreen for something more sinister" my Dad said.