Xiaolumi S5: Clair De Lune

Prologue: The Night Is My Domain

A/N: Happy New year and soon Happy Lunar New Year of the Rabbit!! I'm back from break so lets start this next book/season shall we~!? It's been almost a week since the Chronos Eclipse. Nahida has been having regular dreamwalks in the Balladeer's mind while he's in his comatose state. Deciding to rope in a bit of help Nahida gets Bakari's spirit to help while the full moon shines bright. Oh and enjoy the song for the first arc of this season as always it's also the song smol Bakari sings~!

Song Bakari Sings: "Lullaby of Woe" by Ashley Serena.

Bakari Fact:  Bakari does not have his memories as Sonnet, he does get the feelings of deja vu and nostalgia though. Bakari is capable of creating nightmares and dreams. He actually has two sides to him the family will grow to know as "Yang/White Bakari" and "Yin/Black Bakari" respectively. Yin/Black Bakari is more cold, aggressive, and mocking. Yang/White Bakari(the dominant one) is more gentle, soft spoken, and shy.  

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The soft light of a greenhouse garden with the sound of trickling fountains. That was what had greeted the comatose dreams of the lone puppet created by the electro archon. Butterflies and dendro crystalflies fluttering about the garden as he sat in the shade watching with puzzlement as the young archon hummed happily a tune of her forest spirit race. The little yakshini is not even bothering to face him in this dream world she had created inside his head. With a skip and a hop a lone swing made of dendro energy manifested as the soft sunlight trickling through the glass roof of the greenhouse roof. A soft breeze caressing his indigo hair as he sat there in confusion and bitter expression.

"Buer...why did you spare me? You and Alatus could have ended me then."he finally asked.

Nahida stopped riding on her swing, an intensity rippling around him as she went to a patch of her favorite lotus flowers. Taking one in hand off the vine her tone was surprisingly frigid as she spoke, "I won't let you escape your punishment for your crimes so easily Kabukimono. What you decide to do after you awake is on you to decide but here, within my plane you will remain until I decide otherwise."

Her words as she turned to stare with glowing emerald eyes was most frightening. So this was the Goddess of Wisdom? This was Lady Buer Ratatoskr, guardian of the Tree of Knowledge!? What a frightening girl and it made him gawk before laughing at the irony of it all. He had sensed something happen just days ago in his comatose state.

"Just how long have I been in this coma?"he wondered. "What was that blast of power I felt days ago?"

"Oh? So you can perceive time even in this state? How interesting."noted Nahida as she turned to face him. With her control over the dream she made the lotus turn a couple of butterflies of a beautiful blue hue. "You've been in a coma for quite awhile. It's now January 16th, my dear former harbinger. It'll be the year of the Lunar Rabbit in a few more weeks and what you sensed was the birth of the twin gods."she informed. That had really got his attention as he jumped to his feet.

"Sonnet's returned!? The sun goddess was born as well!?"he pressed.

"Yes they have. They were born almost a week ago now, actually given the hour...hmm...yes Bakari should be asleep."mused Nahida. Vesperus...they had almost lost the little moon god and he was still recovering but was gaining strength by the day. Tomorrow would be a full moon, and if she was right Vesperus would be at his strongest and the lycans, such as the Valuka Shuna Tribe would shapeshift for the first time since the eclipse. Her scholars had informed her the exiled sages had been mauled by mysterious peacock jaguar-like creatures. But also informed her of all the changes that the eclipse brought. However, she was taken aback at the former harbinger grabbing her firmly by the arms, a look of pleading in his eyes.