Cold. Audrey was hit by a cold wave, alleviating her feverish state brought upon by her recent travels. As she opened her eyes, the scene before her glitched to display her previous and sole memory of the place. She exhaled deeply and blinked for a longer moment, letting herself focus on the world of the present.
Pretty clouds floating amidst a dark yet vibrant blue sky, the light that pervaded enough for decent vision. Silence all around, but certain hushed sounds were scattered and present, not lively enough to mark life but enough to mark existence. So, so many trees filled the space, their colours coming from all parts of the spectrum and beyond, ignoring a concept of seasons to mark an eternal, unchanging place.
It was all very welcoming, even though no one made an effort to welcome her.
Tenebris... Audrey closed her eyes as an invitation to darkness. Her body still hovered over the land, her walk forward like an illusion to anyone who would see her. Her focus left the concrete world around and propagated towards the many auras that inhabited the land, scattered all over. She minimised the image in her head to see the larger picture and came to an unexpected realisation.
The landmasses here are an exact replica of Earth. The demonic creatures seemed to be situated to parallel the places of origin on Earth; the places that served as the birth of a creature's concept in the first world became the place of their actual birth in the second concept.
It was not remotely far-fetched, yet the possibility of parallelism never crossed her mind. The shadow immediately wondered if Trina was aware of this, and what she would think of it.
The two places were bound, and Audrey wasn't sure if it was meant to be like that.
Perhaps it is a co-existence that has developed over time, and that needs to be broken.
Audrey shifted her focus to the creatures themselves, letting the world fade away.
All auras were grey. It seems that no more have taken birth since a certain entity's death, and none have perished either.
Audrey wondered why she learned of this so late, and that reminded her of why she came to this land now.
She now shifted her focus to the presence that pervaded the land, looking for a spike in its energy. Its aura was spread thin over the land, however, like a grey silhouette that was an extension of the dark land.
So similar to her. Are you able to communicate with her now? That isn't relevant. Where are you?
It was as if the spirit was an extension of the land, not an individual in any manner. Or was dormant.
Or hiding.
Even though Audrey had let go of the land's presence, it came back the moment she focused on the land, as if they were intertwined. That was not the case with any land and its spirit and she was sure that was not true here, too, which led her to believe that the spirit had put itself in this state with intention.
What she couldn't figure out is whether it did that to upon sensing her presence, or if it had been this way for some time.
Perhaps I should ask the demonic creatures for help... no.
Audrey could not bring herself to engage with them anymore. Despite the goodwill between the creatures and the Shadow Beings, any and every interaction racked her up with guilt. Moreover, she did not wish to undo the dormancy brought upon those creatures by remaining idle for the last few years. She did not know what the right thing to do was, but she did not think communication would do any good. Not with them.
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The Shadows of Nature
Spiritualnature Perhaps it is the home Perhaps the destination Perhaps both. Can you push past the constraints you have inherited? Can you seek to understand that which scares you? That which you hate? That which angers you? Truth and Time, is this the prin...
