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[idolpro]

[ You go, onward and upward.



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THE GATES | THE COURTYARD | THE FOUNTAINS | THE GARDENS

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Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ You grab for a flower—

but the stem bends beneath your fingers, illusory, disappearing in a bright blue flame—beyond it, the real garden stands before you: a meadow beneath a sky that shimmers with the shifting rainbow of light, with the horizon stretching as far as the eye can see. As the colors merge into that horizon, they form a pure-glowing white. The meadow itself, filled with flowers, reflects the sky in its rainbow. In fact, one might notice that no two flowers are exactly alike in color or breed.

You yourself stand at an entrance: a gate of white metal that gives off its own light.

It feels as though one mystery—the mystery of where you are—is slowly beginning to resolve, but how you got here is still a wonder. It weighs on your mind, in the back of your throat like a lump, but at once, you feel as though the drowsiness still remains, and your eyelids feel heavy.

Some yards away, there is a single tree. Its swaying branches beckon you to rest beneath them, if only for a moment. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[tradesecret]

[ tries to resist the urge to sleep by trying to climb the tree. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ You climb the tree. It's comforting, in a way—like it was made for you, even if you didn't decide to rest under it. The branches are a lovely place to sit and contemplate, and enjoy the view; it's restful, even if you don't sleep. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[tradesecret]

[ trying to see if the higher vantage point gives her a better lay of the land.

And sure. She'll rest. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ You sit, and you surely don't mean to nod off, but you find yourself drifting off anyway.

You don't remember what you dream, but you wake up to strange pinpricks—as though your leg had fallen asleep, but across your entire body. . .

Oh, what an embarrassing position for you. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[tradesecret]

[ she sleeps in trees all the time, so the odd feeling won't throw her, just wake her up. Good thing she was sitting, but she'll need to get down and shake that feeling out. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ Ah, but what a good rest!

Where to next. ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[tradesecret]

[ Through the gate, if she can! ]

Re: THE GARDENS

[idolpro]

[ As you pass through the gate, it's as though a heaviness lifts from your chest—some terrible weight that you hadn't realized you'd been carrying. It had felt like terrible anguish, but now you can hardly remember it—it's as though it was a dream.

You find yourself in front of a fountain, with no way to cross back to where you were before. ]