Ixidor - DreamWorld
Ixidor's mind drifted a little bit after he went to sleep and then, as anyone else, he started to dream.
He was in a circular plaza under a glass dome, with flowers as colorful and scented as one could imagine. A huge fountain in the shape of a serpent stood in the middle of it, pouring water that would run into multiple streams that watered the plants and headed out of the place. Light bathed and warmed the ambient gently. Thinking better, it seemed like some kind of luxurious greenhouse.
Breaking the silence, a happy laugh came from somewhere. No, better say it came from everywhere. For a moment Ixidor tried to remember where he heard that voice, clear pure as crystal. Then he saw a flash of blond hair passing quickly between two rows of flowers, and remembered.
It was Mia's.
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Phantom
Phantom had already conquered the first third of the stairway, and faced no problem. Actually, it was way too easy to his taste. The garden behind him had already begun to stir with the loving dead's painful wailing, but the way ahead was clear.
And beautiful on that matter. The stair had a three water channels running down it - probably for irrigating the gardens below - one in the middle, two in the sides, surrounded by statues of animals. Under the Red Moon, however it almost seemed like it was blood running in them in stead of water.
He stepped on something that made a noise in the floor. Imediattely the channels started pouring liquid into the stairs. Phantom lost his footing and slided down, but managed to take hold of a statue, grabbing it with all his power while the flood tried to push him away.
And by the way, the liquid was blood in the end.