The Nomad Chronicles

We are standing on some type of spacecraft landing pad. I have been here before. Of course... the Dream Warrior Planet. There are stairs in front of us, going down a type of marble thrust stage. There are white pillars lining a coral walkway. There is a small reception of people, some human looking, some less. We walk down the stairs. The people bend one knee to Oneironaut silently. I feel like I should follow.

The alien with the pink face that turned into the battle dome tells me I should just sit cross legged. More people notice Oneironaut, and bend one knee, and bow their head as they see him, until it becomes a wave of people bending one knee.

Gawn strides through the center of the people, down a winding path. Oneironaut seems to be remembering the place. "I've been here before..." he says quietly to himself.

"Of course you have," Gawn booms, "my son."

Gawn grins at him madly with his big devil smile, and clasps his Spawn shoulders. Gawn rips at the fabric of space and time, and opens a portal to another dimension. He beckons Oneironaut to step through. I see pale green stairs glowing faintly toward the portal floating a few feet above the ground. Gawn follows him. Oneironaut steps through, then Gawn steps halfway through, winks at me, then zips out the rip, and they are gone.

***

I close my eyes and meditate. Gawn and Oneironaut are sitting in an ancient temple carved out of red rock. Mars? I see Gawn glance up at me and wink. Gawn and Oneironaut are staring at each other in silence. Gawn lunges forward and bites Oneironaut on the trapezius. He says Oneironaut must do it back. Oneironaut refuses.

The scene changes to a ziggurat similar to the Temple of Nothing, but we are somewhere else. Gawn and Oneironaut are standing atop it. Gawn is speaking of the land, making sweeping movement with his hand.

The scenes change over and over from one surreal setting to another.

***

I wake up in my room. Oneironaut is sleeping on a futon next to me. I startle. He looks at me. "This is a dream!" I shout. "Of course it is!" he snaps, and rolls over, going back to sleep.