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    Out of Character

    by , 08-04-2010 at 03:10 PM (955 Views)
    Fun night!

    1- Against All Odds
    Trapped on an island with some friends, I am one of those blond, cowardly girls that always seems to be the main character in a horror movie. The man who lives on the island believes it is necessary to sacrifice us all at the various shrines around the place, in order to appease the gods who cursed him. I fearfully attempt to sneak into the man's hideout, but he appears out of nowhere and begins chasing me. I let out a blood curdling scream and take off running. In the back of my mind, I'm thinking how pathetic this display of cowardice is. But I can't break character for some reason...

    Still running, the man appears in front of me. How the hell did he do that!? Apparently he's the more mystic type of bad guy, I think to my character, who ignores me and runs back toward the man's hideout.

    The chase continues in this manner for a while, when I notice the man looks oddly familiar. He's wearing a brown fedora, and he appears to have claws on one of his hands. "Freddy Krueger?" I ask, finally beginning to regain my true self. My question offends him, and he raises his right hand for me to see. The claws are nails, rather than knives. Drat...

    "One for each death!" he yells at me, and the chase continues. ((I understand this to mean that there is one nail for each person he killed.))

    Now, however, I'm running more out of necessity than fear. I'm going to kill this loon one way or another.


    Once outside, I become lucid and take flight. "Ha, let's see him try to get me now!" Unfortunately, the dream ends.

    2- Death Sighting
    My crazy neighbor comes over to visit. She seems freaked out about something, and it takes me a while to make any sense of what she's saying. Something about a prowler in our front yard. "Wait," I say. "Did this guy have claws on his right hand?"

    "It was Death!" she explodes. "I saw Death standing right next to your house! One of you is going to die soon!"

    I try to calm her down. Since she's the one who saw him, she's probably the one who's going to die... Of course, I don't tell her this.


    3- Book of Lilith
    A mythology professor gives me access to his personal library. I find a hidden room which contains some texts that appear to be really ancient. One of the books is titled "Dark Lilith." I am startled to see this; why is her name popping up so much lately? ((IRL, this is really happening. I read some stories about Lilith last week, and since then I am seeing references to her EVERYWHERE.)) I begin reading the book... but it seems to have nothing to do with Lilith at all. It seems more like a book of shadows.

    The professor suddenly walks in and is angry for no apparent reason. He kicks me out of his library and tells me that I'm not allowed to come back.

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    Comments

    1. Samael's Avatar
      "Freddy Krueger?" I ask, finally beginning to regain my true self.
      "Freddy Krueger? Oh, thank God it's you!"

      ((IRL, this is really happening. I read some stories about Lilith last week, and since then I am seeing references to her EVERYWHERE.))
      A couple days after I had my Lilith dream, I got to this part in Fable 2:

      LILITH: Please, save my children!
      ME: Yeah, there's no way you're evil.
      LILITH: FEAST, MY CHILDREN! I HAVE BROUGHT YOU FOOD!
      ME: *complete lack of surprise*

      Believe me, I know where you're coming from. For a relatively obscure piece of mythology that very few people seem to know about, Lilith shows up in pop culture a lot.
    2. Hazel's Avatar
      Believe me, I know where you're coming from. For a relatively obscure piece of mythology that very few people seem to know about, Lilith shows up in pop culture a lot.
      Last night I was doing some more research on Lilith, and I was surprised to find that in some texts, she was the wife of Samael.
    3. Samael's Avatar
      Bwahahaha, that's hilarious. I hadn't read a version that phrased it quite that way. It makes me appreciate this review so much more. (Inception Spoilers.)
    4. Hazel's Avatar
      The part that I found funny was that, in one of the versions, God didn't want Lilith and Samael to be able to have children, so he castrated him. Because of this they needed to use a demon called "Blind Dragon" as an intermediary. (Not sure how that works, and not sure that I want to know.)
    5. Samael's Avatar
      God, what a bastard. You know, for some strange reason, I'm not really a fan of that version.

      (Not sure how that works, and not sure that I want to know.)
      Pretty sure Blind Dragon had sex with Lilith.

      So, what has you researching Christian mythology?
    6. Hazel's Avatar
      You know, for some strange reason, I'm not really a fan of that version.
      I don't blame you.

      So, what has you researching Christian mythology?
      Um... I don't really remember. All I know is that sometime last week I came across the name Lilith somewhere on the internet and looked it up. Before that I only had a vague notion of who she was. Two days later she randomly cropped up in a conversation about Tarot cards at my friend's house, and since then I've been seeing her name all over the place.