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    #130. Mugging the Monster

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    by
    Samael
    , 08-27-2010 at 05:43 AM (1128 Views)
    I'm baaack.

    Quote Originally Posted by #1. First Appearances
    It's dark, and I'm surrounded by beautiful, frightening living statues made of shadow... twisted, slender, lethal. I want to remember them when I wake up, because they're mine.
    08/26/10



    The Monster of the Week gets in over its head.

    This dream takes place in my old apartment building in Ixburg. The suite is a floor down from where I actually used to live, and it's been refitted with giant windows. It has a balcony with a fire exit, and the place is spacious and airy. Which is fortunate, because I live there with a group of people, and we're all sleeping together.

    I'm alone in the bedroom when I see it. A presence has been on the edges of my consciousness for a while now, and it finally coalesces into a physical form. It's a black statue, shiny and carved out of something like obsidian or onyx. It's vaguely humanoid, but it's a simplified form. It has a somewhat bulbous head, but the rest of it is sleek, almost liquid.

    Time speeds up, and I watch life continue in fast-forward. The other people in the apartment don't notice the statue at all. I have the feeling that it's been there for some time, and the fact that I can see it now means nothing good.

    Ignoring the others going about their day, I stand up from the bed and walk over to the statue. It's immobile, but I can feel a dark presence.

    It's moving. The statue bends an arm back, quick as lightening, and stabs forward. My mouth falls open in an involuntary gasp, and I see myself being impaled on the thing's arm, its hand reaching out through my lower back. I come to the sudden, horrible realization that I'm a sacrifice, and the only person who lives here that meets the requirements. Golden white light streams into my vision, claiming everything, and I feel myself fall back, completely detached from my physical form.

    It's like being in the blue-white light from previous dreams, but this feels more like home, more a part of myself. I'm searching for something, cataloguing information that my conscious mind can't comprehend. And I feel it.

    The "statue" exists before me as an infinitesimal dark speck, a mote of dust. The thing before me, the spirit inside the statue, I reach out - no, I don't even have to reach out. Just by existing in this state, I snuff out its tiny little black soul.

    The light falls away, and I'm left standing in the apartment, completely intact. The dark presence is gone, and I allow myself a glimmer of satisfaction.

    There's a reason they call me the Lightbringer.

    Mugging the Monster. Scare Factor: 2.

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    Updated 08-29-2010 at 04:57 AM by 31096

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    Comments

    1. darknightedlady's Avatar
      You're poetic. I like this explanation of your dream; very nice.
    2. Requiem's Avatar
      "I'm baaack." It happens.

      Nice dream. Pretty strange too. It sucks though because a lot of it seems to fall on deaf ears...er, blind eyes...

      I mean, "feels more like home, more a part of myself. I'm searching for something, cataloguing information that my conscious mind can't comprehend. And I feel it" or "I don't even have to reach out. Just by existing in this state, I snuff out its tiny little black soul."

      Sure, I sort of know what you mean but these sort of experiences in this dream get lost in the translation. It is hard to capture what makes it so memorable. But I agree with the guy above me, you captured it just as well as anybody can.

      I don't know. I don't know if that makse sense.

      Welcome back, dawg.

      And I've got to question your tags. "fighting, polyamory, and sex" seem to have little to do with the main event. Its not a big deal.
      Updated 08-27-2010 at 07:08 AM by Requiem
    3. Mzzkc's Avatar
      And I've got to question your tags. "fighting, polyamory, and sex" seem to have little to do with the main event. Its not a big deal.
      Maybe "being impaled on the thing's arm, its hand reaching out through my lower back" is a euphemism?
    4. Requiem's Avatar
      Is it, Samael?
    5. Samael's Avatar
      Quote Originally Posted by darknightedlady
      You're poetic. I like this explanation of your dream; very nice.
      Thanks, dark. You're so nice and supportive, unlike some other people I could mention.

      Quote Originally Posted by Requiem
      Sure, I sort of know what you mean but these sort of experiences in this dream get lost in the translation. It is hard to capture what makes it so memorable. But I agree with the guy above me, you captured it just as well as anybody can.
      Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm sure if I spent enough time on it, I could hash out something that would make more sense, but I'm leaving it as is.

      Quote Originally Posted by Requiem
      And I've got to question your tags. "fighting, polyamory, and sex" seem to have little to do with the main event. Its not a big deal.
      You always question my tags. I wrote up the tags list before the rest of the entry, and originally planned to write more. Good call, I hadn't noticed that the tags needed updating.

      And really, it was "polyamory" versus "orgy".

      Quote Originally Posted by Mzzkc
      Maybe "being impaled on the thing's arm, its hand reaching out through my lower back" is a euphemism?
      Quote Originally Posted by Requiem
      Is it, Samael?
      No.
    6. Mzzkc's Avatar
      No.
      My mistake, then. XP
    7. Samael's Avatar
      All in good fun. Really, you never know with me.
    8. Mzzkc's Avatar
      Oh, why is this only rating an SF2?

      This is definitely one of your creepier/scarier dream IMO. At least, you definitely made it feel that way.
    9. Samael's Avatar
      Because it was weak? Seriously, this was the easiest dream-battle I've ever been in.

      I should really start rating according to excitement/quality of the dream or something. I don't really get scared in dreams at this point, so I hardly ever rate above a four. Think I should change it?
    10. Mzzkc's Avatar
      Maybe.

      Keep in mind, the instant you do, you'll definitely run into something so terrifying you'll wish you still had it. Especially now that I've planted the seed.

      I suggest adding a super-cool, new rating system, but keeping the Scare Factor bit. Just in case. . .
    11. Samael's Avatar
      *sigh*

      If you're planning to invade my mind, do remember to let Req tag along. He gets bored easily, and it makes him obnoxious.
    12. Mzzkc's Avatar
      Invade is such a harsh word.
    13. Samael's Avatar
      Aggressively interfere with my peace of mind?
    14. Mzzkc's Avatar
      Sounds like something a politician would say.

      That said, I cannot confirm or deny any plans to "aggressively interfere with [your] peace of mind." However, if I were to do something like this, it would happen in such a subtle fashion that you'd never be able to trace it back to me.

      That is all.
    15. Baron Samedi's Avatar
      Pretty badass man.
    16. Samael's Avatar
      I'll keep an eye out for the man behind the curtain.

      Pretty badass man.
      Thanks, Nomad.