Xander, still unconcious, drifts down the calm stream. A soft, numinous voice speaks in rhyme.
"Changeless, this great deep of elemental water remaineth forever pure. Because of this, it possesseth the quality of stability. From water do all forms have their beginning."
Dawn dangles from a tree branch, by her feet, over the stream. Watching the waters flow, she waits for Xander to pass within her reach. As he floats just beneath her, she streches her arms out to the water and grabs his hands to pull him out. He wakes with a start, after landing behind some bushes.
"Oh god; I'm dead!" He checks himself. "I'm naked! I'm dead, I'm naked, and..." He looks around confused "in the woods?" He stands to get a better view of his surroundings. The forest is completely dark outside the patch he is standing in. Nothing is visible beyond the trees around him. Looking up, he can not see where the light, only on him, is coming from. No sun, no moon; it's just there, hovering about him. His hand brushes against the bush beside him. Curious, he takes hold of one of it's branches and peers at it more closely "Hey, wait. Is this... it's plastic? What kind of cheap spiritual plane uses plastic scenary?" He sighs and lets it drop back in place. "What a gyp. At least it's not cold out here." He hears music around him and someone's humming getting louder from behind him. He turns to see Dawn skipping towards him with a smile. She starts dancing around the trees surrounding him as she sings.
"Dawnster, the Mighty,
Master of geography.
Here to guide you on your way.
Stick with me, you'll never stray.
And if your in a land that's new,
I'm the one who'll get you through."
She looks at him with a wide grin and raised eyebrows.
"Even (giggles) when you're slightly nude...
I'm Dawnster, I'm Dawnster the mighty!"
He quickly moves around to the other side of the bush to try and conceal himself. He turns back to where Dawn was standing, and sees that she's gone. Before he has time to think about where she could have gone, he hears her sing in the distance.
"We're in Illusia..."
"Okay; this definately wasn't in any afterlife brochure I've ever seen. So much for the being dead theory."
Dawn, popping up beside Xander impassively, "Yeah."
He turns in surprise and jumps back as they both yell out "Ahhh!"
"How did you...?" Remembering his nudeness, he quickly pulls a branch off a bush and covers himself with it. "Dawn, go away, can't you see, I'm naked?"
Dawn rolls her eyes at Xander and pulls some clothes out of the grass for him.
"Being naked won't excuse ya." She tosses the clothes to him as she walks away.
"Sing to talk, we're in Illusia." Cheerfully, she goes back to skipping around the trees again and humming to herself as she waits for Xander to finish dressing.
"Yeah; thanks for the clothes Dawnie, but I think I'll pass on the singing thing. That kinda got me into trouble last time. I wasn't allowed to touch anything in the Magic Box for a month; unless it was books for research." She giggles at Xander and holds her hand out to him. "Well, I guess I don't have much choice if I wanna find a way out of here." He takes her hand "Lead the way." She smiles and a narrow path is suddenly clear in front of them. She leads him down through the trees.
As they walk, Xander notices that the further they go, the more the light seems to fade and the trees keep getting more dense. "You know maybe we should just go back to..." He turns around and sees that the path had been swallowed in darkness. "Or not." He looks back around to see that Dawn has disappeared again.
"Oh, great. Thought you were supposed to be my guide Dawn? Hello?" He yelled. He sighs in defeat. Ahead of him is a door at the path's dead end. "Right; gone. So, now my options are A: stay out here in the all encompassing darkness, alone or; B: open the mysterious door that's attached to, oh... nothing." He takes a deep breath as he reaches for the doorknob, bracing himself for whatever waits on the other side. "Okay. Open says me."
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"Changeless, this great deep of elemental water remaineth forever pure. Because of this, it possesseth the quality of stability. From water do all forms have their beginning."
Dawn dangles from a tree branch, by her feet, over the stream. Watching the waters flow, she waits for Xander to pass within her reach. As he floats just beneath her, she streches her arms out to the water and grabs his hands to pull him out. He wakes with a start, after landing behind some bushes.
"Oh god; I'm dead!" He checks himself. "I'm naked! I'm dead, I'm naked, and..." He looks around confused "in the woods?" He stands to get a better view of his surroundings. The forest is completely dark outside the patch he is standing in. Nothing is visible beyond the trees around him. Looking up, he can not see where the light, only on him, is coming from. No sun, no moon; it's just there, hovering about him. His hand brushes against the bush beside him. Curious, he takes hold of one of it's branches and peers at it more closely "Hey, wait. Is this... it's plastic? What kind of cheap spiritual plane uses plastic scenary?" He sighs and lets it drop back in place. "What a gyp. At least it's not cold out here." He hears music around him and someone's humming getting louder from behind him. He turns to see Dawn skipping towards him with a smile. She starts dancing around the trees surrounding him as she sings.
"Dawnster, the Mighty,
Master of geography.
Here to guide you on your way.
Stick with me, you'll never stray.
And if your in a land that's new,
I'm the one who'll get you through."
She looks at him with a wide grin and raised eyebrows.
"Even (giggles) when you're slightly nude...
I'm Dawnster, I'm Dawnster the mighty!"
He quickly moves around to the other side of the bush to try and conceal himself. He turns back to where Dawn was standing, and sees that she's gone. Before he has time to think about where she could have gone, he hears her sing in the distance.
"We're in Illusia..."
"Okay; this definately wasn't in any afterlife brochure I've ever seen. So much for the being dead theory."
Dawn, popping up beside Xander impassively, "Yeah."
He turns in surprise and jumps back as they both yell out "Ahhh!"
"How did you...?" Remembering his nudeness, he quickly pulls a branch off a bush and covers himself with it. "Dawn, go away, can't you see, I'm naked?"
Dawn rolls her eyes at Xander and pulls some clothes out of the grass for him.
"Being naked won't excuse ya." She tosses the clothes to him as she walks away.
"Sing to talk, we're in Illusia." Cheerfully, she goes back to skipping around the trees again and humming to herself as she waits for Xander to finish dressing.
"Yeah; thanks for the clothes Dawnie, but I think I'll pass on the singing thing. That kinda got me into trouble last time. I wasn't allowed to touch anything in the Magic Box for a month; unless it was books for research." She giggles at Xander and holds her hand out to him. "Well, I guess I don't have much choice if I wanna find a way out of here." He takes her hand "Lead the way." She smiles and a narrow path is suddenly clear in front of them. She leads him down through the trees.
As they walk, Xander notices that the further they go, the more the light seems to fade and the trees keep getting more dense. "You know maybe we should just go back to..." He turns around and sees that the path had been swallowed in darkness. "Or not." He looks back around to see that Dawn has disappeared again.
"Oh, great. Thought you were supposed to be my guide Dawn? Hello?" He yelled. He sighs in defeat. Ahead of him is a door at the path's dead end. "Right; gone. So, now my options are A: stay out here in the all encompassing darkness, alone or; B: open the mysterious door that's attached to, oh... nothing." He takes a deep breath as he reaches for the doorknob, bracing himself for whatever waits on the other side. "Okay. Open says me."
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