Alpha slowly rests his back against the tree around which they have all gathered. Many friendly faces were now present; that was good, to say the least. There were also a few people that he wasn't exactly certain about - James wasn't a man he knew very well, and Shada hadn't exactly been quiet about the way Kasei had acted while traveling through the Hakiems' base. He made yet another mental note not to talk about the Rebel Flame when near the female Sheikah.

He remains silent as Elenina starts off the little meeting, wondering what exactly kind of knowledge it is of which she speaks. Not even in the Library of Calatia . . . that was something, to be certain. Knowledge is power, as the saying goes, and the Sheikah is always searching for knowledge in any place he can find it.

This acknowledgment in his head reminds him of another knowledge he needs, and it doesn't take a glance at the sky lets him know that things aren't progressing as quickly as he needs. "You have my word," he says softly. 'Only please hurry it up; 1:00 is swiftly approaching. It won't be long before I have to leave you all behind.'

No matter what is going on his Tayro's life, unfortunately, in the Sheikah's mind any information he can get on the Hakiems comes first.

Dream Illusionist wrote:"Hi Nogare. I seem to be fine, had a nice night of sleep."

Nogare nodded. He had no idea at this time of what pain Tayro went through at night. He thought he was just referring to an ordinary good sleep. Nothing Nogare could have even considered. Though he caught the vague tone of hate in his voice, and he became curious. Why would he be like that? I know Tayro as well as to know he doesn't hate me... what could it be about me...? The answer would come in time he predicted... no matter how long it would take...

Dream Illusionist wrote:"I'm Elenina, Master Tayro's friend. And you are?"

Nogare bowed, and began to speak in the tongue of Ancient Hylain. . "I am Nogare, son of Greyblade. I am a vassal to the High King Harkinian (May his name live on), and am a loyal Hylian Knight. I am taking advantage of my break from guarding, and I was just out, enjoying the outside of the busy castle town. I am honoured to meet you, Elenina." Though, of course, all present understood the tongue, it was tradition to speak to Hyruleans with that tongue.

A chill ran up and down his spin while Kasei was present. There seemed to be... some dark thing that seemed not to affect others, but rather, just him. Why? That question was hastily answered, for he knew it already. Though if it were revealed... that would lead to others discovering his past... and that, as he knew, could not be revealed... at least, not yet...

He let stood back while the others spoke to one another. He admired the suprising peace that hung in the air of the North Forest. He had thought that, maybe the Moblins had retreated to Parapa until the attack, that would come very soon...

He needed to get such thoughts out of him. He knew that right now, there was that feeling of mistrust between them against him from previous events, even as he had regained his honour a bit*. That would come in time... For now, he needed to keep conversation going. "So... what of this gathering you speak of, Tayro?"

OOC: *This being, as shown in Alpha's post, after FoG. Some of my story will come into that when we go deeper into FoG. Alpha should know what I refer to. DON'T TELL THEM, ALPHA!! .

"I am Nogare, son of Greyblade. I am a vassal to the High King Harkinian (May his name live on), and am a loyal Hylian Knight. I am taking advantage of my break from guarding, and I was just out, enjoying the outside of the busy castle town. I am honoured to meet you, Elenina."

" heh, whatever..showoff.." kasei says, then sits down near nogare, as to keep an eye on him...none here liked kasei and he knew it. he was just gonna have to try anfd get along woith them...for now...but once thre order was given, he would slaughter them, all of them...

OoC: I was waiting for everyone to post, but I guess that'll be enough. Enough hinderances.

IC:

Seeing most of the group comply, Elenina nods - an act invisible to the group - and, inhaling, started to speak. "Very well. You all present here, you all know what nightmares are, those dreams you sometimes have when you're sleeping that turn into something more dark and scary forcing you to wake up, that awful feeling you have which makes you wander in despair and desiring for it to finish, correct?" - She began, Tayro nodding affirmatively - "Many doctors and psychologists have theorized that the reason was of diseases and bad diets, great amount of stress or traumas, and that explanation was gladly accepted in most places. It couldn't be more incorrect." The fairy inhaled deeply, and continued. "Master Tayro, Alpha, Blank, Dogura, you recall that those creatures you fought yesterday said they were of the Nightmare Empire. I trust you never heard of them, also. This empire is one very vast, lying in a land quite far from Hyrule. There, its inhabitants are composed by demonic entities, cold creatures with a desire to kill those 'of the light'. They are ruled by a man who entitles himself as the King of the Dark, a man of incredible power, but that unfortunately uses it for his evil deeds. It is in that land that those dreadful nightmares are made, and sent to everyone. However, thanks to dreams, they normally have a defense against this dark substance... though people afflicted with the factors spoken of earlier have lowered defenses and so, more prone to being hit with them."

Elenina halted her speech a little to let the information to be absorbed by everyone hearing, and then proceeded with her explanation. "Now comes the worst part. Those creatures that inhabit their empire were once normal and peaceful people of this world, may they be Zoran, Sheikan, Hylian, Goran, Human... they were once people who were corrupted and possessed by nightmares, and now do their King's every bidding. Yet, there's another catch. People weak of mind, like civillians are turned into creatures like Holybrume, the white lady you fought yesterday, but those of stronger power and mind... retain their humanoid forms, although they might sport some alterations, and their power is multiplied severely. Although they still retain consciousness, they are now cold and blood-thirsty, and their power is hardly surpassed. The King has under him the four most powerful manifestations of those Nightmares: four generals, one for each cardinal element - Fire, Water, Wind and Earth - ready to do everything for him and to cause mayhem and destruction."

The fairy then fluttered to the book under her and continued. "I learned all of that from here, still I doubt any of you could read it. It's in an old arcane language, the Illisium, in which few books stil retain any trace of. My particular race, the Faera, are the only ones that learn this language, for all I know. I know not of their intent here in Hyrule, but they seem to be after your stone, Master Tayro. I must again underline the fact that you must be extremely careful." - she concluded.

The boy was astonished. Such information gain in so little time, it was exhaustive and hard to believe too. Still, the book contained all of that, and if it appeared to him in a dream, then it had to be the truth... right? Still, he sat on the grassy floor to ponder a bit about the subject. What could they possibly want with my parents' memento? Elenina in the meanwhile, asked out. "If you have any questions, feel free to ask." Tayro did not reply to that call, and instead looked up. Still, no matter what, I will never give away the only thing I have to connect myself with my parents. - he thought, examining the sky. The sun seemed to have moved a bit, as to indicate that the time was about 1 PM.

Alpha silently nods as he listens carefully to Elenina's explanation of the mysterious creatures that they had battled the day before. Normally, he would be uncertain of the validity of her words - after all, who ever heard of a kingdom of nightmare-warped beings who served some dark king in an attempt to destroy the light? Well, with the nightmare part aside, it was actually an accurate description of several evil forces in the history of the world, which allowed him to overcome some of the doubts he felt. The rest disappeared when he remembered the strange battle that had taken place the day before.

His mind returns to the image of Holybrume, a large angelic being with the symbol of the three Spiritual Stones placed on her form. If Elenina's translation was accurate, Holybrume had once been a mere Hyrulian like those gathered here, and overcome with the nightmares had been warped into that strange form. The Sheikah can't help but wonder if, perhaps, the three symbols of the Spiritual Stones indicated something. Perhaps what kind of nightmares the person had been overcome with? Perhaps that was the time period during which the person had lived. Or maybe Alpha's just putting to much thought into all this . . .

Regardless, as Elenina asks for questions, his gaze drifts to the sky above him. 'Oh, doggone it!' The sun's positioning could not be in a worse part - things here had just started to get intriguing, and he would have liked to have his questions answered. "Unfortunately I have vital business to attend to," he says to them as he turns to walk away. "I hope to rejoin you all as soon as I can, but for now there is another legion of nightmares that I need to get information regarding."

With a rushed pace, the Sheikah heads out to the northeast towards the edge of Tantari, where his meeting is scheduled to take place. Hopefully he can indeed return from this meeting without hindrance, and with much new info on his own foes, the Hakiems.

Dogura silently listened, and for some odd reason found it all easy to take in. Perhaps he had been used to darkness, and was familiar with their tactics. Perhaps he had lived through such incredibly mind twisting events, that he belived almost anything. It was at that he noticed how abruptly Alpha left the meeting. He sure is a mysterious guy... But his buisness is his buisness. With that, the samurai spoke out in question. "So these Nightmares infect those of weaker mental status, is that what you're getting at?"

OOC: Sorry for taking so long DI. I read all of the posts over again to get a feel for it again. Just so you know, its not that Dogura is a man without a story, but rather that he is shrouded in mystery. You guys wont put the pieces togther until later. MUCH later. Remember the things I post.

Pyre sat pondering everything that she had said. It was a lot of information, and for him, there was a lot of holes in the story. Great...once again I get caught up in something I know so little about. The hylian knew that a great adventure would lay ahead of the group, but a certain amout of apprehension gripped him. They were going to mess with the land of nightmares? That didn't sound exactly safe.

He laid this fear aside, but didn't discount it, instead considered other factors. He knew that this had a lot to do with Tayro. He isn't much different from myself. Do I just leave him. He had long ago reliezed where his loyalties lie. It was definitely not to Ganon and the Exiles, but not to the king either. The ones he trusted, and worked for the most were other people like him. The more he thought over that, the more he thought that he would dive deeper into what lay in front of him.

However, he knew very little of Tayro. He had seen him before, but hadn't really gotten to know him. Mystery seemed to cling to him, with all this talking of dreams. Mystery and danger. Sounds good to me. He didn't however decide that he would be at the same level as the party who seemed to know each other and their cause well. If things got to bad, he would turn back. From what he had heard, that might not be a choice, but it didn't matter much to him. For now he would do what he thought best to do in such a situation: listen and wait.

After all this thinking, he barely noticed Alpha leave. Later when he couldn't find him, the hylian figured that he had just walked off. That seemed to be a trend for Alpha, and Pyre decided that he would probably be doing the same thing later, and leave it to the people involved. For now however, he would wait.

Upon hearing Dogura's question, the Fairy halted a bit before replying. "Not exclusively, and I wouldn't use that choice of words either. All are affected equally by their manifestation, though those, as you said, of weaker mental status, are the ones least protected against those maleficent demonstrations. And while saying weak of mind, it doesn't mean those without magical prowess. Instead, it means those who have been recently affected by a physical or psychological trauma." Tayro, in the meanwhile, observed the location towards which Alpha had left towards, although he wasn't thinking of anything related to that. On his mind various questions arose, and a simple thing that started by being to find out about his parents now involved an enormous dark empire. Really? It wasn't nice. If those were really the ones who created nightmares, alike the one he had in the Inn two days ago,what could he do to stop them from reaching their goals. He felt somewhat... frightened, and that sensation only got worse when it happened.

Suddenly and quickly, an energy wave passed through every element of the group before dissipating, having reached its targets. Immediatly, the boy's fears began to multiply fastly, leading to a state of despair. Confusion, yes, and various other dark feelings... Looking to the others, he believed them to be feeling the same vibrations. A moment later, they were all but gone, except one of the elements: confusion. "What on earth was that?" - the boy pondered out loud, perplexed. "No idea, yet it came from northeast of here." - the fairy replied. Looking northeast of his position (according to the sun), his eyes focused on the path the Sheikah mage had taken earlier. Could something have happened to him? Always the same childish curiosity, the boy got up and started running through the same paths, trying to find the source of that power. "H-hey, Master Tayro! Wait up!" - the gray fairy yelled at him. With her quite diminute hands, Elenina sent a gray beam towards the book beneath her, the particular item starting to glow of a grayish tone as well and gaining wings - a mobility spell. Upon dealing with the tome, she too began her flight through the same path the young mage apprentice had taken just a few seconds earlier, the enchanted volume following suit. It would be advisable to follow if they desired to know what had just happened.

OoC: This continues in Hyrule Field F4, or two squares east and one north if you want directions, the topic name being Catastrophe Strikes.

"uhhh...wait up?" kasei says, then looks at everyone, he had just had a mixed feelings burst...something he did not want to do again...he looks at everyone again, dogura and nogare particularly, and says; " shall we go?" and follows little tayro out of the clearing...into whatever unknown dangers that lay ahead for the group...I won't let some heartless eveil get them before I do... he thinks...

Dream Illusionist wrote:OoC: I was waiting for everyone to post, but I guess that'll be enough. Enough hinderances.

IC:

Seeing most of the group comply, Elenina nods - an act invisible to the group - and, inhaling, started to speak. "Very well. You all present here, you all know what nightmares are, those dreams you sometimes have when you're sleeping that turn into something more dark and scary forcing you to wake up, that awful feeling you have which makes you wander in despair and desiring for it to finish, correct?" - She began, Tayro nodding affirmatively - "Many doctors and psychologists have theorized that the reason was of diseases and bad diets, great amount of stress or traumas, and that explanation was gladly accepted in most places. It couldn't be more incorrect." The fairy inhaled deeply, and continued. "Master Tayro, Alpha, Blank, Dogura, you recall that those creatures you fought yesterday said they were of the Nightmare Empire. I trust you never heard of them, also. This empire is one very vast, lying in a land quite far from Hyrule. There, its inhabitants are composed by demonic entities, cold creatures with a desire to kill those 'of the light'. They are ruled by a man who entitles himself as the King of the Dark, a man of incredible power, but that unfortunately uses it for his evil deeds. It is in that land that those dreadful nightmares are made, and sent to everyone. However, thanks to dreams, they normally have a defense against this dark substance... though people afflicted with the factors spoken of earlier have lowered defenses and so, more prone to being hit with them."

Elenina halted her speech a little to let the information to be absorbed by everyone hearing, and then proceeded with her explanation. "Now comes the worst part. Those creatures that inhabit their empire were once normal and peaceful people of this world, may they be Zoran, Sheikan, Hylian, Goran, Human... they were once people who were corrupted and possessed by nightmares, and now do their King's every bidding. Yet, there's another catch. People weak of mind, like civillians are turned into creatures like Holybrume, the white lady you fought yesterday, but those of stronger power and mind... retain their humanoid forms, although they might sport some alterations, and their power is multiplied severely. Although they still retain consciousness, they are now cold and blood-thirsty, and their power is hardly surpassed. The King has under him the four most powerful manifestations of those Nightmares: four generals, one for each cardinal element - Fire, Water, Wind and Earth - ready to do everything for him and to cause mayhem and destruction."

The fairy then fluttered to the book under her and continued. "I learned all of that from here, still I doubt any of you could read it. It's in an old arcane language, the Illisium, in which few books stil retain any trace of. My particular race, the Faera, are the only ones that learn this language, for all I know. I know not of their intent here in Hyrule, but they seem to be after your stone, Master Tayro. I must again underline the fact that you must be extremely careful." - she concluded.

The boy was astonished. Such information gain in so little time, it was exhaustive and hard to believe too. Still, the book contained all of that, and if it appeared to him in a dream, then it had to be the truth... right? Still, he sat on the grassy floor to ponder a bit about the subject. What could they possibly want with my parents' memento? Elenina in the meanwhile, asked out. "If you have any questions, feel free to ask." Tayro did not reply to that call, and instead looked up. Still, no matter what, I will never give away the only thing I have to connect myself with my parents. - he thought, examining the sky. The sun seemed to have moved a bit, as to indicate that the time was about 1 PM.

Nogare leaned against the trunk of a tree, listening intently. Was this all true? It was definitely an interesting speech of the little Feara. Nogare was also quite suprised that his three other friends had just fought such a monster only a day into the past. Some of the news of the nightmares he was aware of, such as Dreams and Nightmares battling one another constantly, much more realistically than figuratively... but the news of there being a mortal source of it was amazing to him. At first he had trouble believing him... but as the speech went on, he began to understand it more and more. Now I know it is not just luck that I came here... He didn't ask questions, because he was more eager to find these nightmares and stop them than stand around and ask questions; they'll be answered soon enough.

It was then that the wave struck! Nogare felt the same as the others; confused. "What was that?" He exclaimed, in line with Tayro's. His demand would be answered in time, he knew. Then he heard them stating the wave came from the Northeast. He nodded, and quickly followed behind...