i love terra’s Venatavis form so much

Hello~

Hello!~

Another beautiful cover, Fluffy! Thanks again for adding his cloud mane to this picture XD

I have to pee

Then go do that, Blood :o

I did, I feel better now

How are you today?

Where are people?

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

BLOOD doesn't HAVE ANY PATIENCE

I'm gonna keep going

my G key is breaking now, sometimes I gotta copy paste a g

I'm losing the keys!

FLUFFY! THIS COVER IS BEAUTIFUL!

Imma eat my food

brb

HELLO!

I'm glad you're doing better, I'm ok, been thinking more about college and fun stuff like that, but I'm trying not to stress about it XP I'm still happy about how fun last night was too with the Niironox :D

How're you doing overall?

Oh

Oh my

Alrighty then X'D

Haha HELLO Blood! XD

I'm doing good, sleepy but good

HELLOOOOOOO.

AND ALSO THANK YOUUUUUU.

HELLO FLUFFY!!

Hellooooo

I finished eating, I'm here now :D

I got the hiccups

The Niironox was fun! I enjoyed it, even though it was a warm up and we didn't do much, it was still enjoyable :D

I have thought about College too, but I can't go for it right now, I need a second job.

I want to be able to pay my own way, I don't want to be thrown into student debt

Hello Fluffy!

Yeah! I really enjoyed the Niironox RP too, even though I showed up really late. XP

Mmm, yeah, I'm worried about debt as well, I hear all the time about student debt and whatnot, I hardly know where to begin ':P

HI SHADOW!

Well maybe next time we could have more time for it :P

I just want money tbh, I'm tired of always being poor xD

That'd be nice :)

That's understandable XD

I'd love to get into something like video game designing, or even just writing

When can we start?

I did most of my schooling through grants, you don't have to pay it back, student loans is where the debt come in

Ooh yeah, when I was younger I'd wanted to be a video game designer.

But now I don't like video games xD

I'm going to be a Dietary Aide

WE'RE TALKING Lilly

Don't be rude

jk I wanna start too

Sorry, I'm just excited ';~;

Haha 'XD

I say we can start. Do I need to do reposts or you guys got it?

I got it

I think I'll need reposts for the characters I'm interacting with, especially Purity and Crimson XP

Blue was quiet as Qui explained about the emotion question, "Yeah...hmmm" he tips his head to one side. "I don't know much about corruption, sorry, but I will look into it for both of you and let you know if I discover anything, in the morning"

He hums as he thinks on the previous question, "Why do you ask about feeling others emotions? Are you experiencing that when you walk around the palace? The city? Or is it another thing?"

Dreameater stands there and listens as Ai cries and tries to explain, he pins his ears back and frowns at Fiona when she asks him what he did, but now he starts to put the pieces together... He recognizes the name "Lamia" from his former self's time in school, and while he doesn't know very much, he does know that that's the name of a legendary Nightmare. //She had an encounter with Lamia? ... She's scared of Nightmares then. And she hadn't seen my true form until now, right... I-I better do something, or Blue's going to think I hurt her, and he's going to kill me...!// he concludes, flicking his ears and turning one around as he still hears that strange grinding sound from somewhere, but tries to ignore that for now. "... Ai, it's me, Eater, remember? ... Remember Purple?" Dreameater softly calls to her, still staying a distance away. He slowly uses one of his chains to take off Terra's skull and hangs it, along with the rest of his chains, on his wings in an attempt to come off as less threatening, and to make sure his chains don't scrape across the ground. "Lamia isn't here, Ai, you're safe, no one's going to hurt you, I'm a good Nightmare," Eater says, taking just a few steps closer before stopping.
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"Lamia...? Who's...
...Lamby...?" Fiona muttered to herself, not knowing who Lamia was...
From what she was hearing, she was pretty sure it was safe to assume Lamia was someone bad.
...She wasn't quite sure what a red world was, either...
"Don't worry, Ai. No bad guy's gonna take you to any red world." The Elemental tried to comfort her, "If /anybody/ tried to do something bad, I'd bop 'em with my big sword, see?" She reached back and tapped Shockwave's hilt, then gave the little girl faint smile. "...You don't have to be scared. We'll keep you safe."

She glanced back at Eater as he spoke--again, she really didn't know how to respond, but at that moment, she was more worried about how Ai would react...
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Ai started to calm down, just a little bit, she knew Eater wasn't Lamia. She was bigger than him and blue. But that form still freaked her out, she flinched as the Nightmare drew closer.

"You fight off the scary lady" Ai whispers to Fiona, looking to Eater, she was referring to him as the scary lady. As long as he stayed in that form.

She didn't run, yet...
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Boo stop crying, she was now just confused about what everyone was talking about but one thing was first serve her friend was scared and she wanted to comfort her " no bad Lamby come and get you, see the good guys would let bad thing happened to you "

"Mhm, I would too, but your teeth are important, I know I certainly don't want your teeth to fall out," Purity playfully teases the dragon prince, giving him a faint smile.
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Crimson frowned thinking about his teeth rotting out, he didn't like that idea, it was ingrained in him to keep his teeth clean thanks to Judas's oral hygiene passion...

The dragon shapeshifter took his tongue across his teeth, feeling the sugar bugs from the chocolate and kinda really wanted to clean his teeth now " yeah, the win- ...Judas, had a thing about having health teeth, I don't think I'm as much as a freak about it as he is, but I do know that it's important" Crimson then tipped his head and smiled at the clean-freak Dreamer " I just realized, that something you remind me of him about, your both clean freaks but in a different way " he said teasingly

"Oh.." Crystal mumbled, thinking about what was said before asking, "The moons tear? Is 'moons tear' a code name for something?" She went quiet, then added, "Unless in these places moons can cry.."
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[ welllll it's a very interesting story, in the land of dreams the moons can actually cry... Legends say that the four moons of that realm are actually deities, their names are Nubrie, Taylice, Shiroi Tamashi and Ashnah.... They say that these four is we're Order comes from, time, space, elements, the seasons, etc... But the story go's that the four pay a price to keep a great evil from stepping foot in the land of dreams...I believe that why Soledormir /can't/ go there...he can send his armies but as far as I know, the chaos King has never stepped dirty foot in the land of dreams... it also explain why the moons have never showed themselves, that what they did keep Soledormir at Bay but so are they.... However ever once in a while the moons will give a gift and shed a tear, a powerful Crystal flowing with order Magic, Faye made the keys with them and we'll here I am, a remnants of Arthur's hope and dreams for a better future without the chaos King ] the king of old tell the story as he knows it

Eater listens intently to what Ai says, and then what Fiona and Boo both tell her, but he finally can't ignore that strange grinding sound he's hearing--he cranes his neck around to look behind him, and after looking around with a frown, the Nightmare notices... It's his spikes on his back, rising and falling with his dread and worry, they aren't long enough to rub against each other and make the clicking sounds a normal Nightmare's does, but instead they're making that grinding sound whenever they move. //I can move those? I didn't know I can wiggle my tiny back spikes,// Dreameater thinks, getting distracted for a moment before remembering what he was doing...

With his ears still pinned back, Dreameater turns his head back to look at Ai again and considers what he can do, obviously he doesn't want her to be afraid of him, as he doesn't want to get on Blue's bad side any worse than he already has, but he doesn't want to be stuck using only certain forms around her. "... Ai, I'm not a scary lady, I'm a boy," Eater playfully teases her back, slowly getting down on his knees before flopping onto his side, avoiding any sudden movements as he sprawls his legs out, "Look, I'll stay right here, ok? I promise I won't move, and I'll close my eyes, and as long as you put your gloves back on, you can come over and touch me, hit me, play with my ears, whatever, and Fiona will make sure to protect you. Ok? As long as you put your gloves back on, so you don't hurt me too much..." the young Nightmare softly suggests, closing one eye and squinting the other almost shut.

(Fade said she might have to be absent for a few sessions because of because of her school workload, so we came up with Eira and Qui going off to talk about stuff)

After the girls left, Catch stood there awkwardly, not sure what to do, not because Eira was somewhere else, but because he had a bunch of doors he had to fix and still a ton on his plate he hadn't resolved yet...a lot happened in one day and it keep adding to the pile of things.

The red hair Dreamer rubbed the back of his head " so... Was there more tests or training? Or should I get started on fixing those doors?"

(I gotta get going, I'll be back in a bit~)

Blue had gotten himself a cup of orange juice, he was about to drink it, when Catch asked his questions.

"Nevermind the doors, they're not important" Blue sets his cup down, "Tests and training..." Blue thinks out loud, looking at Catch as he thought. He remembered how Catch would freak out about visions.

"We'll train with visions!" Blue spreads out his wings, "I'll be right back!" with a flick of his wings, he's gone.

"...Scary lady...?" Fiona quietly repeated, looking in Eater's direction when Ai referred to him. She watched as the Nightmare seemed to get distracted with a certain sound... //What /is/ that noise...?!// She thought, narrowing her eyes momentarily.
...But then /she/ got distracted when Eater fell over. The Elemental turned back to Ai, looking determined, "Yeah, I'll protect you. Nobody's gonna do anything bad, especially not with me around." She tried to reassure the little girl, standing up and unsheathing Shockwave as she did so.
"I mean... Eater's not a scary lady. He's just a weirdo." She went over to the purple Nightmare, and gently bopped him with the flat side of her great sword. "See? Look, he's not going to hurt anyone."

(*stalks*)

(*OVERLY-DRAMATIC GASP*)

(RR! Hello!

How are you?)

(Hey there!
I'm doing fine, just a little bored.)

Catch eyes widened when Blue mention the word 'visions' he never had a good experience with those and didn't believe someone could but before he could abject the royal vanished...

The Dreamer Prince immediately started nervously pacing, //fixing doors would be better than this.... But if vision are now a part of my life, and if there's a way to control them, I need to...//

Blue took a few moments, but he managed to find one of his twins and he scooped her up in his arms.

"Mae" Blue looks down at the giggling one year old, "Where is your brother? Where's Nolan?" he asks and she shrugs at him. Blue frowns, "Oh well, he'll show up eventually I guess" he mutters, "He's gotta be somewhere in the palace" he shrugs too and teleports back to the kitchen.

Blue holds up Mae, who is all giggles and smiles, "We're going to use her for your training, this is my daughter, Mae" he had found the twin he needed anyways, Mae loved the game Blue was about to have her play.

Nolan, not so much, he always got bored and walked away

Ai watched Eater closely, she was trying not to be scared of him, but her gut kept twisting with unease. She remembered when Crimson referred to her as a baby, "I not a baby" Ai whispers to herself.

Even though her face was a mess from her tears and her eyes red and irritated. She grabbed her gloves from her pockets and put them on, then slowly started tip toeing to Eater.

She couldn't help but giggle when Fiona bopped Eater with her sword. "He is weird" Ai felt herself relaxing, but was still approaching at a snail's pace

(Hey Radiant long time no see! :D)

(...

...I don't want to leave my gasp as a greeting. XD
Hi Radiant!)

(Hey there, I would have hopped in sooner but I'm going back and forth between not feeling well and being fine, so while I'm doing okay for a second I thought I'd drop in my response x))

Crystal thought about the story Arthur told, "You're right, that was a very interesting story." She said, thinking some more and going on to ask, "If what they did to keep Soledormir away from those lands also keeps them away, what is it they did..?"

(Hello Fluffy and... whoever is on the Darkpikaboo account right now. XD)

(Hey Galaxy! That's alright. I'm sorry to hear things have been so up and down for ya lately. :s
I hope you feel better soon!)

( sorry I forgot I was still logged into that account x'D

It was me RR )

( Hay Galaxy! It's good to see you! :)
That really stinks though that you've been having such a roller coaster, hopefully all go well for you soon )

Catch nearly jumped when Blue reappeared, he wasn't used to something teleporting so frequently, sure Catch sometimes did but only with Rihanna but been able to teleport without a Fairfin or portal Stone so fast and smoothly was very unusual " do all your kind do that?" He thinks out loud

The red hair Dreamer was quickly distracted by the little girl in Blue arms, he had seen Mae before when the group got to the palace and Blue introduce them, Catch smile and did a small wave of the hand at the little one " Hi, Mae, I remember you" he then looked up at her father and tipped his head " we're going to use her to help with visions?" He asked confused

Boo just wanted and watch the scene unfold, she wasn't afraid of Eater's true form even though I had been a long time since she seen it.

" He not bad see!" Boo got inpatient and rushed over to her guardian and try to belly flop on him but she was a lot smaller so it ended up more like a tackle " See! Eater a good Nightmare!"

"Nah, I have special covers on my wings that allow me to teleport, Osiris gave them to me" Blue quickly explains.

Mae quickly waved back to Catch

Blue smirked and held her up a bit higher, slowly spinning her around, "I want you to memorize what she looks like and her name, Mae" he says. "Visions are mostly all about what you want to see and what you're focusing on"

He points to Catch's horns, "You have stap bonds on now, they will help you and it's just generally recommended to keep your bonds on. Taking them off could send you into a whirlwind of seemingly random visions, you could go crazy, losing yourself in vision after vision. After some time, you'd struggle to know what's real and what isn't"

"This training will be, Mae hiding somewhere, like hide and seek, but" Blue takes a breath, "You are going to use visions to find her"

[ that I'm actually not sure, For sure, ] Arthur animated[
Like I said it was story, but
there's different versions of the story, but most revolved around order being divide and spread across the realms, my nephew had a few theories that it involved different species...and I guess that would make sense why each one of us keys are a different species ]

(I'm back! Hey there Radiant! It's been a while! :D )

(Welcome back!)

(Welcome back!)

(Welccome bacck!)

(Thankk youu! :D )

Catch listen intensely to Blue instructions, // keep, strap things on my horns, got it, Visions work by focusing on what I want to see?// He shuttered at the thought of going mad seeing visions uncontrollably " ...I can Only imagine..." He muttered, knowing he was going down that path.

After Blue explained everything, Catcg put a hand to his chin and lean forward a bit, taking a good look at the little girl " Mae, I guess we're going to play hide and seek?" He said with a nervous smile, after a moment of looking over the girl and repeating her name in his head he looked up to the Royal " okay...well I think I'm ready"

(brb xD)

(This cover is gorgeous!! Good to see this form of Terra's again!
How is everyone?)

Mae was babbling excitedly as Catch studied her, she was excited to play hide and seek.

"Alright, I'll have Mae hide somewhere and you'll seek her out, I'll be back when she's hidden" Blue says and teleports away again.

He teleported to Victoria's study, "Hi Victoria!" Blue grins and walks over to the high royal, "Mae is gonna hide in your study, we're playing a game with Dreamcatcher" he puts Mae down and just as quick as he arrives, he was gone.
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Blue arrived behind Catch and gave him a playful swat on the back, "You know the rules, count to ten, then the games begin!" he grins, "You'll have ten minutes to find Mae"
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Mae was looking around Victoria's study, trying to find a good place to hide. She was a good hider, she always played hide and seek with the other foals. But was having trouble finding a good spot in the room she'd been dumped in.

(HEY Fade!! Thank you! X3

I'm doing pretty good! How about you?)

(HI FADE!

I'm sleepy, but I'm good, hbu?)

Eater watches Fiona carefully as she unsheathes her sword, and struggles to keep his eye squinted as she approaches him... but stays perfectly still anyway, making a short, quiet whine when she bops him with Shockwave. Then he waits and watches as Ai gets her gloves on and starts slowly coming closer, finally closing his other eye all the way to keep his word, and when Boo tackles him, he just sticks his tongue out and makes a goofy smile.

(Hi Fade! I'm tired but good, having fun making Eater be a total goof X'D

I'd ask how you are, but you're already getting asked that a lot XD )

Purity can't help but giggle a little at Crimson's comments about Judas, and absentmindedly plays with some of her hair as she asks, "Judas is a clean freak too? It sounds like we'll get along, then, when he's free." ... But then she pauses a moment, realizing something in what the red prince said, and tips her head, "... Wait, you know Judas?"

Fiona managed a /very/ slight smile as Boo tackled Eater, then she crouched by the Nightmare's head, keeping her sword in hand, but holding it off to the side now. "Yeah, you've got this! You're safe and there's nothing to be scared of!" She encouraged Ai as she inched closer.
...However, as she said that, a thought enter her mind.
//But if Eater /did/ try something bad... Could I actually protect Ai...?
...I've never been able to protect anyone before...
No. No, I have to do better... I /have/ to...// Thoughts like that made her feel somewhat of a pit in her gut, so she tried to distract herself.
Her eyes briefly shifted to Terra's skull, hanging on Eater's wing... But she quickly looked back to Ai, deciding to focus on helping her through her fear.

(Good to hear you all are well! x)

I have been needing to take a break from roleplaying to get life things in order, but I at least wanted to pop by to see how it's going. Hope you all have fun! x3)

Ai finally reached Eater's head and stopped, her heart felt like it was going to explode, she could hear it just pounding in her ears.

She stayed frozen for a few moments, then shakily fell to her knees, she reached a hand out to touch him and hesitated. "What if he bite me?" she looks to Fiona. "I need my hands to hug Judas"

(AWWWW my heart <3 )

(That's understandable Fade, I hope everything goes well! And good luck with the finals!

~Lilly)

(Well, thanks for stopping by, Fade! Good luck with everything! ^-^)

(It chopped my smiley in half.

Of course it did.)

Having been seated for some quite some time now, Crystal closed up the book on her lap and stood up, deciding she wanted to look around the library a little bit more. "Your nephew sounds like he liked to try and figure things out, did any of his questions or theories ever get proved to be correct?" The girl asked as she began to wander around. After a moment she questioned something that popped into her thoughts after what Arthur said lastly, "Can the other Keys talk as well?"

" you ready to play?" Catch smiled at Mae as she babbled, he didn't mind little children, who doesn't when there being cute?

He stood up when Blue teleported away " and he gone again"
Victoria look up from her work when Blue appeared " well hello Blue and Mae" she returned the greeting, " oh I see, Dreamcatcher has been suffering from chain visions for a year now, it will be good for him to learn to use them and not get vision lock " but then Blue was gone...

The Queen shook her head with a soft smile " off again" she said amused, then notice the little girl looking around her room. " Do you want Help Mae?" She asked then got up from her set so the little girl could see her better" there plenty of places to hide " she pointed to a cabinets lower drawers, then over to a bunch of book and paper stacked in the corner, then to an open spot under some shelves, she pointed to a few different places including under her own desk

Catch yelped getting whacked in the back, he immediately put his hand to his back and turn to face Blue " that not cool! You give someone a heart attack by doing that" he made a face but it quickly changed with Blue instructions

Catch rubbed his back then followed his arms " I don't have to close my eyes?" He teased, " you can really find someone by vision?" He said more thinking to himself out loud, " all right I guess, 1, 2, 3, 4..." He counted out loud

Mae looked in the spots Victoria pointed to, she was struggling to pick which one she liked the most. Eventually, she decided on hiding under Victoria's desk. She sat underneath it and covered her mouth as she muffled her excited giggles.
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"Yeah, Qui usually gives me a slap for that" Blue gives Catch a goofy grin. When the prince starts to count, he waits patiently and quietly.

Once Dreamcatcher finished, Blue spoke up, "You know how it feels when a visions coming, now focus on Mae and where she's hiding, right now" he says, "If you just focus on Mae, you might get any sort of vision, past, present or future" he shakes his head, "So focus on the present"

Crimson smirk, thinking about the wing man, he still had a lot of questions but now he had some answers " yeah, maybe..." He wondered now how would talking to Judas really be after he was free, // would you be able to tell me the answer to the question I wanted to know for so long?... How much of you would really be different?... From what everyone saying , you really are two different people... To live a life like that and how long, What that really going to change when your free?... they say your a good person...I guess that so, I wouldn't be alive if you hadn't rescued me...// He rubbed this bracelets with that last though, he looked back to the multiple times Omen was there for him //.... But I seen the evil your capable of... The pain you can inflict...// Crimson took his hand and place it over his eyes, he remembered that night Omen ripped them out...the thing he said...//.... I am a monster like you....and I was blind to that this whole time...you had probably try to tell me in some ways...but I was a...well you know...I'm sorry for that...//

After his mental monologue the red Prince moved to we're he could Lean back against The Wall " yeah, I know him but I didn't know his name until recently....but Judas the one who raised me since the age of eight...it's a long and complicated story "

( Hi Fade! It's nice to see you hope by! :D)

Boo began to claim all over her Dark Guardian, a thought pop in her head if Nightmare we're ticklish so then she started to tickle Eater

Dreameater just lays there quietly, not even bothering to answer Ai about whether he'll bite or not as he doesn't want to open his mouth at this moment, all he does is get his tongue back in his mouth so it doesn't dry out...

He isn't quite sure what Boo is doing either, but he just assumes she's trying to show how harmless he is, so the young Nightmare doesn't respond.

"He won't bite." Fiona stated both for Ai's comfort, and so Eater would hear loud and clear.
At Ai's last question, the Elemental gave a genuine, warm smile, "Your hands'll be fine, and you'll get to give Judas all the hugs you want!"

Ai grinned at Fiona's reassurance, she couldn't wait to give Judas all the hugs. For now, she wanted to get over her fear. She saw Boo tickling Eater, or at least trying to...

Ai moved around carefully and lowered herself more, wrapping her arms around Eater's neck, the best she could and hugging him. She even rested her cheek on his neck.

(Ai is so cuuuuteee~)

(She iiiiiis!!)

[ Faye? Yup, he was always putting his nose where it didn't belong, looking into things asking questions...but the kid knew what he was doing, he was a pretty good tactician if I must say so myself, I schooled him after all, but Faye had lots of theories about things, some he did prove, like chaos cannot make life, it can only take and twist life that already in existence, but we're chaos come from I think Faye found out but he said something were to dangerous to know...Im pretty sure in his digging around where he learned to make the keys... Faye was determined to uncover just /who/ Soledormir really is, is that even what his name is? Faye even wondered what Soledormir really look like, at first I didn't think much about it, Sol was a big black and red dragon of death and destruction, nothing says your going to face imminent Doom then seen that beast raining terror down on you but Sol used disguises as others people and creatures before so what is he really? We're did he come from? But Heck should I know, I was to busy keep order with the troops I left the detective work to Faye...but maybe I shouldn't had...] Arthur got quiet towards the Indy he wondered, if Faithful didn't uncover the truth if things would have been different, if that was really the only option they had and Faye had to pay that price...

[ Oh? the other Keys? Yeah they should be able to, if not then I completely misread the memo and I can go back to sleep ] the king of old tasted

(Ahh thank you, I love using the sweet bean, just wait until you see her and Judas together. They're too cute)

(Eeheehee, I bet XD )

Boo was determined to make Eater laugh by tickling him, but he had his armor plating in his true form, she she keep feeling around for anywere that would maybe make him laugh, she moved to his side and at first look at his openings, she tips her head looking at the bizarre flames in his chest

The little Dragonette cautiously moved her paw to try and touch it but before her paw did, it hit something soft " huh? Fluffy fire?" She thinks out loud, then feels around More, her paw haven't even touched the flames it was like there was an an invisible wall there that was fluffy, Boo gasped "EATER YOUR TUMMY HAS TELEVISION MAGIC!" It was the closest thing she could related to.

Boo was now fascinated with Eater open or not so open chest, she had wondered how he'd eat and not have the food just fall out of himself, she moved her paw around giggling at how funny it was to pet something you can't see, that was until her paw hit his rib cage and her paw disappeared between one...Boo eyes widened with shock "Eeek! EATER YOUR SIDE HAS A MOUTH!" she said panicked but then quickly realize she could still feel her paw, it was hot but his wiggled her toes, then pull out her paw from between his ribs " nevermind it's okay! You got a funny mouth though " She said examining her paw, it look fine just felt really warm but NOW she was really curious, it was odd to her because she couldn't see the vents between Eaters ribs they just look hollowed out

Boo stuffed her hand in again, and this time move to look and see if she could see her paw through Eater chest, she wiggle her toes and was giggling at her new game

"... There, see? I'm a good Nightmare, I'm not gonna hurt you," Eater says after a slight pause when Ai hugs him, feeling a bit more confident now too--he's got less to worry about Blue now. "It's not a bad thing to be scared of Nightmares, Nightmares are scary monsters, and they will try to hurt you, but me? I'm a good one, I don't want to hurt anyone..." he explains, still keeping perfectly still...

Even when Boo starts feeling around his chest and exclaiming about his tummy magic, then sticks her hand through an invisible vent in his chest... "... What do you mean, my side has a mouth? I don't have a mouth on my side! What are you doing back there?!" Dreameater calls, trying not to sound angry or aggressive, but having someone putting their arm through your chest doesn't really feel very comfortable, which clearly shows on his face, "Cut it out, that feels weird!"

"Mmm," is all Purity says at first since Crimson didn't say much either, and plays with her hair a little longer before changing her position so she sits on her knees. She patiently waits through his internal monologue, giving the prince a concerned frown as she vaguely feels his emotions, but doesn't quite understand that, but then offers him a fainter smile when he finally speaks up again. "Oh, I see..." the Dreamer girl starts, naturally feeling curious about the whole situation, but still wanting to be polite, "You don't have to go into it if you don't want to, I... can only imagine you've had a rough life..."

Victoria had an amused smile as Mae played her game, she just sat there quietly

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Catch nodded //yeah- pain lot's of pain and overwhelming fear // he thought but didn't say it out loud, he was scared of visions... But knew he had to do this if he ever hope to control them.

The red hair Prince took a deep breath, it sounded easy but he was nervous very nervous, // just focus on Mae, she cute and sweet and all smiles... just focus on Mae..// Catch repeat it in his head, he then close his eyes and continued to repeat Mae name and focus on the little girl
At first nothing happened, but Catch keep TRYING, suddenly he felt it, he grimace and placed a hand to his forehead " I-I think it's happening" the pain Catch felt increased, he gripped his head and clinched his teeth a vision was coming but there something he forgot or more likely didn't understand, vision we're connected to his moon blood side and a vision would make him shift to it, it's why he felt more pain because it was corrupted...

Catch eyes shot open as he screamed, his eyes glow Silver as the vision took hold, the moon Blood Prince combusted into flames and shadow as his wings bursted from his back, everything turned bright as the moon Blood vision pulled anyone surrounding him into the vision with him...

It only took a few moments for Catch to take his dark form, he was leaning forward painting // I forgotten about that...// He look up at their surroundings. Seen that they we're now in what look to be a office of some kind.The Vaseterm Queen was sitting at a desk doing paperwork.

Catch was confused, he thought he was supposed to have a vision not teleport but then again he didn't use Anna // is this a vision?... // He look around and all he seen was Victoria, Catch wave a sheepish hand " Hi, Queen Victoria I didn't mean to just drop-in so rudely" he try to apologize but the Queen didn't respond // that weird...// This was his first time having a vision of the present, he only had ones of the past or future so this was new to him

but Catch could feel two others in the room with him, one was closed to him who was Blue but Catch couldn't see him and the other was closer to Victoria but close to her feet // this has to be a vision// he try to reinsure himself

Blue made panicked, incoherent, sounds as Catch burst into flames. He had jumped back, his eyes wide with surprise, //I don't think I've seen him in this form before// he relax his posture as the vision started to play out.

He snickered as Catch spoke to Victoria, "Dreamcatcher" Blue starts, "This is a vision, you're in control, so focus on finding Mae" his eyes danced with amusement. He knew it was working, as he was the one who dumped Mae in Victoria's study.

"Hey, you did it, Ai...!
That wasn't so bad, right?" Fiona smiled. She went quiet as Eater explained things to Ai and wound up nodding slightly in agreement--after all, she knew most of what he'd said was true. "...Yeah." Was all she said.
//I just helped a kid hug a crazy, weirdo Nightmare who says he 'doesn't want to hurt anyone'...
What the heck is /WRONG/ with me?!
...Well, at least she's not freaking out anymore... That's what matters, I guess...// She sighed tiredly, watching Ai and the purple Nightmare.

...Then the Elemental saw Boo sticking her paw into Eater's side. It took her a moment to register what she was seeing, but when she did...
"Boo... What're you doing?!" She moved over to the little dragonet watched as she pulled her paw out and put it back in...
"Whooooaaa... That's really weeeeiiiiird...
...Wait--Wait just a second, that might not be safe...
...Like my hair."
At first, she reached out with her one hand and tried to pull Boo away a little bit... But then she paused--her half-asleep curiosity had been piqued now.
"...Actually... Lemme check this out... I've got experience with... Stuff.
And Imma responsible adult"

Then she proceeded to poke at Eater's side, too.

(I FORGOT AN 'AND.')

Ai still felt a little uneasy, it was hard to accept that he wasn't going to hurt her. She moved back, sitting with her hands on her lap and watching the other two with curiosity, she didn't know or understand why they were suddenly poking Eater

Catch look in Blue Direction, his face flushed with embarrassment " o-oh right, I wasn't sure, I never had a vision of the present before" he mentioned then looked around the room looking for the little girl // focus on Mae...// He focus on Blue's daughter and the room blurred slightly, it then show the little girl walking over to Victoria and going under her desk " I know I felt someone under the desk!" Catch said triumphantly but then he realized something, this was looking into the past, he was supposed to be forced on the present... Catch look in Blue directions with wide silver eyes " I didn't mean to cheat, I focus on Mae and this happened " be try to explain but something didn't quite feel right...

Catch grimace and placed a hand to his forehead as a voice he was really hoping he wouldn't hear again spoke up { you cheated because you knew you couldn't find her... Like always you need someone help to hold your hand} Cataclysm said sarcastically

Catch keep his hands on his face and let out a irritated moan " Catty go away, I'm trying to do something and need to focus!"

The outer edge of the vision began to waver and turn dark with Catch being distracted with the Nightmare in him

"It's fine, you focused on Mae, you did it" Blue smiles, "We'll have to go get her though, she's expecting us to seek her out" he chuckles.

Blue noticed the vision faltering, "Dreamcatcher focus" he says, "Ignore the voice in your head, crazy pants, and focus. One day, you'll need your visions and you'll need to focus" he scolds the Dreamer Prince.

"Now focus on how to get to Victoria's study, from where we are right now" Blue continues, "Once you think you've got it, let the vision go and we'll move on it"

Boo was giggling at her new discovery, putting her paw in and out of Eater side, she stopped when Fiona had to test it out herself "See! See! Eater got an television Mouse! It eat your paw but don't eat them, it just feels funny!" She explains

The little dragonet squeals hopping off and running around in a circle before going over to Ai " hi" she smiled " Eater has a funny mouth on his side, it fill funny" she laugh

( I'm going to grab me a snack brb )

(Ok Shadow!)

(Dammit, I clicked discard changes, thinking I'd saved recently and just undid like 20 mins of linework

ffff)

Eater scrunches his face up and opens his eyes finally, glaring at nothing in particular as he lays there, wincing every time Boo moves her paw around through his vent and chest, but he hadn't been expecting Fiona to join in and start poking him too... "Hey!! You too?!" the young Nightmare snaps, lifting just his head and craning it a little to try and scowl at her, all the while still trying to move as little as he can, "What's wrong with you?! I already told Boo to stop because it feels weird... You just don't care, do you?"

After mumbling the last part of that, Eater lays his head back down and stares blankly down the hallway again, huffing in frustration. "It's not a tele-... Illusion magic mouth, Boo, I've only got one mouth, and it's on my face, and whatever you did to my ribs, didn't eat your paw," he corrects her, getting quieter, "I've just got holes in my chest... apparently."

(Oh noooooooo

I think that's happened to me once X/
Oooofff)

Catch held his head but nodded understand what Blue said, he try to focus on how to get to Victoria's study but it was difficult, vision we're already intimidating for the Dreamer and now a Nightmare was trying to feed his fear of them.

{ Your only going to make things worse, your broken mutt, why do you think everyone fall apart around you?} Catty taunted

The vision was cracking but it moved to the door, and went beyond it, Catch gritted his teeth focusing // find the path to the study//
Carry continue to taunt the Dreamer Prince, {the vision already falling apart, you can't keep it together and you know what going to happen right? What do you think you'll see? Nothing good, all your vision are a means to an end...}

Catch was showing signs of fatigue, he was panting and sweating but stay focused, the vision wavered but it did show the path to the study and one Catch new the way, he did what Blue said and let the vision go..
Catch gasped when the vision stopped and everything return to normal, he never had a vision actually let go like that, they were usually horrible roller coaster rides that never seem to end but he had bonds on his horns now as before he didn't.

The Prince took a few breaths and look up at Blue with his yellow eyes " that wasn't to bad" he joked even though it was quite the task and it showed

{ Ooo look at me I can use a vision sightsee down the hallway, you can't do anything fun } the young Nightmare snapped

Catch rolled his eyes trying to ignore Cataclysm " Catty, just be quite and go away, you got to give me some credit that was the first Vision I ever had where people weren't dying or suffering "

{ Like I said, this was boring, why not see something we're one of your friends get tortured? That a lot more entertaining then playing with a stupid kid}

(that really smells Blood, I hate when that happens x.x)

Blue could tell Catch was struggling and becoming tired, he just watched as the vision moved. "There ya go, ya did it" Blue grins and pats Catch's shoulder.

"Don't let negative Nancy get to you" Blue refers to Catty, "You did an amazing job! Sure you need more practice, but for your first controlled vision, you did great"

He then rolls his wrist and points to the kitchen door, "Shall we go find her? Make sure your vision was correct?"

Crimson just sighed, he already told his story a couple times this day so he gave a short summary how Malice killed his family and destroyed his kingdom, how he escaped thanks to Judas and his friend Meknee, that dreamwaker captured him and he was taken to Dark world to be tortured only to be saved by Judas Again, how he woke up for the first time as a human, then he got really vague but did a small amount of talkin about him hunting Nightmares until finding the candidates,

//... Seriously no one cares until someone dies...// That though bug him, the dragon shapeshifter rubbed his bracelet as guilt washed over him, he wish he never snapped and that Mina didn't die ".... Do you know what happened to Mina?... I mean did you guys give her a proper burial?" He asked In a whisper

Indeed, just as Boo told her, it felt weird. And warm. And weird.
After confirming that it maybe quite wasn't really all that dangerous and hearing Eater's complaints--Fiona pulled her hand out. "Okay, fine, I'll stop. It's just, everything about you has been super /weird./ I never knew how weird Nightmares were..." She paused, listening as he corrected Boo.
"...Why do you even... Have holes in your chest...?" She muttered through a yawn. The Elemental glanced at her hand, only to find that it was covered in mucus, which made her grimace, "Oh. Gross...
...Hey, Boo? I don't think we should do that anymore. It's icky for us." She hesitated briefly, "...And for Eater, too."

Then she started sleepily trying to pull her glove off... While still holding Shockwave in one hand.
Needless to say, it complicated things.

(Why can I imagine Purity trying to duct-tape Eater's chest now so those vents can't open...? 'XD )

(Oh no. I could totally see that too. X'D

RUN EATER. RUNNNNN.)

Ai was trying to follow the conversation, but it weirded her out, to think of having holes in your chest. She looked to Boo, "Hi Boo!" she grins. "I don't want to touch holes in people, that is weird" she makes a funny face.

Catch was relieved having someone else with him, he was at least able to ignore the young Nightmare but he still took his toll on the Dreamer.

" Thank you, I do appreciate your help" Catch gave a toothy smile,
it was reassuring that he actually did do well with his training despite the little hiccup... " I gotten we're I can at least do things, but Catty is annoying" he mentioned heading towards the door.

His big wings drag behind him like a cape, Catch open to the kitchen doorway and looked both ways then headed down the path that look familiar.

" You wouldn't know any cares on Nightmare syndrome?" He said I half-heartedly, he already asked that before and knew the answer

Boo look at her paw and grimace with what Fiona said, " that gross!" She then look at Ai " I'm a weirdo?" She look at her paw and stuck her tongue out at " I not a weirdo, it was weird though but yucky"

Blue followed behind Dreamcatcher, "Yeah, that's gotta suck, having a whiny brat in your head"

He scratches his head as he walks, "I think we're on to one" he answers, "We think Purity puked up her Nightmare Syndrome"

"That little bug she threw up, was a Nightmare, or at least a part of it. We're studying the bug and the vile Nevaeh had fed your friend" Blue smiles, "To see if we can replicate the liquid that was inside"

(just giving a heads-up I might crash anytime)

(I'm sleepy too

can we continue through the week?)

( I'm up for it, )

( Im just about to pass out )

(I'd be up for that too!)

( I said good night all, it be fun!)

(Goodniiiiiight!)

(Good night!)

"/Thank you,/ Ai, it IS weird," Dreameater huffs, very gently bumping her with his snout before pulling his legs in and carefully moving just enough to lay on his stomach. //That was unpleasant... Granted, I'd take enduring that over getting ripped out of my frame any day, but I'm glad that's over...// he thinks to himself, quickly trying to come up with something else to occupy everyone and maybe get their minds off of the vents in his chest. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure that has something to do with the whole 'heartless monster' and 'hollowed chest' thing... Sure, I'm learning stuff too, but now that we all know Nightmares have invisible fur or something and holes in there, let's never do this. Ever. Again," Eater declares, hesitating just a moment as those thoughts make him feel strange for some reason, but then he suggests: "... Hey, Ai, Boo, I've got an idea that I think would be more fun, do you two want to go for a ride?"

(Oh. I'm late to the party 'XD

I'm up for that too, I'm getting sleepy myself XP Goodnight everyone, sleep well!~ :) )

Fiona just nonchalantly turned her glove inside-out and shoved it into her hair. "...Yeah, it was weird. Everything'sss weird..." She mumbled tiredly. The Elemental went quiet for a moment, just watching Eater as he spoke, but eventually she quietly agreed. "Not doing that again sounds like a gooooood idea."
...At the Nightmare's suggestion, she glanced back to Boo and Ai, awaiting their choice.

Ai giggled at Boo, "You are a weirdo" she flinched when Eater bumped her with his snout.

"A ride?" Ai stands up now, she finally noticed how sleepy Fiona seemed, "Is fluffy coming for a ride too? She all sleepy and tired" Ai points to the elemental.

Boo wrinkled her nose at been called weird, but was quickly distracted with Eater suggestion and then her friend question " Can we all go for a ride? Fluffy tired and I think she wanted a ride to"

Eater nods his head when Fiona mumbles about everything being weird, but waits until after Ai and Boo ask their questions to say anything, raising an eyebrow as he does so, "Mmm, I dunno, does Fluffy want a ride?" he asks in a tease.

"My name's not Fluffy... My name's... Foona." Fiona declared sleepily. She paused a moment, narrowing her eyes thoughtfully as she considered her options.
"...A ride would be good--not because it sounds nice--but because then I can keep people safe... Better." She explained. Or at least, tried to.

"Yay! We can go for a ride! Foona, Ai and Boo!" Ai seemed excited, all previous fears gone, she always loved piggybacks and shoulder rides.

She didn't waste time, grabbing onto Eater and trying to climb up, onto his neck

" it dose, but I gotten to we're I can at least ignore him now and I don't even hear him in my other form, we're Iook normal " Catch put his hands in his pockets as he walked, he was keeping an eye on his landmarks making sure they matched what he seen in the vision

{ you always been a freak! You can try and hide it but your a mutt and mongrel! } Catch wings ruffled with his irritation " well you don't help my looks any" he pulled out his hand and flex his claws " this isn't exactly normal ether Catty, and by what I can tell the Vaseterm don't have claws "

The young Nightmare was about to snap back when he heard what Blue said about finding a cure and that sent Cataclysm in a furious panic { THERE AIN'T NO CURE FOR NIGHTMARE SYNDROME!! YOU HEAR ME!! WERE NOT BUGS! THAT THING WASN'T A NIGHTMARE!! YOU HEAR ME! IM WHAT A NIGHTMARE IS! NOT THAT THING!! THERE NO CURE! THERE NEVER BE A CURE!!}

Catch was listening to the hopeful possibility of a cure, he smiled " I really hope you guys can do something" he then Wonder just where Nevaeh  got the vile " do you know we're she got it? And if it wil- " he was going to ask more but the Nightmare started screaming in his head

Catch grimace and put a hand to his forehead " Catty, can you stop screaming, it's bad enough your in my head, I don't need you giving me a migraine "

"Yeah" Blue snickers as he follows Catch, "Vaseterm don't have claws, maybe half bloods do, but definitely not purebloods" he put his hands behind his head now.

"I think Nevaeh got it from Void's place, she sure didn't have anything like that before we got there" Blue frowns, "How did I even get stuck with her in that place?" he mutters to himself.

"Well, soon enough, you'll be cured" Blue grins, "If we can properly replicate this treatment, you'll puke him up and no harm will be done to you" his grin seems to widen, "I wish I could meet this Catty, he sounds interesting"

Boo squealed with excitement, she climbed up on her guardians back using her wings to give her a boost " Yeah! We all get to go for a ride! "

"Alright Fooooona," Eater teases the Elemental and gives her a toothy grin as Ai and Boo climb up on him, the fire from his mane not harming Ai at all, "Get on, and I guess weee... caann..." The Nightmare goes quiet a moment as he tries to remember what he was doing before Ai came running after him with her death fingers, and perks up a bit, "Ah yeah, we can try and find the library! ... That's what we were doing, right? I think so... Ah well, we'll just go there anyway," Eater says, perking his ears up as he remembers another thing and looks up at Fiona, "Oh right! I kept getting distracted, but, do you have light magic? I need to get Hope to form bonds with people with light magic so she'll get better."

Catch rubbed his temple " throwing up doesn't sound pleasant but it's better then the alternative and it would be nice to get him out of my head" he mound as the Nightmare continued his rant.

{ THAT THING WASN'T A NIGHTMARE!! IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING ELSE!! THAT VILE CAME FROM VOIDS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THE BUG! IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING!!}

"ughhhh, no you don't want to meet him, all he even does is scream and rant " Catch moaned getting fed up with the Nightmare, but he try to stay on his tasks, going down the always that led to Victoria study, he came to the door and stood in front of it, he was about to knock

{ Just Kick it}
Catch stop and frowned " No, I'm not going to kick the door down"

{ You kicked those other doors down, so why not this one?}

The prince facepalm then gestured with his hands as he talked" I was freaking out last time, I'm not going to kick down doors if I don't need to "

{ That because your stupid and crying about Eira all the time }

Catch rolled his eyes " I really hope they managed to make that cure Catty "

Blue just listened to Dreamcatcher talk to himself, well, he knew Catch was talking to Catty. But to Blue, Catch was just having a conversation with himself.

He was a little amused, but he also knew his daughter didn't have much patience.

So Blue just opened the study doors and walked in, stopping a few feet in and looking to Catch, "This the room?" he questions, his blue eyes bright with amusement.

Fiona smiled a little at Ai and Boo as they climbed on, but it turned to a frown when Eater teased her. Her expression was enough to tell that she had realized that she'd mistakenly said 'Foona' rather than her actual name... But she also didn't seem to react poorly to that nickname either, since she didn't say anything in protest.
"Yeah, we were goin' to the libraryyyy..." The Elemental muttered in response to his first question, but paused when he asked his second. "...Light magic...? I dunno... My eyes light up sometimes... Does that count...?
...I don't really have much magic..." She got /very/ quiet at that last part, and then there was a long period of silence...

"...Who's Hope?" She asked as she climbed onto Eater's back behind Boo and Ai.

"I know where the library is!" Ai says, holding on tightly to Eater, she points straight down the hall, "Giddy up! Giddy up!" she giggles, "Gotta go fast Eater!"

The half Blood Prince try to ignore the Nightmare the best he could.

He was a bit timid to just go inside without knocking but did to look around, it was the same room as what he seen " yes, this is it " Catch replies going in More, a small smile came to his lips that he actually found it

{ You were just lucky, it won't happen again}

" I'm still learning Catty, and there a lot more I need to learn "

-

Victoria looked up from her desk when the two Royals interred, she had a smile on her face but it slowly faded when Catch came in as his current form...she knew her great grandson had a nightmarish form but to see him in it in person was sobering...the Queen had already lost so much to Nightmares already and seen Catch how he looked now troubled her because she knew just how how fragile the platform he walked between himself and falling victim to the Nightmare inside

Boo just giggled " giddy up!" And collect her paws together impatiently

( I'm going to sleep now goodnight everyone!)

(Goodnight Shadow!~)

(Goodnight Shadow!)

"There is a lot more, but you're getting the hang of it, I'll be here to help you the best I am able to" Blue says as he walks further inside.

He noticed Victoria's smile fade and Blue knew, he knew what the Nightmare King had taken from her. He gave a warm smile and walked up beside her, he leaned down and bumped his head against the side of hers.

"Don't look so sad Victoria" Blue whispers just for her to hear, "We're working on a cure for him, so cheer up, you finally get to see and be around your kin again" he leans back, a small smile on his face. "He won't be like this for too much longer"

He had caught sight of Mae from the corner of his eye, Blue just stood up straight beside the Queen, watching Dreamcatcher now.

Victoria close her eyes and let out a sad sigh, her heart grieved for her husband and now it feared for Dreamcatchers that they both would be taken from her by Nightmares " we need to uncover this cure, so many lives would benefit but we still do not know the full effects of what was in that vial, we need to monitor Purity, I can't imagine anything from Voids being safe " she whispered back to Blue

-

Catch smile at Blue compliment, it was a relief to know he did it right and that the vision didn't become some horrifying Nightmare // that wasn't to bad other than...// { Can't you feel her dread when she looks at you mutt? Misery is sweet and it flow off her...}

The Dreamer Prince shattered with what the Nightmare said, and it was true, Catch could taste something in his mouth but nothing was in there like food, he felt this sensation before when the Nightmare feed on others feelings, it made Catch uncomfortable knowing cataclysm was feeding off of Victoria grief and that he could taste it in his mouth and it tastes good...

Catch tail wrapped around one of his legs from his uneasiness, he worked his jaw, // I can't get distracted, I came here to find Mae // he did his best to ignore the Nightmare feeding and timidly took some steps tours the desk, as he approached Cataclysm stop feeding and started to growl.

Catch abruptly stopped, he wasn't expecting the change with the Nightmare, just a moment ago he was cocky and enjoying feeding off of Victoria's grief and now Catty was growling defensively " what with you Catty? It's not like there going to do anything right now " He snapped
{ Don't go near that thing!}

" What thing?" Catch reply to now getting more confused.

Victoria looked from Blue to her grandson, she knew he was speaking to the Nightmare in him and she wanted nothing more then to rip Cataclysm out of him but she knew she could not // we will find The cure, and you a long with all the other victims of nightmare syndrome may be free //

{ THE THING UNDER HER DESK!! WHAT OTHER THING DO YOU THINK IM TALKING ABOUT!! STAY AWAY FROM IT!!}
Catch grimace and rubbed the side of his head with Catty loud voice " what Mae? She just a little girl, she couldn't hurt a fly, you can't be scared of her?" Now the Prince was curious, he looked to Blue and Victoria and gestured to the desk in a way of asking if he could check before approaching

Blue glanced at Victoria as well, when he saw her look to him. He knew Catch was talking to Catty, he had already started getting used to the Dreamer Prince talking to himself.

"Catty is scared of babies?" Blue sounds very amused and curious, he stepped back when Catch gestured to check under the desk. Blue moved out of the way, enough for Catch to easy gain access to the desk.

"Pick her up when you find her" Blue says, "I wanna know how your Nightmare reacts to that" he couldn't hide the grin on his face, to think Nightmares were terrified of children, it was hilarious.

Eater can't help but snicker at how tired Fiona is, but after hearing Boo and Ai's excited giggles, he shakes his head and stands up. "Hope? She's my Fairfin, her name used to be Glory... Eh, I'll just ask you more later," the Nightmare replies, trying to crane his neck around just enough to see the Elemental before shaking his fiery tail out and looking ahead. "Alright Ai, you tell me which way to go, I'm counting on you to get us there! The rest of you better hold on tight!" Eater then declares, and with his chains still wrapped around his wings, and Terra's skull dangling from them, he counts down from three and takes off, running down the hall as fast as he can.

After getting onto Eater's back, Fiona sheathed Shockwave, then listened to his explanation. As he looked forward, she tipped her head to the side with a vaguely confused expression, but all she said was, "...Okay."
...But then, hearing Boo and Ai's 'giddy ups,' she sort of joined in with a, "Yeeeeah, let's go...!"

...However, after that, she eventually glanced at Terra's skull again... It was kind of hard for her not to, since she was a lot closer to it now. Honestly, whenever she saw it, she felt /really/ horrible... But right then, she tried to focus on the other thought process going through her mind, //...We still might need that to bring Terra back...//
The Elemental was tempted to just reach out and try to grab it while Eater was distracted, and she actually started to try...

But her hand didn't quite get there before the Nightmare bolted, and because she had been distracted, the Elemental nearly fell off...

Ai squealed as Eater took off, she held on tightly as he ran. She was so caught up in how fast he was going, she yelled, "Go faster! Go faster!" Ai knew they were running straight towards the library.

Boo squealed along with everyone else when Eater bolted, she held on and was laughing " go faster! Faster!"

Catch nodded to Blue's question " he keeps calling Mae a thing and screaming about not getting close to her " he notice Victoria move back as well but he could still since the tension was the queen.

Victoria was watching Catch, Nightmares made he uneasy but she knew her grandson was not one, yet, his silver Blood had keep him from turning

As Dreamcatcher approached the desk, the Nightmare in his was freaking out, { DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THAT THING! YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S BEEN!! CATCH DON'T DO IT!! CATCH LISTEN TO ME DON'T DO IT!!}

Catch forced a smile, he wouldn't has had to force it if Catty wasn't screaming in his head, he one of them a portion of it amusing but it was hard with how much the Nightmare was throwing a fit. The prince also smile because he didn't want to frighten the girl as he went to pick her up " Hi Mae, you remember me? I look a little different than a while ago but I was with your all there in the kitchen and we were going to play this game of hide and seek" he explained as he gently and picked up the little girl and pulled her out from underneath the desk.

{ AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! PUT IT BACK! PUT IT BACK!! PUT IT BACK WHERE IT BELONGS!! WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING?!! PUT IT BACK IT HIDEOUS BEAST!!} Cataclysm continued to scream a rant about Mae

Catch prompt Mae on his hip and look at Blue making a goofy face " I think Catty think she a beast and want me to put her back, he keeps screaming about her going to kill me by..." He pause as he listened to the nightmare in his head " she going to eat my liver by taking it out of my nose.. not before beating me with it first...." Catch couldn't help but smirk at Blue after telling him that " I didn't know 1 year olds were that dangerous? Is that a Vaseterm thing? " He teased then shook his head still hearing Catty rant " he still going "

Blue wasn't at all as uneasy as Victoria was. He was only amused by the whole thing, the thought of how scary one year olds were to Nightmares.

Mae wasn't bothered by his new appearance, she squealed when he found her. Still as happy as could be, "Hi" Mae said, it was one of the only few words she knew and liked to say...a lot.
-
Blue burst out laughing, "Mae? Mae doing that!?" he couldn't help but laugh harder, the image of Mae doing something so preposterous, it made Blue weak as he laughed.

"No definitely not, the only kid I could think of being actually dangerous, is Ai" Blue wheezes as he tries to stop laughing, "But she's a very sweet girl, you remember her? She looks like Omen and she tried to grab your tail when you arrived here"

" According to Catty she that dangerous" Catch was amused by it as well other than the annoying fact Cataclysm was screaming " He said something about her hanging me by my toes...that doesn't sound pleasant" he chuckled

The prince thought back to the little girl who wanted to pull his tail, she did look like a little female version of Omen " yes, I remember her" he tipped his head " she dangerous? But she just a little child?"

Catty begin to freak out even more when Ai was mentioned

Catch grimace " he doesn't like her ether..." He paused " I'm not going to repeat half the stuff he saying right now but he really freaking out right now, he says she some kind of monster "

Blue shakes his head and then remembered, "Yeah you should know, you felt Ai's touch before, in the training area when Hiiro had her rip Eater from his frame and turn him into that bug"

"Remember, she touched you, left you with Chaos burns" Blue moves and pokes Catch in the chest, "She was ripping Catty out of you...though I don't think Ai is a cure for Nightmare Syndrome, you looked like you were in a lot of pain"

Eater's clawed hooves click and clatter against the floor as he pushes himself to run faster tearing down the hallways like a shadowy blur at this point. After being in his alternate forms for so long, it feels nice to finally be back in the form that's the most natural to him and stretch his legs without worrying about suppressing his darkness... He grins and snickers when he notices Fiona almost falling off, and simply calls back between breaths, "I thought... I said to... Hang on?!" before promptly declaring, "Ai! Tell me when to stop!"

Catch grimace remembering that, it was still hard to believe that a little girls touch was what cause that pain " she was doing to me what happened to Eater?... " He thinks out loud about the little Light Eater bug " it's no wonder why Catty scared of her" he took his free hand and rubbed his chest " he doesn't want to be ripped out and turned into a bug... "
{ IM NOT SCARED OF ANYTHING!! I AM A NIGHTMARE!! I AM FEAR!! I AM NOT A BUG!! YOU HEAR ME!! WHEN YOUR DEAD ILL KILL EVERYONE YOU SEE }

Catch rolled his eyes at the Nightmare " if that was true then I'm fish, if you weren't scared you wouldn't be screaming like you are, and your not going to be killing anyone " he then try to ignore the Nightmare rant

Catch look to Mae and smiled, he took one of his wings and wiggled his talons on it to play with the little girl to keep her occupied

Blue rubbed his chin in thought, as he listened to Catch talk about Catty, he really wanted to meet this Nightmare and was thinking how to go about it.

He watched as his daughter gasped and reached for Catch's talons, trying to grab them with her little hands. But that wasn't what Blue was focused on, he was looking at her horns.

And then it hit him, Blue's eyes lit up, "Come on Catch" he quickly walks out of the study, waving a good bye to Victoria, "I've got an idea" he finishes

Purity listened quietly during the retelling of the sad tale of Crimson's life, and felt horribly sympathetic the whole time. //I don't even think I've got the words to express how sad that is... Oh moons...// The white Dreamer thinks to herself, folding her hands on her lap again as she stares down at the ground sadly. "I... Well, I hope things have been better for you, for the most part... up until today," Purity whispers, honestly feeling a little worried that that won't be helpful, but she doesn't know what else could help.

But, when Crimson asks his own question, she looks to him and gives him a very faint smile, "I'm pretty sure someone would have buried her somewhere, I don't see why anyone wouldn't... Catch and Hiiro buried my brother when he... died..." Purity softly replies, her smile fades at the end there, but she closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, trying to clear those thoughts out of her mind for now. //You need to stop thinking like that, me, you came down here to help Crimson, not throw yourself a pity party... even if it does hurt...//

Catch was distracting himself by playing with Mae, he looked up at Blue and tip his head when the Royal spoke up " huh? Oh ok" he replied, not sure what Blue was up to but he him helped out

Catch turn to the queen and gave a polite bow," if you'll excuse me" he was about to leave when she replied

" ... Dreamcatcher... When you are done with your training and you have a moment to spare I would like to speak with you..." Victoria asked, looking at her grandson.

Catch had turn to look at the queen, he was quiet for a moment then nodded his head 'ok' before following after Blue

( I might pass out soon )

(I'm surprised you haven't already 'XD )

( I'm going to pass now, good noigh very one!)

( good morning!)

"I bet she wants to talk to you about your Nightmare stuff" Blue says, "I'm sure your Nightmare picked up on her negativity" he continued to walk down the hall, looking for a secluded and quiet spot.

Mae was still trying to play with Catch, tugging on whatever she could reach

(Good Afternoon!)

Fiona had caught herself just in time and was now holding on to Eater as he ran faster. At first she smiled and chuckled a little at how much fun Boo and Ai were having, but when Eater snickered at her, that smile vanished and she let out a few incomprehensible mumbles of disapproval...

If she didn't hold on with both hands while the Nightmare was booking it down the hallway, her sleepiness combined with his speed would likely be enough to knock her off. So, for now, she didn't make any other attempts to get Terra's skull.
She did glance at it one more time, though. //...I'll get it... I have to... I have to do better...//
...Needless to say, the pit in her gut was back.

(Good morning/afternoon/evening!)

Crimson move his hand and fiddled with a string on his shirt " I hated you all at the beginning... I hated Omen for tricking me, for using me and taking my eyes and living me to die...I thought I was going to die and the only regret I would have had was that I didn't kill Malice...but Mina, Hiiro and I think it was Dreamcatcher Fairfin found me and save me.... I was still bitter and hateful but Crystals treated me better than what I deserved....I was blind but I learned more with her and your crazy group... I started to forget about my jealously for the key Hunters and except that maybe my role in life wasn't what I thought, that I wasn't meant to be a key Hunter but someone who could at least help them...that what my family really was preparing for, to come to the key Hunters call then the time was ready....I was ok with that now, I was happy just being in the background while everyone else did whatever... I just like spending time with Crystal, even if we just talked or just was quiet, it didn't matter, I like being around her...but this morning.... everything went wrong... things I thought we're put behind me clawed there way out like they been waiting for me to get close and comfortable with others only to rip everything away... Even know I heard the voices whisper that I am a monster and just to except that...but I don't want to...I don't want to be that thing who killed Mina...who only want pain and blood..." He stopped fidgeting and just sat there

He nodded his head, he had hoped Mina had at least got a proper burial " I don't think it safe for anyone if I leave my cell... not when I'm still bonded to Scarlet...but I would like to do something to pay my respects to her..." Crimson didn't know what to do but he felt needed to do something, Mina rescued him from death only for him to kill her...//what twisted irony...//
He look up to the Dreamer when she mentioned her brother, he knew Nightmare well and she was lucky she wasn't killed to "... He saved your life... something any siblings who loves their sibling would do..." He said thinking about his older sister who die trying to save him.

However he didn't know what to do about Terra, he was a ghost and that was something very odd, he wondered why that happened in the first place, Dreamer when the died according to legend become Stars and their positive emotions would Shinedown into the pool of memories and become new Fairfins, at least that how Crimson was told by Judas

Catch nodded his head " yeah, Catty did... It's an uncomfortable feeling having a Nightmare feeding on others misery and pain, it makes a sweet taste in my mouth but I know I shouldn't like it..." He followed Blue and smiled at Mae, he keep playing with the light girl

The prince noticed that the Nightmare had gotten quite and nervous, he didn't like Blue and could tell he was up to something and Catty was trying to figure him out

Ai was so caught up in how fast Eater was going, she didn't realize how close they were until it was much, much, too late. The library doors were right there and Ai just screamed instead of telling Eater to stop.

Blue stuck his tongue out in disgust, he couldn't imagine feeding on emotions, he only ever ate real food.

He soon reached the room he was looking for, it was a master bedroom, but completely empty. Not even a bed or a stand inside, it was bare and had a slight fresh paint smell.

Blue gently took his daughter from Catch, whispering to her, "Go find your brother Mae and we can have some treats when you do" he sets her down and the little girl runs off.

Blue snickers, "Bait em with sweets and treats, they can't resist" he grins. Then walking into the empty room, Blue points to a spot. "Sit here Catch and get comfortable" he instructs.

Boo just screamed because everyone else was

Because of how fast he was going, Eater can't completely stop himself when Ai and Boo both start screaming, even when he tries slamming his hooves on the ground--it's not until he collides face-first with the doors that he really slows down... The young Nightmare crashes through the doors with a short scream of his own and tumbles forward, likely hurling his riders off his back...

The sound of everyone screaming made Fiona jump as it shocked her awake. Or, at least, woke her up a bit...
Instinctively, she scooped up the two girls in front of her and was about to make an emergency flight off of Eater's back...
But she was a little too late, as their noble steed went face-first into the doors and crashed through them, catapulting the Elemental into the library.
Fiona let out a short scream of her own as she flew through the air, but she simultaneously tried to turn herself so that she could be a cushion for Ai and Boo and not the other way around.
She hit the ground with an 'Oof!' then took a moment to gain her bearings. "...Whew...! You guys okay...?"

Ai screamed as they were flung through the air, not even processing Fiona grabbing her, once they came to a stop. Ai's eyes were wide and she burst into laughter, "Let's do that again!" she yells, throwing her arms up, she keeps giggling.

The Dreamer Prince watched as the little one scampered off, he waved a hand bye and smiled at Mae

Catch then chuckled " I have a little sister I used to use the same trick with her when she was younger "

He walked over to the spot Blue pointed out, the Dreamer Prince then set down and got comfortable folding his wings behind himself. Catch put his hands on his knees " all right, now what are we supposed to do?"

"Oh? I didn't know you had a sister" Blue tips his head, "So she must also be a moonblood" he hums as he thinks. "I don't know if I have any siblings. I can't exactly ask my parents" he shrugs and sits down in front of Catch.

Once he's comfortable, his wings folded neatly behind him, legs crossed and hands resting on his knees. He starts.

"I'm going to have a vision, but what happens in the vision, doesn't matter" Blue says, "I want you to focus on me, once my eyes are vision locked, you're going to do something with me"

Boo wasn't paying attention ether that Fiona scooped her up as well, she screen being hurled off Eater only to find herself on top of an Elemental, she look at Ai with her excited cheering and she did the same " yeah! That was fun! Again! Again!"

Catch tip his head at that, he had figured his sister and mother we're moon bloods to, but now he was curious about Blue... but he didn't I want to be rude and pry

The nodded his head," I think I can do that" looking over the Royal like he did with Mae " I think I'm ready "

"Alright" Blue focused and after a few short moments, his eyes turned silver and were locked in a vision.

"Now Catch, I want you to take my hands and place them on your horns" Blue says, watching the vision, he was seeing where Nolan was, he was sitting on a chair, looking at a pop up picture book.

"Once you do that, grab my horns with your bare hands" Blue smirks as he watched his son, //He is so like his Mother, nose always in a book//

Cataclysm had finally started to speak again as Catch move to do what Blue instructed him to do
{ DON'T DO IT! DON'T YOU DARE DO IT! ITS A TRAP!}

Catch ignored the Nightmare rant, he took Blue hands and move them to his horns " there a little more spiky now, just be careful when you grab them" he warned

He then took off his gloves and looked Blue in his vision lock eyes before grabbing the Royal by his horns and focus on him.

The Dreamer Prince suck in a short breath as a vision hit him but it was different then anything he felt before.

Both felt a sharp pain in their heads as their Visions crossed or more like collided.

Catch gritted his teeth but before he knew it the pain subsided and with it everything around them had changed...

The Dreamer Prince look around next surroundings it was white as far as the eye can see, he then noticed his own appearance had changed, he was back to being a red head again

" what just happened" he asked place a hand to his forehead his head was still a little fuzzy

Blue grimaced at the feeling of their visions colliding, he didn't think he'd ever get used to that feeling. He slowly opened his eyes and looked to Catch.

"This is what's called a cross vision" Blue says, "When we have a vision at the same time, this happens or in this case, you forced your way into my vision" he rolls his wrist, "This white expanse is the result of that"

"I can break this vision too, so if it becomes too much for you, let me know" Blue looks around, "You know, I never actually tried to explore this, I don't know if there's actually anything here"