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This is a super cool cover! :o

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Purity is still in a coma.

Crimson still sleeping

(*Judas troll face emoji*)

Fiona slept through the entire trip to the Summer Palace, though riding in a plane made her make sounds in her sleep and occasionally mutter a name or two. Boreas theorized it was likely the feeling of flight that made her do that

Upon reaching the Summer Palace... Yup, Fiona was still asleep. Her uncle, however, was awake enough to assist in getting her to a particular infirmary branch to look into her corruption. Boreas needed rest, but he later would return to finish his talk with his niece and tell infirmary staff what he knew of Rogue Elementals.

Two days later, Fiona had woken up and recovered quite a bit... Then she was informed about much of what had happened. Word of the attack on the previous Palace, Boo's kidnapping, and Alex's death hit her like a rocket-powered freight train. She ended up flipping back and forth between 'miserable lump of fluff' and 'depressed cloud who won't give up' for a day.

On the third day, Catch came by and visited her. After a short chat, she decided to accompany him in visiting Weaver, Crimson, and the rest of the group. From then on, she made sure to see everyone once a day... Sometimes more than once.
...Despite her knowing Terra needed a break, she made sure to find him too. Her uncle had made a particularly bad joke about that.
She found that she liked visiting Crystal as well--feeling like she especially wanted to be there for her after everything.

Once Boreas had returned from his mission with Malice, he kept his promises--he revisited Crystal, Terra and Sparky, and Fiona.
Then, the Vanguard picked up the group, and he assisted in getting everyone loaded up in the vans.

At the Summer Palace, he got a room and locked himself in it for a solid five hours. Then he got food.
...Then he was as okay as a Captain in a fever dream-like situation could be.

The first two days he spent gathering info and getting caught up on the Keyhunters' previous adventures. He also began the process of offering his help to Victoria and the various teams. He spoke with Osiris, Ethan, Jason, and of course, Victoria when he got the chance. He was aiming to assist the team searching for Boo and why she was taken.

As days went by, he also made sure to visit the group and share what he knew. The Captain finally got a proper introduction to Dreamcatcher and Rihanna.
He took what he was learning about the Keyhunter's adventures and put them together with what he'd learned so that he wouldn't overload anyone with sudden unknown territory.

...In the meantime, he also had Malice in his ears once a day as well. He had given the King of Nightmares his earpiece and needed another from Jason. So...
That was something.

[One week since the group was move to the Summer Palace]

It was late morning in Senza and Fiona was wandering through the /fanciest hallways ever/ with her escort.
"Kyle, this place is /so cool...!/" The Elemental said, slowly spinning around as she walked.

"You say that a lot." Kyle--the Vaseterm guide with a cool fiery shirt--chuckled.

"Well, /yeah!/
Oh! But I can't get too distracted... Crystal's room is riiiiight... Over there, right?" Fiona pointed to a door.

"One too far to the left." Kyle corrected.

"Aww, phooey...! Thanks, though." Fiona mumbled, then went up to the door, giving it a knock.
...Her knock didn't quite have the oomph she would normally put into things... But it had more force to it than a few days ago. "You there, Crystal?"

Kyle hung back and simply watched--that was his job, after all.

// today was when they said we wake up Weaver// A goofy nervous face made its way too the Dreamer prince, he looked at the time on the clock he grown accustomed to walking by with his routine to check on Weaver and Crimson.
// still a little early but that's better then being late!// his little blue friend commented, Anna was skimming through the air keeping pace with her partner.

A small chuckle escaped Dreamcatcher lips// true, true... thought, it still weird having to be followed were ever we go but that just how it is here //
// yeahhhhh, I don't blame your great, great, great grandmother for being extremely careful after what happened// she replied as she did a spin and waved at their escorts

Catch rubbed the back of his head with a disheartened sigh // yeah....//
// but hay! Cheer up Cat! A lot of good has happened to! One is that Weaver alive and we now have a way to let him rest and be in control better!// she landed on top of his red hair.

Catch played with his gloves // well kinda the last part... we haven't got to test my emotions magic like this yet... //
They made it to the room that they were holding his brother, after waiting though the examination test into the room, access was finally granted, Catch and Anna entered and it was much like the previous times they visited, Weaver was out like a light with tube sticking out of him.

The two talked with the staff to make sure he knew just what to expect

" Glory! " Anna hollered, as soon as she was able the blue Fairfin flew over to her friend and landed next to her, she greeted Glory with a hug.

" Hay Glory!" Catch greeted with a wave.

Meanwhile the team was preparing the Nightmare, removing the feeding tube and the others tubes that are attached to him

"Anna! Catch! You're here!" Glory exclaims, giving Rihanna a big hug and Catch a friendly wave. After the time she spent in the recycling center, she's still a lot more like her old self, though her colors still are a bit darker than they were before, and she's still got some of her fluff to grow back. "You're here to help wake up the sleepyhead brother, right?" She asks with a giggle.

" yup! Today the day we wake up sleepy head!" Anna rock back and forth with her excitement

" we can hope at least "Catch chuckled, he took off a glove, it was his part to play in this, the Dreamer prince placed his hand on his brother, he could feel the pull of the dream walking magic but that wasn't what he was here for today, he was however here to give Weaver a sign that it was time... // ok Brother, hopefully it be just like what we talked about, here to hoping Eater will cooperate... //

"Anna, you ready too?" Glory asks, glancing over at her partner, "I really hope Eater won't be too much of a problem, but even if he is, at least we've got better ways to deal with him now."

" I'm good to go! If that jerk face be a pain well just nuke him! " The enthusiastic Fairfin replied with a double fist pump.

" ok girls let's see if this will work " Catch said and then close his eyes, he wanted to enough drift but not fall into the dream, to see if he could maybe pull Weaver out of Eater hibernation // Weaver? Weaver can you hear me? It's time brother //

Morning Glory crosses her arms and nods enthusiastically in reply to Anna, then she watches Catch as he tries his magic first.

But neither the Nightmare stirs nor the Dreamer makes reply right away.

Anna dose the same as her sister and watch her brother who is now making a funny face...

Catch was trying hard to Reach Out to Weaver without slipping into the dream himself, he was able to do this with others people he practiced with but Weaver was a special case....// come on brother, were are you? Weaver It time to wake up remember //

//....... Hhh... Huh...?// is the start of an eventual reply from Dreamweaver. //Wha.... Catch...? But I just got home, there's a chocolate turkey and mashed potatoes with my name on it, and I'm so tired after spending all day trying to find Crim's eyes... I just wanna eat and go to bed...//

" oh boy..." Catch mumbles outloud// Weaver, come on buddy, you been sleeping for a week remember, your in a dream your not going to find Crimson eye in there, we need your help out here, you need to wake up // he squeeze Weaver hand // you feel my hand right? You need to grab and wake up //

"He's being stubborn?" Glory assumes.

//A--A week?// Weaver asks, having forgotten that detail as he's stayed in his dreams. //Come on brother, we both know I'm a heavy sleeper, but no one can sleep for a whole week... Can I have just five more minutes...?//

Catch let's out a sigh " yeah, he is..."

// yes Weaver it been a whole week, we talked about this, it easy to forget time in dreams// Catch replied and squeezed his brother hand again this time a little more forceful// I know your trying to catch up on sleep but you can't sleep forever //

//I'm not gonna sleep forever...// Weaver mumbles tiredly.

"... We're going to have to try the other method, then?" Glory asks.

" Weaver playing sleeping beauty really hard it seem " Anna huffed as she put her hands on her hips.
// well you leave me no other choice//Catch open his eyes and look "Yeah, he not budging " he let go of his brother hand and head over to were the staff members were to get ready the backup plan

Morning Glory sighs and looks to Rihanna. "Well Anna," she says, "It's not going to be pretty for him to wake up like this, but let's try and make it not as ugly as it could be."

Anna agreed with a sigh as well " let's wake up sunshine and see what happens " The tiger Fairfin was still optimistic. " it's kinda funny how you normally sing people to sleep and now we're doing the opposite~" she swayed back and forth and began to sing in a chiming voice.

Glory nods her head and joins Rihanna in the song, likewise swaying back and forth as she purrs and hums.

The word was given to step back as the Dreamer prince had the secret weapon, Catch had a tub full of chilled water and he approached his brother// what did they call this again? The ice bucket challenge or something along those lines?// making one last look to see that everyone was in the clear " ok! Here it comes! " And with that Catch took the tub and tossed the water upon his Brother

The Nightmare jolts awake the moment the ice water hits him, he tenses up, his eyes shoot open, and he sits up immediately. "AAAHHH!!" He gasps, his mind quickly coming to a conclusion: //I'm being attacked!! Something's attacking me!!//
Just as quickly as he sat up, dark flames burst all around him as he sets himself on fire in self-defense. "WHAT'S THERE?! WHO'S THERE?!? CATCH? ..." He shouts at first, seeming about ready to jump up off the bed at any given moment and fight something, although he couldn't if he wanted to just yet, and he looks around. Of course he sees Catch first, holding his now empty bucket, but then he also sees and hears Glory and Anna singing their song, and the other Vaseterm standing guard. He actually seems to calm down pretty quickly, and then he looks back to his brother. "H-hey, what's going on? Where..." He gets distracted with his clothes, as he notices the bands around his wrists (that are also on his ankles) that keep him held close to the bed, as well as the outfit that he's been put in. He's wearing not a hospital gown, but a simple pair of slacks and a button-up shirt. On top of that, he's got a tight vest-like thing wrapped to his chest that would prevent him from even extending his chains to use them. "What happened to my clothes?" he asks.

Anna came prepared for if this would happen, she pulled out a roasting stick and a marshmallow.

Catch had a sympathetic smirk at this friend reaction, he had to be careful in his wording just in case the Nightmare was awake to which he suspected " they got clean while you were sleeping, I was told you could have them back when you are ready to go to your room" Catch handed the bucket to one of the Vaseterm "you were out for a week you know " he then turned back to the Nightmare and asked " what do you remember brother?"

The Nightmare stares blankly at Catch for a moment, needing a moment to remember. "... Uh... Uhhhh...." he shivers and crosses his arms, flames still rolling off of him as he begins to say, "I... I remember... I was... Oh, I needed to find Crimson, we needed to find Crimson, you and Anna were there! We were in the city, and I was so hungry..." He pauses. "... I don't remember what happened next... Did I go into a frenzy? I must have... But... There was... Was there...?" Dreameater's eyes drift away from Catch and look more into nothingness as he narrows his eyebrows. "It's been a week...? You just told me that, didn't you? I thought... No? Wait... Didn't I do something else in that time? I don't remember, but I feel like I... do? It's the same kind of feeling I had before, when I was talking to you, and Boreas, and whoever else, like I had something I wanted to say, something right on the tip of my tongue, but I don't know what I'm talking about..." Eater rubs his slit, glowing eyes and growls quietly. "Moons, I'm still tired, and you gave me a headache, waking me up like that... Scared me half to death."

// so it is like before...// Anna frowned, she took Glory paws in hers ( she probably past the marshmallows over to one the scientists)

// Yeah, it looks that way, we had figured that this would likely happen... // Catch rubbed the back of his head as he gave a half hearted chuckle to the Nightmare " sorry about that... we just know that Nightmares can hibernate for months and weee don't really have that kind of time " he explained and then cleared his throat " yeah you did and almost got me and Anna killed if it wasn't for Rage for stepping in... he was looking for Malice but thankfully end up help us, I'm guessing that why you don't remember that part"

//It's unfortunate, but at least we know Weaver's still in there and he can hear us,// Morning Glory says, squeezing Anna's hand gently.

Dreameater stays quiet as he listens to Catch, and he's quiet for a little afterwards too. "Yeah... I don't remember what happened with Crim..." he says, then suddenly his eyes widen and he exclaims, "Wait! I was trying to find his eyes! We were trying to find Crimson's eyes, did we ever find them? I remember we tried giving him like... Potato head eyes, or something? But those didn't work too well, and he ended up having four eyes with those..."

He stops again after saying that. "... When did that happen, though? If I went on a frenzy... Wait... I'm confused..."

Over the course of the journey to the new palace, and the whole week after it, Crystal was really withdrawn and quiet..

The traveling phase was rough on her to say the least. The speedy wheeled metal machines the group had to ride in made her considerably nauseous.. And the large contraption called a ‘plane’ was absolutely terrifying. To her, it seemed impossible that the thing was able to be in the sky. It’s needless to say, it probably took some coaxing and reassurance to get her on it in the first place. Overall, the girl was simply very pale, silent, and still for the majority of the travel time until they got to their destination and no longer had to use those bizarre modes of transportation.

From that point onwards, Crystal mostly spent the following week alone, keeping to herself unless someone came to check on her. In fact, if it hadn’t been for the others stoping by over the days, no one probably would have seen much of her at all. She did her best to keep tabs on everyone though, often asking whoever she could about the other members and making sure they were okay.

She, like many of the others, wasn’t in the best shape mentally or emotionally, and it took most the week for any improvement to begin.. She just felt really lost and sad after all the news and information started to get around, especially on top of everything that had already happened. She didn’t know how to really take in everything, how to process it, it all just kind of sat there in her head, replying over and over, getting more and more tangled.. Crystal tried her best to rest as much as she could, but it came in small bouts in between startling bad dreams and constant racing thoughts keeping her awake. Though, as the week went on and grew closer to the present time, little by little she began to feel a bit better in small ways.
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At the current point in time, Crystal was in her room still, but she was up and moving, getting ready for the day. When she heard a knock at her door, the girl glanced over in its direction, the corners of her mouth pulling upward when she heard Fiona. “Yeah, just a moment,” she replied, her faint voice just barely audible from outside.

Crystal moved to the door and soon pulled it open, greeting both the Elemental and the Vaseterm guide with a gentle but warm smile and a soft “Hi,” as she was finishing tying back a bit of her hair. She had quickly begun to look forward to Fiona’s visits over the days. It was nice to see her slowly getting back on her feet more. And of course it was nice to simply spend time with her too.

// I'm just glad we can be here for Weaver and can help him now// Rihanna replied to her friend.
That got a mix Chuckled snort out of the Dreamer prince " wait, what?! No!" Catch facepalm " that didn't happen in real time " he held his fingers to his brow and then rolled his wrist so his hands went forward as he said " that happened in a dream, Crimson unfortunately still missing an eye" // well now I know what Weaver was dreaming about just before waking him...// Catch steps a little closer and folded him arms to get more comfortable " I need to get you up to speed on some things it looks like, we found Crimson and he here and doing better physically, it would have been worse if Glory wasn't with but he been in some kind of coma "

Dreameater stares at Catch again now, still confused on what all his dream was about since he doesn't remember dreaming much at all, as it was Weaver who was the one dreaming, but he listens intently to what Catch has to say.

"Shortly after we rescued Crimson though, we found out that someone else was in control of his body. Apparently there's another soul inside him, someone who's incredibly nice, but he's been a spirit for so long, he didn't remember much of anything," Glory then continues what Catch was saying, "He didn't even know his own name, but it seems like Purity met him in a dream, and she's calling him 'Sunny'."

Hearing Crystal's quiet voice on the other side, Fiona backed away from the door a little bit.

"Still aren't using the panel?" Kyle briefly commented on how she'd knocked--the doors were quite advanced.

"...I like to hit the door with my fist." Fiona answered, lifting up her fist as though she would do it again... Even though she didn't.

When Crystal opened the door, the Elemental gave a small grin, "Hey! Good to see you--oh, you're doing your hair!"
She absolutely was not one to talk about things like that, but she believed the effort Crystal put into her appearance was something to appreciate. "You look nice!
...Not that I know anything about tying hair back."

Kyle had gone quiet again, but he did respond to Crystal with a wave.

Catch nodded as Glory explain more and then he added " yeah, apparently Crimson has two other people or well things in him, one this Sunny guy and the other is what we're calling the 'demon' because we're not sure on what's it's name is " the Dreamer prince rub the back of his neck with a unsettle look " the researchers think this demon is something similar to that guy Blue told us about, Judas, how he has a son of Soledormir fused to him "

Anna then added
" I'm just glad that Purity was able to warn you about him and not to go into his dreams "
" yeahhhhh, me to, me to.... I got my own demon to figure out what going on with " he continue to rub the back of his neck " and with what Purity said she seeing in Crimson head I don't think it be a good idea right now..."

"Sunny, huh..." Dreameater thinks out loud, then suddenly he raises his hand and blurts out, "Oh, the demon? I think its name is Solvex, that's what I saw written in the dark language on the wall in our cell. You know when his bracelet came off and he exploded? He wrote that on the wall when he was put back down there at some point, he wrote 'Who am I,' and then 'Solvex' was right after that. And yeah, Crim himself warned me not to go into his dreams, he told me he'd have Nightmares go into his dreams as he slept, and he'd wake up and they'd all be dead around him. I remember freaking out a bit when I could sense Purity in Crim's dreams because of that..."

" wait? What?!" Putting his hand down the Dreamer prince shifted his weight, he had to stare at Eater for a moment, how was it that he just knew these things? But then the Nightmare explained and that it got mentioned it did sound somewhat familiar, his brow knitted " there was a lot going on that night... but Solvex? " He glace down, something about that name sent a shiver down his spine, it sounded awful similar to Soledormir.

The researchers in the room had been taking notes but their pen more intensely with this new information, that This demon name was 'Solvex'

He went on to explain
" that must been the guy in Crimson dream who looked like him but wasn't, I'll just call him Solvex, he tried to trick Purity and kill her but Sunny help her Escape from him"

Dreameater nods his head at that. "Yeah, that sounds about right," he says, resting his hands on his lap now. He also turns and swings his legs over the side of the bed, almost like he's about ready to get up off the bed. "You said he's in some kind of coma? But we still need to see about figuring something out for him, and you with Cataclysm, and then--is Purity still asleep? But she got attacked and corrupted too, and whatever happened to Hiiro?"

"Aren't you going a little too fast?" Morning Glory speaks up, giving her Nightmare partner a somewhat sad look.

Dreameater turns around to see Glory, and he frowns at her and says, "I've got things to do! I need to take care of these things, so I need to get up and get busy! We don't have time to just sit around!" Then, after saying this, he stares at her for a moment, then asks, "... What happened to you? You're supposed to be a Forgotten!"