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You relax but tilt your head curiously at the purple mist that seems to originate from no where. It floats effortlessly towards you, dancing, swirling as it goes until it entwines your feet. The mist lingers around you, twisting around your body to your waist, then it floats off into the dark abyss. You watch it go, clouding your eyesight and suddenly your vision is engulfed by a flash of dark light. You feel yourself falling, as though in slow motion, until you hit the ground. You shake your head, eyes firmly shut, and wait a moment before opening them again. Once the dazzling spots fade, your sight clearing, the dark abyss which once lay before you has been transformed. You're standing outside some kind of construct with a bright light bubbling like a fountain from the center. It slowly dissipates and you turn back around. You notice the strange stars dotting the black web above. You feel a static-like energy course through you and you notice the path ahead of you. It's a large enough, travelled enough, path but it's braced on each side by two, very unappealing prospects. To your left is an edge that drops off into nowhere and to your right is a tightly entwined forest you have no chance of passing. You take a deep breath and resolve to walk forward, the only way you can go, until suddenly you hear a very strange, flute-like growl.  A shadow darts passed you, knocking you down, and you feel the rush as it comes at you a second time in a blink. Vibrant, swirling, red eyes focus on your form and narrow viciously. You catch the glimpse of bright white fangs before the creature hits you again. It's whip-like tail lashes at your face and you stare at it. Steeling yourself against another blow, you wait for it to stop circling you. The curled horn glimmers in the dim-light of a sun-like, red-white orb rising in the West. The panther creature roars and the sound sends you into a europhic daze. The sound is like an orchestra playing some wonderful symphony. Despite your current situation, you close your eyes and sigh pleasantly. When the creature ceases, your eyes fly open in time to see it move towards you. The motion is fluid and yet so very alien. You're paralysed, completely aghast by the way it moved. You shudder. It leaps towards you, fangs bared "Lanoire!!" A voice exclaims with a slight French accent. The surreal panther bounds clean over you and spins on its heels. Apparently, Lanoire, is it's name. "My darling girl, I said kill trespassers, not travellers." A female figure runs towards the two of you. She stresses the pronounciation between both "t-words" and Lanoire seems to relax. You watch the panther creature's muscle loosen as she pads over to the approaching humanoid. You stand up and dust yourself off in time to meet with an ivory white feline anthro. She has big, dark sapphire eyes set behind a child-like face. Her ruby red lips twitch into a smirk as she lets you examine her. The snow white fur is crested with pairs of ink black stripes. Her hair and the hair crowning the tip of her tail are the same colorless black. Bright red bangs fall to her chin framing her eyes. Her tail flags patiently behind her, she's very short, no more than five-one and of a lithe build. She wears a shiny vinyl corset over a lilac dress with knee-high leather boots and several silver pendants. Part of her hair is braided into a small ponytail behind her while the rest is left to fall to her midback. "Finished?" The feline queries placing one black-nailed hand on her hip. You nod sheepishly and blush slightly. She smiles in return. "I am Lady Eve Ashryn'fera Reaper. Mistress and caretaker of this realm between realms." She introduces and you reply with your own name. Eve nods. She steps up to you and quickly signs some sort of mystic pass and you feel a slight tingle run through you. She smiles a little more to reassure you. "Merely a precaution. I have marked you as a traveller here to see the part of the realm that interests you. No doubt you're here to visit the many creatures that have blessed this realm with their presence? I can't allow you to run about anywhere, something less friendly might attempt to eat you." So much for being subtle, you think and swallow back hard. A small laugh alerts you to the fact that the Lady Reaper may be a mindreader. You try not to blush and inquire about the realm. "Well," Eve starts, "The realm itself is a creation of strong Magick, nevermind the details, it floats between other realms. It isn't the first plane of existence to appear between other realms. All those stars are actually portals between realms and we reside within the abyss. The sun, the moon, everything is a creation of one power or another. What you are about to see are the creatures who have come from other realms to live here, which is why I marked you. Some places are not for travellers, other places are hidden in another split of time and space (mostly for the creature's privacy). Look around, enjoy yourself. I'm sure I'll run into you along the way. With this said, she vanishes in a burst of red sparkles. You blink and find yourself with a large sign. Which portal do you choose? The Castle The Desert The Forest The Glen The Highlands The Jungle The Meadows The Mountains The Ocean The Realm of Shadow Skyhaven Creatures Lanoire's Homeworld: Lanse'shri, the Everrealm Background from Lanse'shri |
