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Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Gatita
Date: December 27, 2023, 10:55 pm
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How could she not be honest? Marie already knew that it was
foolish of her to lie to someone with the powers he carried. She
would end up looking like a fake, a fool, a waste of time, a
coward lier, what a horrible fist impression if you ask me.
Also, she would be a hypocrite to herself, all these weeks, and
this planning, for nothing? No. She is here, she will talk, she
will seek, and she will do it afraid.
His words were not s request, they were a command. A shiver ran
down her spine as she just nodded in silence looking up at him
and experienced his magic in display, it was just a taste, but
enough to create a deep sense of scared hunger to see more. He
open a door that was never there in the first place, and it all
made sense. “The Other Side”, of course!
Taking several fast deep breaths, she tried to calm herself as
her whole body begins to slightly shake. He left her to enter
this room. She eventually walks slowly behind him towards this
door, taking in all that this will imply. This is not just
entering a room, oh no no no…
This is it Marie, the beginning of it all. The before and after.
She looks back to the exit door of the shop, one last glance at
her last chance. She could run and try to open it, live the
ordinary life she was meant to be. Or she can embrace and awake
a power she knows is dormant and hidden in her. If she walks in
this room, she is entering a commitment to see it play out, she
is giving consent to herself to go in and discover a world that
is terrifying but also calling out to her. Freedom is not just a
bed of delicate roses, is she wanted to truly be free, thorns
and turmoil will also be a part of it. “Now What?” She could
practically hear him repeat.
Marie steps in. Her eyes adjust to the dim light as she takes in
all that was before her. The Other Side. Her hand slowly moves
to cover her mouth as swallow a sound of surprise shock as she
sees the inside of the room. One big gulp. Actually, several.
“No. More. Fear. Need. Answers. Get. It. Together. Woman. You.
Can. Do, this” She almost screams to herself inside her soul.
Panting softly, she will not back down, she found the place, she
found him, she will NOT back down. No matter how much it is, she
needs to give it her all! Enough life of regrets!
She says to him, in a shaky little scared voice of someone who
has never seen something like this before, but also holding to
the strength of her spirit that didn’t allowed her to run away
when she could.
“My true self… my power… if magic is real, and if I am magical…
I want to… discover me…”
#Post#: 411689--------------------------------------------------
Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Ciaran
Date: December 28, 2023, 10:27 am
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Marie's internal screams were loud. There were waves of pure
willpower emanating from her body. There was no doubt that she
was all in. At least, she believed she was. She hadn't heard his
terms yet, after all. There were many who made it even this far,
but were too weak, or perhaps too smart to continue aftertheir
contract was written. That dotted line could often be the
scariest part. And it should be...
'
"I can help with that." He said. He stopped walking to turn and
face her. "But of course, this is a business. I'm not in the
business of educating folk for free." There was a slight French
ting to his accent.
"Step into my office and we can discuss terms."
He approached a large, this round table made of quality oak. Yet
another symbol was etched into the wood surface, though this one
was harder to identify. He pulled out a seat for the lady before
making his way to his own seat across from her.
"You seek freedom from the cage that is your own ignorance. You
want to know your soul, your magic, and you want me to show you
the way to that knowledge."
As he spoke, glowing green symbols began to appear around the
perimeter of the table, as if keeping record of his words in
some ancient forgotten language. When the words reached the
starting point, they began to spiral inward, working their way
closer to the center of the table.
" But that freedom can be dangerous, especially while you're
learning. You could easily hurt yourself or someone else. So you
and your power will be under my supervision. You'll be trading
your cage for a leash until which time I declare you have
Mastered your abilities."
The symbols were appearing faster, working their way to the
center of the table, the glow evolving into a steady pulse the
closer they got.
"As for your payment. your exclusive use of your power for my
sake until which time you're released from your leash You won't
use your power outside of this facility without being given
permission, and you will use it as and when instructed so long
as doing so would bring you no harm. Any instructions that would
prove harmful or dangerous to you will be considered null and
void immediately, and you'll be under no obligation to follow
them."
By now, the dull pulse had become a rapid one, as the words had
almost reached the center of the table.
"If you find these terms agreeable, just sign on the dotted
line."
Of course, he had given her no paper to sign. Instead, he
extended the handle of a knife to her with his left hand, and
his open right hand to shake.
"Just a drop will do."
His intent was clear. It was a blood bond. to cut her hand and
shake his over the table was the equivalent of a magical binding
contract. If, of course, she was willing to sign.
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Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Gatita
Date: December 28, 2023, 7:11 pm
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This is business and answers come with a price.
Truer words she has not hear. How deeply will she go, and how
deeply will he take her? Her whole body shakes in anticipation,
now more notoriously, this is scary, this is dangerous, her
senses heightened. Fleeze or flight instincts making her freeze.
It’s too late for her to turn back, a prey already feeling the
hot breath coming from the jaws of it’s hunter near their neck.
She doesn’t fight, she doesn’t back away, she is accepting her
fate. Marie walks into the layer of the beast.
Ciaran’s office has an imposing table with some interesting
ruins glowing, everything feels powerful in essence in this
place. As he pulls her the chair to sit, Marie’s body plops down
without thinking it, slowly loosing her own will and slowly
giving it to him. Surrendering to his power. Ciaran is
effectively saying what she wants and seeks from him.
When Ciaran mentions just how dangerous her power can be, and
how he will mold it, her whole body shakes in a shiver. His
words: “… Under my supervision… You’ll be trading your cage for
a leash… Master… ed”. Specific words and phrases pulsating
inside of her, making her dizzy as they take a hold of her
tightly. Silent. Sited. Receiving. Summited.
The payment. Oh, that payment. More feelings growing. Waves of
electric desire and excitement, mixed with the fear she has been
brewing inside, are messing her up. The feeling of control to be
safe, the level of control to achive greatness and answers, the
control limitations demanded of her to explode in her potential
once she is ready. How can she say no even though she is afraid?
How can she feel this twisted sense of calmness filling her? A
glimpse of freedom in being leashed, how is this possible? What
is this? Who is he? Who would she be once molded by his hands?
As all these questions and more raise inside of her, but let’s
be honest, she is always full of questions anyways. What she
needs is help in shutting them up, making her mind blank,
silent.
Marie’s hand automatically goes to reach out to grab the knife
presented to her. Once in her hand, she brings it closer to her
and hold it tight. Observing it intently as she studies it.
Is she willing? Would she do it? Is this safe? Is she in danger?
Will this backfire? Will she be the same? Ah. There it is.
Finally an answer. She does NOT want to be the same. That’s why
she seeked him, that’s why she is here, that’s what she didn’t
run, that’s why she entered the office, that’s why she is
surrendering to him, that’s why her neck will have his leash,
that’s why she grab the knife…. SHE DOES NOT WANT TO BE THE
SAME, ENOUGH!
Inhale. The moment the cold blade touched her finger and pierced
her skin, a soft sound of relieve escaped her soft lips. No more
pounding loud thoughts and questions. Silence, total and
complete silence. Just pure surrender to this crazy dangerous
mysterious fate and to not be the same. Blood dripping, hand
extended toward him. Exhale.
#Post#: 411691--------------------------------------------------
Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Ciaran
Date: December 29, 2023, 12:24 pm
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His grin deepened as he took her hand, squeezing a bit harder
than normal, until a drop of flood fell onto the table, the glow
of the symbols turning from green to red.
"Yes..." He emitted in satisfaction, the word seeming to echo
throughout the room, carrying different tones and pitches.
As this happened, the tattoos on his arms appeared to shift and
move across his skin until suddenly Marie would feel herself
falling through the floor into a dark pit where she would find
herself floating in suspension, surrounded by imagery of
galactic magics far beyond comprehension. Stars, Auroras,
passing of time both incredibly quickly and slowly at the same
time! It was a bizzare experience to say the least. She was
alone, without so much as a ground to set her feet on. However,
his voice would echo from somewhere in the deptchs.
"Let's get to work..."
#Post#: 411692--------------------------------------------------
Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Gatita
Date: December 29, 2023, 12:57 pm
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Ciaran’s eye darken and his grin became sinister. To late, your
fate is now sealed in his hands, Marie. You have sign the
contract, just because you wanted to escape, your soul has been
marked. Hopefully this was the correct answer and not the
nightmare, too late now. It’s been sealed.
Marie’s mind no longer running questions a thousand miles an
hour anymore, there is just a frozen silence. Static white noise
as her hand is squeezed and the blood drops in the table, and
his tattoes open the portal. All changes, the whole vibration is
red. Red light, red noise, red smell, red taste, red touch, all
her senses are filled with crimson red.
Falling in the deep, his depths, she feels cocooned, trapped
inside his Shadows. Here is his true nature at display, who he
is, the Shadow Master taking and owning what has been given.
In this shadow cocoon, alone and suspended in the air, all she
has is his voice echoing all around her. He can feel her scared
but surrendered shaking voice murmuring. “Yes… master…”
#Post#: 411693--------------------------------------------------
Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Ciaran
Date: December 29, 2023, 1:18 pm
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Ciaran had a number of different magical abilities. Even those
who knew him well didn't know them. What was he truly capable
of? Where did his limits lie? They were questions without
answers. And that was by design. If people understood how his
powers worked, he would have to use more of them to be as
effective.
Right now it wasn't important anyway. Ciaran's powers didn't
matter. All that mattered was his voice. "What you see around
you is the domain of your own soul. It's your power. Not my own.
Don't think of it as dark. Think of it as empty. Now that you've
been guided here, it's up to you to fill it, bit by bit."
There was something calming about his voice in the moment. It
lacked the sinister edge from befre. one probably wouldn't call
it "Caring." But at the very least, it was comforting.
"Your desires, strengths and weaknesses, and yes, your magic all
inhabit this world. However they will not manifest until you
uncover them. Look inward. find the things that you seek wtihin
yourself, and you will see them before you."
And so it would be. it wouldn't happen all at once, but as Marie
sought out pieces of herself, they would manifest here. her true
identity, the nature of her magic. whatever it was she searched
for, when she found it, it would appear, tangible. It would be a
long process indeed
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Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Gatita
Date: December 29, 2023, 2:51 pm
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In this Shadow Cocoon, with only his voice as a guide, Marie
suspends alone. Loneliness, a feeling she has felt often. She
didn’t like it, why? Was it because of facing things she kept
pushing away because avoidance? How can she reach the depth of
her own power is she is afraid to see the shadows and dark
corners of herself? Facing what is hidden. Here? There is no
place to hide or run. Here she of forced to be stuck until she
unstuck herself. How can she have wings and fly without being in
a cocoon?
Wait, have wings? And she is in a… cocoon… is she, a
caterpillar? A colorful caterpillar that lived like this was her
last form and letting her form be stuck as that. Not her final
form. An identity trap inside, feeling how her potential of
knowing she is a butterfly is still unfulfilled. Just feeding
and rooming through life and letting life just feed her. Life
forcing her to be content in this form, telling her this is what
a Butterfly is, giving her more easy meals to keep letting her
stay this way. Stuck within herself.
Marie eyes watered as this realization hits her. Ciaran can hear
this thoughts as they pulsate inside his shadows. In this space
he can hear clearly her internal voices and thoughts.
Using her own voice, she says.
“How can…. I stop… being stuck… just a… ordinary caterpillar…
how can I… earn my wings…”
#Post#: 411695--------------------------------------------------
Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Ciaran
Date: December 29, 2023, 6:32 pm
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After asking her question, Marie would shift from a sensation of
floating to one of sinking. The darkness swirled around like a
tornado, despite there being nothing to see, it was somehow
clear.
"It will take a lot for your wings to bloom, first, you need to
find the first step on your path. You'll need to search
deeper.."
And just that quickly, the sinking turned into falling. The
swirling winds of darkness turning to a violent whiplash of
winds, tossing her around in her freefall. Behind the winds,
voices from her past would whip by, her parents, friends,
co-workers. Moments long past were relived through the blackness
until suddenly she stopped with no warning, and before her, was
the first hint of light It was a tiny spark that hovered
slightly above the ground. Wait! Ground? There was finally
ground for her to walk on! And if she traversed it toward the
light, it would open up to an image. She would see herself,
standing in place, manipulating as all sorts of energies. They
swirled around her body at her command, interacting with the
world she willed.
Just as quickly as it appeared though, the image faded, and she
would find herself back in Ciaran's office. He released her
hand, and stood up "Well?" He asked the question, but his
crimson eyes looked deep into her knowingly.
"What have we learned?"
#Post#: 411696--------------------------------------------------
Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Gatita
Date: December 29, 2023, 8:38 pm
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Floating no more. Deeper, just touching the surface, go deeper.
It’s time to fall, sink. Marie is going around and around in
circles inside the winds of this shadow magic. Let go. Seek
deeper. The Shadow Master’s words swirl inside the tornado she
is in.
Fall. How far and deep does this space go? How deep can this
cocoon be? Fall into answers? Fall into self? Fall into what?
Drown within yourself? Summerge.
Tossed. Facing again past voices of obstacles, people and
circumstances in her life. Being tossed from one quick moment to
another. Voices that she relived so many times over and over
again, possible answers, possible outcomes, possibilities. Why
does she keep reliving? Sounds that bring back memories to the
surface. Why?
Stop! Light… ground… grounding. Her feet finally find perch on
soil, and she slowly walks a little wobbly towards that small
light. She needs to see what it is on the other side.
Energy. In her, through her, around her, being used by her,
manipulated by her. Power, control, molded, restored, rebuild,
light energy used. It’s all around her, it’s in her, it moves
thought her, is used by her, she manipulates it. Glimpse.
The shadows revealed her potential, and as soon as it came, it
faded away. The flickering light of the candles, the table of
pure oak and glowing red sigils, the strange artifacts, the
squeezing of his hand across the table, his red piercing eyes
penetrating her soul deeper that anybody else has ever done. She
is back into reality. Back into his lair, his office.
Marie is panting and trying to bring her whole consciousness
back into herself. She wiggled her toes, breathes deeply
multiple times, moved her head to her shoulders side to side,
held his hand harder to confirm she is in her body, and opened /
closed her eyes to confirm she was back into this realm of
existence.
Marie didn’t realize just how ready she was for this, and how
ready she was for him. How much her magic was waiting for her,
for so long, but she was not ready yet, and how the answers she
seeked were inside of her. Life had been preparing her for this
moment, brought her here at the perfect time. She is ready to
start this journey now to soar. After a moment of regaining
herself, she finally speaks to answer him.
“… in the shadows, I will find my light and power… energy magic
is in me, but to achive, I got to go deep… the voices toss me
back and forward to rub my potential, I have to fall away from
them, stop and ground myself inside of me… a caterpillar can’t
soar… and a butterfly is born in a cocoon…”
#Post#: 411697--------------------------------------------------
Re: Golden Cage to Freedom in Shadows?
DIR By: Ciaran
Date: January 4, 2024, 12:45 pm
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Ciaran had learned many forms of Magic in his lifetime. But his
specialty was illusion magic. He could command a person's senses
as if conducting an orchestra. His illusions were so potent
that they could kill someone simply by making them believe they
had been stabbed! The brain was that committed!
The experience Marie had just been through was one of those
illusions. The feeling of sinking, the physical manifestation of
what she found inside herself. All smoke and mirrors to give her
introspection form. It made it much easier to discover the
nature of her magic without weeks of trial and error. He
listened to her explanation and nodded her head.
"Energy Magic! There's a lot of potential there! You will serve
me well." He took no hesitation in making his intentions clear.
"But first, you rest. Come with me."
He led her back through the door they entered, but this time,
it led to a large living area. To the right was a foyer with a
massive staircase leading upward. Some pillars accented the
stairs, as well as a glorious chandelier, overlooking a door
that likely led outside, or, somewhere else...
Ciaran headed up the stairs though.
"This is your room." He said calmly, opening a door to a simple
white bedroom. It wasn't fancy or lavishly decorated. Bbut it
was fully furnished and comfortable.
"We start in the morning..."
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