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Every night, the same dream.

She was always at the beach – not the one by the Following, but the one far away, off to the coast. It was a rather sickly looking beach, usually somewhat clouded over and misty. Storms hit often here, she knew somehow. She held it in her mind with the certainty all dreamers have, that intrinsic knowledge that made up the dreamscape.

She would step slowly into the waves. If she’d look overhead, the sky was always a dull orange. Sometimes the sun was there, but usually not. The water would be oddly warm, like a puddle too big to have yet evaporated from Zonje’s heat. The unnaturality of it would have paused her, had she been awake, but here she continued her forward march. There was no other path to take. The water would rise and fall with each passing wave, rushing around her paws. Again, she would notice the warmth of the water. She held her tail high (in the dream, it was always undocked) and raise her muzzle for air. Every wave seemed bigger to her small puppyself, and soon she couldn’t stand on her paws anymore. She’d have to swim. In the distance, there would be an island.

If she squinted, she could make out the graves lining it from end to end. She swam for hours. She never drew closer, and soon her strength failed. She sank, feeling nothing. She watched the bubbles from her breath rise up, and she didn’t fight her drowning anymore. Every night, it was the same. Inevitable.

She would keep her eyes open as long as she could, straining not to blink – but she had to. She would open them again and be laying on sand, drier than bones. She would have returned to her usual two year old size. Overhead, again that sickly orange. She would stand up, exhausted, and as she moved so did the dunes. She saw centuries of rising and falling sand, torn away by the wind. She would close her eyes again, tired and somehow sad, and wake up.

Always the same.

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Earnings:
Painted Headshot (30 XP + 10 gold) + Non Commissioned (5 XP + 5 gold) + Significant Description (352 words) (10 XP + 5 gold) = 45 XP + 20 Gold

Description

Every night, the same dream.

She was always at the beach – not the one by the Following, but the one far away, off to the coast. It was a rather sickly looking beach, usually somewhat clouded over and misty. Storms hit often here, she knew somehow. She held it in her mind with the certainty all dreamers have, that intrinsic knowledge that made up the dreamscape.

She would step slowly into the waves. If she’d look overhead, the sky was always a dull orange. Sometimes the sun was there, but usually not. The water would be oddly warm, like a puddle too big to have yet evaporated from Zonje’s heat. The unnaturality of it would have paused her, had she been awake, but here she continued her forward march. There was no other path to take. The water would rise and fall with each passing wave, rushing around her paws. Again, she would notice the warmth of the water. She held her tail high (in the dream, it was always undocked) and raise her muzzle for air. Every wave seemed bigger to her small puppyself, and soon she couldn’t stand on her paws anymore. She’d have to swim. In the distance, there would be an island.

If she squinted, she could make out the graves lining it from end to end. She swam for hours. She never drew closer, and soon her strength failed. She sank, feeling nothing. She watched the bubbles from her breath rise up, and she didn’t fight her drowning anymore. Every night, it was the same. Inevitable.

She would keep her eyes open as long as she could, straining not to blink – but she had to. She would open them again and be laying on sand, drier than bones. She would have returned to her usual two year old size. Overhead, again that sickly orange. She would stand up, exhausted, and as she moved so did the dunes. She saw centuries of rising and falling sand, torn away by the wind. She would close her eyes again, tired and somehow sad, and wake up.

Always the same.

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Earnings:
Painted Headshot (30 XP + 10 gold) + Non Commissioned (5 XP + 5 gold) + Significant Description (352 words) (10 XP + 5 gold) = 45 XP + 20 Gold