September 12, 2022 - September 17, 2022

Luna is in an endless dark void, under her is a white floor lit up by a single street light that hums

"What the fuck? Wait, where's Jane?" She looks around the void, confused about where she is.

The light flickers as she sees near it, a white brick wall about twice her height and small worn box sitting by it. Luna spots the small box and gets a little excited like the cat she is. If she fits, she sits. And thus, she trots over to the box to see if it's big enough for her. The inside of it has stacks of paper as she hears something shuffle right by her ear on the wall to her right

"Wait what the heck? Papers? I can't fit in it." She whines a little bit as it's not an empty box. Obviously this is a nightmare for her. In any case, Luna tries to examine the papers. The first paper only says Roy G. Biv in small hand written text.

"Roy G. Biv? The rainbow mnemonic?" Confused, she goes through the next paper. This time Roy G. Biv is separated out so each letter is alone on a line. Luna sighs and moves onto the next paper. Its the same but next to V is the word Slingers.

"V = Slingers?" Suddenly something slumps onto the wall and hangs on it right by her face. With it being so quiet even this rather quiet sound is very jaring. Luna jumps a bit out of her skin upon hearing the slumping noise. 

"Who's... there?" She says quietly.

Shes face to face with a large nonferal? Its hanging with its gut resting on the top of the wall and smiling at her. It's different from other nonferals however. More detailed, almost more real. It’s eyes have 3 marks on each pointing down but its jaw line is rather curved. Its teeth is more human and seemingly uneven along with long black lips. White whiskers stick out from its eyebrows, chin, and wet nose. It has actual paws with pads and claws that hang under it in a relaxed manner. The way it hangs you can somewhat make out its ribcage from under the thin white ratty layer of fur on its back. Something about its long smile is familiar.

"...uhhhh hi." Luna tries to make conversation with the person. As it speaks it moves almost unnaturally, its teeth never fully being covered by its lips. It even speaks unnaturally in a cartoonish voice yet more serious. Almost like a cartoon librarian.

It's a rather low tone that somewhat soothing, though its face contradicts that "Why hello there"

"hm.. you're familiar. But uhh where am I? I was on the couch with my girlfriend, then I blinked and now here I am."

"You're in a dream realm, one of many"

"Okay, not gonna lie. But uhhh...you remind me of Jack from the previous timeline, ya know with the teeth. But way more fox... well he was a fox too"

"So how is survival going for you?"

"Uhhh I'm not dead yet. Well I died twice so far, but a God brought me back for one of them, so I don't count it. So uhh what's your name? I'm Luna."

"Ah, Lunes, strange seeing you in the flesh...well...metaphoric flesh that is, dreams aren't quite real yet are they?" it makes a deep guttural chuckle.

Luna just raises an eyebrow. "Right, so why am I here? What's with the Roy G. Biv stuff?"

"Just some left over bits of research I was watching. I'm sure you find them as intriguing as I do"

"of course. I've been researching the nonferal world for close to two years now, this is super intriguing." As she's talking to this unknown person, Luna continues to go through the pages, wondering what they could mean. The next page adds Slashers next to B.

"You probably have alot of questions regarding the inner workings of everything at the moment. I assure you I am here to bring that curious cat back with the satisfaction of knowledge"

"...wait, interworkings of everything? But um, okay! Thank you!" Luna breathes a sigh of relief, feeling oddly safe around this person.

"Though keep in mind some information will only be withheld for your own safety. What people know is what the world runs on, if you knew the right things the world could deem you a threat"

Luna nods "I can imagine. Knowledge is powerful, but sometimes having certain kinds of knowledge can lead to problems. Especially if certain kinds of people don't want that knowledge known." 

"Now I'm not going to hang around all night you know, that hickory clock is always a ticking"

Luna smiles at them. "Of course. I appreciate the kindness. Just uhhh how do I leave? I was in the middle of a show."

"If you don't wish to ask any questions you're free to walk away, leave it all behind and awaken"

Luna thinks for a moment, unsure what to even ask. "Okay, I hope this won't be our only meeting. Thank you for being super kind to me."

Luna waves with a smile as she walks away. The being waves back with its large paw, the spot lit up by the street light blurs in the distance into a white speck until it cuts off like that of an old television before Luna wakes up suddenly.

Spider is in an endless dark void, under her is a white floor lit up by a single street light that hums. She shakes her head as she glances around.

"...well this is new" As the light flickers a white brick wall appears. there's an old worn box sitting by the wall. She walks over to the box and on looking in the box she sees the inside is painted blue with yellow stars. Suddenly something slumps over the wall inches from her face. Spider jumps at the movement quickly taking a few steps back as she studies it. It’s the same strange being from Luna's dream, still wearing a smile.

It curls its lips as it speaks "Why well there"

Spider raises an eyebrow "Yeah this is definitely new...I'm not dreaming am I?"

"On the contrary you are Spi. Though if it's a nightmare, that's up to your interpretation"

"Spi? Only a few people call me that and you're definitely not one of them, that does beg the question of who you are though"

"Either way I'm only here as to cure a curiosity"

"And I'm curious about your name, and what you are really, all the usual stuff y'know?" She chuckles lightly

"I'm just a little white lie dearest"

"you're also familiar" She tilts her head slightly

"Familiar in relations could be. You were always very watchful, stalking even"

"I wanna say Jack but that doesn't make that much sense, plus you also called yourself a lie so..." One of her ears flicks as she watches them.

"I'm sure you will understand better later on when the information is more clear"

"some curiosity curer you are" She snarks "Fuck it, you seem to know me but I don't know you from Adam so I'm gonna guess the sky? Or chessmaster whatever it is you call yourself"

"What I consider my name is information of no use to anyone. Decide a name if you will and I will respond by it, but don't expect it to remain forever as nothing does"

"If that's how you wanna play it sky, firstly what information do you consider useful then?, secondly fuck you"

He gives a deep cackle "Really are the one with words huh? I consider the information that helps the current risen to be of useful. You being a risen by definition means I am of use to you as well"

"a risen by definition? Alright then, how did Nyx know about us?"

"Nyx is a special case, I'm sure she will tell you in due time"

"yeah you're dead useful you are" She chuckles "So what was with all the chess symbolism before the manor burnt down in the old timeline?"

"Merely aid to find the sudo, or password to Datrrs. I hope that information treated you well"

"like you don't already know, why are you helping us?"

"You're the risen, it's my job you could say"

"And what do you get out of it?"

"Pleasing the boss"

"So you and boogeyman work for the same guy?"

"Indeed we do"

"the same guy that told them to kidnap us? Yeah I definitely trust you now"

"We have our different roles in this world. I don't expect yours to be of naivety"

"So what you expect me to believe that the same person who wants to harm us also wants to help us?"

"Not every job is the same Spi"

She sighs "Sure, sure, why do you keep calling me that?"

"It is what I know you as. Simpler, easier, quicker"

"and again only three people call me that, though I'm guessing your boss told you about me?"

"I gather information myself"

"how so?"

"Listening in when I have the chance. I am no all knowing by any means, however, I do fancy delving into a topic now and again" A faint ticking sound begins

"And you called me a stalker" She mutters before speaking up "And what topic is that?"

"For awhile I was invested in anything nonferal" the ticking sound is slowly growing "Much like you risen"

"and now?" One of her ears twitches as she looks around for the source of the sound.

"Being a risen before I'd say now it's you" the ticking gets louder as She feels she's being pulled into the darkness.

She tries to fight it attempting to take a few steps forward "And what is that supposed to mean?"

Even when walking she's still being pulled back. The being just smiles more as the scene becomes distant and turns off like a television screen. Spider suddenly wakes up.

Cole is in an endless dark void, under him is a white floor lit up by a single street light that hums.

Cole looks around with a confused look "huh, weird"

The light flickers as a white brick wall appears with a small worn box beside it. Cole walks over to the box and looks inside of it while keeping his head on a swivel. In the box is a single base ball with permanent marker writing on it. Cole picks up the baseball as his head tilts and tries to read the writing. It's signed FB. Suddenly the same being from the other dreams slumps itself over the wall inches from Cole.

Cole looks over and sighs "your the person who signed that bleacher?"

"I am not, good to see you Coal"

"...the nickname...no, no you aren't who I think you are, right?" Tears pool in Cole's eyes as he quickly wipes his eyes.

"Who is it you are mistaking me as?" It still smiles.

"The baseball, the nickname, only one person called me that and they fucking died I know you aren't them" Cole sniffles.

"Mordechai you mean? The nonferal?"

"Yeah" Cole nods as he chuckles sadly "I still think that death was my fault"

"I remember that one. though nonferals never truly leave us do they?"

"no, i uh i guess they don't" Cole shakes his head.

It tilts its head some to the side "I mean literally Coal. You could find them"

"how? how could i find them?" Cole looks desperate.

"Nonferal souls are a bit odd if you haven't already been able to tell" the street light flickers some.

"i know they aren't, just tell me how I can find them, please" Cole looks even more desperate as he grips the ball tighter

The baseball starts to have a heart beat as it chuckles some "It's a bit complicated"

Cole drops the ball as he breathes heavily as he’s woken up. A while later Cole had gone back to sleep and found himself by the wall and light again.

Cole looks around "again? Well maybe this time i'll get to know what I wanted to know"

It slumps over the side of the wall and hangs like before with a smile "Coal you're back"

"Please stop calling me that, I really don't wanna remember" Cole shakes his head as he looks at the ground.

"What shall I call you? It could be anything you like"

"just call me cole please,” Cole sniffles. "Anyways, uhm, how do I find the nonferals that have died?"

"Depends the state it's currently in. If you ask me to I'd be glad to help understand any nonferal's current state"

"can you uhm, can you check on Terminal's state?"

"Could you refer to their birth name? It makes searching easier for me”

"right, uhm Mordecai or November i can't remember what one is the birth one"

"Mordecai Edgar Hoffman I believe is currently in two"

"what do you mean two?"

"You may be aware by now but nonferals souls are more custom than other souls. When the last timeline was destroyed a part of Mordechai survived. The other part was used in crafting the current timeline version of Mordecai"

"I see, is the uhm is the original Mordecai still around? I made a promise a long time ago that weighs on me to this day"

"The original is when both parts are a whole again. If you were to gather both souls and bring them together again you could return Mordecai's soul to a pure state rather than a tampered state. Though that's only a matter of time..."

"How could I get to the other soul? and how much time do i have?"

"Time before one half becomes a ruby throated slasher divulgar depends on the soul itself. It can be repaired here and there but only the other half can be a true cure" it scratches its chin as it looks up in thought "Now I do believe the other half has already left its vessel after meeting a gruesome fate. It could be wandering but considering its already a half I wouldn't doubt my boss would have snatched it up by now. Could prove a bit difficult to obtain"

"Who is your boss? I'll do fucking anything to fufill that promise"

"Are you sure you would want to know? You could always do a favor for me and I could get a foot in the door if you preferred"

"...what's the favor?"

"Find the black opal weapon and bring it to me"

Cole closes his eyes and takes a deep breath

"fine, i'm assuming I just need to sleep with it or something?"

"No, you obtain it and you can bring it to my location, physically"

"...you do know that I am dreaming right now right? I don't know where this is"

"I'll tell you when you have it"

"No deal, take me to your boss"

"The offer still stands if you don't have the best luck with them"

"good to know"

"The boss would be much simpler to locate. Though we don't call it our boss, it does maintain that form of dynamic. It prefers the name # "

Cole's face drops "i-i-i-i you'llhavethatblackopalweapon"

It nods "I wish you luck Cole" there's a faint ticking sound growing.

"thank you" Cole nods

"Anything else before our time here is up?"

"....what's your stance on Babe Ruth?"

The ticking pauses as its face lights up. "I Love baseball!!!"

"yeah? what can you tell me about it?" Cole smiles

"I've always wanted to play, it would be fantastic"

"what do you like about baseball?"

"The running, the pitch, the hit, all of it. I would give so much just to hit someone across the face with a baseball bat"

"...that's not how you play baseball"

"And then maybe bash someone's skull in with a baseball" they keep going.

"hold on, hold on what baseball are you watching?"

"And then-and then run into the crowd in the stands with the leftover splinters"

"....keep going"

The light flickers some before turning red "And and then the concessions- the deep fryers"

Cole smiles maniacally as he nods "yes, yes, kill them all!"

The being seems to be ever so slowly getting longer or melting as it continues "tthen then the lines outside the stadium"

"Yes, fucking murder each person at that fucking stadium!"

It gives a guttural laugh again "Being in their cars couldn't hide them"

"Cars aren't a good cover, but god I love staring at them through the windshield and watching them shake with fear!"

"they hid in the floorboards making it easier! Cleats are the greatest!!!"

"I fucking love stomping people's faces in regardless of cleats or not!"

It starts cackling louder as Cole starts manically laughing along with it. Eventually Cole starts to buckle and fall on one knee as they laugh before waking up.

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