Nathrangking

The pain pierces my heart as a burning lance. I am torn asunder by my ancient vows and my loyalty to my new friends. For so long have I kept the Mindscapes from the hands of mortals. They bound me by threat of destruction. I swore to guard the dates and now I am not so sure that I must guard it alone any longer. The last time that I broke my vows... No I must not remember that. All of this agony I cannot save them all. I cannot stop their pain. Now is time to act. The time of my inaction is at an end. Ancient gods forgive me for what I am about to do. A steely gleam appears in my eyes. I gaze at Vapor's father as I speak. "Very well, if you wish to learn of mindscapes Vapor I will teach you. Understand this though, this will be training unlike anything that you have ever experienced. If you desire to learn we will begin immediately." I see Fox turn away and I can read the conflict within her. She may be ready to surrender, but I'm not ready. I quick step over to her. "There is a point that we all reach a point of surrender. I have lived many of my own and I have run, because the agony was too much. I sealed myself away to keep the pain at bay. I was a prisoner not because someone was chasing me, but because I chose to run. It was a jail I built. They were walls which did not stop me from feeling pain and being hurt. That cell made me believe that I deserved the pain. Why would I have run if I did not deserve it? I am not totally free now, but Fadran and others destroyed my chains. I had forgotten that running away from suffering to suffering is a prison worse than any exists. The key is waiting to be taken, but we believe that we are worthy of nothing except for the pain. Sometimes it takes someone else to say enough. Agony is often welcomed in as visitor. It takes over and consumes us." I put my hand on her shoulder and smile. "Only we can decide when we have had enough. We cannot run forever." Eventually, there is nowhere left to run and our walls come crashing down on us. Even then we may not realize that the only way out is to take the key and leave."

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I don't react visibly to Fadran's rage. My voice softens. "I am not looking to control her. If she desires guidance I will give it. The dangers of the mindscape cannot be taken lightly."

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I turn away from Fox and toward Vapor. "I fear that this surge of emotion may bring Winter back. We may need to move at a moment's notice." "Tell me about your dreams." @Channelknight Fadran

"The value of any much less yours is incalculable. The dangers of the wrong hands making use of such power or angering some of the other denizens of the mindscape dimension cannot be overstated. Soon we will speak more of this." I glare at Vapor's father before making my way over to Fox. "I'm surprised that your agony does not bring Winter. I can read it on you as surely as if you shouted it from the mountains. You need not live with its consumption of who you are. I have learned many things over my long life. It may be possible that I can help you." @Scarletfox @xinoehp512

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Seriously I have not even fleshed it out and you want the punchline?

Why yes, I came up with my first new magic system concept in years.

What do you mean you were surrounded? Don't touch that cake!

Is it?

I utter not a word as all of these conversations go on around me. I think nothing letting everything slide over me. I watch reality bend in a way similar to the way that a mindscape might. The next moment whisper is gone. I turn and walk over to Vapor's father. "You have little idea of what powers you are playing with. Be glad that battle was not engaged here. Had it you would have learned why mindscapes are not to be trifled with. Do not ask me to teach you for I shall never do it. You use your daughter as a pawn scholar I shall have no part in this." I turn to Fadran. "That was brave, but foolish. Winter might well have consumed you and once he did so all would have been lost." I reach through our spirit bond. "His beliefs make him dangerous. He seeks that which he cannot understand. Never offer your mindscape to anyone ever again swear this or I shall teach you no more."

"He desires the secrets of mindscapes. He plays a dangerous game seeking powers that could pose a danger to everyone. He claims that it is life and death. I will not have that on my head, but nor will I simply give him that which poses a danger to us all."

He wants power that he cannot possibly control. Ancient deities forgive me. I don't turn as the words reach me. I reach through the spirit connection that Fadran made. "Fadran tell Vapor's father that the answer that he desires can be found between the realms. Say to him that I have no more answers for him." @Channelknight Fadran

The winds carry the scholar to my ears. My heart sinks. My fears are realized. I push away these thoughts letting it drain away. I let all of my emotions dissipate. "What you desire cannot be done. Even were it possible taking my mindscape cannot heal you. It will destroy you. Let us go in peace and you go in peace."

I look at Fox and nod my head no. I quickly make my way to the front of the group. I wave them back. My blades remain uncalled as the light of my body increases slightly. "What would you have of me?"