Summonded

[angel_in_a_box]

Her project was underway and going so well. More pain. More doubt to overcome. More refinement of potential.

The Titans continued to persits however. Insistances that they could no longer wait for thier younger counterparts continued. At first she thought the summoning away from her home was that lot wanting yet another discussions and more

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[_kingofdreams_]

She is being led down corridors of alabaster, silver, and unidentifiable vapors, her raven guide flying just slightly ahead, until reaching a small sitting room
"Boss should be here soon," he croaks, and flies away

[angel_in_a_box]

There's a flash of annoyance. For a being with eternity at his disposal he had to make people wait? He was doing this for his own reasons. there were ties going back to Hippolyta here, she just could not read them...could not see where they connected...only that the nature of this place held connections to both her work and her revenge. Maybe it held everyone's ideas of work and revenge?

She waits.

[_kingofdreams_]

Dream of the Endless enters a few moments later
I apologize for the wait. Something unexpected came up.
Is there anything I can get you? Coffee? Teah? Something our of your imagination?

[angel_in_a_box]

She thinks a moment as she follows Lord Shaper. "The taste of hope, m'lord? It is a difficult brew to maintain."

[_kingofdreams_]

Dream turns to a man in flanel pajamas
A mug of hopebrew for the guest.
returns his attention to her
I am aware of, and intreaged by, your project.

[angel_in_a_box]

This makes her nervous. Very nervous. Especially since there are ties to it hear that she can't seem to follow.

"You are?" she says neutrally. "It is a touchy bit of distillation, m'lord." Curiousity, however, is a tragic flaw. "Why the interest?"

[_kingofdreams_]

If offers you a unique perspective on those things you are fostering.
The humans you focus on are those who've expirenced great misery in their lives, yet without falling into my Sister's care.
I am eager to hear what you make of the human condition.

[angel_in_a_box]

She cups her drink carefully.

"Oh, but some many do fail. That's the beauty and tragity of it all. Thousands, maybe millions over the centuries and what they can dimensions. All for a handful of those who are strong enough not only to endure but to grow through their pain."

She sips the brew of warm, bright liquid. It is as if her husband were with her and the lid remained intact for the briefest of seconds...and then it is gone. there's a temptation to drink deep and long, but such a thing was folly and would not change who she was. Only the experiment would do that.

[_kingofdreams_]

I should also warn you.
There is one close to these people. Mar'i Grayson.
She is my subject.
If any... misfortune... should befall her as a result of your actions... I would be within my right and power to punish you as I see fit.

[angel_in_a_box]

That chills her.

"She is a new soul...one that I have not looked into. Surely my lord would not concider the family protected as well -"

All ready the wheel turn in her mind. To trick old Gods was one thing, but to try and devise plans against one who knows the dream of plans. Anything...anything to keep it going...

[_kingofdreams_]

Do not think that I cannot see the wheels turn within your mind.
And do not insult me by dreaming that you can out-think me.
Mar'i Grayson is a part of The Dreaming.
Infer from that what you will.

But I did not bring you here only to threaten.
Though I know think that you cannot help me.
You are too obsessed with your own twisted view of humanity, and with yourself, to be of any use to me.

[angel_in_a_box]

The rage is there, but she does know who she speaks to, so the voice isn't raised. "You think to judge me, m'lord? I am how I was designed. Thier flaws...thier curse...I do what I must. What was your question, Dream King? I will weigh in with my warped visions. Madness, as you know, has its own insights." A pause. "And I am mad in more than a few ways."

[_kingofdreams_]

I judge only your perceptions. Concepts such as "right" and "wrong" mean nothing in dreams.
But I can judge your dreams.

Actually, you have helped me a great deal. You have shown me what it is to fall so deeply into a desire for one emotion that all others loose meanings of their own. You can only see the world through the lens of how it can aid your own obessive quest. Perhaps you are more like my family than I first thought.

Very interesting.

I think I have all I needed from you.
You are dismissed.

and she wakes, perhaps not even realizing that her trip was only a dream...