Keeper Journey
5th Log: Rher’s Dream I
The Cairo Tower started to rearrange its self, twisting its corridors and rapidly turning its self
into a living being. An abomination of a cobra mixed with a lotus flower started to reap the
corroded Cairo ruins. Freesia and her 4 sisters tried to contact both Phoenix and Lumen to no
avail, they were alone inside the inwards of this alien monstrosity.
Magnolia: “It’s clear this thing is going somewhere.
If we don’t act fast, we either are going to be digested or get surrounded by more Aliens.”
Georgina: “Don’t you see, we’re inside the spirit world.
Rher´s light can ‘Moonscorch’ us if we stand in the open, we need to return to the living world.
Also I agree we need to stop this tower before we get into any more trouble.”
Freesia: “Then we move forward and find either the engine room or a spirit gateway.
I hope Iris and Jasmine managed to stay out of this mess.”
The building layout completely changed, forcing Georgia to draft a new map as they go.
After several hours, they were surprised by two facts: they still remained on the move
and inside Rher’s Dream. The Dream was a recurring phenomenon and it often aligned with
the lunar phases, as long as they turned off their electronic devices or stayed inside an
Eluvian protecting field, they should be safe from that natural disaster.
Tonelico: “Where are the Aliens? I haven’t seen one since we arrived.”
Magnolia: “Who knows maybe they are inside the living version of this place. Ouch!
Who threw this thing on my head? Was it you miss glasses?”
Freesia: “KEEP MOVING, IT’S A POE!”
A single big eye peaked from one shattered ceiling, all nearby electric devises started to make
radio static mixed up with bird cawing. Only Tonelico realized that what hit the ground was an
extinguished Verdandi’s Lamp, one of her sisters had fallen before they could rejoin them.
The young ladies fled for their lives, in a desperate attempt to out run their stalker, they
threw any object they could find with their whips. Georgina pointed out some emergency
stairs outside the original building design. A magnetic sealed door separated them from the
engine room. Magnolia made Georgia swear on the spot to open that door while she rushed
off against the black amalgamation of multiple alien arms, taking with her Tonelico’s whip.
Freesia started to chant a sweet song in an unknown language even for her sisters, directly
enhancing Magnolia’s physical strength beyond her normal limits. After a while the Poe
noticed the static vulnerable Freesia and threw at her some feathers from its wings.
Tonelico took off her sister before they could hit her, interrupting her Hymmnos.
A soft sound announced the door opening, Georgina pushed her two sisters inside the
bunker and closed the door after seeing Magnolia arm being torn apart by the black giant.
An iron caldera served as a prison for a big betting heart with many mouths on its borders.
Their sister face was smashed against the reinforced door numerous times until it shattered.
Before they could disable the engine, the room shake off in an unnatural way.
The dying heart screamed its last, rapidly turning into a withered host.
Cawing, moaning and laughing could be hear from outside the room, they were moving in a
different direction. Georgina started to write down some circles and symbols on the ground.
Georgina: “We can’t lose an Hymmnos user, keep her safe my dear little sister.”
In her shock Tonelico was tossed inside the circle while carrying an unconscious Freesia in
her arms. Georgina took off the pale purple flame inside her lamp and use it to power up the
improvised spirit gateway, parting in tears. Little by little, the walls around her compressed.
