Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 10:28:11 EDT
From: The Dreamer <ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu>
Message-ID: <93207.102811ASG102@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn
Subject: [MG] Erik's Dream

ADMIN: First of all, thanks to everyone who has sent their thoughts
       on the Erik and Lex postings.  Feedback, as always, is appreciated.

       Secondly, I would like to start putting the Erik and Lex postings
       under a seperate thread name.  I'd be grateful for any suggestions.

       Finally, this post is written in first person, from Erik's view.

--OO--OO--

Where am I?  I am alone.  I know this place.  I have been here before.
<<open eyes, look around>>

Those mountains look familiar.  <<inhale deeply>>  The wind smells
of cinnamon.  The air is cool and dry.  <<look up>>  Should those
clouds be moving so quickly toward the horizon?  And where is the
sun?  <<look down>>  I can see my shadow, but there is no sun.
<<wiggle toes>>  The sand beneath my feet is comfortably warm.
Oh! I'm naked!  Where is my cloak?  I never take my cloak off unless...

Yes, that's it, I'm dreaming again.  Okay dream, what are you going
to show me tonight I wonder?  <<look around>>

WHAT WAS THAT? <<turn to face the noise>>

Oh, there's someone walking this way.  Who is it?  <<zoom in>>  I know
him.  I recognize that stride, that form.  Or is it one of his 'brothers'?

"Lex?  Is that you?"  Hmm, he doesn't answer.  I wonder what he wants.
<<walk toward figure>>  "Lex, can you hear me?  It's Erik."

<<figure walks closer>>  What's that look on his face?  Fear?  Shame?
"Lex, what's the matter?"

<<reach out to him>>  Oh, my poor man.  I can feel his pain.  I would
do anything to stop it.  "Shhhh.  It's okay.  Tell me what's wrong."
<<embrace him>> <<hold him close>>

<<Lex turns to look him in the face.>> "I want to get close to you.
I don't think I should, but I want to.  I ... "

<<Lex turns to Erik>>  He no longer looks helpless.  What new face has
replaced the old one?  Hunger?  Desire?  His grip around me is like
bands of iron, but I can't resist.  I don't even know if I want to.

<<look into his eyes>>  The heart of a storm.  Waves and wind,
crashing together.  Water and Air joined in fury.  This is Lex's
desire.  How can I deny him?  I want to get closer.  I want to
let go.  <<nod once>>

By the look of my consent, I have made him happy.  He is smiling
so brightly.  So widely.  <<FEAR>>  Too widely.  By the Towers!
His mouth is like a great void.  <<fall in>>  I'm falling!  I'll
lose myself in this darkness...

--OO--OO--

Erik woke.  His attention was drawn to the top of his dresser by
the sight of a butterfly making a cocoon.  His dream parted his
mind like smoke in the wind.

     Love and Peace and The Loss Of I,
               -The Dreamer-