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The Dreamwalker had been restless of late; visions of a pale Doe
bearing her hues and markings had riddled her mind, rendering it
curious and confused. This elusive white Doe did not speak, but
whenever Nemui saw her, she was always accompanied by a blue
moon as if it was conveying a message to her. Nemui frowned as
she ceased pacing around her palace room to settle down to sleep.
She slipped into her bed, gazing at the mobile of crystalline stars
chiming overhead, and pulling closed the gossamer curtains on
either side. Pulling her silken blue blankets over her form, she
sighed before muttering “How is it I can interpret the dreams of
others, but never my own?” she felt her eyes roll in mild annoyance
as she closed them, curling into her crescent-moon-shaped bed and exhaling gently.
Within a moment, she found herself surrounded by the ocean. Vast ocean, though
sprinkled with stars. It was buoyant here...and she soon found herself afloat.
Was it the ocean or the sky? It felt like a strange mingle of both at once.
Nemui lifted her head as she spied a bright, azure light, similar to the
sapphire encrusted within her crown. She watched as it swam closer
and closer, floating magically as if levitating, aloft; held by invisible
puppet strings. “It’s you again.” Nemui whispered, lifting her hand to
reach out for the elusive, blue-hued Doe. She let out a surprised gasp,
however, as she felt an ice-cold barrier stop her hand’s path. She watched
the Doe become closer, twitching her sensitive ears as she finally met
her eyes. The Doe reached the barrier and placed her palm over Nemui’s,
her lips parting and words leaving them, but Nemui could hear none of them.
The blue moon hung suspended in the background of this oceanic sky,
a silent spectator to the two who tried to speak to one another. Nemui
asked the Doe, “who are you?” and the Doe tried to reply, but was unable
to be heard by Nemui, who shook her head and pointed to her ears.
The Doe sighed, then held up a hand and leaned forward, breathing
warm steam onto the barrier and writing a single phrase: “Sapphire.”
It was backwards, but Nemui could understand, giggling gently at the mistake.
Nemui perked her ears and smiled, then waved and exhaled frost against her
side of the barrier, writing “Nemui” in reply.
“Are we the same?” Sapphire asked.
Nemui blinked, flicking her ears, before shaking her head.
“No, but I think we’re similar...you are moon correlated, I am a star.”
“Then is there a Sun?” Sapphire replied.
Nemui chuckled and shrugged, triggering a little, airy giggle from Sapphire.
“You Dreamspeak too?” Sapphire asked.
“Yes. I Dreamwalk. I am the Dreamwalker of my realm. Perhaps that is why
we can interact.” Nemui scrawled out, but when she looked up, the moonlit
Doe was gone. Nemui frowned, then eased back, flapping her wings to
maneuver her body. She gazed quietly at the barrier and tilted her head in
contemplation.
Was this the edge of the Realm of Dreams of this world?
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✎ ART BY: KARDIE | NEMUI & SAPPHIRE © NEMUI. & KIRAMORI
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. ゜ ✩ ★ ★ ゜ .
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Bear (Other)
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