<em>As Jacob dreamed of his capture, so too did his twin Kirith dream of hers....</em><br/><br/>In this day neither is remembered, except in rhymes and stories that mothers tell their children to keep them in their beds...<br/><br/><em>In the shadows of the night, should you see a lantern bright<br/>Follow not that pale blue light, if you wish to return tonight</em><br/><br/>She dreamed of her favorite trick, her favorite game. She would wait within a cave, a ways away from the village, and sing her song, the sirens melody, a will o' wisp wavering by the entrance. As guards patrolled the village, looking to find whoever was causing the murders, they heard her song and were drawn to her, following the will o' wisp, thinking it was a lantern. Once they reached her cave, the entrance sealed behind them, and the shadows bound them. Men, women, children, she took them all, after they were trapped within her cave, forming the shadows into tentacled horrors, releasing them from the mesmirizing song only to drop them into a realm of twisting, turning nightmare. With them trapped in her playroom, she would break their minds eventually, once broken biting them, taking control, and telling them to<em>forget</em>. Commanding them to return, to go on as they were, waiting for her commands. But eventually, one was not broken. Close, ever so close, but yet still sane. He managed to make it to the priest, and to the mage. He told them of her tricks, the song, the light. Knowing what would happen already, the mage came to her cave with his ears stuffed with wax, pretending to be controlled. Once she sealed the door, he attacked, throwing an enormous blast of fire at her. She tried to fight back, throwing spears of shadows, blasts of sound, but having not expected the attack, she had been prepared to fuck, not fight. Walls of earth and bolts of lightning countered everything she threw at him, throwing more at her. In a final, desperate move she melted into the shadows, trying to escape, but to no avail. He created a miniature sun, banishing all shadows from the cave, and blinding her. When the light cleared, and the spots began to fade, she could see what he was doing, entrapping her within a crystal. Unable to escape, she started shrieking, at least trying to disrupt the spell, or bring the cave down on him. But there wasnt time. Still shrieking, the crystal closed upon her, trapping her even as she tried to break free...