A fitful slumber... (Malefestra)

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Date: 4/11/1998 9:55 PM Central Standard Time
From: Malefestra

Tossing... He hadn't been able to sleep well all night. The same images floated through his mind, day in, day out. What did they mean? Sometimes, he would wake from a deep sleep, sweating and gasping for air. The black stone...it seemed to almost control every portion of his essence.Turning... It had been in existence since the beginning of Time, a solitary constant in an inconstant world. It had no birth, it is just there. All these things were evident to Male, even with the small amount of time this...thing, for lack of a better word...had been appearing to him through visions and dreams. It got so it consumed every moment of his time...this essence that he did not know the meaning of.Tossing... Why him? Why not one of the others...? Seemingly, this curse that had been laid upon him didn't effect *them*...it was his to bear, and his alone. It kept him up at night...it kept him from thinking straight...yet, when it was at it's strong points, the only thing he could feel was a sort of dark peace, and a solitude, as if a thin shadow had been placed over him, exculding him from the rest of the world...Turning... The dreams had plagued him for weeks now...and he was still in the dark about its meaning. It was as if it had weaved the darkness into every fiber of his essence...he still didn't know what it meant. However, the day would come when he would know what it meant...it had been revealed to him in bits and pieces through these visions...he knew it would have to be a battle, and he would have to fight for what he would have to obtain. Victory was not certain...he could win or lose. Tossing.... Suddenly, as quick as they came, the visions departed. He knew what they meant. And, without saying a word, he sent a missive to Rask, Goon, and...Kel Killer. He challenged for the thing that had been plaguing him for all this time... ShadowWeaver...will be mine!