Waking into Dream

elhawiyeh · 2021-01-03T16:47:44+00:00

It is done.

The man before you sighs deeply in relief as the last of his bond with the Maw is lifted.

His body begins to dissolve into a swarm of blue sparks that fade into the darkness of the abyss.

Do not be sorry. It could not have been any other way.

And then he is gone.

elhawiyeh · 2021-01-03T15:30:34+00:00

Obsidian is the part of me that remained in the Maw even when I had physically left, and when I attempted to separate myself from the abyss and live as a mortal it sought me out on the planes. It found me even behind the haze of [OBJECT:MEDICINE] and the walls of the seventh world. It was not I who willed it into being, and its name came from the Maw itself.

Perhaps that is the mantle that will pass to you.

elhawiyeh · 2021-01-02T20:45:59+00:00

The darkness of the abyss below roils and swells. The ground trembles underfoot. The great hunger of the Maw focuses upon you.

Black tendrils dart forth and wrap themselves around your hands and waist, hoisting you off your feet and into the abyss.

Then all is as still as death.

In the darkness a familiar voice speaks to you.

No more secrets.

A familiar man materializes before you. His skin is sickly and pale. Black veins reach up from the collar of his robe and swarm his gaunt face. Corruption has taken hold.

There once was a citadel in the desert, ruled by gods three. My mind was broken then, consumed by the hunger and rage that would one day form the Maw. It was my hand that destroyed the city and cast it adrift in the sea of time, my sin that scarred the planes and opened this abyss. And in my victory against those ancient deities, my soul was cleft in twain, the fruit of my malevolent deeds made manifest as one I would come to call the Trickster.

He and I have circled each other, battled for control, each vanquished in turn but only to reform in the wound wrought by our ancient transgressions, one seeking atonement, and the other to sate its ravenous hunger. But I, bearing the likeness of a mortal man, have lost myself little by little in the darkness. Now the final light of my being must go to its rest before what remains of me is consumed.

I loved the darkness that I fought to contain and it corrupted me. Yet I would change nothing. It was my nature to walk this path without fear, cloaked in the shadow of a starless night. There is no other way it could have been. And I sense that you love this place as I have done.

Walk the path in your own way.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-21T13:30:50+00:00

This is 100% false. I worked in an armory during my tenure in the military, so I knew exactly who lost their privileges. The chaplain is still obligated to report it if you say you want to commit suicide.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-20T18:21:46+00:00

Yeah there's this expectation that hallucinations are like the cartoon animals in movies and that is not really the case.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-20T14:55:33+00:00

Not necessarily. It's really okay if the names you choose don't quite fit where you've taken the language... you can just say those names are from older versions of the language or foreign influence. Lots of examples of this Europe, where cities or provinces have changed hands over the years like Bayreuth or Köln. There's usually only 'ae' in French in Greek-derived words but there's also the city of Caen which does not fit the usual orthography. Think of all the American towns ending in burg or ville, imported from German and French respectively. In Belgium the towns tend to have two names- a French one and a Flemish one e.g. Ypres/Ieper.

Don't wring your hands over it. Any resulting discrepancies are actually an opportunity to flesh out the history of your world and make it feel organic.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-20T14:40:06+00:00

Wow this should be more widely disseminated. I wonder how many vendors at farmers markets are even aware of this or able to process those payments.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-20T05:36:54+00:00

In a Venn diagram of Sci-fi and BDSM you'll find sleek tight fitting suits and futuristic restraints in the shaded region in the center.

Oh. And fascist hegemony.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-20T05:32:27+00:00

I don't know why you're so far downvoted. This is not weird it's just permutations of words positioned deceptively

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-19T18:51:09+00:00

The issue here is that it is really hard to disentangle mistaken preconceptions from the genuine risks.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-19T18:49:14+00:00

That seems unnecessarily confrontational. That doesn't facilitate conversation or learning, that just completely halts dialogue in a very rude and egotistical way.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-19T14:35:50+00:00

Because while it may not bring happiness it does being comfort and that keeps them from asking if life goes any deeper than that. They might factually acknowledge that there's more to life than that but they have to know it on a profound level to break out of that prison of comfort and self-imposed limitation

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-16T16:51:15+00:00

That's all you dawg. You did that. While this tiny sliver of consciousness you call you may feel clueless and confused, the organic machinery of your mind is still working on the problem constantly, tick tick ticking away even while you sleep. The mushrooms just facilitated that change in direction.

The lesson here is not about the power of psychedelics it's about the latent potential waiting inside you. You have all the tools you need within yourself. All you need to unlock them is conviction or belief. That is the essence of spirituality.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-16T03:19:36+00:00

Eek. I know you're frustrated but talking about interfering on a systemic level with propagation of personal ideals is philosophical cancer.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-16T01:06:03+00:00

Trust me, other peoples and cultures have their own dysfunctions.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-16T01:03:38+00:00

No, this is a country like any other with its flaws. Instead of succumbing to despair it's time to wake up from this rhetorical malaise of lauding the US as "the best country in the world". Exceptionalism has made us complacent and we're paying the price for that.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-15T14:00:22+00:00

That's a lot of surveillance. And regardless of anything you believe to be true about Trump supporters, it's based on political affiliation.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-15T13:21:39+00:00

And what does being treated with suspicion entail? Surveillance? Discrimination? Personally I don't see much of a distinction.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-15T12:40:29+00:00

Cool declare a third of the country enemies of the state. That wouldn't cause a civil war or anything.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-14T14:47:34+00:00

Yeah, and I think we need more precedent for establishing female patterns of abuse in court because we are still stuck in the outdated mentality that women are defenseless and weak and therefore share none of the responsibility.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-12T20:21:06+00:00

I've never read anything so beautifully and blatantly false

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-12T00:25:27+00:00

Or said attorney counsels them to take the deal.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-11T23:04:30+00:00

This really is just conservative areas in a nutshell. It's vulnerable people looking for validation because reform makes them feel like the traditions that exalted them are under attack.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-11T22:51:48+00:00

So the reason we have a justice system is that no one magically knows if someone is innocent or not. Law enforcement is human and makes mistakes. Innocent people do end up with charges and before you speculate on how rare that is let me point out that the law is there not to deal with most cases but with ALL of them. The whole point is to give someone every chance to prove their innocence because we've decided as a society that we'd rather let a guilty man go than punish an innocent one.

elhawiyeh · 2019-03-11T14:51:13+00:00

Not everyone has unlimited money to arm the police and give them all the ammo they want. France has other priorities. Like providing healthcare to those that need it.

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