Invidia
Visions continue to bombard your senses as you listen to the voice of this dream."I awoke to find you unconscious in the snow before me. Get up friend, the aura summons us, so peaceful and wise, is his visage. The doors have already opened, awaiting us to enter! The blue flames passed us by as they always did, illuminating the inner sanctum that sat just beyond the tall stone doors that stood wide open for us. The past seems so distant, so faint. We wanted more, I wanted even more than you did. As we and five others entered the sanctum the doors we entered thru closed, leaving us in a dreadful darkness. The blue flames mover forward reflecting their blue flames in the shallow waters that wet our feet as we walked through this strange structure. A crackling sound is heard, like crumbling glass flowing in the breeze of a windy day. The strange sound grows louder as mirrors rise up out of the stagnant water beneath our feet. One by one mirrors of all shapes and kinds surrounded us from all sides, illuminated by the blue flames that guided us here. As we stand in both awe and confusion a faint reflection appears before me. So distant and black, an unknown being takes shape in the mirror before me. I can't look away, no I must look into it. I want it, yes I want it with all my heart! Soon the room darkens all around me, leaving only my mirror illuminated, and yes it is still mine! The black figure in my mirror transforms into a figure of unparalleled beauty and power, master of all and controlled by none. I see its face, an eight-pointed star sits upon his flesh, promising me everything I could ever want and more. My reflection is beautiful, for I am him, and he is me. Our desires are one and the same, full of purpose and fulfillment alike! I never even thought to look at you or your mirror, nor did I care to. I had what I wanted and in the end, that's all that mattered. Time is so broken here if time was ever here in the first place. The past and future collide with the present as I speak to you from all three realities and more. As I gaze into my perfect face something strange started to happen. My face, my beautiful face! It's melting, so black and wretched is its appearance! My dream, where is my dream? I don't want this reflection! Who is this wretch that stares back at me? Away with you foul creature, I don't want you. My mirror cracks and splinters, and to my horror the foul creature reveals itself to me. As I raised my hands it too raised his hands. So burnt and shattered were they, just like mine. As my mirror turns to sand the twin blue flames float above a stone tablet containing a single phrase. " Contentment and peace ruled the hearts of many until desire itself created a void within the king who once had plenty" INVIDIA. To my horror, I slowly look around to see our fellow explorers weeping in complete and utter misery. In their desperation the remaining five that survived with us this far buried their heads in the muddy sand where their mirrors once stood. I never even knew their names, for our purpose here, has long since left me. Only we remain dear readers of words that remain so curious and lost. A Faint light emerges just ahead of us. The twin flames fly forward, illuminating the stone doors that slowly open before us. Threw the mud we walked and threw the mud we tread. What could possibly await us in this kingdom of the dead? A deep voice of a previously unheard resonance penetrates our hearts as we walk towards the doors." " Come closer, you who walk the path I run. Step into the dark, for your journey to my kingdom is almost done." said the dark, mysterious voice.
Architecture
"Sheets of glass rise and shatter into the sands of untimely death. Reflections of false glory and endless shame behold all that gaze into the warped visages that reflect back to the viewer's hearts. Want can take many forms, yet in every form want is always the same. Do you see your reflection in the mirror?"
Geography
"Shallow waters cover the feet of those that walk through this district of untamed desire. No matter how far you walk, your path remains soaked in the shallowness of the paths that sit beneath your heart. Though the waters lack depth, many travelers still drown in them daily."
Alternative Name(s)
Speculums Bile
Type
District
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