Tale as Old As Time [Finished]

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried nods, gathering what determination he can. He focuses again on Echo's face, and by instinct his psychic scent, trying to reveal it to Sidhe.

[accalia]

As Siegfried concentrated the astral plane once again "shattered" coming apart and falling away leaving Siegfreid alone with Echo in a little island of otherworldly existence. floating in a sea of nothingness. The effect is rather more marked than last time as previously Siegfried had retained a vague sense of the rest of the Astral this time he had lost the Astral entirely behind the walls of black obsidian.

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried  manages to hold himself together, instead probing outward. ~Hello? Is anyone there?~

[accalia]

There is no response.

[yamikuronue]

He slowly lets slip more and more of his control, casting the net out wider and wider, probing for signs of life. As he does so, he starts to recognize the feeling of disassociating from his body -- the bits of mind he left behind to link to his body he tends to reel in to make up for the extra bit he's let off the top. Oh. He shouldn't do that. He pauses, unsure how to proceed without losing his grip on himself.

[accalia]

Siegfried cannot extend beyond the obsidian walls, he bounces off them every time he tries. Other than Echo's mind there is nothing else alive within the walls.

[yamikuronue]

Carefully, so as not to upset the balancing act he's pulling off, Siegfried extends a tendril to Echo.

~Hello?~

[accalia]

For a very long time there is no response. then.

##you should not be here. it is dangerous. you should not be here.

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried shrinks back from the overpowering voice. ~Please... where am I?~

[accalia]

##it is dangerous. you should not be here. it is dangerous.

There is no sense of intelligence behind the warning, it feels like an old, much work tape loop would sound. worn out, mechanical.

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried begins to relax a hair, questing out again. ~Echo?~

[accalia]

###you should not be here. it is dangerous.

The warning repeats, fading slowly with each repetition. each time feeling more tired, stretched, and also a little more deperate.

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried grows concerned. Why is this all he can find in Echo's mind? ~Echo!~

[accalia]

####it is dangerous. dangerous...... it... it.. it is dangerous.. you should... should not... dangerous.... not be here...

the warning begins to become garbled, broken up, like a skipping record.

[yamikuronue]

Siegfried begins to panic again. Had he caused irreversible damage to Echo's mind just by being here?! Frantic, he gropes for his body again, fleeing the area.