[Does Ithaqua realize that the Forest of Dreams has something else in store for him this time around? No. Perhaps he's let his guard down, having been here before and only put up the requisite protections over himself-- and Mikaela, should he have needed it himself-- and the forest's toxins... well. They do their thing.
Ithaqua shakes his head and blinks a number of times, before realizing that their surroundings have become warmer, harder, that they're no longer walking through a forest full of snow but a long stone hallway lit by torches, and massive windows of stained glass. And he recognizes those windows-- the exact same windows that the town church has. That church full of those so full of people who were scared of demons but ironically held the worst demons inside of them. He takes a deep breath, and exhales noisily.
Mikaela may notice that a room is much brighter than the rest, multiple braziers and torches burning to light the room up completely as if to leave no shadows... Thus illuminating what else is in the room. Two people, a red-headed woman whose age couldn't couldn't be determined past "maybe twenty? maybe thirty?" just by looking at her, in heavy chains and in a wholly uncomfortable position on the stone floor, and a young man who.
Is that Ithaqua?
No, Ithaqua is near the vampire-- and is also right next to the open door of the chamber, maskless and hoodless, and more importantly, quite human-looking, his eyes white, not black. There are other differences between Ithaqua and the one who is clearly his twin, such as the twin having just a little more colour in the skin and hair than the abominable snowman-to-be.
Then the twin takes one of the tools in the brazier, and Ithaqua, the real one all wrapped up, has to look away from the scene as his mother screams and his twin laughs.]
memshare (mika) cw: torture
Ithaqua shakes his head and blinks a number of times, before realizing that their surroundings have become warmer, harder, that they're no longer walking through a forest full of snow but a long stone hallway lit by torches, and massive windows of stained glass. And he recognizes those windows-- the exact same windows that the town church has. That church full of those so full of people who were scared of demons but ironically held the worst demons inside of them. He takes a deep breath, and exhales noisily.
Mikaela may notice that a room is much brighter than the rest, multiple braziers and torches burning to light the room up completely as if to leave no shadows... Thus illuminating what else is in the room. Two people, a red-headed woman whose age couldn't couldn't be determined past "maybe twenty? maybe thirty?" just by looking at her, in heavy chains and in a wholly uncomfortable position on the stone floor, and a young man who.
Is that Ithaqua?
No, Ithaqua is near the vampire-- and is also right next to the open door of the chamber, maskless and hoodless, and more importantly, quite human-looking, his eyes white, not black. There are other differences between Ithaqua and the one who is clearly his twin, such as the twin having just a little more colour in the skin and hair than the abominable snowman-to-be.
Then the twin takes one of the tools in the brazier, and Ithaqua, the real one all wrapped up, has to look away from the scene as his mother screams and his twin laughs.]