Lemontwist

Close your eyes. Forget reality...


Feel the sun's golden glow radiantly shining upon your face; its warmth spreading all throughout your body, reaching even the farthest depths of your soul. It's so hot - and the air is entirely still around you. Doesn't it feel a bit like a damp blanket being wrapped around your shoulders? Oh, but the green aroma is kind to your nose. Granted, some scents require more attention than others. It's quite a lot to take in.


Startled by a cacaphony of noise, you open your eyes. What the...!?

You are standing in a lush, green forest. Tall trees with leaves green enough to hurt your eyes reach towards the sky. A thousand colorful birds are nestling in those trees, accompanied as well by so many different animals; the likes of which you have never seen before. Or maybe you have - flipping through a picture book, or visiting the local zoo.But there's no fence to separate you from the wildlife around here.

It seems that some of these funny looking creatures have taken quite an interest in you.

Curiously they are gathering around you; slowly inching closer and closer while they look at you with beady eyes. Until a brave soul dares to ascend onto your shoulders to nestle within your hair. I guess nobody taught them anything about personal space.

Its tiny, clawed appendages are hurting you a bit. You are starting to wonder how to make the little pest leave you alone, without risking either of you any further pain.

Then it happens. Amidst the avian horde inhabitating this paradise, a serpentine dragon appears. It's decorative plumage makes this mystical being blend in almost perfectly with the noble cockatoos and noisy parakeets - yet once you are aware of its presence you notice how its draconic features puts it apart from all the rest of them.


Your eyes meet the dragon's expectant gaze as it motions for you to follow deeper into the jungle. From the glimpse of its eyes you can read quite a lot - intelligence, spirituality, a sense of mischief - but still you can't be entirely sure of its intent.

Is it friendly or malicious, or something else entirely? A trickster, perhaps, ready to play around with little regard for anything but its own amusiment.

Either way, this is your choice. Are you brave enough to follow?


Mate
Aquamist