Dreameater: Hello Litvir.
Souldrainer is now online.
Souldrainer: Oh, hello! Good to hear from you! How is your adventure through the space been universes?
Dreameater: It has been… odd.
Dreameater: I do apologise, I said I would visit at some point, and I have not gotten around to it.
Souldrainer: That is perfectly fine! The space between universes is weird and confusing and very, very big.
Souldrainer: Are you having fun?
Dreameater: Yes.
Souldrainer: Care to tell me about your adventures?
Dreameater: That is the problem. I have not really had an adventure. I saw some pretty nebulae and things like that, and I did run into a trio of Time Drakes that gave me some better directions, but it has all been very quiet.
Souldrainer: Nothing wrong with that.
Souldrainer: Are you happy, at least?
Dreameater: Oh, I am amazingly happy!
Souldrainer: That is wonderful to hear!
Souldrainer: Forgive my curiosity, but I would like to know what has made you so much happier.
Souldrainer: Do you mind telling me?
Dreameater: I am not sure.
Dreameater: I admittedly have not told anyone.
Dreameater: It just seems so… basic. A small nothing that other folks care little about.
Souldrainer: Well, I cannot say that it is something I care little about if I do not know what it is.
Souldrainer: Hmph.
Souldrainer: Admittedly, both Arkay and a few of our younger Decay Lords did tell me a bunch of strange stuff about video games which I care little about.
Souldrainer: I was only playing that damn game to speak to Arkay.
Dreameater: How is Arkay doing these days?
Souldrainer: Quite a few mood swings, sadly. Arkay has many, many years of pain behind him, and it will take many more years to recover from that pain. But he is doing better now.
Dreameater: Good to hear. Kalis was very glad to see a message from Arkay, telling him he was alive. Kalis has also thankfully managed to escape his horrors and is settled down and living a normal life.
Dreameater: As for me, I am admittedly glad that I got out of my previous job. It very much drained me. Sure, I did good work but I did not look after myself. Now, I just exist, and it is freeing.
Souldrainer: I do understand that feeling.
Souldrainer: But you do not have to be secretive with me. Or, well, alternatively, you could tell me and I would sincerely promise to keep things secret. It is all up to you.
Dreameater: I am unsure.
Souldrainer: That is absolutely fine.
Dreameater: Actually, I will tell you. I do not have many friends I consider to be particularly close to me. It is mostly you, Retvik and Kalis. And maybe a couple of my former coworkers.
Dreameater: Most of my journey, I was just bouncing between oases, pubs, bars and malls.
Dreameater: I was planning to do the same in the Ventra Expanse, but the first place was closed. The second place…
Dreameater: Um…
Dreameater: Do you know what it is like to fall in love at first sight?
Souldrainer: I honestly do not, but romance was only ever something I did after I was thrown out of my universe. I assume you took a fancy to someone?
Dreameater: I did, yes. I thought this second pub was closed too, but the sign said they were open so I parked up and went inside.
Dreameater: And inside that pub, I found the perfect short hunk of my dreams.
Dreeameater: I am absolutely smitten with him.
Souldrainer: You went to a pub and fell in love with the owner?
Dreameater: It sounds stupid when you put it like that.
Souldrainer: It is not stupid at all! After all, love comes from strange places.
Souldrainer: Retvik and I were originally enemies.
Dreameater: Really?
Souldrainer: Indeed. It is a long, complicated tale, but things just ended up working out very well.
Souldrainer: I will not pry too much, but what is this person like?
Dreameater: An absolute hunk. Not tall and well-built like Retvik is. Quite short indeed. How most Astravok looked when we were a species.
Souldrainer: How short are we talking?
Dreameater: A good bit shorter than us. You and I are pretty much the same height. I would say they were the same height as your… their species is called Lanex, yes? Your heavily armoured friend who wears a mask all the time.
Souldrainer: Huh, same height as Akah? That is quite short indeed.
Souldrainer: I assume this person is armoured the way we are?
Dreameater: Yes. Grey skin, red and silver plating, casual leather armour on top. He is very nice. I think he actually is an Astravok, but he only has the star plating on his head shield.
Souldrainer: Wait, you found someone who is the same species as you?
Dreameater: Indeed.
Dreameater: Well, I hope so. He does not have a great memory, but the few other Astrans I have met, they had awful memories too.
Souldrainer: There are other Astravok?
Dreameater: Theocydes had a small group of Astravok that he kept as slaves. I was the only one to make it out alive.
Dreameater: Actually, now I am thinking about it, he might be a Skotavok, which were the enemies of the Astravok. But that whole conflict happened only because the deities pitted us against each other.
Dreameater: Either way, I found someone compatible with myself.
Dreameater: I… I also saw Theocydes again. Apparently he is a regular at the pub but he left because I was here.
Souldrainer: Good. While Theocydes may have changed, what he did to you is beyond awful. Normally I am someone who lets go of pain and anger, but some people deserve to be cut off and left unforgiven.
Dreameater: That is very true.
Dreameater: But that is why I have not come over and visited you yet. I have been… distracted.
Souldrainer: That is absolutely fine. We never said a time or date anyway. If you want to come visit, feel free to do so whenever.
Dreameater: I appreciate that.
Dreameater: I do have to go now. We are closing up the pub, then we are going to go and snuggle.
Souldrainer: Ah yes, you go do that! Have a good one, friend.
Dreameater: Thank you, same to you, Litvir.
Dreameater: Good night.
Dreameater is now offline.