The Black Sands

[Ultrawolf]

Damion jerks suddenly into a sitting position, head whipping back and forth, frantically scanning the room for-...it wasn't a room. He wasn't in the P-Okie shop. Then...where was he? He looked around, but there was only sand and blinding sun to see.

"I can see by the dazed look in your eyes you don't remember much."

The voice...where.....the top of that black sand dune.....black...?
Wait....that voice.....that figure seemed familiar....
"Ultrawolf?"

The man behind the voice moved next to Damion where he could get a better look at him.
"No, I know not of this Ultrawolf. My name is Dusk and this...."
Dusk spreads his arms to epress the vastness of the area which they had found themselves.
"Is The Black Sands."

[Therin]

Damion looks around again, but there is still nothing to see. Woozily, he tries to pull himself to his feet, but the relentless heat sends him crashing down again. He chooses to speak from this new prone position, rather than expend further effort. "Not Ultrawolf. Then where, precisely, is this place, if you don't mind my asking?"

[Ultrawolf]

"That's a good question and If i knew the whole truth I'd let you know but as it is there's very little i know about it myself. In a way it's that place you go to when you close your eyes. That little dream world where anything can happen. Only the dream is a nightmare. This is The Black Sands. It's a place of dual realities. Your friends can track us all they want but they will find it very difficult to get 'Here'. This is a sort of 'Ghost' Realm. Keep your wits about you. As if you did not notice, this is a strange world. Danger lurks everywhere. In places where you might not have expected danger in your world you can expect it here. Nowhere is safe....not for long."

[Therin]

"And you care if I'm safe...why, precisely? If I recall correctly, it was you yourself who knocked me out and brought me here for Mod knows what reason. So why bother warning me?" Damion asks, rolling over onto his back and lifting a hand to shade his eyes from the blazing sun.

[Reverend]

Cutting away from Damion and Dusk, we find Airius standing outside Sakura's P-Okie shop with Lews Therin, Tobias, Azurel, and Demonic.

"First things first, we need to determine some way with which to track down Damions' location. A locator spell, eye witness accounts, something that can say we know where to head off to. I suggest that Therin concentrate on a locator spell while Azurel flies lookout, and Tobias, Demonic, and myself begin to question anyone for what they saw."

[Ultrawolf]

*Dusk shrugs*
"This is the way I see it. You are my ticket to freedom. I've underestimated your 'friends'. They will no doubt be pursuing me. If you are dead by the time they catch up to me they won't think twice about trying to kill me. In the process of defending myself I might kill one of them too. An I'm not a fan of killing the innocent. If you are alive I have a better chance at escaping. What do you think, Partner?"

[Minosheep]

Demonic nods. "Question people. Right. Does that mean I have to do it by your stupid priestly methods? 'Cause there are some priests who torture information out of people..."

[Therin]

[Ultrawolf]

Dusk has a distant look in his eyes. Eyes that seem to have seen much sadness.
"Freedom from a past I want nothing to do with. You are my bargaining chip now."

Dusk removes his hat and hands it to Damion.
"Here, You can wear this for a while. It should keep the sun out of your eyes."

[Therin]

"Thank you," Damion said gratefully, rising to a sitting position again and staring across the sands. "Since it seems we've nothing better to do, might I ask for the whole story? What do you remember that pains you so much?"