[General]
Start=Undying (Starting)
Exit=Undying (Exiting)
Run=Undying (Running)
Product=Undying

[aoneiros01]
Title=Oneiros Again
Lines[0]=Once again I am in the realm of Oneiros.  As ever, although it seems desolate and empty,  a great boiling void of hot cloud filled with swirling chunks of earth and buildings, I sense the watchful, sullen presences who make this realm their home.  I might feel alone, but I am not.  I wonder, though, whether the strange creatures, the Sil Lith Inhabitants, who aided me after I deafeated Keisinger will still remember me and leave me alone? I fear I will soon find out.
Lines[1]=&n  &n Now, though, I must venture forth and seek the Library Jeremiah mentioned, and Otto's old stronghold as well.  I do not recognise my surroundings, although the surrounding debris is familiar.  I am not too far from the scattered clumps of land and buildings I visited during my previous time here, I feel.  I will explore and see what clues I can find to aid me. &n  &n Patrick

[aoneiros02]
Title=Blocked Lift
Lines[0]=This lift obviously used to provide access to the lower levels of this building.  I shall have to keep an eye open for some other way down.  I must search everywhere I have access to until I find a way to continue my quest for Keisinger. &n  &n Patrick

[aoneiros03]
Title=Lower Levels
Lines[0]=I can dimly see a passage below this grate.  The lower levels obviously extend out beyond the building.  Perhaps this entire floating rock is riddled with passages and chambers.  There must be another way in. &n  &n Patrick

[aoneiros04]
Title=The Nexus
Lines[0]=Judging by the number of portals this was a nexus point.  No wonder Keisinger was here so often.  One set of portals is sealed, however.  I wonder how they might be opened?  The other two are accessible, although I don't know where they will take me.  No matter: I will see what other sights of Oneiros await me.  Perhaps one of these portals leads to the Great Library, or to Keisinger's old stronghold?  I will trust to luck and see.  &n &n Patrick

[aoneiros05]
Title=A View of Keisinger's Stronghold
Lines[0]=So, there it is in the distance.  Keisinger's Stronghold.  I can see no way to gain access from here, but just seeing it gives me confidence I will find a portal that will take me to it.  For now I will search the surrounding buildings to see what I can find.  Then I will return to the Nexus. &n  &n Patrick

[aoneiros06]
Title=A Brief Sighting
Lines[0]=Keisinger obviously wandered this realm extensively.  Previously he must have visited here a great deal to have left such a strong trace of his presence.  I wonder what is on top of that floating spire of rock?  Whatever it is it was obviously of great interest to Otto.  I must try and find a way up there.  &n  &n Patrick

[aoneiros07]
Title=Bad Luck
Lines[0]=What foul luck.  There appears to be no return portal that would take me back to the Nexus.  I am stranded here unless I can find another portal, but the only way forward is through this great maw of rock which I do not like the look of.  For all the world these two great masses of stone look ready to chew any soul that enters between them.  But I have no choice.  I must dare this passage, and quickly too, before my resolve fails. Hopefully the portal I seek is somewhere to be found on the other side. &n  &n Patrick

[aoneiros08]
Title=These Scattered Fragments
Lines[0]=These scattered fragments appear almost impossible to traverse.  Flight, I believe, is the only option viable. Yet that power I lost after my final battle with the Guardian of the Stones.  Perhaps I will discover once again how to harness the power of flight in these magical realms.  I must be alert, for I would not have been able to find nor defeat Keisinger previously in Oneiros without this ability.  &n &n Patrick

[aoneiros09]
Title=Flight Is Only Way
Lines[0]=It is lucky that I once again possess the ability to fly; now these floating fragments can be traveresed.  Yet I must be careful. Some of these spinning rocks look very far apart, and I must not misjudge how far I can safely fly without resting; for as before my ability to take to the air is short lived. &n &n Patrick

[aoneiros10]
Title=Tibetan War Cannon
Lines[0]=Once more the Tibetan War Cannon is mine to wield.  As before I feel a companionship with the weapon.  Now slowing these 'Scarrow' will be an easier task.  I must return now to the nexus.  I feel charged with a cleansing force - for the legends state that only a pure warrior, fighting for justice can hope to use the cannon - and I wish to check whether my way forward is still barred or whether the sealed portals will now open before me. &n  &n Patrick

[aoneiros11]
Title=Flight
Lines[0]=Again the power of flight is mine.  When in mystical realms, this spell will once more give me the grace of flight for short periods of time.  I must be careful, though; like Icarus, I fear if I travel too high for too long I may dash into the ground and injure myself... or worse. &n  &n Patrick &n &i journalart.flight &i 

[aoneiros12]
Title=Oneiros History
Lines[0]="...the many cities, plazas and buildings were traversed at ease using portals which took one in the blink of an eye across countless leagues.  Here and there were nexus, where multiple portals afforded travellers the ability to flit back and forth from major city to another at ease.  Great works were undertaken, and deep research into the many realms that were now known to exist.  The Great Library of Oneiros became legendary for the knowledge it contained. &n &n 
Lines[1]=But then came the great fall.  The Dark Realms were unwittingly uncovered, and the Long War had found another battleground.  Oneiros fell in the end, and was torn assunder in the process.  Great chunks of land, festoned with buildings like barnacles, were cast adrift in a great boiling void, amid smaller fragments and morsels of what had once been Oneiros.  In the final cataclysm the links to the Dark Realms were severed.  Or so it was assumed, though some doubt remains.
Lines[2]=&n &n Afterwards, Oneiros was shunned, and became a lost realm of wandering, forgotten souls, inhabited by strange creatures and perilous to traverse.  Yet some of what was great in Oneiros remains, centres of power and knowledge buried in the floating ruins like hidden pearls.  Oracles, spells and lost weapons of great ages all remain, somewhere in the debris, waiting to be found.  It is rumoured even the Great Library is still mostly intact, cast adrift in red clouds. &n &n 
Lines[3]=Some day, perhaps, they will be found.  For now, like Oneiros, they are shrouded in the gloom of the past, lost in the hellish red glow of Oneiros' vast belts of boiling clouds and echoing thunderstorms... " &n &n Interesting.  Some of Oneiros' past comes clear.  I know such things remain for I encountered an Oracle during my last visit.  A pitiful creature it was, trapped and seeking final release.  The Great Library also remains, it would seem.  I wonder about the links to the Dark Realms
Lines[4]= mentioned in the book, though.  Keisinger engineered his compact with a High Guardian, and I believe such a creature must have come from the Dark Realms.  Looking around at Oneiros I see the results of dealing with such creatures.  Now I know why Jeremiah, Bethany and the others were so convinced that the very Earth would be swept aside to make way for some new, evil realm.  They sensed the power these creatures have, even though they did not understand that before such might
Lines[5]= they were but pawns to be discarded when the time was ripe.  Of what hell is Otto emeshed in?  How close does his stupid vanity bring all that is beautiful on Earth to ruin?  Titanic forces war around us, unseen and in far realms.  But the warfront brushes ever closer to our frail world.  I am more afraid, truly afraid, than ever before. &n &n It is not just my soul that is at peril, but potentially the entire Earth.  Otto must be stopped once and for all. &n &n Patrick

[aoneiros13]
Title=A Brief Melee
Lines[0]=So he shows his face in an attempt to scare me.  The attack was severe, but once again I have proved myself the equal of his malice.  Now the portal that was denied me is available, and I can continue my search of Oneiros.  Soon, I'm sure, I will find the Great Library.  Fate draws me on.  Fate and a power I hesitate to name, but which I believe is the opposite of Keisinger's petty evil and the great, dark designs of those who occupy the Dark Realms. &n &n Patrick

[aoneiros14]
Title=Trasanti Corpse
Lines[0]=A dead Trasanti Gypsy!  How can he have got here?  I know the Trasanti are steeped in the occult; witness the shaman I slew during the war, and their witches are typically able to deploy powerful magic.  But still, I did not expect to encounter them in a realm such as Oneiros.  Was this some lone trasanti who somehow stumbled into Oneiros, or could there be more, perhaps seeking something in this realm themselves? &n &n Patrick
