Private find a friend on the other side

It only took a moment for Marian to know that it worked and Naisiskhrea had fallen into her trap. Perhaps to Naisiskhrea she was moving about, but to Marian she was standing on the same spot, eyes looking into empty space, and mumbling words some of which Marian couldn't hear For onlookers, it probably just seemed as if they were speaking to one another. Marian just walked around like she did earlier, watching the slight movements of the other's body, cueing in that whatever she was dreaming of, it was pretty exciting. From the way her body seemed to twitch every so often, the way her face contorted -- Naisiskhrea wasn't crying in fear, and Marian could tell. Marian heard Naisiskhrea mutter, almost breathlessly: Freeze! and not a few minutes after that command left the other Nightmare's lips, the backdrop seemed to darken. The Shade's eyebrow cocked with curiosity. 'Well, that's new,' she thought with a smile. Then again, this was a fellow Nightmare creature. Naisiskhrea's presence of mind seemed to return to reality, and Marian greeted her with the same shit-eating grin. "A sample of my work," she said rather proudly, skipping to the side to steal a glance to whatever Naisiskhrea was avoiding. She couldn't quite tell what it was other than odd-colored clouds looming from above. She didn't look scared, if anything she looked like she would marvel at the sight. "Giving me a front row seat to my work, are you? Careful not to damage anything; my brother would hear of this!" she said with a giggle not quite fitting the situation.

If Naisiskhrea had taken the time to ask Marian if she knew what was going on, Marian would have told her point blank that she didn't have the slightest clue. Simply by the fact that Naisiskhrea was avoiding the colored smoke, Marian followed suit. Within a few seconds she gathered there was something going on with the smoke with a light whiff and for one moment, Marian thanked the immunity she built up during her stay in the facility. Naisiskhrea seemed to confirm her suspicious on the clouds and from there Marian could guess this was, indeed, something from Naisiskhrea's nightmares. "Not buying it? I'm living for it!" Marian said with the same gusto she had, "I've never met anyone who could pull this off. It's great!" It was obvious that Marian kept a certain distance with the smoke, making sure she was in the opposite direction of the wind. She wouldn't say it, but Marian was very much sure she couldn't create shields. Her only protection would have been retreating back to the dark. There was no way Marian could fight nor defend herself -- but that didn't scare her one bit. "Honestly, I had no idea what you were seeing," she confessed, rather casual as if she had just done a laughable prank. "Who's Mr. Mysterious here? Your old abusive ex or something?"

Marian, oh dear Marian, really did not look like she was going to be scared any time soon. She did occassionally glance towards Naisiskhrea, but her business was with everything happening. Whatever this fear of Naisiskhrea was, it was big and she was so damn excited how much of it was going to get projected in real time. Naisiskhrea would probably have been more livid than she would have been, all considering that huge grin Marian was making, marvelling the image of a dragon forming in the clouds before them. She doesn't know who this Mystery Man was, but this was absolutely magnificent. "Why, it's a wonderful day to meet you, Nightmare Azure!" she said with glee. Earlier she had worried that whatever was happening was could alert officials but she'd be damned if she said she was not amazed at the idea that this literally started from her Nightmare spell. She can worry about her brother chewing her out later. And yet the one thing that could ruin her mood happened to be Azure basically telling her that she wasn't of interest. "Well now, excuuuse me!" she yelled back indignantly, "You wouldn't even be here without me! Have some gratitude!"

Marian was probably too caught up with Azure that she barely cared about Naisiskhrea receiving a hard whack from a neaby dumpster. She'll probably be fine, Marian thought to herself. What was the worst that could happen with a dream being anyway? As far as she knew, beings like them were especially sturdy. Well. Not quite her though. She saw something aimed at her and in a quick movement, her body melted into the ground, finding shelter towards the shadow surrounding them. She would have gone towards Naisiskhrea, but he'd probably gladly shoot her down just the same. Though by doing so, Naisiskhrea had missed her physical form when she had tried to push her aside -- instead meeting with thin air. Marian threw her a glance from within the darkness, checking for a moment that her little company could still stand, before turning her attention to Azure. "You inspired it? Don't make me laugh. You wouldn't be standing there if I hadn't forced her to dig through her nightmares. Did you think she can just pull you out of nowhere in peak form? You're likely at the point she fears you most because of me." Marian's voice echoed around the area, only audible to her two audience. For the meantime, the shadows concealed her, unfortunately for Naisiskhrea's plans, but with that form she was mostly immune if the clouds really were toxic. "Still think you should be talking me down, mystery man?"

This guy was sure full of himself -- if this was part of Naisiskhreas' nightmare than Marian could possibly understand why. To not even realize the sure genius of a Shade's abilities was downright insulting: sure she didn't paint this whole nightmare down to the last detail, but to be able to spark a nightmare of this degree was a feat in itself -- and Marian deserved that recognition. Marian sneered inwardly. She would have loved to shut this guy up but that was admitting defeat to what she was sure was simply a figment of imagination. Even if her new little friend could "bring dreams to life", in the end, this guy was nothing but a dream. Her gaze fluttered towards Naisiskhrea to see what she was planning but just as she did, Marian's head spun -- a familiar sensation she felt years ago. The memory of the exact event was faint by now but she remember what she felt back then when she'd overused her abilities years ago. 'But that can't be', she thought to herself. 'I only cast the minor spell. This should just be a cake walk...' Concerned, Marian tried to lift the spell herself but the only response she had was another wave of dizziness that had her vision black out for a few seconds. 'No fucking way--' Marian's eyes led her back to Naisiskhrea who she'd caught turning to an alley. Now fully suspicious, Marian followed her, right on time when the other addressed her. Right on cue, the image of Marian's mask appeared in the shadows behind the Nightmare. "What. Did you. Do?"