Painting Corruption

Usually, Revel would not be wandering around the park, at least not in the quieter parts. The discorn definitely preferred the city, the crowds and people and chaos. But he was new to this island and was mapping it out, trying to get a sense of where the dreamers would be in the dreamworld, or find safe places for passing out if he had to leave it suddenly. And the evening was pleasant for walking, the cold felt nice on his skin.

He felt the presence of a virgin before he saw them, and allowed himself to be drawn closer, curious about who would be out alone in the park this late. Because he wished to cover more ground during his exploration, he was in unicorn form, but he shifted to human form upon seeing the woman. He knew he could be in either form here and no one would mind, but switching to human form in conversation was a force of habit from his time among humans.

As Revel got closer, he felt content, smiling dreamingly at the presence of purity and admiring the woman's chaotic hair-colour. Then he noticed her painting and knew he had to talk to her. But she spoke first.

"I'm sorry, miss. If I wished to ambush you, I would indeed have been more quiet. But I am no predator. And I do not believe you are prey. I only wanted to see what you were painting. And to talk if you'd allow it."

Revel laughed with pure delight at the woman's response. He may have been a corrupted unicorn, but he was entirely a creature of dreams, both nightmare and innocence. He had absolutely no doubt she was speaking the truth or believed she was, and the idea struck him as wonderful. He looked at the half-finished painting, its colours slightly twisting together with his own distorted vision, looked at her hair and the images that flickered around her head, looked at the sky imagining creation.

The discorn's eyes were shining silver when he looked back to the vampire. "Beautiful, miss. I see things differently and I can't see creation, but beautiful." He returned to watching for a moment, his gaze in turn caught by the painting, the painter, and the brief flashes brought by his dream vision. Relaxed by her purity and her imagination, he shifted back to his unicorn form and knelt in the grass beside her.

"I do not know if I need any advice, but it wouldn't hurt. And, miss, I do wish to listen to whatever you would say to me."

Truthfully, the discorn had been complimenting the idea of seeing creation or what he could almost see in her art more than the vampire herself. But he was absolutely fascinated by her. Her strange manner of speaking, the chaos amidst the purity - it reminded him of home. The contentment he gained from her being a virgin was almost a secondary consideration. He would've stayed anyway, drawn in by curiosity.

Revel looked up at her in surprise at the name she gave him, and he wondered how much her sight let her see of him. A false creation - interesting choice, although he wasn't sure how it fit. Perhaps because of the mixing of his natures or the fact that he didn't quite belong in this world. He was an illusionist and as attracted to fear as innocence, and attractive to both corruption and purity. But the discorn was only pretending to be a full unicorn out of convenience and to keep people from being suspicious about strange activities in their dreams. Though he did prefer his full heritage not become common knowledge, he wasn't ashamed of it.

"Your eye is good, miss. I am half unicorn, but I'm a nightmare as well. And I was raised in a different world. Perhaps you would understand - I've spent more than half my life in dreams. I'm still not fully here."

Revel tossed his head at her gaze, laughing softly. It was easy to be unafraid when he could just slip into dreamworld if he was threatened. "I see things differently, and you do not frighten me. Blood-drinker or not, whatever your species, unicorn instincts are very specific and a virgin is a virgin still. As for purity - I may be a corrupted half-breed, but I believe a full unicorn would still find me pure... I have never met another of my kind, have you?"