Description One
Small pools of
dappled, golden sunlight slowly grow in size as the forest thins, hand-held
innocence slowly flexing and rising to stretch out into a small pond of warm
bliss. Beaten dust from the path rises to gently float in the air above
these pools, stirring and drifting in playful swirls with the passage of
movement. Slowly, these fey-like beings disappear as the sanctuary the
forest offered thins, vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye as the pale
blue of the sky spans out as far as the eye can see. Beneath the open sky,
the path leads to a flat bridge made out of stone, the two blending in together
smoothly enough to prevent the identification of where one ends and where one
begins. Across the bridge, a building blossoms from the ground, each stone
a warm, dusk-rose color. The highest stones on the building have been
bleached into a golden tan as they soak up the sun's rays, lighting the shingles
upon the various towers into a rich copper. The doorway to the castle is
set beneath an arch of tanned, yellow stones complete with a lion's head holding
the knocker loosely within its jaws.
Description Two
Long arms coated with thick, rough skin reach up towards the heavens, hands
grasping wide within leaf-covered gloves as if to tear it down. The torsos
of these silent warriors twist and bend slightly as they strive towards their
enemy, long capes of thick, dark green leaves hiding the ground they stubbornly
try to protect within shadow. Slashes of honeyed rays flit through the
gaping holes within the natural chain-link armor, alighting upon the forest
floor and gathering within pools as if waiting to spring up and return from
whence it came. The path snakes through the forest, smoothly transforming
into a bridge made out of grayed stones. Beyond the bridge lies a castle
made out of light, crimson stones with the highest stones paling into a yellowed
pallor. The bronze lion's head upon the door holds a discolored, copper
knocker loosely within its jaws, as if daring you to grasp a hold of the ring
and knock.
Oh, by the way...