Dreamfire Illusion Panel

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Dreamfire Illusion Panel Information
Category Fluff
Class Miscellaneous
Customizable ✓
Related Scripts Dreamfire Illusion, Dreamfire Panel Bracelet, Dreamfire Panel Storage Case
Item Restrictions ✓
Verbs Used
CLEAN FLIP GAZE WAVE

The Dreamfire Illusion Panel is a fluff script that applies to miscellaneous items, and is part of the Dreamfire family of scripts. It was originally released at Premium Festival 2022 by Elusionari. The following facets are able to be customized by a merchant: concealed illusion, illusion style, gesture style, illusion color, illusion material and illusion modifier. It is used by a Dreamfire Panel Bracelet to create a temporary Dreamfire Illusion in the room. It can also be stored inside a Dreamfire Panel Storage Case.

Analyze

You analyze your siren lizard panel and sense that the creator has provided the following information:

This siren lizard panel is a Dreamfire Illusion Panel, capable of storing imagery to be used in the creation of illusions.  The panel is intended to be used in conjunction with a device capable of creating illusions, such as a Dreamfire Panel Bracelet.  Although such devices were originally designed by erithian artists for use in storytelling, their usage has expanded dramatically after introduction to other cultures.  It is not uncommon to find such devices being coveted by collectors, fortune tellers, gamblers, or anyone with an eye for unusual magical devices.

CUSTOMIZATIONS
Panel Type: #1-basic               Illusion Style: #1-Air Dance
Locked: no                         Gesture Style: #8-Formal
Concealed Illusion: no             Illusion Color: ice white
CI Article:                        Illusion Material: bubbles
CI Adjective:                      Illusion Modifier: #5-radiant**
CI Long Description:
* Any unset property will adopt the value from the device creating the illusion.
** Concealed Illusions and Illusion Modifiers may be quietly previewed via gaze.

VERBS: gaze (quietly preview), wave (capture imprint), clean (reset imprint), flip (cycle verbosity).

ALTERATION GUIDELINES: Analyze a second time in short succession to display the alteration guidelines.

Usage Information

Verb Option First Third
CLEAN Any Panel Type You consider clearing the concealed illusion from a sleeping blue dragon panel so that you may capture a new imprint. This will completely remove a glimmering illusion of an inside location with a scenery imprint of [Altar of Illumination] from your panel. Clearing the concealed illusion cannot be undone.
[Clean again within 15 seconds to clear the concealed illusion from your panel.]

You clear a glimmering illusion of an inside location from a sleeping blue dragon panel. The panel is now ready for a new imprint.
n/a
FLIP Imprintable Portrait Panel (You flip your black dagger panel to imprint verbosity style #2 - moderate.
(Second) You flip your black dagger panel to imprint verbosity style #3 - minimal.
You flip your black dagger panel to imprint verbosity style #1 - lengthy.
n/a
GAZE No Concealed or Modified Illusion You gaze closely at a cat paw panel and realize it contains no concealed or modified illusion. n/a
Concealed Illusion You gaze closely at a small black heart panel and realize it conceals a purple peacock illusion. The illusion has the following details when viewed: The peacock is dominantly purple, but subtle iridescent hues in green and blue surface as the imagery shifts. His train is raised in a resplendent show of beauty. Although the illusion does well to replicate its source imagery, it wavers occasionally, somewhat ruining the effect. n/a
Scenery Illusion You gaze closely at a fluffy rolton panel and realize it conceals a finely detailed illusion which will appear as: a finely detailed illusion of a barroom. The illusion also contains the following scenery imprint:

[Helga's Tavern, Barroom]
The blended odors of ale, sweat, leather, perfume and hearty stew fill the stifling air of the tavern. Disheveled regulars and road-weary travelers rub elbows at the wooden bar, which looks recently varnished but already bears a variety of stains and grime. Helga, the ancient, obese proprietor, moves behind the bar, wiping glasses with a dirty towel as she keeps a beady eye on the patrons. A small fireplace in one corner burns feebly, adding little light or warmth to the room.

Your view of the illusion fades quickly.
n/a
WAVE Basic Panel Your cat paw panel is a basic panel and incapable of capturing an imprint. You would need to first convert it to an imprint compatible type through a service or certificate unlock. n/a
Panel with Imprint Your fluffy rolton panel already contains a finely detailed illusion of a barroom. To capture a new imprint, you must first clean the panel to erase the old illusion. You may gaze at the panel to review the current illusion. n/a
Imprintable Scenery Panel You consider imprinting a projected illusion of a flat terrain within a floppy-eared rabbit panel:

[River's Rest, Sanctuary]
Deep in the forest rests a small shrine lovingly carved of the silvery haon wood that surrounds you. Crickets chirping and the gentle rustling of leaves fill the air with a strong sense of life. From somewhere nearby the gentle sound of running water completes the quiet symphony. Little else disturbs the peace save for an occasional muted voice drifting on the breeze.
[Wave again within 15 seconds to imprint this scenery in your panel.]

You wave a floppy-eared rabbit panel through the air, and it glows momentarily. You have successfully imprinted a projected illusion of a flat terrain within the panel.
XXX waves a floppy-eared rabbit panel through the air, and it glows momentarily.
Imprintable Portrait Panel You consider waving your cat paw panel to imprint your own likeness, resulting in a halfling pauper illusion with some of your features.
[You now have 60 seconds to choose a pose. Wave again once you are ready to preview the resulting imprint.]

You consider imprinting a halfling pauper illusion within a cat paw panel:

[... imprint preview ...]

[Wave again within 15 seconds to imprint this portrait in your panel. Flip your panel to cycle between different verbosity styles.]

You wave a cat pawn panel through the air, focusing on yourself, and it glows momentarily. You have successfully imprinted a halfling pauper illusion within the panel. You stop posing.
XXX waves a cat paw panel through the air, and it glows momentarily.

Additional Information

Dreamfire Illusion Panels are imagery storage objects that can be attached to a Dreamfire Panel Bracelet. The bracelet uses the image stored in the panel to generate an illusion. The most common type of panel is a basic panel. Illusions can be created based both on the panel's outward appearance and from a concealed illusion stored inside the panel. A special type of imprintable panel, the scenery panel, is capable of storing images of rooms. Locked versions of imprintable panels are sold off the shelf with preloaded images and cannot be used to capture new imprints without first being unlocked with a certificate or rare merchant service. Another special type of imprintable panel, the portrait panel, is capable of storing the likeness of players performing special poses.

Basic Panels

Main article: Dreamfire/Stock Panel Display

The Stock Panel Display is used to customize Dreamfire illusion panels (and thus illusions) for a small fee. It forms the list of options available for purchasing basic panels. It also is the list from which a hidden imprint can be selected. Basic panels and their hidden imprint both can be altered via merchant. The hidden imprint is capable of supporting both a long and show description, and that can be used to manifest an illusion in the room.

The stock panel display options are based on the stock tattoo list. Any entry that doesn't end in tattoo is omitted from the stock panel display. At the time of release, 746 out of a potential 856 options were available based on this constraint.

Scenery Panels

Locked pre-written scenery panels are more widely available and cannot have their scenery imprint rewritten. Unlocked scenery panels can be used repeatedly to take new imprints of any room in game. When a room is imprinted, the panel will use the day or night description depending on time of day. It also respects the RoomBrief FLAG at the time of imprint.

Portrait Panels

Main article: Dreamfire/Portrait Panel Posing

Portrait panels can store the likeness of a character on them. This can be done by using WAVE with an unlocked portrait panel or by the agara-fae artist in The Imprinter's Studio. After the first WAVE, the chosen player gains access to a special version of the POSE verb, which directly impacts the outcome of the imprint. Another player can be chosen but they must first consent to the imprint.

See the Dreamfire posing article for more information. For a detailed guide, see the Dreamfire Illusion Portrait Panel Pocket Guide to Posing.

Customizing

Panels can be customized to augment how illusions manifest and change various messaging. Some of these customizations can be modified via automated certificate while others rely on a merchant. A panel customization will always override the customizations present on a bracelet, allowing for a Dreamfire practitioner to fine tune a performance with different effects. Many customizations draw from lists of pre-written options.

Gesture Style

Gesture Styles may be applied to a bracelet or panel. When applied to a panel, it will override the bracelet's setting while that panel is on top. Used for any messaging that references a gesture (such as SNAP).

Gesture styles are available via automated certificate from shops that stock Dreamfire items. TURN the certificate to the preferred gesture style before applying it to the bracelet or panel.

Gesture Style
(Bracelet or Panel)
# Appearance
0 a subtle gesture (default)
1 a complex gesture
2 a comical gesture
3 an abrupt gesture
4 a flamboyant gesture
5 an exaggerated gesture
6 a muted gesture
7 a stiff gesture
8 a formal gesture
9 a lazy gesture
10 a graceful gesture
11 a sharp gesture
12 a disjointed gesture
13 an angular gesture
14 a careful gesture
15 a wild gesture
16 a sweeping gesture
Illusion Style

Illusion Styles can be applied to a bracelet or panel (as an override) and determine which messaging is used when an illusion is generated (RUB/WAVE a Dreamfire Panel Bracelet with a valid panel on top).

Often, but not always, this messaging references these customizations: Illusion Color, Illusion Material, and Gesture Style. For clarity, each message in the table that references those customizations will be italicized and use these default options: Illusion Color (colorful), Illusion Material (motes of light), and Gesture Style (subtle gesture).

Illusion Style
(Bracelet or Panel)
# Name 1st Person Room Room (Invisible) Dissipation
0 Air Release (Default) You reach out with a subtle gesture and activate the panel of your jade panel bracelet, releasing colorful motes of light into the air that slowly coalesce into a cat paw illusion. XXX reaches out with a comical gesture and activates the panel of her jade panel bracelet, releasing colorful motes of light into the air that slowly coalesce into a cat paw illusion. Colorful motes of light appear in the air and slowly coalesce into a cat paw illusion. A cat paw illusion hangs in the air, then slowly fades away.
1 Air Dance You reach out with a subtle gesture and activate the panel of your jade panel bracelet. Colorful motes of light suddenly appear and dance in the air before coalescing and shifting into a cat paw illusion. XXX reaches out with a subtle gesture and activates the panel of her jade panel bracelet. Colorful motes of light suddenly appear and dance in the air before coalescing and shifting into a cat paw illusion. Colorful motes of light suddenly appear and dance in the air before coalescing and shifting into a cat paw illusion. A cat paw illusion bursts into colorful motes of light and fades away.
2 Smoke Wisps Wisps of colorful smoke rise from around your bracelet, your comical gestures encouraging the smoke along as it reforms into multiple motes of light. The motes of light swirl together before revealing a cat paw illusion. Wisps of colorful smoke rise from around XXX's bracelet, her comical gestures encouraging the smoke along as it forms into multiple motes of light. The motes of light swirl together before revealing a cat paw illusion. Wisps of colorful smoke rise from a fixed point in the air before reforming into multiple motes of light. The motes of light swirl together before revealing a cat paw illusion. A cat paw illusion breaks into multiple motes of light before losing cohesion and dissipating as mere wisps of colorful smoke.
3 Silken Streamer Colorful silken streamers flow outward from your bracelet, dancing through the air majestically. You make a subtle gesture and the streamers coalesce to reveal a cat paw illusion. Colorful silken streamers flow outward from XXX's bracelet, dancing through the air majestically. She makes a subtle gesture and the streamers coalesce to reveal a cat paw illusion. Colorful silken streamers flow outward from a fixed point in the air, dancing through the air majestically. The streamers coalesce to reveal a cat paw illusion. A cat paw illusion unravels into colorful silken streamers before fading away with no trace.
4 Fingertips You make a subtle gesture while moving your hand outwards. Colorful motes of light appear at your fingertips, resolving themselves into a cat paw illusion. XXX makes a subtle gesture while moving her hand outwards. Colorful motes of light appear at her fingertips, resolving themselves into a cat paw illusion. Colorful motes of light appear in the air and resolve themselves into a cat paw illusion. A cat paw illusion dissolves into some colorful motes of light before vanishing completely.
51 Twin Star Chaos You activate your jade panel bracelet. Clusters of twin stars tumultuously pour out of the face of the panel, each pairing's chaotic dance causing them to wobble uncertainly through the air, teasing at an image. There is a brief pause as all of the clusters simultaneously shudder, halting their midair dance. The tiny clusters then coalesce and shift until a cat paw illusion is revealed. Clusters of twin stars tumultuously pour out of XXX's jade panel bracelet, each pairing's chaotic dance causing them to wobble uncertainly through the air, teasing at an image. There is a brief pause as all of the clusters simultaneously shudder, halting their dance, whilst remaining suspended in the air. The tiny clusters then coalesce together and shift until the image of a cat paw illusion is revealed. Multiple clusters of twin stars tumultuously appear midair, each pairing's chaotic dance causing them to wobble uncertainly through the air, teasing at an image. There is a brief pause as all of the clusters simultaneously shudder, halting their dance, whilst remaining suspended in the air. The tiny clusters then coalesce together and shift until the image of a cat paw illusion is revealed. A cat paw illusion silently explodes into clusters of twin stars before fading away into nothing.
52 Glow Feathers You activate your jade panel bracelet. Tiny, softly glowing colorful feathers pour out of your bracelet, mimicking the ebb and flow of a flock of birds in flight. All at once, the feathers condense tightly into a ball of light, reforming to reveal a cat paw illusion. Tiny, softly glowing colorful feathers pour out of XXX's jade panel bracelet, mimicking the ebb and flow of a flock of birds in flight. All at once, the feathers condense tightly into a ball of light, reforming to reveal a cat paw illusion. Tiny, softly glowing colorful feathers appear midair, mimicking the ebb and flow of a flock of birds in flight. All at once, the feathers condense tightly into a ball of light, reforming to reveal a cat paw illusion. A shudder ripples over a cat paw illusion before it breaks into tiny, softly glowing colorful feathers that drift apart and fade away.
101 Vegetable Dance With a subtle gesture, you call forth a plethora of illusory autumnal vegetables to rhythmically whirl through the air in a mimicry of a harvest festival dance. One by one, each vegetable silently explodes into colorful motes of light, before swirling together and at last revealing a cat paw illusion. With a subtle gesture, XXX calls forth a plethora of illusory autumnal vegetables to rhythmically whirl through the air in a mimicry of a harvest festival dance. One by one, each vegetable silently explodes into colorful motes of light, before swirling together and at last revealing a cat paw illusion. A plethora of illusory autumnal vegetables appear and begin to rhythmically whirl through the air in a mimicry of a harvest festival dance. One by one, each vegetable silently explodes into colorful motes of light, before swirling together and at last revealing a cat paw illusion. A cat paw illusion loses cohesion and begins to fade away, briefly revealing a plethora of dancing autumnal vegetables before completely dissolving.
102 Apparitions You discreetly activate your bracelet. Multiple apparitions materialize and surround you, each appearing only vaguely humanoid. As one, they begin to advance closer to you. Just as the first one reaches out to touch you, they all simultaneously dissipate to reveal a cat paw illusion. Multiple apparitions materialize and surround XXX, each appearing only vaguely humanoid. As one, they begin to advance closer to her. Just as the first one reaches out to touch XXX, they all simultaneously dissipate to reveal a cat paw illusion. Multiple apparitions materialize in a circular formation, each appearing only vaguely humanoid. As one, they begin to advance closer around a fixed point. Just as the first one reaches out toward the fixed point, they all simultaneously dissipate to reveal a cat paw illusion. A cat paw illusion erupts into a swarm of cackling apparitions, their laughter only fading as the final vestiges of their forms dissipate into colorful mist.
201 Bonfire You make a subtle gesture and an illusionary bonfire springs to life. The colorful flames lick at the air, dancing, shifting, and teasing at imagery. In an instant, the heatless flames flare up and vanish, leaving a cat paw illusion where they once flickered. XXX makes a subtle gesture and an illusionary bonfire springs to life. The colorful flames lick at the air, dancing, shifting, and teasing at imagery. In an instant, the heatless flames flare up and vanish, leaving a cat paw illusion where they once flickered. An illusionary bonfire springs to life from no discernable source. The colorful flames lick at the air, dancing, shifting, and teasing at imagery. In an instant, the heatless flames flare up and vanish, leaving a cat paw illusion where they once flickered. A heatless bonfire flares to life, engulfing a cat paw illusion until only colorful flames remain. Just as suddenly as it appeared, the bonfire is snuffed out and disappears without a trace.
202 Firewheel Blooms You discreetly activate your bracelet. A flurry of spectacular firewheel blooms appears and begins to drift through the air. Each of the red-spoked yellow-centered flowers begins to spin, creating a dazzling fire-like air display before vanishing to reveal a cat paw illusion. A flurry of spectacular firewheel blooms appears around XXX and begins to drift through the air. Each of the red-spoked yellow-centered flowers begins to spin, creating a dazzling fire-like air display before vanishing to reveal a cat paw illusion. A flurry of spectacular firewheel blooms appears and begins to drift through the air. Each of the red-spoked yellow-centered flowers begins to spin, creating a dazzling fire-like air display before vanishing to reveal a cat paw illusion. A cat paw illusion erupts into a flurry of spectacular firewheel blooms, each flower spinning like a wheel through the air before slowly fading away.
Illusion Color

Illusion Colors are highly customizable options available for both bracelet and panels. They can be altered via merchant for a fully custom color, or they can be changed via pre-written options via automated certificate from shops that stock Dreamfire items. TURN the certificate to the preferred illusion color before applying it to the bracelet or panel.

  • Illusion Color
    (Bracelet or Panel)
    Premium Festival
    white
    crimson
    cerulean
    viridian
    periwinkle
  • Ebon Gate
    citrine-hued
    niveous grey
    celestial blue
    raven black
    pink
  • Illusion Material

    Illusion Materials are highly customizable options available for both bracelet and panels. Like illusion colors, they can be altered via merchant for a fully custom material, or they can be changed via pre-written options via automated certificate from shops that stock Dreamfire items. TURN the certificate to the preferred illusion material before applying it to the bracelet or panel.

  • Illusion Material
    (Bracelet or Panel)
    Premium Festival
    ethereal leaves
    bubbles
    water droplets
    smoke wisps
    sparks
  • Ebon Gate
    ethereal flames
    feathers
    spiders
    snowflakes
    flower petals
  • Illusion Modifier

    Illusion Modifiers may only be applied to a panel directly and will slightly change the illusion's appearance

    Example: When option 5 is applied to a cat paw panel it will generate a radiant illusion of a cat paw instead of a cat paw illusion.

    Warning: An Illusion Modifier will do nothing for the concealed illusion if a merchant has altered the concealed illusion to have a custom long description. It will still apply to an illusion created from the panel's outward appearance.

    Options 1-8 are directly available via dye additives without requiring a merchant alteration. You simply POUR the dye additive onto the panel to change its Illusion Modifier. Option 9 is applied when imprinting a scenery if no other modifier already exists. Options 10-16 are available via automated certificate from shops that stock Dreamfire items. TURN the certificate to the preferred illusion modifier before applying it to the panel.

    Illusion Modifier
    (Panel Only)
    # Appearance
    0 none (default)
    1 a brilliant illusion
    2 a glimmering illusion
    3 a glittering illusion
    4 a glowing illusion
    5 a radiant illusion
    6 a shimmering illusion
    7 a shining illusion
    8 a sparkling illusion
    9 a projected illusion
    10 a wavering illusion
    11 a flickering illusion
    12 an ethereal illusion
    13 a wispy illusion
    14 a hazy illusion
    15 a nebulous illusion
    16 a diaphanous illusion

    Restrictions

    You analyze your siren lizard panel and sense that the creator has provided the following information:
    
    ALTERATION GUIDELINES
    Panel's Appearance: No long or show descriptions, noun must remain panel, article/adjective must describe an image and make sense as both art/adj/panel and art/adj/illusion (do not reference materials).
    Concealed Illusion: A skilled merchant may alter the concealed illusion.  Supported customizations include article/adjective, custom long description (noun must remain illusion), and "show" descriptions.  Keep in mind that the illusion itself is a magical creation that is intangible and very obviously an illusion.  These are guidelines, and the merchant always has the final say over what they can or cannot do.
    Illusion Color: Must be one or two words that are simple and obvious representations of color.  Avoid words that could be mistaken for an object or that qualify the color's properties.  The chosen color must make sense when describing magical illusion energy.  Great choices include: white, crimson, cerulean, viridian, periwinkle, or colorful.  Avoid words like: lemon, iridescent blue, faded grey, terracotta, or copper.
    Illusion Material: Must be a word or short phrase that describes the temporary form taken by the magical illusion energy.  Must always be plural.  Must not reference color in any way.  The options that make the most sense will often be light, airy, individually distinct, transparent, and/or reflective.  Great choices include: motes of light, ethereal leaves, bubbles, mist, smoke wisps, or sparks.
    List Customizations: These customizations are chosen as a number from a pre-made list: Illusion Style, Gesture Style, and Illusion Modifier.  Not all options are available at every merchant.  You must provide any dye additive in addition to the service fee when requesting an Illusion Modifier.  Here is the list of gesture styles: 0-subtle 1-complex 2-comical 3-abrupt 4-flamboyant 5-exaggerated 6-muted 7-stiff 8-formal 9-lazy 10-graceful 11-sharp 12-disjointed 13-angular 14-careful 15-wild 16-sweeping
    
    Analyze again to see the previous information.
    
    You get no sense of whether or not the bracelet may be further lightened.

    Loresong

    The panel and bracelet have identical loresongs.

    Verse First Third
    Verse 1 As you sing, you feel a faint resonating vibration from the pearl inlay bracelet in your hand, and you learn something about it...

    This is a small item, under a pound. In your best estimation, it's worth about 100,000 silvers.

    The magic suddenly swells and it fills your mind with a vision... An intimate family gathering fades into view. The spacious room is lightly decorated with art and greenery, providing a pleasant sense of order. Erithi of all ages sit on cushions arranged in a semicircle around an elderly matriarch perched on a larger cushion in the center. As she begins to speak, everyone listens in rapt silence. She weaves an engaging story with her words, bending down to tickle a small child who has inched closer and closer to where she sits. Everyone laughs as the child squeals in delight, and then the story continues.

    When the woman finishes her tale, she pulls a younger man forward, placing him on the storyteller's cushion, and takes her place in the audience. The man weaves his tale with an occasional magical illusion, simple designs that capture the curiosity of the youngest family members. The vision flicks rapidly forward, and you see food and tea shared as different family members each take a turn to share their own stories. As the magic wavers, the vision fades.

    XXX gets a distant look in her eyes.
    Verse 2 As you sing, you feel a faint resonating vibration from the pearl inlay bracelet in your hand, and you learn something about it...

    You sense a faint aura of magic surrounding the bracelet. From the pitch of the vibration you determine that the purpose of the bracelet is as a piece of jewelry.

    The magic suddenly swells and it fills your mind with a vision...

    The vision reveals a modest tavern populated by mirthful erithi. The crowd fills all the tables and benches set up around a small performance stage. The room grows quiet and attention is drawn to the stage, where an older storyteller is now seated next to a large complex chest. As the silence sinks in, the storyteller reaches out and activates the chest, creating a moving illusion of a coastal village at dawn. The storyteller invites the crowd to listen, "Agara y rai'xiasa a fae," and then opens into a richly moving story of adventure and adversity. The meaning of the words resonate in your mind and you understand them as "To the fire of an old soul's dream."

    The tale's conclusion moves the crowd to emotional applause. A younger erithi is invited to take the stage and the large chest is removed. Around the wrist of this new storyteller is a raxiara, a dreamfire panel bracelet. She begins to move her hand in rhythmic, fluid motions, her story taking form as a beautiful mixture of performance art, spoken word, and evocative illusion imagery. The hypnotic dance continues as an image of a bird in flight materializes and she gracefully sidesteps to mirror the illusion. The vision abruptly flicks forward, and in a matter of moments, you bear witness to a full evening's revelry that continues well into the morning as more erithi are invited to share stories on the center stage.

    As the magic wavers, the vision fades.

    XXX gets a distant look in her eyes.
    Verse 3 As you sing, you feel a faint resonating vibration from the pearl inlay bracelet in your hand...

    You sense nothing unusual about the bracelet.

    The magic suddenly swells and it fills your mind with a vision...

    A wide hill forming a natural amphitheater outside of a small town appears in a vision. A large crowd gathers along the sides of the hill to await the evening's performance; it is an impressive turnout for such a small town. Staged to the side are dozens of skyfire cannons and a veritable army of engineers to oversee their proper use. A lithe erithi woman takes to the stage. With a magically amplified voice that echoes off the hillside, she begins her tale.

    A cannon fires, creating a blossoming lotus high in the sky, trails of colors shooting to either side to effloresce into a ship floating on a sea of xan'ayra. Small children gasp in delight as the woman's story continues, key points punctuated by the skyfire. The storyteller's voice rises in a sharp crescendo, punctuated by cannon fire as her tale unfolds. The rising action is felt in the vibrations of her vibrato, and each time the cannons decorate the evening sky with colorful whirls of light. The vision begins to fade and the last image you are left with is the glow of the skyfire lighting up the face of a young erithi, her mouth open and her eyes shining with adoration.

    As the magic wavers, the vision fades.

    XXX gets a distant look in her eyes.
    Verse 4 As you sing, you feel a faint resonating vibration from the pearl inlay bracelet in your hand...

    It is a Dreamfire Panel Bracelet that can produce realistic illusions based on an attached Dreamfire Panel.


    The magic suddenly swells and it fills your mind with a vision...

    The scene revealed is far more intimate, taking place in a small gathering room of a home. The room is dark, and it is difficult to make out the individual audience members seated on the floor. An elaborate metal device rests on a raised platform, a hidden candle producing a soft glow from within. The crowd grows quiet as the shidaxa-hai storyteller raps his staff on the floor thrice. He remains obscured among the shadows as he begins his tale with a haunting tone in his voice.

    The shadow lantern whirls to life slowly in response to the storyteller's hidden manipulation. Shadows begin to dance across the walls, bringing to life the storyteller's words. Smoothly, he shifts the panels, allowing the images cut from the new panels to create different shadows. The crowd laughs, gasps, and shrieks as the tale progresses, ending on the tenebrous images of ghosts gliding across the walls. With a theatrical clap of his hands, the room is plunged into total darkness.

    As the magic wavers, the vision fades.

    XXX gets a distant look in her eyes.