[ Dust may have had success leaping over problems in the past, but it won't serve him well this time. As soon as both feet lift off the ground, the pattern considers that the same as stepping off the path, and the blue flames reach up to consume Dust's body.
It's all over in a moment, as his molecules combust and his body is torn asunder. Perhaps it's painful. Perhaps it's the single most painful thing one can ever experience. Corwin wouldn't know. He's never been dumb enough to step off of the pattern. In any case, Dust is lucky that this dream pattern is not the real thing, and that it is gracious enough to give him a second chance. The smoke and, well, dust from his disassembled body drifts back to the start of the pattern as though carried on a breeze, and reassembles itself into a whole form.
Corwin, whose eyes had gone wide the moment Dust jumped, breathes a silent sigh of relief and leans back once more in his tree limb perch. ]
Lucky you! You get a mulligan. Remember this time, you can't step off the pattern. That includes jumping.
March event overflow - Dust
[ Dust may have had success leaping over problems in the past, but it won't serve him well this time. As soon as both feet lift off the ground, the pattern considers that the same as stepping off the path, and the blue flames reach up to consume Dust's body.
It's all over in a moment, as his molecules combust and his body is torn asunder. Perhaps it's painful. Perhaps it's the single most painful thing one can ever experience. Corwin wouldn't know. He's never been dumb enough to step off of the pattern. In any case, Dust is lucky that this dream pattern is not the real thing, and that it is gracious enough to give him a second chance. The smoke and, well, dust from his disassembled body drifts back to the start of the pattern as though carried on a breeze, and reassembles itself into a whole form.
Corwin, whose eyes had gone wide the moment Dust jumped, breathes a silent sigh of relief and leans back once more in his tree limb perch. ]
Lucky you! You get a mulligan. Remember this time, you can't step off the pattern. That includes jumping.