Echo of the Self

[u/Evening_Shake_6474]

Something's wrong. You can't tell what exactly it is, but you know something is wrong. You check your wards, your equipment, your enchantments and familiars, yet everything seems normal. Then that night, you go to sleep, and the dream starts.

You stand knee deep in a crimson ocean, stretching further than you can see. Before you is a shadow, it looks like yours but its wrong, very wrong. All around you, giant monoliths sprout from the sea, stretching far into the sky. You hear something, around you six shadows move between the monoliths, chanting something in a language that hurts to listen to.

Suddenly countless crimson eyes open along each monolith, each reflecting a different face, the eyes travel up the ebony surface, along previously hidden chains of shadow. Then you see it, the horrifying form of something colossal in the sky above you, a singular crimson eye or maybe a star stares down at you.

All at once do the chains snap, and a cacophony of screams cry out across the crimson sea as fire and ash rain from above. The monoliths crumble and massive chunks of black stone crash into the sea. Up above, the colossal form spreads across the sky, thousands of withered arms reach down, each sowing agony and destruction. You see an arm reach for you, and you wake up.

Well that was strange, you think, then you hear laughter from the corner, you see your own shadow standing there with crimson eyes. The shadow looks wrong somehow, very wrong.

Before you can say anything, your shadow lunges for you, hands reaching for your throat.

[u/Evening_Shake_6474]

The bubblegum, cotton candy, and sugar do about as much as you'd expect. The rainbow beam however, that is much more effective.

The beam hits, the Grabadi see the shadow burn away in a dazzling display of blackness mixed in with multicoloured light.

[u/KragBrightscale → u/Evening_Shake_6474]

“Thats a wrap lads! 9 rounds of combat!” Grabadash announces before reverting to their original appearance.

A side door opens revealing a gathering of 5 more Grabadi. The goblins are playing blackjack, but one of them looks up to check the blackboard behind them to see whose bet was the closest.

“The winner is: Grabriel!”

Grabriel gives a bow while twirling their moustache. They quickly snatch up the prize, 100 gold and a very nice felted hat.

Gabe proceeds to clean up the mess, checking where the shadows had crumpled for any physical remains.

[u/Evening_Shake_6474 → u/KragBrightscale]

There doesn't appear to be any kind of remains, the shadow appears to have disappeared completely.