The Empty World | The Empty World Sequence [complete | rewriting]

Nine (these events are Ten in the revised scene list)

He kissed Raven first, as if greeting a lover. Smiled longingly at Opium, gazed at Morpheus and said, "Aren't we gorgeous?" Jean-Daniel then sat at the table, took a sip of water and asked Thierry what interesting movies he had watched recently.

"I don't watch movies that you would find interesting," Thierry said just as cattily and took a sip of water.

"We learn young don't we?" Jean-Daniel said. He smiled again at Opium. "Leanan, you are a vision. I looked at those album covers and I knew you weren't using blood anymore, it used to give you such color."

Opium smirked, "Anything that reflects light will do, dust, sand, smog, water even."

"You always looked radiant in sea mist," said Raven.

For a while they spoke of old times, of stone circles, and Angels, of old wars. "Robin?" Opium asked.

"I hope he's dead," Jean-Daniel said.

"Robin's too smart to get himself killed," Opium said thoughtfully.

Raven just shook her head.

"If you are going on tour, like I hear that you will, then maybe he will find you," Raven offered.

Opium took this news without a shock. They were, after all, in a time in which they knew no recent history.

"Find her?" Jean-Daniel asked, "He'll kill her...or try."

"And Maeve?" asked Opium.

"Ah, I was certain that the rumors were true, that she had begged protection from the pale one, your father...and that he had taken her."

"Oh," said Opium, "I suppose he did." She looked to put her chin in her hand. "Hey, what about the hunting, and this Order?" Opium asked.

"There are very few Sidhe left," Jean-Daniel said,

"And Wolfbreed, Halfangels...so many were killed before things settled. If they didn't manage to escape to one of the less developed nations, or find one of Havens in Pakistan, or New Orleans, it seems they died, or were at least captured for a time. Shelters in Paris and Rome were raided multiple times. Um...Australia, no one has heard from anyone who went there."

"Yes, terrible, wasn't it."

"Ah, but those beautiful mad Vampyres," Jean-Daniel sighed. "Pulled us out of our spot of trouble, no?"

Opium nodded. "Yes, those mad Vampyres, always with their fangs into everything."

"Yes!" said Jean-Daniel.

It was only then that the waitress came to serve them. Thierry growled at her.

Morpheus went back home after the visit with the Sidhe, going from Earth time to the relatively timeless shallow world. He came to the Cave of the Allegory and met Daniel Never in the caves chasing butterflies. "Hello, Morpheus!" Daniel said happily.

"Hello, My Friend. How are you?"

"Daniel always happy. Daniel has two new friends, Dream gives them to me."

Morpheus smiled. They walked into the section of the Allegory that was constructed like a labyrinth and seemed open to the sky. The animals were more colorful here. The boy was dancing and singing.

"Daniel gets to play with Car-o-line and Tee-eh-ree, Daniel gets to visit the people places, gets to play with babies, needy babies in the nee-dee world."